浙江省初中英语八年级上学期期中考试模拟试卷（2）

    Tom was a student. He was a healthy and strong boy. He loves sports, and football is his 1. Tom had never felt ill, but yesterday he didn't get up until his mother 2 him up. His mother asked him to eat breakfast quickly and not to be late for school. But Tom told her that he felt very ill and had a bad headache. He said he couldn't go to school. Tom's mother took him to 3. The doctor looked 4 the young man carefully and asked him a few questions. Tom told the doctor that he 5 like this for a whole night. He felt tired and coughed terribly. The doctor found Tom's 6 was not high and he got to know Tom had just a big breakfast. Tom's mother worried about her son. But the doctor said it was 7 serious. It seemed that Tom only had a cold. After 8 some medicine Tom could soon be 9 enough to go to school. When his mother was just trying to take him to school, Tom cried and said he was feeling 10 worse. Because he didn't want to go to school，in fact there would be a world cup of football match on TV .

    Wales is one of the countries in Britain and the United Kingdom. It's a small country in the southwest of the UK with England to the east. Wales has got a 1,680-kilometre long coast, which means there are a lot of beaches! It has some of the most beautiful beaches in the UK and is a popular place for holidaymakers and water sports fans. As well as beaches, there are a lot of mountains in Wales. Snowdonia National Park is one of the three national parks in Wales. It is in north Wales and its highest mountain, Snowdon, is about 1,085 metres.

    The population of Wales is just over three million, around 5% of the total UK population. Most Welsh people live in south Wales in the capital city, Cardiff, and other big cities: Swansea and Newport. In Cardiff you can go shopping, visit the castle, go to the museum or go to a concert at the famous Millennium Stadium.

    The Welsh language is an old Celtic language which is very different from English. For example, the Welsh name for “Wales" is“Cymru",“Good morning” Is “Bore da” and "How are you?" is“ Sut wyt ti?". It is one of the oldest languages in Europe and around 20% of people in Wales speak Welsh. The official languages of Wales are English and Welsh. Everyone speaks English, but if you go to school in Wales, you have to learn Welsh until you are 16. Street signs are written in Welsh and English, and villages, towns and cities have an English name and a Welsh name, for example, the capital city is Cardiff or Caerdydd.

    Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera. It came into being after 1790 when the four famous Anhui opera troupes(戏班) came to Beijing. Its music and singing(唱腔) come from Xipi and Erhuang in Hubei and Anhui. Its costumes(服装) are all fascinating and artistic. It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It's full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings and wonderful gestures(姿势) and fights. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese.

    There are four main roles in Beijing Opera：Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading male role. For example, a Wusheng is a soldier or a fighter. A Xiaosheng is a young man. A Laosheng is an old man. Dan is the leading female role. Jing, mostly male, is the face-painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or the clown.

    Stories in Beijing Opera are very interesting. Some of them are from history books, but most of them are from the literature, especially some famous novels. The people in the story usually have some disagreements. They become angry and unhappy. They are sad and lonely. Sometimes they are nervous and worried. Then they find a way to make peace. The stories usually end with happiness and laughter and people are all happy in the end.

    Good news！For the coming film festival，there are some promotions(促销) in Times Cinema. This festival lasts seven days, from Friday, June 20^th, 2014 to Thursday, June 26^th, 2014. Here is the poster.

—Mrs. Li.

—Sounds great. But I have to study for my test tomorrow.

    The bar chart shows the amount of money spent on two types of electronic items in country X.

    Study the information in the chart by choosing and reporting the main features.

1）在英语课上不明白老师讲什么;

2）害怕犯错误，不敢与同学们用英语交流。

请针对上述问题用英语给她写一封70词左右的回信，提出你的建议。开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Wen Qi,

    I'm happy to hear from you.

    I hope you will do better in English.

Yours,

Linda