广东省广州市番禺区2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期末试卷

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 We've just got back from our summer holiday. We had 1great time! We went camping because Dad said it was time we 2away from the city. Mum has always wanted to see the giant redwood trees in Sequoia National Park. It took all day 3there. The car was very full. First, we packed the tent, the sleeping bags, food and all the things we needed for 4and eating. Then we packed our clothes. Finally, we had to get 5in-me, Mum, Dad and my sister!

We stayed at Lodgepole campsite. It is just two miles from the famous giant redwood trees. It is a beautiful place. In winter it is very cold and there 6lots of snow.7in summer it is hot-it is about 34℃. There are lots of black bears in the park. There are big metal lockers that you have to put all of your food in. That way the bears 8smell the food or get to it. We saw some bears, but never close.9thing we did on our first day was to go to see the giant redwood trees. They are very big and have 10colour. My mum was so happy to see them at last! After that, we did a lot of walking. My legs were very tired!

 Today we call on YOU to vote（投票）for your national heroes. We will 1 your votes   and then count them up. In two weeks, we will tell you the 2. Now it's time to start thinking! Decide 3your national hero is, then make sure you VOTE. First, write the name of your hero on a piece of 4, with your name, your class and the reason why you chose that person. Put your votes in the box outside the school secretary's office.

So, just to get you started, our reporters asked some of the students in the school who their heroes were. They got lots of 5answers! There were lots of 6heroes, such as Yao   Ming, Lin Dan. Some students chose famous singers or movie stars instead. Not many students   chose a statesman（政客）as their hero. One student chose Wangari Maathai. She was the first   African woman to get the Nobel 7Prize. She won the prize for helping poor people,8 women, one of her projects was to 9women to collect seeds from the forests and grow trees. She made her country 10and gave people jobs at the same time.

 Personally, I am not much of a collector. I collect photos of special times in my life, and I have a big collection of soft toys-rabbits, bears, elephants, dogs and snakes. I love them!

Most people collect things at some time in their life. Who hasn't got a collection of photos, or books? Many people collect the letters or emails from friends. And most children have a good toy collection. Most people don't think of themselves as "collectors" because they think that having a lot of photos or toys is part of life. However, some people love collecting things as a hobby, and you can collect anything, from stamps to toys to football match programmes to old photos. In fact, some people have unusual collections.

For example, Robert Opie collects things we usually throw away, things like old newspapers, sweet papers and boxes. He has more than a quarter of a million things in his collection.

When Stuart Graham from Sydney, Australia died aged 87, he left behind some unusual collections. His son Andy only discovered Stuart was a keen collector when he found a collection of over 5,000 old bus tickets, 3,000 old matchboxes and 1,000 toy soldiers. Andy did not want to keep these collections and decided to look on the Internet to see if anyone else would like the collections. He was surprised to find out that his father's collections were very valuable. After he sold them, he bought a new car with the money.

Collectors collect things in different ways. You can go to specialist shops or markets to buy things for your collection, or you can buy collectors' magazines. You can even look on the Internet at sites like Ebay. Or you can trade things you have for something else that you would like. For example, if you have two stamps that are exactly the same, you might be able to trade one of them for a different one that you prefer.

The Beatles were one of the most successful and influential pop-music groups of the 1960s. The members include rhythm guitarist Lennon, bass guitarist McCartney, lead guitarist Harrison, and drummer Starr.

Lennon formed a band in Liverpool, England, while in high school in the mid-1950s. McCartney and then Harrison joined the group in the late 1950s. In its early years, the band also had several other members. In 1962, they signed a recording contract（合同）with a large music company. At about this time, they chose Starr to replace（替代）drummer Pete Best.

At first, the Beatles' songs were lively and simple. The first song was Love Me Do in 1962. Their first hit came the following year, when Please Please Me climbed to the top of the Britishmusic charts（排行榜）.

The Beatles became very famous in Britain. People started calling the excitement over the band Beatlemania. The Beatles became very popular in the United States after appearing on Ed Sullivan's television program in February, 1964. Teenage girls across the country screamed and fainted over them, and boys copied the Beatles' look. By April, the top five hits in the United States were all Beatles' songs.

In the late 1960s, the Beatles began creating more adventurous music with different musical styles. The band recorded the albums The Beatles (1968), Abbey Road (1969), and Let it Be (1970).

The pressure of fame led the Beatles to break up in 1970. All four continued their musical careers-Lennon with his wife, Yoko Ono; McCartney with band Wings and later as a solo performer; and Starr and Harrison mainly as solo artists.

Imagine the situation. You are driving alone on a mountain. You have no, idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This device（装置）may be able to help you. It uses satellites to find the users' position. It can find your position within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.

The GPS (the Global Positioning System) is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put it in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, they can tell you the name of the street in a city.

There are three parts of the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand or fix it into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting （绕……轨道运行）the Earth. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.

Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile phone. They are becoming cheaper and better. There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.

Beefburgers are the world's most popular fast food. When restaurants open on the Moon, burger restaurants will probably be there first! Burgers are not very good for you. Chips, or chipped potatoes, are also known as French fries. But they are not French. They were invented in Belgium about a hundred years ago. Although potatoes are kind of vegetables, there is not much vitamin C in them. So you need other vegetables too.

Ice cream was invented by Italians. Or was it? Some people think that the Italian explorer Marco Polo got the recipe（食谱）from China in 1295. There is very little cream in ice creams nowadays. Atypical modern ice cream includes less than 1 % cream. "Pizza was invented by Italians." The Italians first put tomatoes on a pizza base 400 years ago. But modern pizzas have cheese too. That idea came from the Italians living in America in 1800. Pizza is not as bad as some fast food, but most pizzas have too much salt. Falafel sandwiches（沙拉三明治）are probably the oldest type of fast food. Egyptians invented them about 2,500 years ago. They are made of beans and they have always been popular in Arab countries.

We should eat more vegetables more meat.

computer it is! I can't afford it.

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We on ten English plays .

I don't know Mary's homework.

English Week

活动名称: Funny Invention；English Talent Show；Guangzhou Culture；Book Sharing。

活动内容:介绍一项自己的发明；唱英文歌或表演英语短剧；请补充；分享一本英语书籍。

活动目的:使生活便利；展现才华；请补充；鼓励阅读。

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English Week

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