浙江省湖州市南浔区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末检测英语试题

Robert liked nothing more in the world than to win. He was truly smart at chess but he couldn't1 losing. He thought he must be the first and became the "best"chess player in his2 by using all kinds of tricks (花招). Almost no one3 to play with him after class. Only one boy that did play with Robert was Allen. By playing tricks，Robert always won and4 Allen.

However，day after day，Robert5 got bored with all this. He needed something more, so he6 to try out for the city chess competition. Many7 players from different schools would join in the big event. He certainly wanted to be the8 of the game. But when he tried using all those tricks，well，9  of them worked. The judges(裁判) stopped any of the tricks from working.

Robert couldn't beat anybody else. He soon10 in the game. When the result of the game came out , he was very11 to find Allen was the final winner. Later，Robert found out that Allen was very12 . Failures(失败)didn't make him upset or lose13 because he was learning each time they play. And from 14 competitions，he got to become a real winner.

From then on，Robert changed. Sometimes he was not sad to lose15 that was how he would learn something useful. He stopped expecting to win all the time，but got his feet back on the ground.

With a little touch of art ，simple fruit can be turned into a nice and cute gift for birthday or a surprise for your family.

Shiniuzhai is a famous place for rock(岩石) climbing in Hunan province，with a height of523 meters.'There is a small but special store on a cliff of the mountain. The store is only about two square meters and about 120 meters from the ground. And it is not old. It was built in 2017 and opened a year later.'The rock climbers usually get hungry and thirsty along the way so the store is a place for them to relax.

It takes the climbers nearly one and a half hours to get to the top. Though the drinks and food at the store are carried up by workers every day ，the prices are similar to those at common stores.'The climbers are allowed to take one free bottle of water each time. The store opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 5:00 p. m. from Monday to Friday. But on weekends，it opens as usual and closes at 7 :00 p.m. A worker is on hand if there are many people buying things. If not，the visitors can scan a QR code with their phones to pay for their things.

Some people joked that it was" the least convenient(方便的) store"because it was not easy to reach. However，others said they found it lovely and that it would be very cool to work in the store. Anyway ， it has attracted hundreds of people from different places. The store is so cool，as you do not come across such a store easily in your daily life，a tourist said. I will invite my friends to go rock climbing here. It is challenging(挑战的)and also brings a great feeling.

In a small village，there was an old man named Ryan. He was very clever and he could always give you useful advice. One day his young nephew(侄子)Keith came to visit him. Keith was sad and worried about his little progress(进步) in learning the guitar. However hard he tried，he just couldn't improve.

Keith asked his uncle for advice."Follow me," said Ryan，and he led Keith up to the high hills around the village. This road was long and difficult but Keith followed the old man. As they got higher，Ryan said that he needed to go to the top of the highest hill where he had never been to. Keith didn't know why but decided to help his uncle.

It was really difficult for Ryan，so Keith helped the old man climb the hill. Sometimes Keith even carried the old man on his back. Finally, they got to the top. He put his uncle back on the ground and smiled happily.

"Do you remember the times when you were a little boy? Sometimes you returned home unhappily," said Ryan."The other children teased you.Do you remember why?"

Keith looked around and nodded. He remembered that as a child he often played on the hills with other children. They called this hill Mount Impossible，because small children couldn't get to its top."At that time I couldn't get here ,"said Keith."But the bigger kids had no problem."

"And today , " said Ryan ，" you not only climbed here，but also helped me be here.""l became bigger and stronger."

"You didn't climb Mount Impossible every day，but you played on the smaller hills and became better at climbing. You became stronger ,"said Ryan."Mount Impossible became possible for you to climb when you weren't even thinking about it."

If you feel sad, remember not to watch a happy movie. A sad movie may be good for you. Some scientists at Ohio State University found that sad movies can make people happier.' They showed their study in a magazine called Communication Reaches.

Scientists asked 361 college students who were not feeling good those days to watch a sad movie. 'The movie tells a story of two lovers who were separated(分离的). They died in World Wall at the end of the movie.' The college students answered questions from the scientists before, after and three times while they were watching the movie to find out their different feelings, such as sadness.

According to the result, scientists found out that people felt better after watching the sad movie. Scientists believed this was because the movie made them think about their lives. Compared to those of unlucky lovers, their lives were full of hope.

"I want to live my life to the fullest, and this movie made me think a lot," one student wrote.

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, the head of the study, said that bad moods(情绪)would make people more thoughtful."Good moods are usually a sign that everything is fine. You don't have to worry, and you don t have to think about your problems in your life, she said. But bad moods make you feel terrible. So, seeing a sad movie may make you feel bad, but that will make you think more about yourself and be full of hope in the future."

Knife-peeled noodles are a kind of food in Shanxi Province, enjoying great fame and a history of hundreds of years. The name shows the way the dish is prepared. A cook holds dough

(面团) in one hand, and cuts it into pieces with a special knife in the other hand. Then they are directly thrown into a pot of boiling water. The whole process(过程) looks like an exciting kung fu performance. As one piece of noodle falls into the boiling water, the second is flying in the air, and the third has just been peeled off. Within only a minute, 200 pieces of noodles can be cut out. The noodles have a shape of a leaf, with medium thickness and thin edges. The noodles are soft.

Shanxi people like to eat knife-peeled noodles because they have a special feeling to this kind of food. On their birthdays, a bowl of noodles means long life; at the Spring Festival，people have noodles for a lucky new year. Knife –peeled noodles in Shanxi are not made just to satisfy a hungry stomach, but a way to express Chinese people's feelings of life.

Do you want to eat knife-peeled noodles? Why or why not?

There are many traditional festivals in China. The Laba Festival is on the eighth day of thelunar month. It's a holiday to remember ancestors( 祖先) and hope for a harvest( 丰收).

There are many ways tothe Laba Festival. Of all the traditions on the festival, one is making and eating Laba porridge. There are many different ingredients in it, rice, red beans, peanuts and so on. As a delicious andfood, Laba porridge serves as a symbol of good luck, long life and fruitful harvest.

China has launched(发射) one more spaceship into the space recently. Do you know who are in the spaceship this time?

Shenzhou XVI spaceship reached space( 成功地) on May 30. There are three people inside: Jjing Haipeng, Zhu Y angzhu and Gui Haichao. Jing has much(经验) and this is the fourth time for him to fly into space. Zhu is an(工程师) and Gui is a scientist. (两者都) of them are China s third-generation astronauts. They were chosen from a group of(有才能的) researchers who work in three groups. One group"flies" the spaceship. Another group tries to(解决) the problems of the spaceship. There is also a group doing scientific studies in space. They work with everything in the spaceship, such as( 机器), people, and animals.

Gui' s glasses also(抓住) people' s eyes because astronauts aren't usually nearsighted.

 ( ....期间) the launch and return, Gui needs to take off the glasses. Or it will be(危险的) as the glasses may vibrate(振动) with the spaceship.

Do you have a brother or sister? If yes, how do you look after each other?

A boy is taking a big basketof( pear) to his grandmother. The basket is full and it is very heavy. So his litle brother Tom goeshim together and helps take the basket.

They use a pole( 杆) to carry the basket, and each holds(握住) an end ofpole. In this way, they can carry the basket very( nice).

Now the older boy starts( think),"My brother does not know about the use of this pole. If the basket is in the middle, it(be) as heavy for me as it is for him. But if I slide(滑) the basket near him, his side will be heavy, and(I) will be light."Thinking of this, he smiles.

I won't do it. It would be wrong, and I can not do what is wrong." Then he slides the basket near his side. He feels his end of the pole is much(heavy) than before. He is very happy because he knows he(do) the right thing. He has a heavy weight but a light heart.

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