浙江省余姚市2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷

    My family has always been poor, but we love our pets more than everything else. In December, things got even1for our family. In the end, we lost our2and we only had our two German dogs.

    It was a cold winter, but3 we found a place where our two beautiful dogs could live with us.4 ， after living there for one week, all of our money was gone and our dog food was5.

    We tried to6someone to help. But nobody would give a7I began to have bad dreams at night. I was scared that our dogs would8without food. I called one last place in town-a small pet supply(用品) store.

    There, a young girl answered the phone. I told9about what we were going through. To my10this sweet girl told me that she would buy the dog food11us. She didn't even ask us to pay back the money. She12,"I just feel so bad for your dogs and I know13you feel. I just think I have to do something."

    Hearing this, I started crying. My14went away. I knew that our dogs would have food, all because of this young girl. She didn't know me, but she still would like to help my dogs. This young girl,15I don't even know her name, will always be an angel(天使) to me. She is an angel to my dogs as well.

    A woman was walking down the street when a female beggar (女乞丐) came to her and asked for some money. The lady took a 50-yuan note out of her wallet and asked, "If I give you this money, will you spend it on chocolate?

    "Don't be so crazy!" the beggar replied. "Does it look like I have nothing better to spend money on?"

    "What about shopping?" the lady asked.

    "No," the beggar said, "don't you understand I need money just to stay alive?"

    "Will you spend it on your hair?" the lady asked.

   The beggar replied furiously, "No, I just need money for food and a place to live. Please don't give me such a hard time!"

    "Well, if so," the lady said, "I would like you to eat dinner with me and my husband tonight""

    "Why?" the beggar asked.

    "Well," the lady said, "My husband always complains(抱怨). I think it's important for him to see what a lady looks like after she gives up chocolate, shopping, and hair style."

    The virus(病毒) might have stopped Chinese students from going back to school. But it hasn't stopped them from learning. Do you know how to learn better online at home? Here is some advice from different students.

    ★Keep connected(连接的)

    To me, the biggest headache about studying online is my poor Internet connection. During one online class, I couldn't hear my English teacher and I had to connect again. It took lots of time. Since then, I have checked my connection before class every day and asked my family members not to use the Internet while I'm in class.

— Wang Chen, 13, Beijing

    ★Control yourself

    During the first day of studying online, I was excited and listened carefully. But soon I found that my teacher had no idea what I was doing at home so I could hardly control myself. I began to play games. Now, I've set screen time for both my telephone and computer. At night, I try not to play with my mobile phone and make preparations for the next day.

— Qiu Ziyin, 13, Shenzhen

    ★Find the right classes

    I think finding the right classes are the most important when studying online. For example, I had difficulty understanding some English grammar points, so I searched on the Internet and watched several videos from teachers across China. It's good for us to get different teachers.

— Zhang Jiawen, 14, Shanghai

    On January 26th, Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest NBA players in history, died in a helicopter crash(直升飞机失事) in California, US on that day. The terrible crash also killed his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant and seven other people. Kobe was 41 years old. People were shocked and heartbroken after hearing about Bryant's sudden death.

    He was a basketball prodigy(神童) and he joined the NBA straight from high school. He played his whole 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and helped the team win five NBA championships(冠军). He was fast, skillful and aggressive(有攻击性的)，so people gave him the nickname "Black Mamba" after one of the most dangerous snakes in the world. That's why his competitive idea is known as the "Mamba Mentality"(曼巴精神).

    "Mamba mentality is you're going, you're competing, you're not worried about the end result." Bryant said.

    The fact that Bryant is no longer with us is sad. We'll never see him play in another game, but we will remember how great he was.