上学期八年级英语组合训练
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When I was a boy，we had several gardens around our old 1 ．We grew potatoes in the largest garden．
I can 2 remember those potato planting days．The whole family helped．After my dad had tilled the soil(犁地)，my mum，brothers and I went to work．It was my 3 to drop the little seed potatoes(留种的土豆)in rows 4 my mum dropped some fertilizer(肥料)beside them．My brothers then covered them all with 5 ．
After that，I would watch over at the garden for months when I played outside．I wanted to know 6 was going on under the ground．When the harvest time came，I was 7 at the large size of the potatoes．Then my parents turned them into baked potatoes，mashed potatoes and fried potatoes． 8 would keep the entire(全体)family well fed throughout the whole year． I also think about 9 other seeds I have planted in life，in the hearts and minds of others． Every day we step out into the garden of this world．Every day we plant seeds that can grow into 10 wonderful．I hope that you plant only goodness，peace and compassion in the life of everyone you meet．
( )1．A．city B．school C．house D．town ( )2．A．never B．still C．hardly D．usually ( )3．A．time B．idea C．mind D．job ( )4．A．when B．before C．after D．while ( )5．A．water B．trees C．earth D．plants ( )6．A．how B．what C．which D．who
( )7．A．surprised B．bored C．worried D．sad ( )8．A．She B．It C．We D．They ( )9．A．how much B．how often C．how many D．how far
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Mike was always happy and always had something interesting to say．If someone asked him how he was doing，he would reply，“Couldn’t be better!”He was really a carefree young man and never felt tired．
Mike used to say．“Each morning I wake up and say to myself，‘Mike，you have two choices(选择)today．You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be upset．’I choose to be happy．Each time something happens，I am always ready to learn a good lesson I choose to learn from life．”
I tried to understand what he said．Indeed life is all about choices．Every situation is a choice．The bottom line is：You’re living your life and you make it either happy or sad． Several years later I had a car accident and my legs were seriously injured．When I was lying on the ground，I remembered that I had two choices：I could choose to live or choose to die．I chose to live．
People like to say,“Choose the one you love and love the one you choose．”Why not choose the one we love and live happily? ( )1．What was Mike like?