外研版英语八年级上册Module 8 Accidents. 单元测试

—Yes, but it needs to go _______the clouds for hours.

—Sure. But remember nothing can be learned _______hard work.

       He lost hisarms in an accident. Since then, he has had to depend on his  1  brother. In order to  2  him，his younger brother became his shadow (影子)，never leaving him  3 for years. Except for writing with his 4 , he was completely unable to do anything in his life. As the two brothers  5  together, then one day, his younger brother had to work far from him, living his own life, as many normal people do. So he was heart-broken and didn't know  6to do. A similar misfortune（不幸） happened to agirl,  7  . One night her mother disappeared after arguing with her father. So her father went out looking for her mother，8  her alone at home. She tried  9  meals for her parents, but only to catch a big fire, which took her hands away.  10 her elder sister who was studying in another city，showed her willingness to help her, she made up her mind to be completely independent（独立的. At school, she always studied hard and she learned to be self-reliant (自力更生的). One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to a television interview program. People    11 both of them to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Theboy wrote: My younger brother's arms are my arms; while the girl wrote:“I am  12. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs.”They had 13 experienced a terrible disaster(灾难), but their different attitudes showed the nature of their lives. If you choose only to complain  14  it and escape from it，it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be   15  ，the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

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    Every year several thousand people die in the car accidents in Great Britain. And between one and two hundred thousand people are hurt. There are rules to make the roads safe, but people do not always obey (遵守) the rules.They are careless. If everybody obeys the rules, the road will be much safer. How can we make the roads safer? Remember this rule. In Great Britain traffic keeps to the left. Cars, buses and bikes must all keep to the left side of the road. In most other countries traffic keeps to the right. Before crossing the road, stop and look both ways. Look right and left. Then, if you are sure that the road is clear, it is safe to cross the road. If you see small children or very old people, help them to cross the road. We must teach our children to cross the road safely. We must always give them a good example. Small children must not play in the street.

    On the afternoon of May 28th, there was a car accident on Nathan Road. As a result, the road was blocked (阻塞). The two drivers were quarrelling and both of them said that the other was wrong. However, the other drivers were not interested in knowing whose fault it was; they were waiting impatiently and just wanted to be able to leave. Finally someone called the police. Two policemen soon arrived. They cleared the road immediately and tried to control (控制) the traffic.Then the police took the two drivers to the police station. There, the drivers described the course of the accident, saying that it was not their own fault. However,the policemen decided that both drivers were wrong because they had driven too fast and carelessly.The two drivers also had to take the alcohol (酒精) test. Fortunately, they did not drink any alcohol before driving. Otherwise, the result would bemore serious!

根据短文内容完成下面的表格。

A Car Accident
Time of the accident
On  ________.
Place of the accident
On   ________.
Reasons of the accident
The two drivers had driven too fast and
 ________.
The people who controlled the traffic
Two   ________ arrived and controlled the traffic.
The result of taking the alcohol test
 ________

根据提示写一篇100词左右的英语短文。

汉语提示：几个男孩在街上踢足球。一位老人提着篮子经过，被飞来的足球击中，老人的帽子和篮子掉落在地。孩子们向老人认错。老人原谅了他们，并嘱咐他们不要在街上踢

足球。

英语提示：a few boys,play football,in the street;an oldman,have a basket in his hand,pass by;stop playing,tell them not to playfootball in the street;never play football,carry the basket