牛津深圳版英语八年级下册Unit 4 Cartoons and comic strips单元测试

— She is always in red. Don't you know?

— Yeah! I like the cartoon, too. It's so _______.

—Yes. He stayed up late last night to study for a test.

—I got the information by surfing the Internet.

    Do you ever watch old movies? Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She was a famous   1  in the 1930s. She died when she was only 34. In her   2   life she made 70 movies!

    Lombard's real name was Jane Alice Peters: In 1921, she was playing baseball in the   3 

near her home. A movie director   4   her and decided to put her in a movie. She was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last silent movies. She acted(表演) so well that she  5the hearts of some people. At 16, she left school to act.

    In 1925, she had an agreement with a 6   studio, 20th Century Fox. The studio gave   7 

a new name, and she acted in several films. Then, at age 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars(伤疤) on her face. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not   8 . She continued to act.

    It was Paramount Studio that made Lombard a  9  . She made many movies for the studio. She also married two of their stars. Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months.   10   seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.

      Most children like to watch cartoons on TV because of the funny characters and the bright colors. But is it good for children to watch cartoons on TV?

      Some people think it leaves nothing for children to imagine when they are watching cartoons on TV. They can see the different characters so they need not imagine the appearance of a character or any situation in the cartoon. But when reading a book, he has to imagine how the different characters look like.He has to imagine a place or a situation described in the story he is reading, so the imaginative power of the child improves.

       Very little children may not be able to read books. But they will be happy to watch TV, especially watch cartoons. Watching cartoons will improve their language ability. As most of the cartoons are in English, watching them will improve their English. They will learn to understand the conversations between others. Their vocabulary will get improved. They will learn how to pronounce different words. Their spoken English will also get greatly improved.These are the advantages(好处) of watching cartoons.

        But there should be a limit(限制) to everything. Parents should control their children's time on TV. However, you cannot keep children from watching TV completely. It will only do more harm than good.

①警告，警示      

②思想，心思       

③友好的，和善的  

④基本的，基础的    

⑤谢天谢地        

⑥卡通片，动画片      

⑦天气预报      

⑧连环漫画          

⑨救生衣         

⑩获得成功

A: What are you going to do tonight, Ben?

B: I don't know.

A: What about going to watch a football match? Shenhua team will be there.

B:Which team will play against the Shenhua team?

A:

B: It must be a wonderful match.They will play quite well. Do you think so?

A:Well, what time shall we meet?

B:

A: OK. See you then.

B: See you.

每个人喜欢的卡通形象（cartooncharacter）各不相同，请你根据以下提示写一篇短文，描述你喜欢的卡通形象及原因。要求80词左右，可适当发挥。

内容提示：  

1. 你喜欢的卡通形象的外貌及衣着；

2. 你喜欢的卡通形象的基本特征，如饮食习惯、性格特点等；

3. 你喜欢它的原因。