2020-2021学年江苏省宿迁市沭阳县八年级(下)联考英语试卷含详解(8)

B. On the top of Centrepoint Tower.
C. On Bondi Beach.
D.On the ship in the harbour.
（2）. What"s Sydney famous for？
A. Its population
B. Its climate
C. Its beaches
D. Its harbour
（3）. What are people living in Sydney like？
A. They don"t work every day.
B. They are friendly and easy﹣going.
C. They like to have a good time at the beach when they are not working.
D. They like to call themselves Sydneysiders.
19．（8分）If you want to travel from Xi"an to Chengdu by train， it will take about 16 hours. But starting this month， the new Xi"an﹣Chengdu high﹣speed railway will shorten this travel time to three hours.
The 643﹣kilometer line is China"s first high﹣speed railway to run through the Qinling Mountains， which form a natural boundary （分界线） between China"s north and south. With a speed of 250 km perhour， the train passes through two areas for rare （稀有） wild animals ﹣ one for pandas and the other for crested ibises （朱鹮）.
To reduce the railway"s influence on the animals， workers and experts have designed and built the railway to be environmentally friendly. There were 345 wild pandas living in the Qinling Mountains. China currently has 1，864 wild pandas in total