外研（新标准）版八年级下学期期中专练Ⅱ

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    When Mike bought his home on Guava Street ill La Mesa，California．he was excited．The neighbourhood（社区）was clean and there were many trees there．1Guava Street was near a freeway exit(高速公路出口)．The cars made the street2and dangerous．Mike was a little worried．He3the street needed speed bumps(减速带)．

    So he4numbers for government offices in La Mesa in the phone book and called everyone he found．Finally,he found someone to5him．Her name was Kathy Feline．

    Kathy sent Mike some papers．The papers were about6to ask for speed bumps or other things to make the neighbourhood safe and quiet．Then Mike asked his neiehbours(邻居)to sign(签署)a letter(信)asking for speed bumps．

He7 the letter to the City Council. He visited town meetings and called City Council members．Some of them came to8neighbourhood to see the problem．One night Mike spoke to a large group of people9a City Council meeting．

    Eight months later,city Workers put speed bumps on Guava Street．Now the neighbourhood is safe and quiet．Everyone10Mike for his work．  

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    I'm Maggie．When l was a teenager(青少年)，I wanted to leave school and have my own life．The only1I could think of doing this was to work in the brick(砖)factory in my town．I was very2when I told my father my idea．I thought he would say,"No!You are going to college．"But he3said．"OK．Let's go to the brick factory．"

    Two days later,he took4to the factory．I had a romantic(浪漫主义的)idea of working in a factory．I imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun．I5imagined that there would be music and singing．I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager．

When we6the factory gate,my father spoke to the guard(警卫)and one minute later we were inside．My father said．"Take your time．Have a close look before you decide to work here．"I walked7the factory,looking at the buildings and workers and listening to the noise．Later,I ran back to my father and said，"I want to go home．"

    He asked why,looking into my eyes.

     "It's8here."I answered.

    I went back to school the next day.From then on ,I began to9very hard.I got into a good college.After I left college,I 10a good job at a big company.Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory,I'm now living a really happy life!

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    I have known my friend Rebecca for a long time．We first mat a friend's birthday party five years ago．We found out that we both liked music，sI asked Rebecca to come to my home one weekend．We listened to music together and soon became very good friends．We s almost every weekend doing homework and playing together．

    Three years ago．Rebecca's parents ime to go on a holiday with them．It was great．We spent three wonderful weeks in a cottage(小别墅)na beautiful beach．Rebecca and I got up eevery morning．We loved walking along the beach in the morning．We took a lot of pand had a lot of fun．

    Two years ago．I hurt my leg when I was learning to ra bike and had to spend a week in hospital．Rebecca came to see me every day．But last year,Rebecca's father changed his job,and they mto another town．Since then we haven't seen each other very much，but we have talked on the phone and we have wemails to each other．

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they, start, month, six, look, who, till, ticket, guess, possible

    Joe Smith is a player in a football team．Severalago，he and his family were taking a holiday in a small town．One rainy afternoon，it was for them to play outdoors，so the family decided to go to the cinema．Joe，his wife(妻子)and children drove down to the town's cinema．They bought fourand then went into the hall．The lights were still on(亮着)，and there were justother people there．When Joe walked in．some of them saw him andlapping(鼓掌)．Joe gave them a smile and turned to his wife，"Ah，what a warm welcome!I can't believe they know me here．"he said．"Ithey've seen my games on TV"When they sat down．a young man turned around to shake hands with Joe．"I just can't believe you knowI am，"Joe said．The man puzzled(困惑的)．"All I know'"said the man,"is that they said they would not show the film at least ten people had bought tickets．"

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City Classes

Mexican Folk Dance

Classes in dances from different places in Mexico．Students will give a performance(表演)．

◎Tuesday 2：00 pm——2：50 pm

◎Age：Adults(成人)only

◎Fee：$14 for 8 weeks

Judo

Self-defense(自卫)skills are taught．

◎Saturday 7：00 pm一7：50 pm

◎Age：5 years——18 years

◎Fee：$25 for 6 weeks

Painting

Learn to paint nature and people.Wear old cloth.Paper is provided(提供)，but you need to bring some paints(颜料)．

◎Wednesday 4：30 pm一5：20 pm

◎Age:8 years一18 years

◎Fee：$31 for 5 weeks

Swimming

Learn to swim in Loma Vista Pool．

◎Thursday 7：00 pm——8：00 pm

◎Age：16 years and over

◎Fee：$23 for 10 weeks

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    I'm Philip．Whenever I think about my past life,one unusual experience comes into my mind．It happened during my summer holidays last year．

    Last May,my father began to work in a new factory and we moved to a house near it．There were hundreds of fish and snakes in a river not far from the factory．Among them，the cobra(眼镜蛇)was the most dangerous one．My brother and I played a lot in the river during our summer holidays．In the afternoons,we liked to go out to catch fish from the river．Sometimes we also caught some water snakes，but they were not harmful．

    One afternoon,as I put my hand into the river,I touched something cool．Thinking it was a fish．I gripped(紧抓)it at once and tried to bring it out．But to my surprise, it was a cobra!I relaxed my grip at once and ran away．My brother,a few metres away,was too surprised to speak when he saw the cobra moving towards him with its mouth open．He started to run．I stopped to pick up a rock and threw it at the cobra．Surprisingly,the cobra now turned towards me and I had to run again．But I was very tired at that time，and couldn't run quickly．Luckily, my brother soon found a big rock．He threw it at the cobra and killed(杀死)it．

    After that,my mother didn't allow us to play in the river any more．We listened to her．After all,it was something we'd never want to experience again．

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Dear Mr Skinner,
    I am Kelly. I am Head of the Gates School of English in Chichester. I am writing to you on behalf of(代表)my students. I know that you are visiting Chichester for a week from next Wednesday. And I want to know whether(是否)it might be possible for you to visit the school and give a short talk to my students.
    My students are aged between 22 and 28. They come from different countries. Most of them are very interested in second language learning. They will be very excited if you can give a talk about that.
    I guess you must be really busy and that your schedule(日程安排)may already be completely full, but I truly believe that you would find such a visit very rewarding. You know, my students are very kind and smart, and I'm sure you'll have a very enjoyable experience.
    If you feel that you could make time to visit the school and give us a talk, would you be kind enough to ask your secretary(秘书) to give our academic administrator(教务管理员), Miss Markham, a call? Her phone number is 639249.
    Thank you for taking the time to read this email and I hope to hear from you in the near future.
Yours sincerely,
Kelly Gilbert

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    It was 12：45 pm on 2nd January 2007. 50-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at an underground station in New York. His two daughters were with him.
    Suddenly a sick(生病的)man fell on the platform(站台). The man，20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter，got up，but then fell again—this time，onto the underground track(轨道). A train was coming into the station. It was very dangerous.
    But Mr Autrey wasn't afraid. He looked at the man. and he looked at where the man was. And he thought. "The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up. the train will kill him. But if he lies on the track and doesn't move. he will be OK. "So he knew he had to make a decision(决定).
    He jumped. Mr Autrey lay on top of Mr Hollopeter,and kept him down as hard as he could. The train driver saw them. He was very afraid，but he couldn't stop in time. Several carriages(客车厢)passed over the two men before the train stopped.
    The people on the platform screamed(尖叫). When Mr Autrey heard them screaming，he shouted，"We're OK down here，but I've got two daughters up there. Let them know their father's ok. "People on the platform cheered and cheered for Mr Autrey.Underground workers helped the two men out. Mr Hollopeter was sent to hospital soon. He had no serious injuries(伤).
    Later on a TV talk show，Mr Autrey said，"The only thing that happened to me was that my blue hat got dirty. I didn't do anything special. I just saw someone who needed help. I did what I thought was right. "