广东省茂名市高州市2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷(B)（含听力音频）

—That's a good idea.

—They went to America _____business.

—Three or four times a week.

—Yes. He is one of _____ basketball players in the NBA.

—________

London is such a wonderful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs1the city from west to east. So the city has2parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places.

The weather in London is good. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot3the city is near the sea. People say4London is a foggy city and it often rains. It is true.

Last year, when I5in London I met one of the6fogs in years. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evening fell, the weather7even worse. The fog was as thick as milk.8the buses and cars stopped. I happened9an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there10.

Mr and Mrs Brown have two children, Mike and Liz. The whole family are all busy, so they often leave notes(便条) for each other. Read these four notes of today and answer the following questions.

The students were having their chemistry (化学) class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, "What's water?" No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, "Why don't you answer my question? Didn't I tell you what water is like?"

Just then a boy put up his hand and said, "Miss Li, you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell." Most of the children agreed with him.

"I'm sorry, children." said the teacher, "Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That's a problem."

I'm Ted from America. We like Chinese food very much.They're famous in the world. They are Guangzhou food, Sichuan food, Shanghai food and so on.

Different people like different food. In the south of China people have rice every day. They eat it with fish, meat and vegetables.

In my family, my father likes dumplings very much, but my mother doesn't like them at all I like Chinese food a lot.

A. Spring rolls (春卷) and meat are my favorite food.

B. Guangzhou food is a bit light, Sichuan food is very hot, Shanghai food is very oily (油腻的).

C. There are many different kinds of food in China.

D. I live in China with my parents now.

E. But in the north of China people eat a lot of noodles and dumplings for three meals.

    Last Sunday my brother and I went fishing. We got up verythat day. When we home, the moon could still be seen in the sky. The morning air was cool and I felt wind on my face. This us very comfortable. We laughed and talked all the way while we were riding our. At about six we were already sittingthe river. Fishing is not. If you want to be successful, you must be very careful. That day we had another good catch. We caught a lot of fish and enjoyedvery much. It was late when wehome. We felt a little tiredhappy. Fishing isvery good sport. I like it very much.

Do you know the pretty girl? Her name is Tian Wei. She was born on April 5, 1986. She was from Beijing. She had two big eyes and short hair. She was good at Chinese. And she loved writing.

She was unlucky. When she was in Grade 8, she was seriously ill. Her doctor said she would lose her life anytime. But she wasn't afraid of death. She kept on studying and writing. She died on August 13, 2007. She smiled till the end of her life.

Tian Wei had a great dream. She hoped that people could read her book in the bookshops. In March, 2009, her only book Hua Tian Ban Mu came out. It had more than 5000 thousand words. In her book she said, " I'm always aching (疼痛). if possible, I'll let my right eye weep (哭泣) but the other one smile."

提示：

1）本学期初，听不懂老师在课上讲的英语。

2）因此，课上尽量讲英语；课后经常听英语歌曲，并且和同学用英语交谈；有问题请教老师等等。

3）现在你的英语越来越好。

Dear Gao Shuai,

How are you? At the beginning of this term