人教新目标(Go for it)版初中英语八年级下册Unit 8 单元同步检测

—It ____________be Mr. Brown. Nobody sings like that except him.

—It's boring.

—Yes. He used to____________ the guitar, but now he is more____________ in playing soccer.

—_____________. Just half of it. How about you?

—Sorry，________ borrowed it.

—Yes, I have________ finished it. I read it yesterday.

    As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered (被认为) to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other1in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked2. He was an actor.

    Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's3his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first came out in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted4part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them5: Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful6. Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He7it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He continued to write8he died. When he died in 1870, he was9a story. But what a pity! We'll never know10it ended.

    A few years ago, Dave Stirling had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. The business he started from his home in Ohio, the[US, now sells 500, 000 CDs a year and has made him a millionaire (百万富翁) at the age of 24.

    "I could see that this was the future of shopping," says Stirling. "Why should you pay $15for a CD and spend the time and the money getting into the store and parking your car? You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking (敲击) on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!"

    According to Stirling, this is only the beginning, "I believe that one day we'll do our shopping over the Internet. It's easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past."

    J. K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books. Her(成功) made her become the richest woman in Britain, even richer than British Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ.

    J. K. Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in England. She started to be a(狂热爱好者) of writing when she was 5 or 6 years old.

    At school Rowling loved literature and her schoolbag was always(满的) of storybooks. She studied(法语) at college and after graduation, she became a secretary. She later said she(事实上) was “the worst secretary ever”.

    When Rowling was 26 years old she moved to(南部的) Portugal to be an English teacher. During this period she began working on a(经典的) book about a wizard (男巫). In fact she finished writing the Harry Potter books when living(在国外).

When Rowling finished writing the(小说) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, she sold it for one(百万) dollars. After the first Harry Potter book came out in June 1997, Rowling became famous at once.

    Science fiction is a popular kind of writing. Many people think of Jules Verne as the father of science fiction. He was born in France in 1828. His father wanted him to become a lawyer. At first he wrote plays for the theater. Then, in 1863, he wrote a story called Five Weeks in a Balloon. The success of this book encouraged him to write more stories, such as A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and From the Earth to the Moon (1865).

    In the 19th century, many people were interested in science and inventions. As a result, they were very popular. Verne's writing included many predictions (预言) for the 20th century and many of them came true. These books were very successful and they made Verne rich.

    20 ， 000 Leagues Under the Sea was a successful movie for Walt Disney. It was the first Disney movie to use real actors instead of cartoon drawings. The main character is an Englishman called Phileas Fogg. For him, the most important thing is to be always on time!

提示：
    ①What book have you read recently?

    ②What's it about?

    ③What do you think of it?

要求：90词左右，可适当发挥。