广西岑溪市2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中英语试题（音频暂未更新）

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— Of course.

— He is friendly and helpful.

— Nobody. He learnt it by         .

— I agree with you.

— Sorry, I won't.

— Lily.

Making friends is not easy. Sometimes it can take years1you become true friends with someone. There are some common qualities (品质) of a "true friend".

Firstly, true friends should be2. Being honest means3tell lies, but of course this is not always easy. Sometimes you do not want your friends to know something4about you, for example, getting a terrible score in a test. Then you might want to tell a lie to5yourself feel much better, but this is not a good idea. Your friends will find out the truth sooner or later, and they will be6because you lied to them. The second most important quality of a true friend is being a good7. You do not want to have a friend who is not8to listen to your problems, or a friend who might talk about problems with everybody in school. It is very important for friends to trust each other. Finally, be generous to your friends. You should9your things with your friends.

Please10the advice we give to you. We believe you will have more friends in the future.

My name is Nancy. I am in Year 8 at Woodland School near London. It is a mixed school. Boys and girls have lessons together. Among all my subjects, I like French best. Learning foreign languages is fun.

Our school has a Reading Week every year. During the week, we can borrow more books from the school library. We can also bring in books and magazines from home. I often read more books than my classmates. Near the end of the week, we discuss the books with our classmates in class. Time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books.

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Suzhou is a famous city in China. You can see beautiful hills and gardens in the city.

Travel time:

How to book(预订):

★You must book by email. Tell us which hotel you are staying at and wait for our confirmation(确认) email.

★ Our tour guide will call you the night before the tour and tell you when we will meet the next morning.

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In July, 2021, China introduced the "double reduction (双减)" policy (政策). It hopes to reduce schoolwork burden (负担) on primary and junior high school students. After-school training institutions (校外培训机构) are not allowed to offer extra education courses or advanced (超前的) teaching on weekends or during vacations. How do students feel about this new policy?

"Our homework is clearly less than before," said 13-year-old Shen Yuzhe from Beijing. "Our teachers are also giving us more chances to do experiments (实验) and learn from real life. For example, we went to research earthworms (蚯蚓) in a field during a biology class. This is a much better way to learn things than just hitting the books."

For 13-year-old Zhang Hangming from Tianjin, the best thing about "double reduction" is the increased time in after-school activities. "We can now spend more time taking part in clubs and activities, I have joined a group called ‘leadership development' where I can learn all kinds of skills beyond schoolwork," said Zhang.

Both Shen and Zhang find there are fewer exams now. But they think it's not necessarily a good thing. "Exams push me to study harder. Each exam shows my progress as well as my weak points," Zhang said.

Shen also pointed out that when burden is lightened (减轻), self-discipline becomes the key. "Some students now spend more time having fun when homework is finished early. But if you use all the free time to relax, you might fall behind other students," he said.

How does milk become ice cream?

Ice cream is cold. Ice cream is sweet. Ice cream is a yummy treat. But do you know how milk becomes ice cream?

On the farm

Cows need a lot of food and water to make milk. A healthy cow can produce about one hundred glasses of milk in one day!  Yes, one hundred!

On the truck

Trucks pick up the fresh milk from farms. The trucks have huge tanks (罐) that keep the milk cold.

In the factory

Factory workers separate the milk into cream and skim milk. Then the cream and milk are put together with sugar and other things.  This kills germs (病菌). Then the mix is cooled.

A machine whips (搅打) the mix. Then it is time to add flavourings (调味品), such as chocolate or vanilla (香草).

The ice cream is cooled again. This time, it becomes very hard.  Do you want some ice cream?

Yesterday Kitty's teacher invited Linda to join their school trip to the World Park with the Class 1, Grade 8 students. Linda enjoyed .

It was a fine warm day. It took them about two hours  there by bus. There was a lot of traffic on the way and the journey was a little

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When they  arrived at the park, all of them couldn't wait to get off the bus. Soon the whole world was there in front of them. They could see models of  than a hundred places of interest from all over the world. The models are small  wonderful. They became very excited when they saw the model Eiffel Tower made of steel.

The model Golden Gate Bridge looked as  as the one in America. Linda could not believe her eyes. It was  amazing day because they saw the main sights of the world in just one day. The song and dance  were also wonderful. They learnt a lot about different cultures. Kitty's classmate Daniel  some photos of the trip and put them on his home page.
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要求：

1）包括所有内容要点，不要逐句翻译，可以适当发挥；

2）文中不能出现考生的真实校名、人名、地名等信息；

3）字数80词左右。

参考词汇：round face, a bad word, the first place, competition.

My Best Friend

Hello, everyone! I would like to tell you something about my best friend Daniel.

That's all, thank you.