人教新目标(Go for it)版初中英语八年级下册Unit 6 单元基础检测

—I think it's exciting.

—________. I will visit my parents.

—Yes. The song always reminds us ________ our nice past.

  一I was        to meet Mr. Miller near my home．He gave me a ride．

    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）.

    On a cold early morning, an old woman was carrying a big basket of cabbages on her head to the market. She hoped to sell them to the people in the town.

    The mountain road was narrow (狭窄) and the old woman was walking carefully, because she did not want to lose her cabbages.

    Suddenly she heard a loud bell and a bicycle came round. It passed her and went very fast down the hill. The old woman had to jump up to one side of the road so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley (山谷).

    She looked up, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was riding on without even looking round to see whether the old woman was all right. The old woman began to shout, "Come back，young man! You dropped something!"

    When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he nearly fell off. Then he turned and began to push the bicycle back up to the hill. "What is it?" he asked. "What did I drop?" "Little boy," the old woman answered, "you dropped your manners."

A：Hi, Jane! Did you go anywhere interesting last Sunday?

B：No, I stayed at home.

A：

B：I read a book called The Little Match Girl.

A：

B：Oh, it's really moving. A poor young girl tried to sell matches in the street on a cold night. She was afraid to go home.

A：

B：She found a corner and sat down. Then she lit some matches to warm herself.

A：

B：No, no one. After running out of the matches, she died.

A：

B：Yes. From the story I learned that we should help those in need.

A：I agree with you.

    Cinderella's(继母) didn't love her at all, so she often made Cinderella do lots of chores.

    One day, news came that a big ball (舞会) would come up for the(王子) to find a wife. Cinderella wanted to go but she had no beautiful dress or shoes for the ball. So she cried. All of a sudden a fairy showed up. She(变) her old dress into a beautiful one and turned her shoes into glass shoes. The shoes(闪耀) very brightly. The kind fairy helped Cinderella by(魔法). She told her all of these would change back at midnight. She must come back before that.

    Cinderella thanked the fairy and went to the ball happily. All the people looked at her when she showed up at the ball. She danced with the prince the(整个) night. When it was midnight, she ran out. Unluckily she lost a shoe on the way out. The prince found the shoe and went to every house to find the girl who(穿) that shoe. He came to Cinderela's house and Cinderella put the shoe on. It(适合) her perfectly. Soon the prince(陷入) in love with her. Then they got (结婚) and lived a happy life.

B

    Charles Lane loves playing all kinds of games．He has loved games all his life．He has always been interested in computers，too．Today, his love of games and his interest in computers come together in his work．Charles works for a company (公司)that makes video games．

    Charles never dreamed of working in a video game company．“It all started by accident(偶然)，”he said．“One of my friends worked for a video game company．He knew how much I loved games，and he told me about a job．It sounded like fun．”It was a job as a video game tester．

    When a video game company has a new game，they give it to testers．Testers play the game and look for bugs(程序错误)in it．The company wants to find and fix all the bugs before they sell the game．

    Video game testers need to have good computer skills．They need to understand how computers work．Charles did not have great computer skills when he went for the job interview(求职面试)，so he was nervous．However, the interviewers said，“That's OK．We can teach someone to use a computer, but we can't teach someone to love games．”

    Charles worked as a video game tester for three years．Now he is a video game producer (制作人) .This means that he works on every part of developing a new game．He really enjoys his work．He says，“It's really a great job．I'm sure it'll give me what I need to live a happy life and have a bright future．”

Dear Sam，

    I'd like to tell you something about the trip I took last year.

    What about you? Did you take any trip in your free time?

Yours,

Liu Ming