浙江省新目标版初中英语八年级上学期期中复习试卷（2）

    I'm Mike. Jim is my best friend. We are both 12 years old in 2017. We are at the same age. We study in the same school but in different classes.

    Jim is a kind person and he can often make friends easily. When I feel worried or unhappy, I can always go to him. He always gives me some advice and he always helps me with my problems. A famous saying goes like this, "A friend in need is a friend indeed."

    Both Jim and I like reading. So we often go to the school library after class. There are many books and magazines. The school library also offers good service. For example, the air conditioner(空调) is always on and you can drink free drinks there, We really like reading books there.

    During the Reading Week, we always ask our friends to read interesting books. Every year, we have two long holidays. When we're on holidays, we usually go to different places.

    In a word, it's lucky to have such a friend sharing interesting things together.

    A father and his daughter were flying a kite in the park. When they stopped, the young daughter saw an old man  (sell) apples. She asked her father to buy her an apple. Her father didn't bring much money  him, but it was enough to buy two apples. So, he bought two apples and gave them to his.

    His daughter held one apple in her left hand and the other in the right hand. Then the father  (ask) her if she could share one apple with him. When the girl heard this, she  (quick) took a bite from one apple. And before  father could speak, she took a bite from the second apple quickly, too.

    The father was  (surprise). He wondered why his daughter did like that. He thought maybe his daughter was too young to understand about  (share) and giving. A smile disappeared from his face.

    But suddenly his daughter with an  in her left hand said, "Dad, please have this one. This one is much  (sweet). "The father's smile came back after knowing why his daughter quickly took a bite from each apple.

    Don't judge anything too quickly. Always spare some more time to understand things better.

    There is a saying in China that goes, "Women hold up half the sky." Now, let's look at some famous women who have a big influence in China.

    I often spend my summer holidays just with my parents. It is quite boring. But last summer holiday was 1 . Some of my friends came to stay with my 2  and me for a week in our summer house. It is in a small 3  town called Portsea. They got there by train. It 4  them three hours.

    One morning my friends and I 5  to take my parents' boat for a ride. We rowed (划船)  6 half an hour and found a big cave (山洞).Susan said it could be 7  to go into it. But Peter said it was okay. 8  we started rowing again and got in the cave. Then the tide (潮夕) started. At first we thought we could fight it but we were 9 . We shouted for 10  but there was no one around. Susan and I began to cry. Louis told us not to 11  because the tide would be out. Because Louis always seemed to know the answer to 12 , we stopped crying.

    Luckily, Louis was right 13 . After some hours the tide went out. We rowed back home quickly. We didn't 14  my parents about this special trip. And we were so 15  that we did not have a boat ride again.

    Everyone has friends. Please read the following passages (段落). You can know more about friends.

    Friends are people you know well and like. They can be different kinds of people. Some of them may be outgoing. Some may be quiet. But they're all the people you like to spend time with.

    Friends are important in your life. They can make your life interesting, give you advice (建议) and help you in difficult times. Life is going to be hard and boring if you don't have any friends.

    In different time and places, you have different kinds of friends. When you play sports, you may have friend who often plays with you When you feel sad, you may have friend who can comfort (安慰) you.

    A good way to make friends is to do some activities with others. You can join some clubs or sports teams. And if you want to learn something, you can take a class. There you can meet people and make new friends.

    Old friends are important to you because they know you better. A good way to keep your old friends is to ask them to your birthday parties and that kind of things.

根据材料内容，从下面六个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通畅、内容完整（有一项多余）。

    Three students are giving their opinions about what a good friend should be like.

要求：

1）灵活运用本单元所学的形容词、副词的原级和比较级；

2）词数80左右；电子邮件的格式；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：珍惜友谊 value friendship

Dear Kelly,

    How's it going? I'm writing to tell you something about my best friend and me.

    I hope we can be best friends, too.

Yours,

Li Li