八下英语 第12讲

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第12讲
【新概念学单词】
Lesson28 （单词听写）
1 rare[reə] a.罕见的
2 ancient['einʃənt] a.古代的，古老的
3 myth [miθ] n.神话故事
4 have trouble with ....与....有摩擦
5 park a car 停车
6 effect [i'fekt] n.结果，效果
7 garage ['gæra:ʒ] n.车库
8 motorist [ˈməʊtərɪst]n.汽车驾驶员
9 turn...to... 把...变成....
Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽车！
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.
本.弗西特机长买了一辆不同寻常的出租汽车，并开始了一项新的业务。

这辆“出租汽车”是一架小型瑞士飞机，叫“皮勒特斯.波特“号。

这架奇妙的飞机可以载7名乘客。

然而，最令人惊奇的是它能够在任何地方降落：雪地上，水面上，甚至刚耕过的田里。

弗西特机长的第一名乘客是位医生，他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区一个偏僻的村庄。

从那时开始，弗西特机长已经载送乘客到过许多不寻常的地方。

一次，他把飞机降落在了一栋公寓楼的屋顶上；还有一次，降落在了一个废弃的停车场上。

弗西特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪要求。

这个人想要飞往大西洋上的一个孤岛-- 罗卡尔岛，弗西特机长之所以不送他去，是因为那段飞行太危险了。

1 taxi ['tæksi] n.出租汽车
2 Pilatus Porter皮勒特斯·波特(飞机机名)
3 land [lænd] v.着陆
4 plough [plau] v.耕地
5 lonely ['ləunli] a.偏僻的，人迹罕至的
6 Welsh [welʃ] a.威尔士的
7 roof [ru:f] n.楼顶8 block [blɔk] n.一座大楼
9 flat [flæt] n.公寓房
10 desert['dezət] v.废弃
11Atlantic Ocean [æt'læntɪk]
12 service ['sɜːvɪs] n. 服务，服侍；
13 passenger['pæsɪndʒə]n. 旅客；乘客；过路人；
14 on occasion [ə'keɪʒ(ə)n] 有时,间或,不时地
【语篇测试】
一、完形填空。

A)请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

（每小题1分）
I hate to say, but I have a problem. Actually, I’m not sure what my problem is. But whatever i t is, I need
1 .
It seems like I’m always doing favors for people, and I 2 have time for myself. I mean, I like people, and I want them to like me, but it’s getting to be too much.
You see, like this week, I’m taking care of Rex. It’s a dog that 3 a woman in my office. How did I 4 up taking care of this dog? I don’t even like dogs. It was in the office, and Sheila 5 that she was having trouble finding a dog-sitter, and she said 6 she couldn’t find a dog-sitter, she couldn’t go on vaca tion. And suddenly I said, “Oh, I’m take care of the dog for you. No problem. “7 did I say that? I always seem to get into(陷入) this kind of 8 .
Just last week, a guy across the hall had a problem with his toilet. So he called me! And I don’t even 9
this guy. He said that another neighbor said that I was really 10 fixing things, and that he was sure I would be willing to help him, so how could I say 11 ? So I fixed it, and I really didn’t mind; it only took me about an hour.
It’s not only m y 12 and people in my office. Like yesterday, my brother needed help to fix a broken window. I drove two hours to his house to help. It only took ten minutes to repair it, 13 my whole day was shot. And Rex chewed up my sofa while I was gone. These kinds of things happen to me all the time.
Oh, there’s a 14 . That’s probably Emily’s. She’s moving out this weekend, and I told her I’d help her
15 . I just couldn’t say no.
Oh, what am I going to do?
1. A. help B. money C. challenge D. confidence
2. A. even B. only C. just D. never
3. A. depends B. holds on to C. belongs to D. gets along with
4. A. end B. look C. stay D. make
5. A. supposed B. suggested C. imagined D. mentioned
6. A. whether B. unless C. if D. that
7. A. Why B. What C. When D. Where
8. A. danger B. situation C. friendship D. happiness
9. A. see B. know C. like D. care
10. A. good at B. proud of C. used to D. interested in
11. A. sorry B. yes C. no D. thanks
12. A. classmates B. neighbor C. friends D. parents
13. A. and B. or C. so D. but
14. A. letter B. phone C. bus D. train
15. A. travel B. stay C. leave D. pack
B)请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空。

每个词限用一次。

（每小题1分）
before, party, make, can, they, call, opposite, mirror, great, take, window, off
The Hall of Mirrors
Can you imagine? In a hall, seventeen large mirrors along the wall are
opposite to seventeen large windows. Each mirror is 16 up of 483 pieces of
glass. This is one of the 17 miracles in the Palace of Versailles. And it is
18 the Hall of Mirrors.
The French started to build the Hall of 19 in 1678. At that time, only
the rich or the noble could have a good mirror, so the French king Louis XIV (路
易十四) wanted a room full of mirrors to show 20 .
In 1686, the Hall of Mirrors was completed. This hall is huge. When you are in it, you 21 see where it ends. All around you are the large mirrors and 22 . Seventeen windows overlook the beautiful scenery of the garden, and at the same time, the beautiful scenery can be seen from the 23 seventeen mirrors.
The French kings usually had 24 and met foreign envoys in the Hall of Mirrors. Under candlelight, the mirrors looked like diamonds, and the hall glittered all night.
Today, everyone can visit Versailles and enjoy 25 in the Hall of Mirrors. When you are enjoying yourself there, you will feel like a king or queen yourself!
二、阅读理解(40分)
A)请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Sunny English Club
For students
16:00 – 18:00
Every Saturday
200 Yuan a month
9 Zhou Yu Street
Tel: 3785290
Foreign
teachers, English songs and films and more! Health Center
9:00—17:30
16 Yong Le Street Tel: 3801451
Free examinations for those over 70
Give you good advice to keep healthy!
1. Sunny English Club is for ______.
A. nurses
B. policemen
C. businessmen
D. students
2. You will pay ______ if you want to stay in the English club for half a year.
A. 300 yuan
B. 600 yuan
C. 1200 yuan
D. 2400 yuan
3. One can get free examinations in Health Center if he is ______.
A. 9
B. 17
C. 67
D. 73
B
My favorite great book is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives
with his aunt Polly in a quiet street of St. Petersburg, Missouri. He’s a lively and clever
young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures(冒险). He runs away with his
two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for
several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and
finally, they find a box of gold.
My favorite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go
to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears.
Everyone is surprised to see him but they’re also pleased to see him alive.
Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an
outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom’s best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.
The theme of the story is about children growing up. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished(惩罚)for bad behavior.
Why do I think The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876, but it’s still read and loved b y people all over the world today. And although it’s only a story. Twain wrote it in the
everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real. Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on－read it! I know you’ll enjoy it, too.
4. Where does Tom run away with his two friends?
A. To a quiet street.
B. To a small town.
C. To an island.
D. To a forest.
5. How did people feel when Tom appeared at his own funeral?
A. They were surprised and pleased.
B. They were surprised and sad.
C. They were worried and excited.
D. They were frightened and happy.
6. The whole book is mainly about ______.
A. freedom and social rules
B. children’s bad behaviour
C. the growth of young children
D. strangers in American small towns
7. The writer writes the article to ______.
A. ask us to read the book
B. tell us how popular the book is today
C. tell us when Mark Twain wrote the story
D. tell us why the story sounds very real
C
In every little girl’s toy box, there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this
year. It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She
and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their
daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair in New York on March
9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie’ s birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three
dollars. Today, a fifty-yew-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than
twenty-seven thousand dolls. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from
three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average of
about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls haft a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
8. Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?
A. Mattel.
B. Elliott.
C. Barbara.
D. Ruth Handler.
9. What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?
A.传播
B. 传奇
C. 传承
D. 传达
0. The writer doesn’t tell us ______.
A. Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls
B. Barbie Dolls sell well around the world
C. what the first Barbie Doll was based on
D. the doll Barbie was named after Barbara
11. What’ s the best title of the passage?
A. Barbie’ s birthday
B. Barbie Dolls
C. A lovely girl named Barbie
D. Why are Barbies popular
D
Singapore is a fascinating country, which is in South-east Asia. The country
used to only make money from selling fish until a man called Sir Thomas Stamford
Raffles discovered the island in 1819. He encouraged business and financial
investment (金融投资) to Singapore. This made it become a very rich country. It is
known as the Lion City. In Singapore Harbor you can see the famous national statue
called “Merlin” that has the head of a lion and the body of a fish.
Singapore is also famous for its lively shopping and restaurant culture. There
are many shops and restaurants on Orchard Road in the capital city. There you can buy different kinds of jewelry, fashionable clothes and electronic goods.
Away from busy city life, there are many chances in Singapore to explore (探索) the natural world. Singapore Zoo has over 290 kinds of animals from all over the world. The zoo is special because its animals are kept in open space.
There are some smaller isla nds in Singapore, including Publau Uhin and St John’s Island. The most famous of these islands is Sentosa Island. It has many sandy beaches. There you can do many water sports, such as swimming, surfing and diving.
12. Before 1819, Singapore was ______.
A. a country in South-west Asia
B. a country that made money from selling fish
C. a very rich country
D. a country that encouraged business and financial investment
13. The national statue “Merlin” of the country can be seen ______.
A. on Orchard Road
B. in Singapore Zoo
C. in Singapore Harbor
D. on Sentosa Island
14. The writer thinks that the most famous inland in Singapore is ______.
A. St John’s Island
B. Publau Ubin Island
C. Sentosa Inland
D. Lantau Island
15. Which of the following sentence is TRUE?
A. Singapore has little wildlife.
B. Singapore has few places where people can buy presents.
C. Singapore has a lot of bigger islands.
D. Singapore is not only beautiful but also rich.
B)请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面方框的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文章中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

（每小题2分）
Let’s be honest; no matter how old we are, most of us love it when our parents do things for us. 16.
Some parents are used to doing almost everything for their children. They see their older children (and sometimes even adults) as babies! 17. Some parents care so much about the safety of their children that they are afraid to let them go anywhere or do anything by themselves. As a result, their children fail to learn social skills, and come to depend more on the parents! 18. No parents would be happy knowing that, as a result of too much care, their children don’t know a thing about the world! Children need their own time to develop into adults and to learn how to deal with problems. 19. And when suddenly they can’t depend on their parents, these children will be in big trouble! It is nice that parents show their care and attention to their children. 20.
And it will be nicer if the children let their parents know how much love they really need, and how much love is
A. In fact, no children really enjoy being looked after by their parents all the time.
B. It makes our lives easier, and we have less to worry about.
C. It is nice that children know that their parents’ care an d attention is the result of love.
D. It can be a very common problem in China, where parents only have one child.
E. Too much care spoils(扰乱) their fun when they are growing up.
【语法专题】。