山东省淄博市高青县2015-2016学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

    On a very sunny afternoon this summer, I was driving home. When the car was near a1 , I found one of the traffic lights was bad. And a2was standing in the middle of the crossing. There were too much cars. And the weather was too3. The fact was that he was doing a(an)4job.

    I saw a5 on the corner. I wanted to buy some water for the police! But it was a little shy for me to do it for a 6 . At last I went to the store to buy water. Next I found it was not easy to give the water to him in the7crossing. Maybe he is busy directing traffic.

    But I had to try. I drove into the crossing, and gave him the8 Though he wasn't able to take the bottle, he broke into a smile, and said, “9.” I went home by10and felt better. I felt good to spread the positive energy（正能量）, and it was the least I could do it.

    Mr. Weeks is fifty years old. He's taught maths in a middle school for twenty years. He works hard and always comes to his office on time. He hopes his students will be honest and he is strict with them. Some of his students have become famous persons, but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course Mr. Weeks is proud of them.

    This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn't know him. On the first day of school he told the students how to be an honest person. He gave them some examples and said, “ I don't like telling a lie.” Before class was over, he told all his students to finish Exercise 8 in Lesson 1.

    The next morning, as soon as he came into the classroom, he asked, “ Who's finished Exercise 8 ?” Some students put their hands up. He shook his head and said, “ Open your books and see if there is Exercise 8 in Lesson 1.”

    The students had a look at their books and their faces turned red at once.

    When we think of paper, we think of newspapers and books. But there are many other uses. Only half of the world's paper is used for books and newspapers.

    Paper is very good for keeping you warm. You have perhaps seen homeless men asleep on a large number of newspapers. In Finland, it is sometimes – 40℃ in winter. The farmers wear paper boots（靴子）in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

    Each year, more and more things are made of paper. We have had paper cups and plates for a long time. But now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper. With paper boots and shoes, you can also wear paper hats, paper dresses, and paper raincoats. When you have used them once, you throw them away and buy new ones.

    The latest use of paper seems to be paper houses. These are not small houses for children to play in, but real, big houses for people to live in. You can buy a house with three rooms for about 500 dollars. You can put it up by yourself in a few hours, and you can use it for about five years.

    One day a man came home from work late, he was very tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

    “Daddy, Can you tell me how much money do you make an hour?”

    “If you must know, I can tell you that I make 20 dollars an hour.”

    “Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me 10 dollars?”

    The father was furious and shouted , “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish(自私的)!”

    The little boy quietly went to his room and closed the door. After about an hour, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn't really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy's room.

    “Sorry! Maybe I was too rude on you just now.” said the man, “Here's 10 dollars. You can buy something that you need”

    “Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

    “Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

    “Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.” The little boy replied, “Daddy, I have 20 dollars now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

— I can also see some birds.