广东省佛山市顺德区2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语（10月）第8周联考试卷（含听力音频）

Where did her mother buy the watch?

Where will they meet?

What does the boy want to have?

What does the woman want to be?

Who is the woman's favorite writer？

—Just a moment, I ___an email.

— Wait a minute. It's dangerous ______it while crossing the street.

— China, of course.

— Yes. It ______ me a few hours to watch this match.

—Yes. He is one of ___players in China.

money and time than before.

— When ___you _____it?

— For two weeks.

— _____.

    Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20^th century. In his short life he wrote 1 300 songs and an opera.

    Xian was born in Panyu, Guangdong, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with 2 mother. He began learning to play 3 violin when he was 20 years old. At the beginning, his violin was 4 cheap and badly made that he 5 not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop 6 and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first 7 students who studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he 8. Xian became the school's best student 9 won several prizes for his talents.

    In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan'an 10 music at a college. Although there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time, Xian still wrote some of his most important music there, including The Yellow River Cantata, his most famous work. At last, he died on October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian's music, however, lives on in the people's hearts.

    People play sports all over the world. In the USA, baseball and basketball are their favorite sports.

   Amsterdam is the bike capital of the world. Biking is a fun and easy way of getting around in Amsterdam.

    Students go to school by bicycle. People ride their bicycles to work. Travelers ride bicycles freely around the city. Even the police work on bicycles. You can see these every day in Amsterdam. There are many roads and traffic signs (标志) for bicycles. There are also many places to park the bicycles.

    If you travel in Amsterdam, you don't need to take a bus or taxi. Just ride a bicycle. You can ride the bicycle along the roads and the streets enjoying the scenery(风景). The city has a lot of bicycle shops. If you do not want to buy a bicycle, you can rent (租) one. The rental companies are in almost every part of the city. Going for a ride is enjoyable, it's a good idea to find an experienced guide, because he would take you to some of the city's most beautiful places. Riding bicycles in Amsterdam is of great fun and relaxing. Just remember to follow the traffic rules.

   At the moment, Lisa, Linda and Mike are talking about their home towns.

    Lisa  from Chengdu. Chengdu is different from Beijing. It is not as big as Beijing. It is much  than Beijing. Every year lots of people visit Chengdu.

     do they love Chengdu? That's because they love good food. Chengdu is  for its delicious food.

    Mike is from Sanya. It is a beautiful city in Hainan . Sanya is in the south of China. It  lovely beaches. It's hot all year round. In winter, it's not cold at all. It's hot and warm. Sanya is well-known(众所周知的) for its good . That's why so many people love to  winter holidays there.

    Linda's home town is Xi'an. It is an old city with a long . There are lots of parks and palaces in Xi'an. There are some popular restaurants in the city, . People love to go to the restaurants to taste (品尝) good food.

    We did a survey (调查) about students' free time activities yesterday. One of our questions was about exercise and of course, it is the most important one. From the survey, we knew only 25% of the girls often have activities outside. Many girls do little exercise. They don't like P.E. classes and even don't play sports. These girls may face a lot of problems. They may get fatter and weaker, And they may get some kinds of illnesses(疾病) easily. Wang Jing, a 16-year-old girl, said, "I don't like doing exercise. I like watching TV on the sofa. I spend at least three hours watching TV a day. My sleeping time is no more than seven hours a day. I often feel tired

    Some girls said, "We don't have enough time to do exercise. We must help our parents with housework because they are very tired after a day's work. We do some washing, clean the house and finish the homework. We don't have time for doing anything else."

    Everyone may have these excuses(借口) for not doing exercise. However, we must know that if we don't do exercise, we will get sick easily. As students, we'd better exercise every day. That makes us live a healthy life.

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人们常说：“生命在于运动”。2018年广东“50公里徒步”活动吸引了数十万运动爱好者。同时，该活动也在你的学校引起了热议。现在你校的英语角正在征稿，请你写一篇以“运动”为主题的英语短文。字数80字以上。

内容包括：

⒈你或你的朋友一次参加运动比赛的经历(比赛过程及结果)

⒉你的感受(至少2点)。

    As a saying goes, "Life depends on sports."