山东省济宁市嘉祥县第三中学2020-2021年八年级下学期英语期末试题

Reading is like a wonderful journey. It can always bring us rich experience. If you spend 10 minutes or more reading every day, it will change you little by little. Here are some good books for you. Come and join us.

I once worked at a restaurant One night, an old pair of couple(夫妇) walked into the restaurant slowly. I quickly went to them and gave them the menu.

The man began ordering but he talked stutteringly(结结巴巴地). It was very clear that he had difficulty speaking. His wife told him what she wanted and the man kept ordering as a way to practice speaking. It took him quite a lot of time to order. At the same time his wife was sitting there and she looked so proud.

I had to say they touched me a lot. It just made me realize that love is about acceptance, tolerance and support(接受、宽容和支持). His wife could have made the order and made things easier for the man, but she didn't. Instead, she supported him and was proud to see him order by himself.

I also learned that life is difficult for us most of the time. The most important is to face the problems in life and try our best to solve them.

What kind of fish are they in this picture? They are Chinese sturgeons (中华鲟) and Yangtze sturgeons(长江鲟). In the picture, people are setting the fish free in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei Province. Over 3,000 sturgeons were set free.

The fish lived at a breeding center(繁育中心) before they were free. These fish are endangered. They're going back to river so that it will have more wild sturgeons.

In the 1980s, there were several thousand Chinese sturgeons in the Yangtze River. But in 2014, there were only around 100 sturgeons. As for the Yangtze sturgeon, it has been unable to naturally reproduce (自然繁殖) since 2000. This is because people were fishing too much and the rivers were crowded.

The two fish species (物种) are some of the oldest living animals in the Yangtze River. And the Yangtze sturgeon even has another name: the aquatic (水中) panda. It has lived for more than 150 million years.

Since 1983, people have set free about 7 million Chinese sturgeons in the Yangtze River.

Here is the charity sale (义卖) for the poor African children. We will give away the money we raise in the charity sale to them. Come and see our things.

I have some soft toys to sell. The teddy bear is my thirteen-year-old birthday present. I have had it for one year. It still looks very new. Its original price (原价) is s50: You only need to pay $15 for it now. Other toys are very new but cheap, too.

—— Nancy

I have an MP3 player. I have had it for three months. It works very well now. It stays with me whenever I feel upset. And I have downloaded (下载) some pop songs in it. I hope it can be with you when you are not happy. It cost $220. Now, you can take it with $100.

—— David

I want to sell some of my books. I began to buy fiction when I was thirteen years old. My favorite book is Alice in Wonderland. I believe anyone like me will learn a lot from this book. Each book only costs $10. You can get the second at a half price.

—— Henry