新目标（Go for it）版2021-2022学年英语八年级下册Unit 6单元检测卷

—She told us ____________make faces in class.

    一I will．

A: Good morning, Judy.

B: Good morning, Tim.

A: What are you doing?

B:

A: What's it about?

B: She lived near a big river. There were many fish in it. One day, she wanted to get some fish for her grandma. But she fell into the river.

A: That's terrible.

B: No, she couldn't. She was very afraid.

A: That was too bad.

B: Then, a bird saved her.

A: A bird?

B: Oh, you can read it here, and then you will know how it saved her, Tim. It's time for my math class. I have to go now.

A: OK. Bye.

B: Bye.

    Long long ago, there lived a1monkey. It had two heads and they faced2directions（方向）. One day, one head of the monkey saw a nice red3. The head ate it and kept4how delicious it was. The other head asked, "Can I taste it?" The first head said, "Though I ate it in my mouth, it will go into our5." The other head still wanted to taste the fruit. The first head6, "I saw the fruit and I have the right（权利）to eat it7sharing."

    Later, the second head saw a beautiful pink fruit on a tree. It tried to pick the fruit and eat it. The birds living in the tree said, "Don't eat it. It will8you. "

    The first head also shouted, "Don't eat it!" But the second head didn't9them, "I saw it, and I have the right to eat it. It will go into our stomach later. "And it ate the fruit. In a few minutes, the strange monkey with two heads died!

    A family should10each other instead of working for one's own good（好处）.

    Below you'll find some stories and their main ideas. Use these good stories to improve your family life. They'll help your children to be better kids.

    Long long ago，King Swan(天鹅国王)had a beautiful daughter. On her 15th birthday，she wished that when she was old enough，she could choose her own husband．King Swan agreed with her.

    When the princess was old enough，King Swan called all the birds to his home．Birds came from everywhere，even from far away．King Swan told his lovely daughter to choose one she liked．She looked over the many birds． Finally，she chose a green long-necked peacock(孔雀)．She told her father，”This bird, the peacock, will be my husband．”

Hearing that the peacock was the lucky one，all the other birds crowded around to congratulate(祝贺)him．The excited peacock said nothing but held his head high．Later he began to shout and show his beauty in a strange dance．The other birds started to laugh．

    King Swan was angry．Standing in the middle of the birds，he said，“Sir Peacock，your voice is sweet，and you're really very pretty．But you are not modest at all．I will not allow my daughter to marry you!”

    The princess also learned she was wrong．Then King Swan married his daughter to a modest bird．The peacock new away，having lost a beautiful wife．

    The Dragon Boat Festival（端午节）is the day to remember a Chinese national hero, ①Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the river and died over 2, 000 years ago. Old story has it that people, ②________________（为了救屈原）, beat drums to drive fish away, and threw rice dumplings (zongzi) into the river to keep the fish from eating his body.

    For thousands of years, people have spent the festival by eating zongzi and holding dragon boat races ③on the fifth day of the fifth lunar（阴历的）month, ④especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.

    The dragon boat races ⑤/ʃəu/ that many people want to save Qu's body. Those races are the most exciting part of the festival, with very large crowds of people watching them. The special boats, more than 10 meters long, have colorful "dragon" heads and tails(尾巴), and ⑥/i:ʧ/ boat carries team of 20 or 22 players. Every year dragon boat races take place in southeast Asian countries and some western countries, including America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

    Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter who worked very hard every day. He had a son and his name was Herman. The old man saved some money and sent his son to university.

    But the money that the father gave his son ran out after two years and Herman had to come back home. The old man had no more money. Herman said he would stay and work with his father.

    The next day Herman went to the forest with his father. Though he had never done such work before, he worked well. Herman took his bread and said he would go a little farther into the forest.

    Herman was so happy with the bright sunshine that he walked and walked. Suddenly he heard a voice, "Let me out! Let me out!"There was something in the bottle that looked like a small budworm（青虫）. It jumped up and down shouting, "Let me out!"

    As soon as Herman opened the bottle, it jumped out of the bottle and began to grow. "Thank you, young man," he said. "Now it's my turn to help you. "

    The giant gave Herman a piece of cloth（布）. "It is unusual," said the giant. "Put it on a stone, and it will turn the stone into gold. "

    Herman ran back to his father with the unusual cloth. Also, Herman went back to university to learn more. Years later, he became a famous doctor in town.

    When I told my Mends l was going to move from the city to the countryside，they couldn't believe it．I was because I'd never been out of the city before．Would be very different? Well, see for yourself．

    Many things are different about the city and the countryside．In the city, I .in a tall apartment building with my parents．Our building was filled with people, but I only knew a few of ． Now we live in an old farmhouse．Our nearest neighbors are about one kilometer away．But all the neighbors are ． They often come to visit us with lots of food．

    However, some things in the city and the countryside are the ． In the city, my mom and I to go shopping on the weekend．We went to different shopping centers．

Here in the countryside we shop in farmers' markets on the weekend．The greatest thing that is the same is friends．I made some good friends in both the city and the countryside．We do homework and read  together every day．

    When I think about the most important things,  family and friends, maybe there aren't so many differences between the city and the countryside．Personally, I think they're both great．

要求：

1）不要把以上的提示内容逐字逐句地翻译，可适当发挥；

2）词数90－110。

提示词语：Little Red Riding Hood小红帽； meet; jump up; swallow up吞下；hunter; pass by; kill; save; wolf狼

Little Red Riding Hood