新目标（Go for it）版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet？单元过关检测卷（含听力音频）

—Yes, I have________ finished it. I read it yesterday.

—No, I ________ our guidebook and towels yet.

—It's so fantastic that I can't________.

—It ________ be Tom's. I saw him use it.

—Oh, it was excellent. I will remember it______.

—Sorry，________ borrowed it.

    I like music because I think there is nothing more relaxing than listening to or playing music.

    One day, I went to my 1 house to visit them. While my mother was cooking in the kitchen, my father and I were 2 in the living room. He told me many stories about music. Then I went into my father's room with him. He took out his guitar and 3 to play. I took out a violin and played with him. Slowly, I was lost in the 4.

    My father and I played 5 that for about 20 minutes. And when I turned around, my mother was standing outside the door listening. I didn't even notice her while I was playing. I was6 lost in the music. When I played with my father, I wasn't good at playing the violin.7 it was a slow song. I didn't need to 8 my ability, and I just enjoyed the beauty of music.

    Now many people only focus on (专注于) being good at one instrument, not music 9. However, I play music just 10 it makes me happy, and I love everything about it.

    The classics are really great. Some of them can even change our life. I have a cousin who is eight years older than me. He is very good at writing now，because he has read many classics before. Those novels(小说)help him do well in writing. He thinks the classics are part of his life. He can't live without them. He has read 26 classics. As for me，I have read Little Women ， Tom Sawyer and Treasure Island.

—Mike，14 years old

    Reading the classics is good for us. Some classics such as Oliver Twist ， Treasure Island ， Tom Sawyer and Little Women are good books. I have read all of them. But if students spend too much time reading the classics，they won't get good grades，either.

—Susan，16 years old

    Are you tired after studying hard？American country music will take you away for a while. The guitars and songs will take you to mountains and fields there.

    Country is simple music. It talks of everyday life and feelings. It's the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and basic.

    Country is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America. It was the folk music of the American countryside. Many of the songs tell about the lives of farmers. They talk about love, crops or death.

    Rural life can be hard, so the words are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.

    When people moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.

    John Denver was one of America's most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song Take Me Home, Country Roads is well­known and people still play it today.

    Science fiction is a popular kind of writing. Many people think of Jules Verne as the father of science fiction. He was born in France in 1828. His father wanted him to become a lawyer. At first he wrote plays for the theater. Then, in 1863, he wrote a story called Five Weeks in a Balloon. The success of this book encouraged him to write more stories, such as A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and From the Earth to the Moon (1865).

    In the 19th century, many people were interested in science and inventions. As a result, they were very popular. Verne's writing included many predictions (预言) for the 20th century and many of them came true. These books were very successful and they made Verne rich.

    20 ， 000 Leagues Under the Sea was a successful movie for Walt Disney. It was the first Disney movie to use real actors instead of cartoon drawings. The main character is an Englishman called Phileas Fogg. For him, the most important thing is to be always on time!

This song passions.

When I saw the photo, it to my youthful days.

, he has been a fan of American country music.

As soon as she saw the book Harry Potter, she to read it.

From now on, this house you.

    Mr. Peabody & Sherman (《天才眼镜狗》) is a new cartoon. It is about an adventure (奇遇) t history. Peabody is a businessman, a scientist, and he is also a dog. He decides to have one more title (头衔) and become a f. But after he has a little boy named Sherman, Peabody finds that being a father may be the most d job.

    Penny is Sherman's classmate. On the first day of school, Penny and Sherman get into a fight. In order to s their problem and get on well with Penny, Sherman lets Penny have a look at the time­traveling machine. His father, Peabody m this machine. However, the trouble begins when the kids take it for a joy ride. It causes lots of p in some of history's most important moments. After this travel, Penny realizes a lot of things a herself. And we can see that she has a kind heart and that she r cares about people.

There's a lot of time travel and a lot of funny things like Peabody g into one of Da Vinci's (达·芬奇) paintings— that is really funny. It's a great cartoon for both adults and c. I think people will learn a lot about history by watching this cartoon. It's really a wonderful film.

A: Hey, Li Ming. ?

B: Yes, I did. I bought Little Women in Xinhua Bookstore yesterday.

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A: Yes, I have. But I'm reading Alice in Wonderland these days.

B: Oh, I've heard of it, but I have never read it. ?

A: I think it's fantastic.

B: ?

A: In three days.

B: I'd like to read it, too. ?

A: Of course. I think you will be interested in it.

B: Thank you!

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