湖南省长沙市青竹湖湘一外国语学校2021-2022学年八年级上学期开学英语试卷

This summer holiday was over. What did you do? Jack and his friends did a survey(调查) about it. Here is the result (结果) of 5000students from 10 school.

The new term is coming. Do you want to join any new clubs?

Many years ago, a man was reading his morning newspaper. It was surprising for him to find his name in the obituary column (布告栏). "There must be something wrong with the newspaper! They must write down the wrong name! "He thought to himself.

The man was very sad to read about the news. After he cooled down, he read all the obituary to find out what people said about him. There were sentences like "Dynamite (炸药) King Dies" "His father was the merchant of death (死亡商人) and he was famous for inventing (发明) dynamite. "When he read the words "merchant of death. "he asked himself a question: "Is this also the way how people will remember me after years? "

From that day on, he did something different and started working on world peace (世界和平). His name is Alfred Nobel. People all over the world remember him today because he set up the Nobel Prize.

The Nobel Prize honored (授予荣誉) men and women from all over the world for their great work in five fields (physics, chemistry, literature, medicine and world peace). In 1895, Nobel wrote his last will (资助) the Nobel Prize.

Many people are getting the COVID-19 vaccine (疫苗)these days. But some are afraid of needles (针). Scientists around the world are working on new kinds of vaccines to help people get the vaccine more easily

Vaccines we can breathe in (吸入)

Chinese scientist Chen Wei and her team made a new vaccine for people to breathe it into mouth. "We tested it on people for a year and now hope to use it in real life, " Chen said.

According to Chen, people get COVID-19 mainly through (主要通过)the nose and throat (喉咙)

Vaccine patch (贴片)

Australian scientists at the university of Queensland made a COVID-19 vaccine patch. "It's very easy to use. You don't even need doctors and nurses," said scientist David Muller.

Just put the patch on your arm, leave it on for 10 seconds, then you get the vaccine. According to the scientists, 000 very small needles. They are so small that you won't feel afraid. Now scientists are testing the patch on people. We may use it in two years when it's ready.

Love and Time

Long long ago, all the feelings (情感) lived on an island (岛) , Sadness, Knowledge (知识) , the island was going to sink (下沉) , so they all made boats and left but only Love stayed. .

Richness in a big boat passed by (路过) Love.  Richness answered, "No, I can't. There's no place for you. "Love decided to ask Sadness. "Sadness, Love. I am so sad that I need to be by myself!" Sadness answered.  But she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

 It was an old man. Love was happy and even forgot to ask where they were going. When they got to a safe place, the man walked away. Love asked Knowledge, another old man "Who helped me?"

"" Knowledge answered.

"But why did he help me? "Knowledge smiled and answered, "Because only Time can understand how valuable (珍贵) Love is. "

Are you the only child in your family? Do you want to have more sisters and brothers? To fight the aging (老龄化) problem, on May 31 (新政). According to it, every family can have up to three children.

Some children are worried about having more brothers and sisters. "It will be really hard fora couple to have three children and also care for the old. And if I live in a family like this, I will feel depressed (压抑的) ", said a 12-year-old girl named Zhao Zhihan from Beijing. As the only child in her home, the 13-year-old girl from Taiyuan, doesn't want any brothers and sisters, they will not love me as before, "she said.

But Li Jinyan, a 14-year-old from Lanzhou, supports (支持) , I'm a girl, so I think a sister would understand (理解) , you won't feel lonely and when you are sad, there's always someone beside you. Also (足够) to leave home, my brother could still have someone to be with him

One day a teacher called me into her classroom and told her students to take a surprise 1. It was 2because the students could see no questions but a black dot (点) on the paper. The teacher said, "I want you to3what you see on this paper." After an hour, the students handed in their paper, then the teacher started reading their answers 4in front of them. When the teacher ended, the students found they only tried to 5 all about the black dot.

The teacher started to explain (解释): "I won't be grading (评分) this test. But I want you to think about 6. See this paper as your7. The black dot is just like the 8things you had, but the white part is all of your life experiences (经历). You just focused on (关注) the black dot on the paper , but life is full of many good things. What about thinking about 9part more often? Remember how 10you are in your life sometimes, not just the black dot. "

I am off on a trip on my own. Yes! Alone!

My private(私人的) train trip was around Europe. It was fun and the views(风景) of the countryside were (excite). Now I am in Salzburg, Austria. The quiet hills of Austria are a great place (relax). The movie The Sound of Music was filmed here. Mozart(莫扎特), the famous (music), was also from here.

The train ride to Amsterdam waslong one. It gave me time to write some postcardssend back home. Amsterdam is a fun city, full of friendly locals(当地人) and many tourists. I spent the whole day (6) (visit) the art museums here. The museum is famous for the Dutch artist Van Gogh and it is full of history and beautiful art.

Copenhagen, Denmark, is one of the safest (place) in the world. I spent a busy and nice day at the Tivoli Amusement Park. It is a huge park and it even has concerts(演唱会) and dance shows. In 1805, Hans Christian Anderson, (be) born in this city. I(buy) two of his fairy tale books at the local bookshop, The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling.

an adventure(冒险) this trip it was! I love it.