广东省韶关市乐昌市2020-2021学年八年级上学期英语期末试卷

The giraffe has a very long neck and four long and thin legs. It is the tallest living animal on land. Its front legs are1than its back legs. An adult(成年的)giraffe can be five meters tall. It can run very 2—about 30 miles an hour. It is brown and yellow.

Giraffes are from Africa. They can 3 up to 25 years in the wild. They do not like being alone and they live in groups of six or more. To find food, they travel over 4 large area and don't have a fixed (固定的)home. They spend most of a day 5. The leaves, flowers and fruit at the top of trees 6 their main food, and they also eat grass and plants.

A mother giraffe is pregnant (怀孕的)for about 15 months and only has one baby. It gives birth while standing up. 7 a baby giraffe's first experience in the world is to fall several meters 8 the ground! Within one hour of being born, the baby giraffe is on its feet searching for milk from 9 mother. The baby giraffe can weigh 60 kilos at birth and stops growing when it is 10 years old.

Maybe you don't know Walt Disney, but you must know Disneyland. If you don't know Disneyland, you must1Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.

Walt Disney was American. He was2on December 5, 1901. And he died on December 15, 1966. Walt Disney had three brothers and one sister. He enjoyed3when he was very young. He could draw very well. When he sold his first drawing to his neighbors, he was only seven years old! He got4in 1925. And then he had two daughters after he got married. In 1928, he created the famous5Mickey Mouse, which made him famous to the world. Walt Disney was very rich,6he was frugal(朴素的). He7most of his money on his work. Walt

Disney is a great person. Though8died, people, all over the world will remember him forever. He is deeply9by worldwide people. He was a clever, imaginative（富有想象力的) creative man. He10enjoyment and happiness to the world. He is a hero of the 20th century.

Everyone likes vacations. When you go on vacation, it's a relaxing time for you and you usually feel happy. Some young people from different countries enjoy taking vacations when they are free. And they are all interested in visiting China. Let's take a look at some of their vacations in China.

Annie had a great love of Hawaii. She read many books about it. What she liked most was the beautiful beaches. She asked her mom if they could ever go on vacation in Hawaii. "I don't know," said her mom. "It needs a lot of money." Annie thought she could start saving up(攒钱)for the trip. "That doesn't seem to be such a simple thing," she said to herself.

When she was at school the next day, Annie went to the library to find some more books about Hawaii. Then she found a travel magazine with an entry form(报名表)to fill out to win a prize . She might get the opportunity to win a trip to Hawaii. The trip was for one week and included(包含)two other people that could also go on the trip. That night，Annie filled out all the information on the form and put it in the mailbox.

A few weeks went by, Annie's mom got a call front Leisure Time. They told her that Annie won the trip to Hawaii. "WOW!" cried Annie as her mom told her about the trip she had won. "I can't believe they chose my entry form," said Annie, "Well, you are finally going to make your dream of going to Hawaii come true, "said Annie's mom." I'd better start preparing for the trip right now," laughed Annie.

When you grow up and finish your college education, many of you will find a job. You might become actor, a doctor, a scientist and so on. However, many young people find a job they don't really like it. They can't see the meaning of doing the job. Here are a few ways to help you choose a right job.

First, sure you know what kind of person you are, what makes you special and what you are interested . Remember that skills (技能)are from hobbies. If you just enjoy drawing something, then that is not a skill. But if you are to draw a horse that looks real, then that is a skill.

Then ask, yourself what your best skill is. Is it the skill at interpersonal relationships (人际关系), the skill at information the skill at doing things?

that, you can study some different jobs by reading some articles about them and discussing(讨论)them with your friends or family.

All in all , don't question about your choice(选择)!It's your own life, so just find something that you doing.

Ms. White is our English teacher. She is from Australia. She began to teach us last year. She is so friendly and funny that all of us like her very much. But now she is leaving for her country. We are so sad to see her go because she is a good teacher. We're going to have a party for her. We think it is the best way to say "Thank you and goodbye".

We are going to have the party this Saturday evening. Now we are preparing for it. Wang Lei and Wei Wei invited all the teachers. Our Chinese teacher Miss Zhang said she couldn't come. Her family is taking a trip to Beijing this weekend. Luckily, the other teachers said that they would come. Li Ye is writing a thank-you note(短笺). We want to show how much we're going to miss Ms. White. He asks Wu Shan to read it to Ms. White because she speaks English very well. I'm going to play a piece of music for Ms. White at the party. And I also prepare a fun game to play at the party.

We hope the party will be very great.

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