山东省枣庄市峄城区荀子学校2020-2021学年八年级下学期英语第一次阶段考试试卷

    You may feel interested in students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? Do they often go to parties? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea and the US last year. Here are the results.

    Who studies the hardest?

    Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About one in two spends more than two hours on their homework every day. Why? Maybe they' just want to improve themselves, or they do that just because of the school and their parents.

    Who sleeps most often in class?

    About 45 percent of Japanese students doze off in class. 32% of us students feel sleepy in class, while in China, there are 5% students sleeping in class. Why do Japanese students get tired and sleepy in class more easily? Because they always like to stay up late at night!

    Who is the most distracted?

    American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% of them talk to friends in class. 46.9% of them eat in class, and 38.9% of them send e-mails or read other books in class.

    What do they do after school?

    In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends or go to parties. Most Japanese students do exercise while most South Korean students watch TV.

Have you heard of the Great Wall? It is one of the 1  wonders in the world. Every year thousands of2 from all over the world come to visit this place of  3 in China.

Last Saturday, I went to the Great Wall with some of my friends. It was a4 day. On our way up, we saw many volunteers standing in the sun. They helped5 with their bags. And they also helped some visitors6 photos. They were very tired, but they didn't stop to have a rest. We were7 when we saw this.

Just at that time, we saw a little boy standing alone and crying. We went over and asked what happened 8 him. From his answer, we knew that he couldn't 9 his mother. We told him not to worry about it and then we tried to call his mother with the phone number he gave us. Twenty minutes 10 , his mother 11 . When she saw his son, she was very 12 and thanked us with tears in her eyes.

That day we not only enjoyed the 13of the Great Wall, but also felt the warmth of the society. If everyone can give a helping hand to 14 , the world around us will be 15beautiful.

Do you like traveling? How can you make your trip interesting? Here's some advice.

Read!

Before you leave, you should find some information about the place, such as its geography, history and people. You can introduce that place better by reading.

Take photos!

If you want to take some photos, remember to choose the most special sights. Don't choose the sight you can see in other places. For example, Qingdao and Ningbo are coastal cities, so don't only take photos of the sea. You should take photos of something else, too.

Taste!

You'd better taste some specials( 特产) in the area. Food in some places is very delicious. So why not taste it? Maybe you have just one chance to taste it in your life.

Write!

When you visit a place, you should take a pen and a notebook, so you can write down what you see and what you think during the trip.

Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, or when a friend borrows your favorite toy and then breaks it, you may get really angry.

Usually your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit someone. But sometimes you hide your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt.

In fact, it's not good to hide your anger, and it's normal for you to get angry sometimes. But anger must go out in the right way, without hurting others or yourself.

When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people. It's helpful to talk about your anger with a parent or a teacher. When you talk, those bad feelings can start to go away. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a good friend; count from 1 to 100; give someone a smile; go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc.

Remember that how you act when you are angry can make things better or worse. Don't let your anger control you.

When you hear the word "volunteering", what do you think of it? You may think volunteering is to help others, giving them money or things. It can also help you. If you're sad about something that has happened, doing something volunteering can be a great way to do with your bad feelings.

 Sometimes it's easy to worry about some things like grades and health or get angry because you don't have the newest computer games. Volunteering lets you spending some time doing other things for a while.

Lots of people and kids really enjoy volunteering. For example, you might know that just on the other side of your town, there are some kids who really need winter clothes. You'll know that, thanks to you, some of kids have warm coats, hats, and shoes. So whether (不 论)it's winter clothes, food for the hungry, or homes for some homeless pets, doing volunteering work means one very important thing.

This is a thank letter Ben Smith Miss Li. Ben (want) to thank her for (give) money to Animal Helpers and (change) his life. Before he got Lucky, difficult for Ben to do normal things answering the phone or carrying things .Miss Li (help) him by getting him a special trained dog- Lucky. Lucky helped Ben a lot. Ben was (thank) to the people who helped him.

Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man

At 9: 00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man lying on the side of the road. A woman next to him was shouting for help.

The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus without thinking twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act quickly. He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers to get off and wait for the next bus. But to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man onto the bus.

Thanks to Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors saved the man in time. "It's sad that many people don't want to help others because they don't want any trouble, says one passenger. ＂ But the driver didn't think about himself. He only thought about saving a life.

Mario Green and Mary Brown from Riverside High School spend several hours each week to help others.

Mario loves animals and wants to be an animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help him to get his future dream job. "It's hard work," he says, "but I want to learn more about how to care for animals. I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I see the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners' faces."

Mary is a book lover. She could read by herself at the age of four. Last year, she decided to try out for a volunteer after-school reading program. She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read. "The kids are sitting in the library, but you can see in their eyes that they're going on a different journey with each new book. Volunteering here is a dream come true for me. I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time. "

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