浙江省温州市2018-2019学年八年级上学期英语教学质量检测（一）（含听力音频）

— Yes, I did. I was so excited when the Spanish（西班牙的）team played ______ the Portuguese（葡萄牙的）team.

—I'm not sure about that.

—_______ ! There will be another one next week.

People all over the world like taking part in sports. Bicycle riding becomes more and more popular. It's1to ride a bicycle. The old people, the young people, the teenagers, all have 2own bicycles. Every day, we can3people riding their bicycles to workplaces, to schools, to shopping centers, and so on. There are many kinds of4. For example, racing bikes are easy to go5, and mountain bikes are durable（耐用的）for6roads.

    Riding a bike is7in many ways. First, it doesn't make much8or cause（引起）air pollution. Second, riding a bike is a kind of good9. It can help you keep10.

    Third, people don't need to pay for gas（汽油）or worry about heavy11.

    Now more and more12ride bicycles. Why not13computer games and go bike riding14weekends? You will have a good time riding a bicycle with friends and become much15.

    Do you know extreme（极限的）sports? Extreme sports are often dangerous. But many people like them. A lot of people want to do them, even women. Do you know why? One said, “Because they can make me look very cool.” Do you think so? Read about them below. Then you can know a lot about them.

    Tomiko has a good time in New York. She is studying English in Columbia University. She will finish her classes in June. Then she will work in New York.

    Tomiko likes the beautiful buildings in New York. She wants to become an architect. Then she can build great buildings, too.

    Tomiko also likes the people in New York. They come from different countries and speak different languages. Tomiko has many friends from other countries.

    Best of all, Tomiko loves the museums in New York. She visits them almost every week. And she has visited many museums in the city.

    New Yorkis far from her home in Tokyo, but Tomiko is happy. She goes to classes every day.

    She visits her friends. She goes to see new places. And she watches many movies. She is very busy and happy in New York

    Everyone has his own way to learn English. To me, the best way to learn English is to write the new words several times. For example, when I learned the colors or the numbers or even the names of our clothes, I always write each new word five or ten times! This helps me a lot!

    It's also a good idea to talk with our friends or teacher in class in English. We can practise the new vocabulary and we can learn from the mistakes during our speech at the same time.

    Next advice is to read a lot, not only books but newspapers and magazines! When you are reading, even if you don't understand the meaning of the word, you can still understand the main idea of the passage. And you'd better try to guess what the word really means!

    Finally, if it's possible, go to Britain and try to have conversations with native(本国的) speakers or listen to them speak. Go shopping, go to the dinner, go to a movie or even to a theatre and you will see it is the best way to learn English! You will also have the chance of learning a new culture(文化) and visiting new places.

    Baseball is my favourite sport. It is fun to play, and it is fun to watch.

    I went to my first baseball game with my grandparents when I was 6. It was really wonderful.

    We had a good time. I was happy to be with my grandparents. My grandfather made me love the game.

    My dad knew I loved baseball, so he gave me a baseball on my ninth birthday.

    When I was 12, my friend came to me and asked me to join his team and play baseball. From then on(从那时起), I got to learn more about baseball. I practised a lot and learned how to play better.

    My favourite player is Derrek Lee. Derrek Lee joined the Chicago Cubs in 2004. That year was a good year for him, but 2005 was his best year. One of my favourite things about Derrek Lee is that he is a very nice person. He never shouts at others. He always has a big smile on his face. He seems happy all the time.

    When I was a student in the middle school, I was a shy girl. （尤其）when the teacher asked me to speak in front of the class, I was so afraid of making a mistake. That's why I lost lots of （机会）to show myself and I was not very happy. What a （遗憾）! But in fact, I was not a （粗心的）girl and I always try to do everything right. Now, I'm a student in the （大学）, so I'm （改善）myself. I meet a good teacher Ms. Huang. I ask her for some （建议）. She always asks us to tell stories or show our ideas in class. It is very （令人放松的）, so I decide to speak more often than （通常的）. I believe that I won't （打败）myself any more in the future.