浙江省慈溪市附海初级中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语12月月考测试卷

    It was a lovely spring afternoon. When my classmates and I were playing happily on the playground, something got into my shoe and I1 , "Ow! Ow! Something in my shoe is biting(咬) me."

    Everyone heard the shout. They quickly took me into a 2and were going to take off my shoe, "Which foot is it?"One asked. "Let us have a look."

    Suddenly, I remembered the3in my socks. My family was very poor during those years. I wore4socks, so they didn't last long and soon had holes in the front. I5 to take off my shoe. And I tried to keep my right shoe on6I couldn't stand others seeing the holes in my sock.

    My teacher, Miss Diane, 7  the classroom. "What's wrong?"she asked. "Something is biting her foot, 8 she doesn't let us take off her shoe," one of my classmates answered. 

    Miss Diane lived next door to me. She 9 everything about my family. She put both hands on my shaking shoulders and said, "Oh, yes, it must be a sock-eating ant." It seemed that she knew the thing 10the shoe. "Once I had a bite from these ants. When I got my shoe off, 11ate almost the half front of my sock." My classmates listened to the teacher 12, although they all looked a little puzzled. (困惑的)  

    Miss Diane took off my 13 shoe and sock. One big red ant fell onto the ground, then the other. "You see, the ants ate the front part of her sock," she added, "You are such a brave girl stand these 14 red ants taking so many bites.

    Till now I still remember that 15 morning, Miss Diane and her "sock-eating ant" story become my warmest memory (回忆) which makes my life a big difference.

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    Gardening is popular in many parts of the world. It brings us sweet smelling flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables. But you can get more from your garden.

    Gardening helps to keep healthy. Today's people sit indoors for too long and don't get much exercise. When you garden, you have to move around. It's a good chance for you to exercise your body by watering flowers or doing some digging. Besides, when you are in your garden, you can feel the warm sunshine. This means you are getting Vitamin D. It helps your bodies use calcium (钙), which is necessary to keep your bones (骨骼) strong.

    It gets them off computers, televisions and phones. Gardening can be a great teacher to teach children about nature and healthy eating. It can also help them to understand the meaning of "No pains, no gains."

Gardening is a great way to meet people and build relationships. When you are gardening, you are outdoors. So it is a perfect time to communicate with your neighbors. Most people love to talk about their hobbies, and so do gardeners. They usually enjoy showing people what they are growing. And most enjoy sharing advice and stories about their gardens.

    A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train."

    "Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't. I won't be able to get up so early." The student was disappointed. When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."

    "Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir." "Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time?" "I don't know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."

    Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out(出发) with his young son to sell the horse before it died.

    The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. They met two men on the road. They said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It's a long way to get to the market. "The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked.                                          

    Then they met two old ladies. "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you see how tired your son is? "So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it. Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, "Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today. "So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding.                                                      

    Sometime later, a young woman passed them. "Why aren't you walking?"She asked, "It isn't far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. " So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please (使…高兴) all the people all the time.