浙江省杭州市西湖区2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期末试卷

Nurses work long hours and they do a difficult job. Some hospitals in Europe, the USA and Japan use robots to help nurses and doctors now.

Robots can take things to different parts of the hospital. They can carry people and things to different places. They can also give food, drinks and medicine. It's very important for a hospital to be clean. People can't go into small places but robots can. They can clean every part of the hospital.

But can robots really be nurses? Here are some opinions from different people.

Four people have called Ms. Wu. Here's their information.

In December 2004, Tilly Smith was in Phuket with her mum and dad. It was her first holiday in Thailand and the family were very happy.

On December 26"they were on Mai Khao beach when the sea disappeared (消失). It was so strange that people walked to the sea and watched. Tilly watched too, but she was worried.

Tilly remembered a geography lesson at school. In the lesson they studied tsunamis, Tsunamis are very big, dangerous waves (波浪) They can travel 20-30 miles each hour with waves 10-20 meters high. A tsunami can kill people or destroy buildings as waves come in and go out.

Before the waves reach the beach, the sea disappears, First, Tilly ran to her parents and told them all about Tsunamis, Then Tilly and her parents shouted at the people. Run! People stopped and listened to them. After that they hurried back from the beach. Finally, the big tsunami arrived. It was a tragedy for lots of people in Asia, but the people on Mai Khao beach were all right.

Tilly got a special certificate (证书) for what she did that day, And ten years later in 2014. 20-year-old Tilly visited the same beach in Thailand again, recalling the special day with her family.

If you cannot live without your car, Zurich might be the last city you would like to visit. In Zurich, people are. welcome, but cars are not! Over the past 20 years, this city has used smart ways to make traffic lighter.

One is to keep the same number of parking spaces. For example, if 50 new parking spaces are built in one part of the city, then 50 old spaces in other parts are taken away for other uses. So the total number doesn't change. Some are unhappy that there are never enough spaces. That is just what the city has in mind: If people find parking more difficult, they will drive less.

Also, the number of cars in the city is counted (t数). Over 3, 500 little computers are put under Zurich roads to check the number of cars that come into the city, If the number is higher than the city can deal with(处理), the traffic lights on the roads that enter the city will be kept red. So drivers who are traveling into Zurich have to slop and wait until there are fewer cars in the city

Now, you may ask why Zurich is doing this. This is simply because the city wants to make more spaces for its people.

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Lucy lives in New York. She has 204 friends and she makes two or three more friends every week.

About 20 of her friends also live in New York, so she often sees them. The others live in somewhere else. She never meets these friends, but she talks to them on the Internet They are her "MySpace Friends".

Websites like MySpace, Yahoo and Weibo are very popular all over the world, especially with young people. People give information about themselves. They show photos and give opinions online. They also write about their favorite films, music and TV programs.

For many young people, the homepage is very important. It says," This is me! I have something to say. These things and these people are important in my life. And these websites are also an easy way to talk to a lot of different people. That is why teenagers like these "friends" websites.

But some people are worried that these websites aren't safe For example, it is impossible to know that the information on a homepage is true. Maybe the 16-year-old girl you talk to online is really a 40-year-old man. So here is some advice.

Do not put photos of yourself on your webpage. Do not meet people that you only know because of the website. And finally, remember that online friends are fun, but they are not the same as real friends

There was once a famous scientist who made several important discoveries. Once someone asked him how he was able to be so1 He said that it all came from a (n) 2with his mother when he was 2 years old. He was trying to take a bottle of3out of the fridge. But the bottle was too slippery (滑的) and he4 The 5floor was covered in milk.

When his mother came into the kitchen, she didn't6 him but only said, "Robert, what a wonderful mess you have made! I have 7 seen such a huge puddle of milk. Would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes 8we clean it up?"

So he did. After a few minutes, they cleaned it up together. Then his mother said," This was not a successful experiment (实验) in9 to carry a big bottle of milk with two small hands Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can find a 10to carry it without dropping it.

The little boy leaned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip (边) with both hands, he could 11carry it. What a wonderful12! The scientist then added that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to13

He learned that mistakes are just opportunities (机会) to learn something14which is what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment doesn't "work", we can still learn something helpful from 15

When Mary was a little girl, her parents were always worried about not having enough money. (they) sad faces made her decide to help,  she left school and stared to workthe age of fifteen. Since then, she has done many different(job).Most of the jobs did not pay(good), but she tried her best in all of them and leaned a lot.

Mary is now thirty years old, and her family has a better life. But Mary's friends keep telling her that she should learn to make much(many) money. They (teach) her many ways, but Mary didn't try any of them. She is not interested in (something) risky (冒险的). She knows she(be) really happy if she can be a student again. Going back to school is she wants most now.