浙江省宁波市海曙区八年级上学期2020-2021学年英语第一次质检试卷

Did you do one thing with many people？That is called "teamwork".

A boss of a1asked the people in his neighborhood for help. He had to2lots of books to his new store. 3the new one was just in the near street, it wasn't a（n）4thing. However, he had a good5. He put up a notice（张贴通知）. It said, "My store needed some6. And all people could come and help. "

The boss wanted to finish the moving work in a week. But it didn't take7so much time. In the beginning, there were only 10 people8between the old store and the new one. Soon, things got9. Many other people came to help him10. On the weekend, at least 250 people showed up. The boss was11that people in the neighborhood support（支持）him so much. So he decided to change（改变）the12of moving books. They stopped taking things13the old store to the new one by each person, but formed a human chain（组成人链）. Then they just needed to pass （传递） those14from person to person to send them to the new store.

The boss also15with these kind people. He felt happy to see the power （力量） of so many people doing one thing.

Hundreds of people joined the premiere（首映） of the movie My People, My Country at a Los Angeles Cinema on Sept 30. Waving（挥舞） Chinese flags in their hands, people sang My People, My Country together at the start of the film.

The song was reworked （重新录制） for the movie by pop singer Faye Wong. Choosing（选择） seven short stories from seven directors, led by Chen Kaige, the film has drawn on the nation's greatest technological and cultural achievements （国家重大科技文化事件）since（自从） 1949.

Yet the film does not focus on the historical moments themselves, but shows the important events through the eyes of common people.

The short story Going Home, for example, follows a clock repairer（修理工） who saw the return（回归） of Hong Kong from British rule to China in 1997. Simon Yam plays the actor himself has experienced the historical moment himself. "On the day of Hong Kong's return, I felt it wasn't just a return to the motherland, but the return of hearts," he told China.org.cn. "When the flag was raised, I was filled with excitement and hope at that moment. I felt like, 'We are home. We feel safe and comfortable（舒服的）'. "

"If a person meets a historical moment, the inspiring power is unbelievable," Chen told China.org.cn.

Many people said they felt the deep love for our country while watching the movie. In a survey ranking audience satisfaction（观众满意度调查）, My People, My Country came in first among 267 films made by Chinese directors since 2015.

One day, I was waiting to take a bus. It was 7pm. A young girl, about 16 years old, walked to me and asked if I could help her. She traveled by herself from her boarding school and wanted to go home.

After listening to her story, I gave her 20 dollars at once and told her to take a taxi straight to her home. She was thankful and asked my information. She said she would pay back the money. I told my name and my address and then I took a bus home.

When I told this to my roommate（室友） Mike, he said, "Don't you know？This is the oldest trick（把戏）！I'm sure she is laughing at you. What do I care？You just lost your money." "But she was sad!" "Of course she looked sad. Maybe she had acted like this many times before she met you." He didn't stop laughing at me the following days.

However, one week later, Mike handed me a letter（信）. It was from the girl. She thanked me in the letter and told me that I would get a money order three days later. Really I did. By the way, when Mike know that, the look on his face was really funny.

How do you like your sibling？Many people don't get on well with their siblings because of the differences in age, personality（性格） and habits.

Sharing a bedroom with your siblings may be something good. First, if you're scared of the dark, you'll feel more comfortable if you stay in a room with another person. The same is true if you don't like staying at home by yourself at night. Second, you can learn many important things. You can learn how to give and take and how to work out your problem with others. Those help you get on better with your family.

However, sharing a bedroom with your siblings also can be something bad. It may make your sleep worse. If you're a light sleeper（浅睡眠）, noisy siblings must be a problem. There's also less private space（私人空间） when both of you share a room. Sometimes in the same bedroom you can make two smaller "rooms" with curtains（窗帘） or tall bookcases, but those aren't always enough because ______. That makes you feel less comfortable.

As you can see, there are both good and bad things about sharing a room with your siblings. So, talk with your parents to see what works the best for you and your siblings!