2 . Mr. Kent’s students cared about a hurricane (飓风) in Mexico. The wind blew trees over and damaged houses. In the heavy rain, houses and streets were flooded. The class discussed what they could do to help people there.

Ava said, “People will need clothes.”       

“They’ll need blankets (毯子) to keep warm,” Melanie added.       

“I have a new blanket and a ton of clothes. We can send those to people in Mexico,” said Brett.

“Brett, that’s brilliant!” said Ava. “You, Melanie and I, and anyone else in the school, can bring in our extra clothes and blankets to help people in Mexico.”

The students talked to Mr. Kent about how they could collect clothes and blankets. Some kids were going to put up signs saying “Blanket Drive”. Other kids were writing a newsletter. Everyone was going to ask their friends and relatives for clothes and blankets. Brett was put in charge of stacking all the clothes and blankets in the gym.

News of the Blanket Drive spread, and people living all over the city brought in more clothes and blankets. Everyone in town was talking about the Blanket Drive. The local television station sent a camera crew (摄制组) to the school. The reporter wanted to know whose idea this was.

Finally they found Brett in the gym, over thousands of blankets and pieces of clothing. The interviewer said to Brett, “This was a brilliant idea. You must be very proud of yourself for thinking of it.”

Brett looked at the mountain of clothes behind him and then looked back at the camera. “No,” Brett said thoughtfully. “We had a lot of clothes and blankets, and those people in Mexico really need them. We’re just trying to help. It’s simple.”

Finally,             ▲            .

1. Why did Ava, Melanie and Brett collect clothes and blankets together?

A．Because they cared about a hurricane in Mexico.

B．Because they talked to Mr. Kent about how they could do.

C．Because they discussed what they could do to help.

D．Because they wanted to show their love to the people in Mexico.

2. Which word has a similar meaning to “thoughtfully” in Paragraph 9?

A．Proudly.

B．Ponder.

C．Happily.

D．Confidently.

3. What did they do for people in Mexico?

①Making signs.          ②Asking more help.   ③Trying to help.        ④Calling television.

A．①②

B．③④

C．②④

D．②③

4. Make an end to the story. (请根据故事发展用约40词编写结尾。内容包含以下要点： What did the television do? What about the people in Mexico? And how did they feel?…可以适当扩充)

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3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个适当的词或使用括号内单词的正确形式填空。

Zhao Hongcheng, born in 1990, is a video content creator who has over 84,000 followers on the video-sharing platform Bilibili. A wheelchair     1     (be) part of her life since she was 1 year old. She uses her platform     2     (call) for greater understanding of the lives and needs of disabled (残疾的) people. She wants to be a bridge between the disabled     3     the rest of society. She made her first video in 2019, and the rising popularity of short videos gave her confidence. Her fourth video made her even     4     (popular) on the Internet. In 2021, she became     5     full-time content creator on Bilibili.

In her video about a tour in Shanghai, she find     6     hard for the disabled people with a wheelchair to get on the underground, so she put forward some useful     7     (advise) for such service. She said if people with disabilities faced such service every day, they would probably give     8     traveling.     9     (luck), her suggestions were accepted by the city.

But most people with disabilities are not as lucky as Zhao. Some people with minor disabilities were being looked down by companies. She hopes that the rights (权利) of disabled people to receive education can     10     (protect) better, and the good news is that equality has improved over the years.

4 . Hello! My name is Li Yumei and I’m 13 years old. I am from Beijing. Here is a photo of some boys and girls. They are from the same place. Their families are very poor, so they don’t have much money to buy school things. I have five friends and they see the photo, too. We want to help them. These things are for them——six pencil boxes, six pencils, six rulers, six erasers, eight schoolbags and nine picture books. Our teachers help them, too. They give them two computers, five dictionaries and nine maps.

Do you want to help the boys and girls? Call me at 468-3399. Thanks!

1. Who is Li Yumei?

A．A girl from Shanghai.	B．A boy from the poor place.
C．A teacher from Beijing.	D．A student from Beijing.

2. The underlined word “poor” means “________   ” in Chinese.

A．拥挤的

B．富裕的

C．贫困的

D．慷慨的

3. How many students help the poor boys and girls?

A．Five.

B．Six.

C．Seven.

D．Eight.

4. What do the teachers give to the poor boys and girls?

A．Dictionaries.

B．Schoolbags.

C．Picture books.

D．Rulers.

5. If you want to help the poor boys and girls, you can ________.

A．call the teacher at 468-3399

B．call me at 486-3939

C．call the poor boys and girls at 468-3399

D．call Li Yumei at 468-3399

7 . 假设你是李华，从小喜爱野生动物(wildlife)，在网上看到了Wildlife Protection Club招募志愿者的广告。请你用英语写一封信给俱乐部主席Mr. Brown应征志愿者(volunteer)。

School	Sunshine Secondary School
Grade	Grade Eight
Personality	Hard-working, kind, ...
Hobbies	Reading, watching Animal World, ...
Reasons	be interested in wildlife, do something to protect animals, ...

注意：
(1)包含以上要点，为使行文连贯可作适当发挥；
(2)文中不得出现与你身份相关的信息；
(3)词数80—100。首句仅供参考，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Brown,

I saw your advertisement on the Internet and I would like to become a member of the Wildlife Protection Club.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

8 . 听下面一段对话，回答下列各小题。

1. When did Bob start to learn the course?

A．About 30 days ago.

B．About 10 days ago.

C．About 15 days ago.

2. How did Bob help the man?

A．By sending him to the hospital.

B．By helping him stop bleeding.

C．By helping him call 120.

9 . 单词拼写-单句

Holding doors open, picking up rubbish, thanking people. Students at Tibbetts Middle School know that it’s the small acts that make the world a     1     (生气勃勃的) place.

Eighth-graders from New Mexico, US, spent plenty of their     2     (空闲的) time joining in the Acts of Kindness Week.

Geleste Murray, an English teacher, started the activity. Since she was little, she has always       3    (做) small acts of kindness in her daily life. During the week, they tried their best to do kind things for others at home or     4     (在户外).

“I believe the world is changed by little things,” she told the     5     (当地的) newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, Murray said she had seen some changes in her class.

Jordin Marshall, an eighth-grader,who     6     (很少) gave a helping hand to others, spent the week actively and gave out her     7     (表扬) to a small child. “It makes that kid’s day,” she said proudly.

Murray     8     (表达) her satisfaction with the activity. “Besides helping others, the activity made students feel that they can make a difference,” she said.

Eighth-grader Haley Echols has decided to continue to spread     9     (温暖) every week. She believes that people will     10     (珍视) more small acts and more people will be encouraged to join them in the near future.