广东省广州市白云区2022-2023学年八年级上学期9月份月考英语试卷-组卷题库站

Some children wish to be writers when they grow up. That 1 that they want to write stories or books. They would be happy if many people read their stories or books some day, but I would like 2 these children that they will need to be good readers and read a lot before they become good writers.

Nearly all great writers often listened 3 others tell stories long before they started school. They also 4 on reading for hours and hours for years. Even when they had become writers, they spent much of their time 5 books instead of watching TV in the evening.

If you are a good reader, it won't take you long 6 the reading homework your teacher asks you to do. Then you will have time to read 7 books for fun. You will read so 8 that you will always want to look for more books to read.

If you want to be a writer, reading is very 9. When you decide to become a writer, you had better tell 10, "I must read more and more if I really want to become a good writer."

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Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was1 old farmer. He loved money very well. He kept a lot gold coins but 2 used them, he 3 not give them to others. He put them into a 4 box and put it in the ground. He came to the5 every day to look at it. This made him happy. 6 , when he came to the place, he could not find the 7 . He became very, very sad. He began to cry. 8 a man came to him and said, "Don't cry. Put a stone in the ground instead, and 9 it is a box of gold coins. A stone will be 10 the same, because when coins were there, you never used them."

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Canada geese（鹅） are large, blue and white birds. When autumn comes, they fly to the south where the weather is warmer. Winter in Canada is very cold. The birds will die if they stay there.

Last spring, Bill found sixteen young Canada geese on his farm. They couldn't find their parents. Bill had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds how to fly. All through the summer, Bill went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him.

When the cold weather came, Bill flew to Virginia in the United States. The geese followed him all the way. Bill left the geese in Virginia and returned home.

This spring Bill waited for the birds to come back. But they didn't. Bill flew to Virginia to get them back. He looked for them for two weeks but he couldn't find them. But when he arrived home, he found the geese were waiting for him. They could find their way home by themselves!

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D.J. Smith wanted to go to school. When he first had the idea, everyone in his town thought he was crazy."Are you kidding? Go to school at your age?" said one man. "That's right. You are blind without your glasses on," said another person. "Besides, you can't remember things easily now," his wife also said. But nothing could stop old D.J.Smith from going to school. He was born to a poor family. His parents didn't have enough money for him to go to school when he was young. He had to work hard to helo his family. Now he owns the biggest supermarket in the town. D.J.Smith said to his wife," Money means nothing, but knowledge does. I always want to study. But when I was young, I couldn't go to school. But now, money is not a problem." Yesterday was a special day for D.J.Smith. He graduated （毕业）from school. When he took the diploma from Mr Wilson, he couldn't help crying. Everyone there was moved, too. It's never too old to learn. D.J.Smith did it.

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Here are some encyclopedias for you to read in our online library.

The Columbia Encyclopaedia(SixthEdition): An English-language dictionary containing more than 51,000 topics, the Columbia Encyclopedia provides trusted facts and information. More than 200 people make great efforts for depth and accuracy ( 精确 ) of the encyclopaedia, its topics are complete and clear.

Medical encyclopaedias: Online medical encyclopaedias are for doctors, educators, and student. The library of free medical encyclopaedias contains a variety of trusted facts that cover medical conditions, medical symptoms ( 症状)，and medical causes of health-related problems.

Computer encyclopaedias:Ouronline library of computer encyclopaedias is very useful whether you're looking for in-depth research or just learning about computer technology. The computer encyclopaedias include topics like computer science, computer science and engineering, and computer science and technology.

Science encyclopaedias: Our online library of science encyclopaedias covers a variety of topics from biology, psychology, and chemistry to religion and science discoveries. Our online science encyclopedias for kids are a big help for school research projects and science experiments.

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We humans can play the piano. Of course we play the piano with our ten fingers. . Teotronic is not a human. It is a robot. Matteo Suzzi is the inventor of Teotronico. Matteo Suzzi comes from Italy. . He was interested in science when he was young. He always likes to use his head to create new amazing things. . He made the piano-playing robot at a cost of about $4,700.

.It has more fingers than humans. It plays the piano faster than a human. Teotronico can sing as well when it plays the piano. Teotronico can even use its eyes to interact( 互动)with humans because there are cameras in its eyes. Teotronico is amazing, isn't it?

A.He is more than thirty years old.

B. Teotronico is a special and great robot.

C. It is the first robot to do so and many people feel excited to see it.

D. But Teotronico can play with its 19 fingers.

E. He spent four years making the musical robot.

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Boys and girls, please c your test paper before you hand them in.

Dinosaurs died out suddenly. N knows why.

Our English teacher is ill today, so Mr. Hu gave us a lesson i .

No h being could live with such polluted air.

Who w the game?

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