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新目标(Go for it)版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册Unit 1 What's the matter? 单元过关卷(含听力音频)

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    Every year hundreds of people try to climb the world's highest mountain or walk through rainforests(雨林). Let's take a look at two of the 21st century's(世纪的) greatest adventurers(冒险家).

    A mountain climber

    Do you know that more than 4,000 people have climbed Mount Everest? Gerlinde is one of them. She is one of the world's greatest climbers and has climbed all the mountains over 8,000 meters in the world. It's difficult to climb mountains in cold weather, but Gerlinde loves it. She started climbing the mountains near her home as a teenager. When she left school, she became a nurse but always went climbing in her free time.

    An Amazon adventurer

    Ed Stafford is the first person to walk along the Amazon River from the mountains of Peru to the mouth of the river in Brazil. His journey took two years and four months. There are many dangerous animals in the rainforest. But Ed was lucky and he was only bitten(咬) by small insects(昆虫). On his trip, Ed had to look for fruit or catch fish each morning. Sometimes food was hard to find and Ed was often tired and hungry. So he used a radio to ask the people of the rainforest for food and help.

(1)、Gerlinde started going mountain climbing when she________.

A、left school B、became a nurse C、was a teenager D、finished the trip to Amazon
(2)、What does the underlined word “it” refer to(指的是)?

A、To climb all the mountains in the world. B、To climb mountains in cold weather. C、To be the world's greatest climber. D、To climb Mount Everest.
(3)、What can we know from Ed's journey?

A、It was very dangerous. B、It was cold in the rainforest. C、It was easy to find food. D、It took four years and two months.
(4)、Ed might NOT see ________in the rainforest.

A、people B、snakes C、fruit D、insects
(5)、Which of the following is TRUE?

A、Ed was once bitten by snakes on his trip to Amazon River. B、Gerlinde is the first person to climb Mount Everest in the world. C、More than 4,000 people climb Mount Everest every year. D、Gerlinde has climbed all the mountains over 8,000 meters.
举一反三
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    It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were happy. After all, their forefathers (祖先) had lived in the same way for centuries (世纪).

    Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people who liked to eat frogs' legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.

    This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was to catch them. They reached an agreement and people sent their children into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck (卡车) arrived to collect the frogs and give them the money. For the first time, the people could dream of a better future, but the dream didn't last (持续) long.

    It was not easy to notice (觉察到) the change at first, but it seemed like the crops (庄稼) were not doing so well. It was more worrying that the children fell ill more often, and there seemed to be more insects (虫) around lately.

    The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money got to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.

    Then the people found out the problem. It was the frog. They were not useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing (增加) more quickly. They were eating the crops and spreading diseases (传播疾病).

    Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

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    Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously, Jason was determined not to go against their father's wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father.

    "Dad will be really mad if he finds out you've been playing with his new computer." Jason said. "He told us not to touch it."

    "He won't find out, "Mark said." I'll just have a quick look and shut it down."

    Mark had been scolded before for touching his father's equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.

    It was a strange—looking machine--one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. "It's an experimental model, "his father had explained," so don't touch it under any circumstances." But his father's warning only made Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into colors, shifting and changing and then two big white words appeared in the centre of the screen: "SPACE TRANSPORTER."

   "Yes!" Mark cried excitedly, "It's a computer game. I knew it! Dad's only been pretending to work. He's really been playing games instead. ''A new message appeared on the screen:

    "ENTER NAMES

    VOYAGER 1…

    VOYAGER 2… "

    Mark's fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names.

    "INPUT ACCEPTED START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO RETRIEVE INITIATED(自动回收程序已启动). "

    The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume.

    "I think we'd better shut it off, Mark, "Jason yelled, reaching for the power switch. He was really frightened.

    But his hand never reached the switch. A single bean, of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow(光芒), until the)themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down Just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed.

    "TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION:MARS. RETRIEVE DATE:2025."

阅读下列短文,根据短文内容。从短文所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选。

    As usual, Betty was sitting alone during break. As she sat, she heard a quiet "meow" nearby and found a little cat with a band showing the name "Lucky".

    She picked up the cat and went to ask her teacher if she could help the cat find his home as a class project.

    "Are you willing to organize this project?" Mrs. Smith asked. She had tried for months to get Betty to speak up in class, but Betty had stayed quiet. Maybe this was her chance to shine!

    Betty thought for a moment and then said, "Okay, we need to put up signs around the neighborhood and call the local newspaper." Tony also suggested that they call the Animals' Home. Soon students were busy drawing posters. Two students were making phone calls. Mrs. Smith was surprised to find Betty was so confident and really showed an ability to lead.

    Betty, however, was not thinking about being a leader or being shy. Her mind was on finding this lost cat's home.

    The two students making phone calls came back and announced, "The Animals' Home said that a family reported a lost cat named Lucky! They said they'd call the family to come and get him!" The class cheered. Ten minutes later, a woman showed up and said with joy, "Thank you for returning Lucky! He was very 'lucky' to have been found by such a caring group of students!"

    The class celebrated their success. Mrs. Smith celebrated, too. Betty sat comfortably with her classmates for the first time, laughing and joking. Mrs. Smith believed it was indeed lucky that Betty had found the cat—lucky for both of them!

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