广东省广州市荔湾区2021-2022学年八年级上学期英语期末考试

Will you feel happy if your friends are happy? If your friends are sad, how will you feel? An old man lived in a village. He was one of the1people in the world. The whole village was tired of2because of his bad mood（情绪）. Even on the big days, while other villagers were celebrating, he was complaining too. When people tried to cheer him up, he would turn them away. Hi bad mood could also easily3to others. By4like these, he made the rest of the village feel unhappy as well. So nobody likes to stay with him.

An unbelievable thing happened on5day when he turned 80 years old. One neighbour told the villagers, "The old man is happy today. His face looks 6than before and he is smiling at us. He hasn't complained about7. It's very strange, isn't it?"

8surprised the villagers were! They ran to see the old man. Someone asked the old man "What9to you?"

"Nothing special has happened, in fact, " the man said. "For 80 years I10unhappy. I tried to look11happiness, but it was no use. Now I just want to enjoy12my lie simply. That's the reason why I'm happy now. "

Everyone has bad days sometimes. It is important to realize that your mood13affect（影响）the people around you.14someone tries to cheer you up, don't be rude to them. Just try to accept their help15.

Once in a small own, there was a big clock that sat on top of a bank building beside a river. One day the clock fell1.

On some days, the clock ran2but it ran a minute or two faster or slower on other days. Tick-tock! Tick-1ock! Finally, the clock became3. Sometimes it ran hours early, sometimes it ran hours late.

One day, a soldier drove past the clock and made his4according to it. Now, his watch was5three hours early. The soldier usually stared training his men at 6:00 a. m. But the next morning, the solider asked his men to begin at6 in the morning! His men were not very happy about this so they went to the7to talk about the problem. The bank manager, a kind lady, listened to them patiently. She8to take the sick clock down. These men helped her send the clock to the9. He fixed the clock and set it up on the bank building again.

Now, the whole town was10. After all, they could all reset their watches and were on time every day!

David Moore taught history at the City School. One day, he bought some expensive old books but left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he bought other things at shops. At six o'clock he came back to the car. One window was open-the books were not there! David drove home to Fry Road.

That next day he went to the police and later he wrote a letter to a newspaper. On that Friday, people read this in the newspaper.

David stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at eight o'clock. David took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.

"Mr. Moore?" the man asked.

"That's right," David said, "Can I help you?""1I've got some good books. You buy books, don' you?"

"Yes. Bring them in. I'll have a look at them. "

Soon the books were on the dining-table. "Come here, "David turned to the kitchen and called, "and bring the list."

A policeman walked from the kitchen into the dining-room. He read the names on the books from the man, then read the names on the list in his hand. They were the same.

"_________▲      " the policeman said to the man.

What is the reason for pain（疼痛）? Pain hurts us, but could it be good for us? Ls pain in fact helpful?

Pain is a way to tell us that something is wrong in our body. We should stop what we are doing to protect the body. For example, if you break your leg. pain stops you from walking on it. If you didn't feel any pain, you would continue walking around and you could hurt your leg more. But why does it continue to hurt even after you have stopped walking on your hurt leg? That is because your body needs you to rest in order to have the energy to mend the broken bone.

But how does pain work? We have special cells（细胞） in our skin, our eyes, and inside our bodies, too. When something goes wrong, these cells send messages to the brain. The brain then makes us feel pain so we will sop doing whatever is causing the pain. Put your hand into hot water, and your hand's skin cell tell your muscles（肌肉）and your brain. Your muscles are able to move your hand away from the heat quickly. At the same time, your brain gets the message that something is wrong and you need to care for your hand. It all happens in less than a second.

But did you know that the brain itself cannot feel pain? In fact, when doctors cut into the brain, they do not put the person to sleep. Because the person does not feel any pain in the brain, it is thought to be much safer if the person is awake while the doctor is working.

Bicycles have a long interesting history. Early bicycles did not look like today's bikes.

It was made of wood! People rode by pushing their feet along on the ground. Later, a bicycle that had pedals（脚踏） and metal tires（金属轮胎） was invented. It was not comfortable. It was called the boneshaker.

Next, the high wheeler was improved. It had a very big wheel in the front. The rider could be badly hurt in a fall.

Then bicycles began to have two wheels that were the same size. Those bikes looked more like bicycles today.

People ride bikes to get exercise. Bicycling is safer, too. Now people can choose some tools to protect themselves and have a safe ride.

A good memory can help you a lot. You won't easily forget what you have seen before and you can think of things in your m quickly. Memory is a kind of exercise. If you practise hard, you can easily d your ability to remember things well.

H, sometimes your memory may play tricks on you. Sometimes the things you remember really did not happen. For example, I remembered I filled the bottle with water, but later I found no water in the bottle, it was e. Also, you may remember not doing something and then come to know that you did. For example, a farmer wanted to s his fresh vegetables, but when he came to his farm, he found nothing there. He sold them the week before.

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