陕西省西安市西工大附中2020-2021学年八年级上学期第一次月考英语试卷

Once there were three travelers checking in a hotel. When they went out in the morning, one traveler took an umbrella and 1one took a crutch（拐杖） while the third one left with nothing.

When they were back in the evening, the man who took an umbrella got his clothes wet in the rain, the one taking a crutch fell, all covered with mud; but the man with empty hands kept his clothes dry 2any mud on them. The two men felt it was 3strange that they asked the third man the reason.

The third traveler didn't reply, 4 he asked the man with an umbrella, "Then why were you caught in the rain without falling?"

"When it was raining, I felt glad for my prediction, and then I opened 5umbrella and walked in the rain bravely. I didn't think I would be caught in the rain, but 6my clothes got so wet. When I went to the places which were too muddy to7, I thought I didn't have a crutch to help out, sol walked very 8. It turned out that I walked all the way back sound and safe. "

After 9what the first man said, the third man then asked the man with a crutch why he became mudded all over himself instead of getting wet.

He answered like this, "When it was raining, I had no umbrella, so I chose those places that protected me from the rain to walk through. But I wasn't so careful in the muddy places because I had a crutch. "

Then the empty-handed traveler said, "When it was raining. I chose the places to protect 10from the rain and in the muddy places I kept careful, so I was neither wet nor mudded. "

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school？You may 1they go to learn language, P. E., history, science and all other 2. But why do they learn these things？We send our children to school to get them 3 for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school is 4in their life, but is that the only reason they go to school？There is more in education（教育）than just learning things We go to school first of all to learn 5to learn, so when we leave school we can 6to learn. If a man really does so, he will always be successful, because whenever he has to do something 7he will quickly teach himself to do it in the best way. But uneducated person can not do it, or does it 8. So the purpose of schools is not 9to teach languages, science, P. E.，but to teach students the 10to learn.

The World Health Organization （WHO） sayes that 80% of the world's teens don't get enough exercise to live health lives. It did research （研究） on students aged 11 to 17 in 146 countries for about eight years and got the result.

Doctors say 60 minutes of exercise is important for teens to build up their strength（力量）. It's also good for the hear and lungs （心肺）. Also, teens won't become fat through exercise. What's more, more and more research is showing that exercise doesn't just help with the body. It can help with the mind, to making people think better and helping student get good grades.

Trevor Shilton working for the Heart Foundation in Australia says "If this were a medicine（药）, we would a take it, "

However, it's not easy. Now many teens find it very difficult to stay away from smartphones, computers or televisions. In their free time, they talk with friends online play online games and watch interesting TV programs. The WHO says that young people need to play less in the online world and play more in the real world.

Health experts（专家） want schools and families to ask teens to do more exercise. Doctors also say that teens can do 20 minutes of exercise three times a day to get 60 minutes of exercise. They say it's very important for young people to do exercise, because it will be good for their lives in the future.

Cities around China started to let people sell food, clothes and other small things on streets on the weekend.

In the past, cities didn't let the vendors（小贩） sell things on streets, because they always made streets dirty and traffic （交通） hard to move. However, there are problems with the economy （经济） because of COVID-19. Now, to help people make money and help with the economy, cities let the vendors come back.

On May 30, the city of Changchun in Jilin said that it would encourage the opening of night markets and that people could sell things on streets again. Night markets can be in parks, in squares and on the roadside if they don't interrupt（妨 碍）traffic and local life. People don't need to pay for their roadside booths（地摊），but they have to be in good order.

"It doesn't say there will be no rules," Wang Yukai, a teacher from a college said, "If someone wants to set up a roadside booth, he or she must follow some rules."

Chengdu also has a similar way to help with the economy. It lets people run roadside booths on some streets after March 15. Now the city has more than 2, 000 places for people to set up roadside booths. That makes quite a few people stop worrying about looking for jobs. The smart move（举措） helps many people make money because night markets are really popular. An officer（官员）said, " Helping people when they are in need is what a city should do. "

I have met many excellent teachers in my school life. I love them all because they have given me so much help in my study and in my life. But the one that I will never forget is my English teacher—Mrs. Wang. I was thankful for what she had done for me. She was the best teacher in my eyes because she gave me much help, and she even gave me something special. In my junior years, I was considered（被看作）as a silly girl, because I was always silent in class but Mrs. Wang usually praised me. Her words were very important for me. With her encouragement, I began to believe in myself. In my eyes, she is not only an English teacher but also a kind mother. She cared for me just like my own mother. But I loved and respected her very much. We usually played games, sang songs and did other activities together. Mrs. Wang often helped me patiently after class, taught me important knowledge and skills, and taught me how to be an outstanding person. Because of her help, I was completely moved and touched. On the journey of life, Mrs. Wang has not only lighted the light of hope for me, but also given me a strong heart to face any difficulty.

of the students use the Internet every day.

I saw  foreigners when I went to the Palace Museum.

you study hard, you can make your dream come true.

In fact, I don't know him  .

You should  English more often.