四川省眉山市东坡区百坡初级中学2020-2021学年八年级上学期英语开学考试试卷

I'm happy to get your email. I am looking forward to your1 tomorrow. I have an English test tomorrow, so I'm sorry I can't go to meet you. Let me tell you2to get to my home. My home is in the center of the city. It's not near the airport. You need to take a bus and get off on Happy Street, and then turn right at the first crossing. Then you can see a nice neighborhood. It is not big 3very beautiful. There are some places for people to relax: a sports club, a garden4 children and a big shop. It has six buildings. My home is in the second one. And I live in Room 3020. If you have any questions, please 5 me at 62659445. See you tomorrow.

There are some snack shops inside schools in China. These shops sell snacks1a lot of salt and sugar. Many young students like 2 snacks. Because they think snacks taste good. They often go there3 some after class. But eating 4 snacks is not good for 5 health. 6 the Chinese government( 政 府 ) said there would be 7 snack shops in the schools from April 1st.

There is also a new 8 on students' food safety. The government is asking schools to keep an eye on students' 9. It asks teachers to 10 with students at school together at the lunch time.

The high-speed train will go through the city of Yibin soon. Here is a timetable.

I love animals. They are like friends to me. I have four photos of them. Now let me tell you who they are.

Tony is in the first photo. He lives in a zoo in Singapore. Many people like him because he is smart and friendly, but some people like him because of his ivory. Why?

In the next picture is Linhui. She is from China, but she is in a zoo in Thailand now. She likes eating bamboo best. She is black and white. She looks very lovely. Do you want to visit her?

The third one is Ann. She is not very big. Many children come to the zoo to see her in Australia. She sleeps all the time in the day. You may think she is lazy, but that's not true. Sleeping makes her full of energy.

The last one is Rick. How tall he is! He has a long neck and long legs. He is eating leaves on the trees. And he lives in a zoo in the UK. Do you know what animal he is?

It's 3:30 on Saturday afternoon, Peter, his cousin Jeff and his parents are watching a TV show about the traditional Chinese clothes. Peter wants to know more about them.

His mother, Linda tells him that Hanfu is a kind of Chinese traditional clothes.

Now it is still very popular in China. People usually make Hanfu with cotton and linen (棉麻). Qipao is a kind of traditional dress for women in China. She has one made of colorful silk. It's her favorite. Many women in the West also like Qipao a lot.

His father, Steve says Tang suit (唐装) is another kind of Chinese traditional clothes. People often wear Tang suits when they have important meetings. He also remembers that all the VIPs wore them at APEC in Shanghai in 2001. They all looked smart in this kind of clothes. He likes Tang suits very much, but many young people don't. Because they find it cool to wear the clothes in their own styles.

Jeff says the modern ( 现 代 的 ) clothes are better. But they all think the clothes must be comfortable (舒适的) first.

    Mike usually goes to big cities for his vacations, but this year he saw an advertisement（广告）in a newspaper. It said, "Enjoy living at West Hill Farm（西山农场）. Interesting walking and swimming!" I think I'll enjoy living there, he thought. Then he went to the farm, but after three days, he went home .Didn't you enjoy the farm life? Ed asked." Farm life was good," Mike answered," but on my first day on the farm a chicken died.  So we had chicken for dinner."

"Great! Chicken is the best for me," said Ed.

"I know, but on the second day a cow died," Mike said." Then we had beef for dinner."

"Great! A diverse kind of meat every day!" said Ed.

"But," Mike said," on the third day the farmer died. Then I went home because I—-"

Last summer,Cathy's whole family went to New York City for their summer vacation. They stayed there for two weeks.

New York City has more than seven and a half million people. It is also the home of the United Nations.

First they visited the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is one of New York's most well-known places. On the second day they went to the Empire State Building. From the top of the building, they saw most parts of New York. On the third day they visited the Metropolitan Museum. During the rest time of the week, Cathy went to Bronx Zoo with her younger brother and sister. There they were glad to see a lot of their favourite animals-tigers, lions, monkeys, and elephants.

 On the island, they spent most of their time swimming sunbathing and playing on the beach. They all had a good time.