外研（新标准）版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级上册Module 7 A famous story 单元测试卷

—Yes, I did. _____ people also watched it.

—Of course. It _______ by young people so often these days.

—I think so. No one did as________ as him in our class.

—My car is broken.

    J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of 1 sellers in the world. She was born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She had one sister who was two years younger than her. Both girls liked 2 to their father's bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story3the age of six.

    On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he didn't know it. In 1992, Rowling began4 the first Harry Potter book for young5. It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series (系列) is6with people of all ages and about sixty7books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That's8the Harry Potter series has been so popular. J.K. Rowling is very9with the success. Now she's really enjoying life. She said she would go on 10 children's books.

    Although I'm not in my childhood, I still prefer reading fairy tales(童话).They often make me think of some special experiences and feelings. This summer I've reviewed The Little Prince. It was first published in 1943.It's a world­famous fairy tale written by the French author Antoine.

    "I", the narrator(讲述者) of the story, is a pilot. His plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. The little prince lives on a small planet, and he grows a flower called ROSE there. One day they have a quarrel(争吵), so the little prince runs away. On his all­ alone journey, he meets different kinds of people. From these people he gets a conclusion(结论) that grown­ups are strange. And with the help of the man he meets, he descends in the Sahara. This book moves me a lot. It is not only a fairy tale for children and teenagers, but also for grown­ups.

    Reading for pleasure is the easiest and the most important way to become a better reader in English. Some students say they don't want to read for pleasure because pleasure reading is too easy. They just want to use their time to learn the rules of the language and new words.

    However, Dr. Krashen, a famous expert on learning languages, says that pleasure reading helps you learn many important things about English. For example, students learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure. Also they learn more about good writing. Dr. Krashen thinks that pleasure reading helps each student learn something different in a different way. Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs.

    Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying. When you read for pleasure, you choose your own books, and you don't have to remember everything. There are no tests on your pleasure reading books. Pleasure reading will help you get knowledge happily and easily.

—No problem.

—Sorry, I've no idea.

Salt in the southern factory by them.

wood used for?

they tea in the southeast of China?

Alice didn't know .

My brother's watch him.

, we will go skating in the park tomorrow.

My question today's homework.

Shakespeare's plays by people every year.

How much should I the express mail?

that you missed such a great match.

A：Hello, Daming!

B：I'm looking for a book called Robinson Crusoe.

A：What's it about?

B：The hero in the book is a castaway(沉船后游泳逃生到孤岛等荒僻处的人).

A：Tell me more about it.

B：He lives on the island for twenty­eight years. In the end he is saved and comes back home.

A：

B：It first came out in 1719. It's really a great book.

A: It's a pity that I haven't read it.

B：Oh, here it is. If you like, after I finish it, I can lend it to you.

A：Thanks a lot.

B: You're welcome.

参考词汇：name of the book; writer; story; place; hero/character; favourite scene; theme