浙江省新目标版初中英语八年级下学期期中模拟试卷（5）

    Once there was a man who had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not. One day they found a mirror and for the first time they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!” The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push. “Go away!” she said. Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “you must always be good as well look good.” Then to the girl he said, “My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to please, everyone will love you. It will not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

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    Mrs. Gill lived next door to Nita．Every afternoon, Mrs. Gill took a walk．She said it kept her young．Nita liked to talk with Mrs. Gill when Mrs. Gill came back．Mrs. Gill was always happy after her walk．She often showed Nita something she had found，like a beautiful red leaf(叶子)．

    One afternoon，Mrs.Gill looked upset．Nita asked her why．

    “I am sad about all the trash(垃圾)on the street．”she said．“I never saw so much flash in this neighborhood! What happened?”

    “Mrs. Trent moved．”said Nita．“She used to go out each morning and pick up flash．I often saw her on my way to school．”

    Mrs. Gill looked very  ▲  ． “I thought I knew everything about this neighborhood!”she said．“But you see more than I do!”

“Well, I wish I could do Mrs. Trent's job．But you know, my back(背)often hurts．It's really hard for me to pick things up，”she added．

    “I could do that．”said Nita．

    Mrs. Gill said．“l will carry the flash bag! You can use my gloves(手套)so your hands can stay clean．”

Nita put on the gloves．She picked up pieces of paper．She picked up boxes．And Mrs. Gill carried the bag．Lots of people stopped to thank Mrs．Gill and Nita．The street looked much better．

“Thanks，Nita，”said Mrs. Gill．“Let's call ourselves the clean-up team!”

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    Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers (志愿者). Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.

    Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she's living in Belize. Pauline says, “I'm working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted (污染), the coral dies. I'm helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it's too late.”

    “I'm staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don't get any money, but that's OK. I love my work here, and I'm learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself!

    When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around

    Belize and Central America.”

    In Western countries, many children do chores to get pocket money. 1 usually start to do this at the age of 10.

    School students have to do homework and study 2 tests on weekdays. So they often do chores on 3. Some young kids only do 4 chores. So they don't get much money. But that's all right. Many of them only want to 5 candies. And candies are cheap！They help wash the dishes after dinner, and 6 the family cat or dog.

    When kids get 7 ， they want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candies. Then they have to work harder！They often 8 the family car, cut the grass, walk the dog or cook dinner.

    Doing chores is a good 9 for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn how to use a lawn mower(割草机) or 10 to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.

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Teenage life—better now, or in the past?

    Does this situation sound familiar（熟悉）?

    You are complaining（抱怨）to your parents about something. Maybe your computer isn't powerful enough to play the latest games..Then you hear…

    “When I was your age, there weren't any computers or video games. And I didn't get a bike until I was sixteen. And it was second-hand.”

    So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It is certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays.So parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children.

    Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones. And now these things are necessary—we can't imagine living without them!

    However, technology often means we spend more time at home. And often it's just us, with our computer or television. Teenagers don't do enough exercise. And, although young people still get on well with their friends, some people think teenagers today don't have so many social activities as they did in the past.

    What do you think? How is teenage life better these days?

A. And it was too big for me.

B. A typical family is smaller now.

C. Or your friends' bikes are better than yours.

D. So they aren't as healthy as they were in the past.

E. Technology is probably the greatest change in our life.

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