山西省太原市2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语阶段三质量...

—You're right. All of the Chinese people trust __________words.

—That's terrible! Look! Your clothes are wet, and you need to drink some hot water.

—I guess it is because the videos in Douyin can make them feel relaxed.

Daniel: Hey, Kim. Did you see the movie Mulan (《花木兰》) before?

Kim: No, Daniel. I never heard about it.

Daniel: As for me (对我来说), it is wonderful and relaxing.

Kim: Sounds great.

Daniel: An ancient story, a girl dressed as a boy to protect her country.

Kim: Cool!

Daniel: Not really. There were many adults in the cinema when I was watching it.

Kim: Great! I think this movie is cool.

Daniel: That's true.Would you like to enjoy it with me?

Kim: Sure. Sounds exciting.

    Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) more than twenty families. This bad rainstorm damaged (破坏) seven houses1so that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken doors. The sad2is that one person died, several people got badly hurt and took some medicine in the hospital, and a number of other people3the houses from the government because they had no money and no proper place to live. All in all, over one hundred people were homeless after the storm.

    A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the4storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. "I was eating with my wife and children," he said, "When we heard a loud noise, a few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to5. Then I realized that one of my children was missing. He was good when I went back inside and found him,6very scared."

    Mrs. Wu said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She was7. However, her children fell asleep. She ran outside as soon as she heard the sound with children in her arms. "There was no time to take anything," she said, "A few minutes later, the house came down."

    Now people should know the real8of the nature instead of hurting it, because we will never know what the nature will do to hurt people.

Dear Helen,

    I was so happy to have your letter. I asked so many people through the Internet about the MOOC you asked me before. MOOC is a learning website for students and adults in China to have more classes from other schools, including hundreds of Chinese and Western universities. It was so clever of you to have online classes to understand the subjects deeply.

    Recently, our school asked us to take online classes. My parents and I held different ideas towards online classes and we even argued about it. In their mind, the reason why I liked to have online classes was that I wanted to play with the computer. They said that online teaching was not like face-to-face teaching, and that the less communication between teachers and students would cause no feedbacks (反馈) from students in time. Besides, learning online at home would be a worse way because students were easier to concentrate on other things instead of the classes.

    However, I thought differently. I thought it was great for students to know how to deal with the learning problems online, because online teaching shared resources to all people, which cost a little at the same time. This could also bring hopes to those people who failed to afford many courses at real schools. I believed that online teaching made it come true that one could be able to study at the best place for him according to his own conditions.

    Now I am so sad about this. I think my parents and I need to talk more, not just argue with each other. What should I do with the argument?

Yours,

Lexi

    Life used to be fun for teenagers. They used to spend their spare time on their interests, like watching a good film or listening to pop music.Teenagers often feel stressed because they have too much homework to do. They are too busy studying every day and they don't have their own time to do what they are interested in.They should also make a plan.

    Get a good night's sleep. Getting enough sleep will help you keep your body and mind in the relaxed state (状态). You may be able to finish the things you need to do next day.

    Don't be hurry through your meals. Eat less junk food or fast food. Eat healthy food instead and do some exercise every day.

    Get to know outgoing people. Some people are optimistic (乐观的), while others not. Choose those people as your friends.

    Learn to be calm when you face any problem. Find out the best way from those feelings that are in your mind.

    Have a happy attitude (态度).Is your cup half full or half empty? Learn to think in a good way about the difficulties you face.

    For those who want to make a tour to feel the real Beijing, the Hutongs and Siheyuans with a history of more than 2,000 years are the best places to visit.

    Hutongs mean streets or small alleys (小巷) which are typical in Beijing. Most of the Hutongs were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties (from 1271 to 1911). The center of the city of Beijing was the royal palace—the Palace Museum.

    A standard Siheyuan usually includes houses on its four sides, and the house which stands at the north end and faces the south is called the "main house" or the "bright house", the ones on both sides are called "side houses". All the Siheyuans, from their size and style, remind us about a clear truth—whether they belonged to (属于) normal people or the rich. Because not only ancient palaces but also government offices, temples (寺庙) were built basically on the pattern of the Siheyuan.

    In recent years, Hutongs and Siheyuans are not only kinds of architecture (建筑) , but also work as a window. We can see the change of life in Beijing is very quick through them.

    From last December, the new virus (病毒)—COVID-19 (新型冠状病毒) broke the happy time of Chinese New Year. It spread (传播) from the uncertain place to China and other countries.

    在那期间，人们去医院以寻求帮助。

    Although the unknown illness has also been found in many other cities, not many people died. Many countries were careful about the news and the experiences in China to get more information.

    Li Lanjuan, an expert of virus, said the COVID-19 could spread from person to person. After making sure this information, the Chinese government began to take action and make more masks for people soon.

    After 2003 SARS Virus, China did many activities about the disease control and prevention (疾病防控). More and more big Virus Research Rooms were set up in main cities. And Wuhan has one of the best virus research rooms in Asia. We hope and trust that it will be soon to find the reason of this illness and develop a great way to make people healthier at last.

    All the hospitals got so many medical supplies (医疗物资) from people around the world. Almost every Chinese joined the war to fight against the virus, and we'll be succeed.

    A clever farmer got a job to send a roast goose (烤鹅) to the kind emperor. One day, the smell of the roast goose became too much forand he was hungry, so he ate one of its legs.

    Of course the emperor saw itthe farmer gave him the goose. He got very angry. The emperor was born with one bad leg, and people chose the words. No one had talked about the bad leg with the emperor before. So he thought the one-leg goose was to laugh at his bad leg. "Where is the other leg of the goose?" the emperor asked.

    "All the geese in this city have one leg only," the farmer answered. Suddenly the emperor shouted, "I treat (对待) people with. But do you think I'm stupid?" "Certainly not," said the farmer, "youand say sorry to me if you go outside and look at the geese."

    The emperor looked out with otherin his house, and the geese were resting on one leg beside the water. The emperor at once told one of his menthem with a big stick (棍子), and soon, they put down their other legs and ran away. "That shows they here have two legs, youme now," said the emperor. "But it doesn't mean anything," answered the farmer, "The speed (速度) that I run away will be muchwhile people throw a stick at me, just like the geese." Then the emperor understood.he just smiled and let the farmer go home without killing him.

⒈Do you often argue with your parents? And why?

⒉What's your advice about getting along with parents?

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Dear students,

    We are in the age of being independent now. The result of that is the argument between parents and us.

    Thanks for your listening!