2016年新目标英语中考知能综合检测八：八年级上册 Units 7-9

—In 1999, the year I was born.

—Sorry, I'll do that right now.

—It is reported that she was born in 1986.

—No, they were all sleeping. But I saw _______ cute monkeys.

—But it's too expensive for me _______!

—For about 3 hours.

—I need some of the meat. You can _______ first.

—Yes, and I saw him _______ the piano as he sang.

—Fantastic! We _______ to a museum and a gallery.

—Really? _______

—_______. It's too difficult.

　The  1  is getting colder, and soon winter  2  shorter. We live in warm houses and we  3  thick coats when we go outside. But 4  do animals stay warm in winter?

Adapt(适应)

    Some animals keep  5  in winter, so they must adapt to the changing weather.  6  warm, they may grow new, thicker fur in  7 autumn.

Migrate(迁徙)

    Some of the animals migrate. That means they travel to other places  8  the weather is warm or they can find food.

Hibernate(冬眠)

    Some animals hibernate for part or  9  of the winter. These animals usually find a cave or a hole under the ground to spend their winter. The body temperature of the animals drops, their heart beats more slowly and they breathe  10  .

    13-year-old Addison Logan found a picture of his long-dead uncle inside a camera in May 2012. He bought the camera at a yard sale last Thursday. He often goes to yard sales, where he can buy many things at very low prices.

    The Arkansas boy said he bought this old camera for just one US dollar when he visited a yard sale with his grandmother. He liked taking pictures and he thought a second-hand camera was OK for him to practice taking pictures. Although it was not a digital(数字的) camera, it looked just very nice. When they got home, he took off the camera's film(胶卷) box and found a picture of a man. His grandmother said that the man was her son, Scott, who died in a traffic accident 23 years before.

    It seemed that Scott took the picture with his girlfriend in 1978 or 1979. “It's almost like he's reaching out to us, to tell us that he is still with us, ” said Addiso's father.

①—What did you do for your last day o?

—I just slept until 11: 00 am.

②Nobody can tell us what our f life will be.

③ Peter wishes he could play for his n basketball team when he grows up.

④  —When were you b?

—In 1998. And I'm as old as you.

⑤You should read the i before you take the medicine.

①To make a sandwich, we need two (slice) of bread, some vegetables and some meat.

② It rained hard yesterday, but (luck) we brought our raincoats and didn't get wet.

③Ted told us an unusual story (call) Mystery steps.

④ Cindy had fun (make) flashcards with her cousin.

⑤ How old was Laura when she became a (skate) champion?

a. Not really.

b. You won't believe it!

c. Where did you go on vacation?

d. How was your vacation?

e. How long were you there?

f. We stayed at home for the whole week.

g. We had a great time!

A: Hi, Billy.

B: It was excellent! I went to Hawaii with my cousin.

A: Lucky you.

B: About a week.

A: Wonderful! Was the weather OK?

B:  It was cloudy most of the time. But we went surfing every day. The waves were amazing.

A: So, what was the best thing about the trip?

B: Well, something incredible(难以置信的) happened.

say; by; into; office; open; but;

same; feel; except; character

     Sherlock Holmes(福尔摩斯) is a  in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective novels. That is to  he is not a real person.  he has his own museum.

     The Sherlock Holmes Museum is a popular museum on Baker Street, 221B, London, England, the  address as Holmes' home address in the novels. It  in 1990. The museum is run  the Sherlock Holmes International Society, a non-profit making organization(非营利性组织).

     The museum is open every day  Christmas Day. When you walk  the museum, you'll  like you've walked into Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson's   from the novels.

写作

根据所给图画，用英语写一篇约80词的短文。要求完整叙述图画内容。