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There was once a bat (蝙蝠) that was too lazy to hunt insects. One day, he looked1 a window and saw a bird in its cage. The bird was given all its food and water without having to do2at all. So the bat decided to become a child's pet.

The bat flew to parks so that he could be seen by some3and taken home. However the bat was not as beautiful as some birds, and the children paid little attention(很少注意). Finally, with good luck, he met a little boy who was willing to4him as a pet.

The bat was5in his cage, in a warm and comfortable house. There he6like he was the best and certainly the cleverest one. But when he wanted to eat, there was no insect, but only bird food. The bat would rather die of hunger than7bird food. When the boy noticed the bat getting thinner, he used the spoon to feed the bat bird food8the bat could be used to eating the bird food.

Some days later, the bat managed to escape from the cage and9home. He began to hunt insects for food with other bats. Later he became strong and enjoyed his life10a bat.

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Nick put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to the market to sell them. At midday it was very hot, so he stopped in the shade of a big tree. There were several other men there, and all of them had baskets of grapes. After lunch they went to sleep. After some time, Nick began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and put them in his.

Suddenly, one of the men woke up and saw him. "What are you doing? " he said angrily.

"Oh, "said Nick," don't worry about me. I am half mad(疯的), and I do a lot of strange things.

"Oh, really?" said the other man. "Then why don't you take grapes out of your baskets and put them in somebody else's baskets?"

"You did not understand me. " said Nick. I said that I was half mad, not quite mad.

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Every year hundreds of people try to climb the worlds highest mountain or walk through rainforests. Let's take a look at two of them.

A mountain climber

Do you know that more than 4, 000 people have climbed Qomolangma? Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is one of them. She's one of the world's greatest climbers and has climbed all the mountains over 8,000 meters in the world. It's difficult to climb mountains in cold weather, but Gerlinde lovesit. She started to climb the mountains near her home as a teenager.

An Amazon adventurer

Ed Stafford is the first person to walk along the Amazon River(亚马孙河). His journey took two years and four months. There are many dangerous animals, but Ed was only bitten(被咬) by small insects(昆虫). During his trip, Ed had to look for fruit or catch fish. Sometimes food was hard to find. So he asked the people of the rainforest for food and help.

根据以上短文内容，完成下面表格。

Known as the mother river by all the Chinese people. the Huanghe River(Yellow River) is the second longest river in China after the Changjiang River. It is 5,464 kilometers long. It starts from the Kunlun Mountains, northwestern Qinghai Province. It runs through nine provinces and flows to Bohai Sea in Shandong Province. The first appearance of the name" Yellow River" is in The Book of Han. The word "yellow" describes the color of the muddy water in the lower course (下游) of the river.

The Huanghe River(Yellow River)
It is 5, 464 km long	the Huanghe River is the second river in China after the Changjiang River.
It starts	from the Kunlun Mountains, Qinghai Province
It runs	through nine provinces and flows to Bohai in Shandong Province.
The first appearance	of the name" Yellow River" is in The Book of
The word "yellow"	describes the color of the muddy in the lower course of the river.

用所给词的适当形式填空。

You have made a (different) in the activity

Jill's father used to (control) the company, but now he has retired.

This is a specially (train) dog and it can do something for you

Jack is the most popular student in his class because of his (kind).

(communicate)between parents and teenagers is important.

补全对话

根据对话内容，从下面方框中选出五个适当的句子补全对话，其中有两项是多余的。

A: Hello, what are you looking at?

B: I am planning to travel, so they sent me the these to cheer me up.

A: That's nice. Look, this postcard is from Beijing.

B: Yeah, I' m sure it is. But Ii Wei says it's tiring to travel around the city.

B: Let's see. That's from Peter. He went to London last summer and went inside Buckingham Palace, where the Queen of England lives.

A. Oh, it would be fantastic.

B: And this is a postcard of Bali Island. Paul was there last week. He said it's very peaceful.

B: Um, this one. It's from Disneyland. It's so exciting. I'd really love to go.

A: Maybe it could be a graduation present for you next year.

B: Yes. You are right. I'll try.

A. Just some postcards from friends.

B. Why not talk about it with your parents?

C. Where's this one from?

D. How did he go there?

E. That's a very interesting place to visit.

F. Of all, which postcard do you like best?

G. Who is he?

词语运用。

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

think, she, grow, trouble, among, mountain, two

peace, careful, between, because, make

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who painted the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose them. One picture was a quiet lake. The lake was a perfect mirror (镜子) for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds. All who saw this picture that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had, too. But these were rocky. Above was an angry sky, rain fell from it and lightning played in it. Down the side of the mountains fell a waterfall. This did not look at all.

But when the king looked , he saw behind the waterfall a small bush(灌木) in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built. nest(巢). There sat the mother bird in her nest—in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the picture. Do you know why?

peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, , or hard work, "explained the king. " Peace means to be the middle of all those noisy things and still be peaceful in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.

书面表达。

你的同桌Mary上课时总是和别人说话。你与她的关系不错，但她的行为已经影响了你的学习。请你写一封信给她，说说你的想法，并给出适当的建议。70词左右。

提示词: deskmate(同桌)， disturb(打扰;影响)， get rid of(改掉)

新目标(Go for it)版初中英语八年级下册期末测试题（一）（含听力音频）