牛津版（深圳·广州）2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下学期期末模拟复习卷一

    An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had trouble.

    "My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will happen to me now?"

    "Don't worry, young man," answered Nasreddin.

    "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier. "

    The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?" he asked Nasreddin.

    "No, I didn't mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends."

—His English becomes better after trying hard.

—Yes, me too.

    Climbing Mount Qomolangma, the World's highest mountain, has now become more difficult. The government of Nepal asks climbers to come down the mountain with at least 18 pounds of garbage. That's the average amount of garbage a climber leaves behind on Mount Qomolangma.

    Climbers would leave garbage along the way. This helps climbers keep their bags light, so they would have energy to reach the summit.  The garbage problem in Mount Qomolangma is not new. In 2013, climbers carried down a total of four tons of garbage.

    The new rule came into effect in April of 2014. To make sure it is followed, climbers will have to hand in some money to the officials before they climb the mountain. When they climb back down the mountain, the officials will check them to make sure they bring down the 18 pounds of garbage. If they do, their money will be given back to them.  If not, climbers won't get their money back. Also, the officials won't let these people climb the mountain again.

    I designed(设计) some of my own Smile cards personally. One of them is for "hiding" 1 in unexpected places. I hoped that this would be found by someone who really 2 it.

    So, I went to a local supermarket near here and placed a $20 bill with the 3 behind a product(产品). I then went to another side to see who would find it. I wanted to see 4he or she would react(反应) !

    After a while a lady5 the money with the card. Then she looked around to see if she could know who left it. I was 6to find she put it back! I guessed she really didn't need it.

    After about another seven 7a lady with a young boy found the money. They started looking around the 8! I guessed they were looking for hidden 9! Again the money was put back.

    I never saw who finally needed the money 10 I did get to see just how amazing some people were! Also, I'm glad that those who didn't think they needed the money left it for someone who did! Very warm!

—At 4:00. The train will leave at 5:20.