牛津版（深圳·广州）八年级上册Unit 1 Encyclopaedias单元练习

—Oh, really? What did he say in his letter?

—I was busy that I didn't go to bed ________ 12 o'clock last night.

— We can ________ the leaflets to raise money for the people in need.

— Never. I think you'd better break that_________.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody 1his own language by remembering what he 2when he is a small child. Some boys and girls who live 3with their parents seem to learn two languages almost as 4as one. In school it is not easy to learn 5language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other 6, too.

A man's mind is rather7a camera. It takes photos not only of what we see, but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. 8we take a real photo with a camera, we have much to do before the photo is finished and ready to 9to our friends. In the same 10there is much work to be done before we can take a picture forever in our mind.

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The world will never be the same once you have seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump was born in a small town in Alabama in the USA shortly after World War Ⅱ. He is  “slow” and only has an IQ of 75. His mother and his friend Jenny always encourage him to live as an  person.

Forrest has a special talent for . His wonderful life began when he ran onto a football field to  his class bullies（恃强凌弱）. He was enrolled（被招入学）by a university and became a football star.

After his graduation, he became a  in the American army in Vietnam. After the war, Forrest was treated as a hero. Later, Forrest met many famous people. We saw him shaking hands with President John F. Kennedy. He accidentally became a millionaire but chose to live  as a gardener.

Anna finally that the old man was a killer.

This film that one.

My grandpa go fishing by the river.

Tom visited his grandparents during his summer vacation.

He lots of things in the university.

Suggested outlines:

* What will you plant in your garden?

* What do you want to do in the garden?