浙江省乐清市山海联盟2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中考...

Feeling quite hopeless, Jack walked down the streets, knowing he came to the end of life. In his fifties, Jack had never been married, experienced the happiness of having children or spent holidays with his family. On this sad rainy night, he felt that there was 1 in the whole world cared whether he lived or died.

At that time I was sitting in my room watching the rain2 my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I jumped from my chair and ran out. But my mother was already at the3Opening it, she saw a very dirty- looking man with tears falling down his face. My mother was always4 and warm- hearted, invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room.

Wondering what the man looked like, I walked5 secretly. The man holding his head in his hands and crying, made my heart ache. I ran back upstairs and took out my only half- dollar coin. Then I walked right into the living room. The three6 looked at me in surprise as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-- dollar coin in his hand and gave him a7. Running back upstairs, I felt excited but happy.

Downstairs, Jack sat quietly with tears flling down his face as he tightly held that coin. Finally8 my parents, he said,"I thought nobody cared. For the last twenty years, I have beenso  9. That is the first hug I have ever got. It's hard to believe that somebody10"

Jack's life changed that night. When he left our house, he didn't want to die but to11We never saw Jack again,12 we received letters from him from time to time, letting us know that he was doing fine.

My life changed that night too, as I13the power of giving a hug, although it's only a gift of fty cents14 Jack left, my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door. Jack said that when he'd walked along the streets that rainy night,15and ready to die, he had noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.

The Chinese new year begins on 22 January 2023 and ends on 9 February 2024. While most of Asia celebrates the year of the rabbit, Vietnam celebrates the year of the cat. In the Chinese zodiac*, there are 12 animals, and the 4th animal is the rabbit; while in the Vietnamese zodiac, the 4th animal is the cat. Why did the cat substitute for the rabbit in Vietnam?

Ancient storytellers said the Jade Emperor organized a race across a river for all the animals in the world. The first 12 to reach the other side would appear in the zodiac. In the Chinese story, the cat and the rat were riding across a river on an ox when the rat pushed the cat into the water. The rat won the race and that is why cats have been hunting rats ever since. But in the Vietnamese zodiac story, there isn't a rabbit. The cat could swim and ended up arriving. The two countries have different origins* of zodiac.

Quyen Di, a lecturer at UCLA, said the custom has to do with the landscape of Vietnam."In the past, the Chinese lived in the savanna* area, while the Vietnamese lived in the lowland area. The people of the savanna like to live near the wilderness, and they chose the rabbit as an animal that lived in the wild fields. But the lowland people of Vietnam consider rabbits as animals that are used for food and chose the cat because they believe cats are friends living in their house.

Not all fat is created the same, according to several new studies. We all know there's good cholesterol* and bad cholesterol. It turms out there's good and bad fat, too. Good fat is medically known as"brown fat".

Brown fat, mainly found in the neck and shoulders of newborns, has the ability to burn lots of calories*, which can keep them warm. It makes up about 5 percent of an baby's total weight. We lose most of our brown fat as we grow up. By the age of six, we have less than 5 percent of the brown fat we were born with; the fat we get over time is almost all white fat.

Researchers now believe that some people keep brown fat until adulthood. Brown fat - the"good" kind can burm excess* energy better to make heat. But white fat - considered the"bad" kind- is a way for your body to keep excess energy and take more calories than you use. It is bad for the body. And it doesn't use much energy, is hard to burn off, and causes other health problems.

Some studies suggest that taking a cold shower or an ice bath could let brown fat help your body burn more calories. Researchers have also found ways that may help people get brown fat without the need for cold. You build fat from the foods you eat. As brown fat is rich in iron, choosing food rich in iron can keep you healthy. Nutrition* is very important for your health, especially if you want to increase brown fat.

One main reason of the growth in ilnesses is the increasing level of white fat. Though changing white fat into brown fat is helpful to increase brown fat, some scientists think they will learn how to keep brown fat as large and active throughout adulthood as they are like babies. We should try our best to keep brown fat forever instead of having to recreate it.

It was a long, hot summer that year, and Anne enjoyed it with her whole heart.

When it was over, she went back to school and studied hard for that trrible thing known as "the Entrance". Anne grew so quickly that one day, Marilla was surprised to find that the girl was  taller than her. Another difference was that she talked less.

After months of studying, Anne went to town for the exams. When she returned to Green Gables, three weeks passed without the exam results appearing. Anne did not know what to do with herself!

Then, one evening, Anne was sitting at her open window when she saw Diana come running up the hill with a newspaper in her hand.

"Anne, you've passed," she cried,"and you came first- you and Gilbert both."

"Well now, I always said it," said Matthew, looking at the exam result list happily."I knew you could beat them all easily."

The next three weeks were a busy time at Green Gables. Anne was getting ready to go to Queen's, and there were a lot of things to do. Marilla even made Anne a beautiful green dress for special occasions*. As she watched Anne packing her things, she began to cry.

"I wish you could have stayed a lttle girl, Anne. You've grown up now, and you're going away. This makes me a lttle sad."

"Marilla!" Anne sat down next to her."I will always be your lttle Anne, who will love you and Matthew and dear Green Gables every day of her life."

Marilla put her arms around her girl and held her close, wishing that she need never let her go.

The day finally came for Anne to go to town. She and Matthew drove in one fine September morning.

The next day, Anne and the rest of the Avonlea students went to Queen's Academy. Anne decided to try hard to win the Avery scholarship. If she won the scholarship, she would be given money to attend Redmond College. Then, one day she would become a real graduate! Imagine how proud Matthew would be then!

That night, Anne found herself alone in her lttle bedroom. It was a boarding house in town with a hard and cold street, instead of trees outside. She wanted to cry.

—Adapted from Anne of Green Gables

There were lots of great (英雄) in Chinese history. (可能，也许) we all know the story of Hua Mulan. She lived about 1,600 years ago. Her father was a soldier. One day, the king wanted (派遣) Mulan's father to take part in wars, but he was very old and (虛弱的). Mulan loved her father, so she dressed in men's clothes, rode a horse and went to (战斗，打仗).

Mulan was very (聪明的) and brave, and she gotalot of (奖赏) in wars. All the soldiers were proud ofher, but (没有一人) of them knew she was a woman. The wars (持续) many years and stopped. The king asked her to be one of the top soldiers. (然而)，she refused and went home to live with her family.

Not everyone is successful in making their dreams come . But Walt Disney was. Usually, (mouse) are not popular, but Mickey Mouse wins many (people) hearts. Movies about Mickey Mouse are popular almost everywhere in the world for (many) than eighty years. Walt Disney _(make) this famous cartoon character. When he was young, Walt Disney was interested drawing cartoons. And he tried his best (find) better ways of making cartoons move. At that time, some movies just started to use sound. So Disney decided to put sound incartoons, too. People were excited when they saw Mickey Mouse talk (wonderful) on the movie screen. Mickey became popular with young and old.

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Our school has a lot of after-school activities. Among all of these, I'd like to join .