五、微写作：How can you help people in need in your daily life? Give 2 or 3 examples.

1. I can help the elderly cross the busy street when they have difficulty doing it alone.
2. I can donate my old storybooks and stationery to the children in poor mountain areas.
3. When my classmates fall behind in studies, I can help them go over the lessons patiently.

本题考查用英语表达日常助人行为，需结合生活实际，使用符合八年级英语水平的词汇与一般现在时句式，列举2-3个具体、贴合日常的助人例子，保证语句通顺表意清晰。

六、阅读理解
A group of teenagers in San Antonio are making a difference in the lives of those in need. They are led by Teens Give Back SATX.
“Having a bed at night after a long day of work or school is comfortable,” said Addie Roberts with Teens Give Back SATX. With this in mind, Roberts and her friends decided to reuse plastic bags. They wanted to make them become something important for San Antonio’s homeless people.
Each sleeping mat (垫子) needs about 700 to 900 bags. It can take 15 - 20 hours to finish. Although making these mats needs a lot of time and hard work, these teenagers still try to make a difference to their community. Over the past year, this group of teenagers has made about 50 mats. It has changed many homeless people’s lives.
“In some temperatures, the mats can save lives by keeping people off the ground,” said Rex Brien, Vice President of Service Emergency for SAM Ministries. As the teenagers continue their work, they invite others to join their cause and make a difference.
() 1. What’s the main purpose of the group Teens Give Back SATX?
A. To make money by recycling plastic bags.
B. To teach teenagers about the importance of recycling.
C. To offer jobs to teenagers in San Antonio
D. To provide warmth for the homeless in San Antonio.
() 2. What does Rex Brien think of the mats?
A. Meaningless.
B. Expensive.
C. Useful.
D. Strange
() 3. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
A. Two heads are better than one.
B. Kindness makes the world a good place.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

1. D
2. C
3. B

1. 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Roberts and her friends decided to reuse plastic bags. They wanted to make them become something important for San Antonio’s homeless people”以及第四段“the mats can save lives by keeping people off the ground”可知，该组织的目的是用塑料袋制作垫子，为圣安东尼奥的无家可归者提供帮助，让他们获得温暖，故选D。
2. 细节理解题。根据文章第四段“In some temperatures, the mats can save lives by keeping people off the ground”可知，Rex Brien认为这些垫子能够在特定温度下救人，说明他觉得垫子是有用的，故选C。
3. 主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了一群青少年通过制作垫子帮助无家可归的人，用善意改变他人生活的故事，传达了善良让世界变得更美好的主旨，故选B。

七、首字母填空
Have you ever thought about working as a volunteer at a charity and doing meaningful things? There are many different (1) r for helping others. First of all, it can make you know about an activity or an organization that (2) i you. Second, it can reduce boredom. If you always sit around the house, you will feel (3) b. And helping others can also make you enjoy your life. Third, it can make you enjoy the (4) b of life. There is no (5) o way to understand your best wishes than to help people in need. So it is the best way to help yourself.
The reasons for giving help can be (6) d from person to person. But no (7) m what your reasons are, you can get a lot from helping others. You can learn about yourself, learn about others and (8) m a lot of interesting people.
The hardest part of helping others is to find a chance that (9) f your personality (个性). You can (10) s for information in the newspaper, on the Internet and so on. It is very important for you to do this.

1. reasons
2. interests
3. bored
4. beauty
5. other
6. different
7. matter
8. meet
9. fits
10. search

1. 根据后文列举的帮助他人的相关内容，结合首字母r，此处应填reasons（原因），many后接可数名词复数形式。
2. 先行词"an activity or an organization"为单数，结合首字母i和“使你感兴趣的活动或组织”这一语境，填interests（使感兴趣），动词用第三人称单数形式。
3. 前文提到减少无聊感，待在家会觉得无聊，形容人的感受用bored（无聊的），符合首字母b的提示。
4. 结合“享受生活的美好”的语境，首字母b提示此处填beauty（美好），the后接名词。
5. "no other way"是固定表达，意为“没有其他方式”，首字母o对应填other。
6. "be different from"是固定搭配，意为“与……不同”，表示帮助他人的原因因人而异，首字母d对应填different。
7. "no matter what"是固定短语，意为“不管什么”，引导让步状语从句，首字母m对应填matter。
8. 结合“结识很多有趣的人”的语境，首字母m提示填meet（结识），与learn并列，用动词原形。
9. 先行词"a chance"为单数，结合“适合你个性的机会”的语境，首字母f提示填fits（适合），动词用第三人称单数形式。
10. "search for"是固定搭配，意为“寻找”，情态动词can后接动词原形，首字母s提示填search。