牛津译林版英语八年级上册Unit6 Bird watching 单元测试（一）

— It's great. It is        ideal home for wildlife.

— ____________, just a cold.

— Sorry, Mum. I can find ____________ in it.

— ____________. I have a lot of homework to do now.

    There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day while she was walking in the forests, she found two dying birds. She took them home and put them in a small 1. She was happy to have two “friends”. She 2 them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to leave the door of the cage open. The larger and the 3 of the two flew out of the cage.  The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly, she felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn't  4 a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her 5 killed the bird! Then she noticed 6 bird jumping up and down 7 the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom(自由) . It wanted to fly into the clear, blue 8. So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away highly. The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl 9 as the bird flew. She didn't care about losing the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the 10 song she had ever heard.

    The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

    A crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches (英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.

    Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crow's sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too.

    Many animals hide to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes help protect them. It's hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons(变色龙) can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes.

    Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary. Some animals will run away from them.

Many animals try to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. Seeing many stripes at once can also confuse animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they can also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that many want to eat one of them.

    In the coming summer holidays, you will probably visit the Shanghai Expo. Before you head off the Expro, please read the following tips so that you behave properly and show off China's best face to visitors from other countries.

When waiting in a line

    Wait patiently instead of cutting to the front of the line. If you have to leave your spot in line and want to come back, tell the people standing in front of and behind you. Ask them to kindly hold you spot, and thank them when you return.

When touring the Expro

    Don't touch or climb on exhibits. Visitors are allowed to take pictures and videos around the Expro, but when cameras are not welcome, don't turn yours on. If souvenirs are handed out, don't push and scream. Be polite and wait your turn.

When attending shows

    If you are late, wait until the break to enter. It will disturb other audience if you walk in late.

    It's very important to leave in the middle of a musical or stage play. If an early exit is necessary, you can leave after a scene is over.

Keep quiet during a performance. Before the performance starts, either turn off your mobile phone or set it silent mode. Never answer your phone while a performance is going on.

    After an excellent performance, clap your hands warmly. Don't laugh at the performers when they make mistakes.

When having meals

    Don't talk loudly at meals. With many hungry visitors waiting, don't stay too long at your table after you have finished. Politely move on to another place.

    Nogoba was a cavegirl. She lived in a cave（洞穴）with about 40 other people. Cavepeople lived in big groups to help each other. Their l were very dangerous. There were many wanimals near the caves — lions, tigers, bears and elephants.

The cavemen hunted. They kthe animals for food. The children's jobs were dangerous, too. Nogoba and her friends went to the river every day to get w. Sometimes, the river was very deep. S,there were animals near the river.

For many months of the y, Nogoba was cold. There was ice and snow everywhere. It was difficult to be w. The children sometimes went to sleep by the fire. Sometimes they were too nthe fire.

    Sometimes Nogoba and her friends went to ffruit and nuts to eat. Sometimes the fruit and nuts were poisonous and everyone became i. There weren't any cave doctors or cave hospitals!

假如你是王林。你所在学校的“爱心协会（Helping Hands Society）”将招收新会员。你想加入该协会, 请根据下面表格中的内容及图片, 用英语写一封自荐信。

要求：①语句通顺, 意思连贯；②要点须包括表格和四幅图片中的信息, 但不得使用真实姓名和校名；③表格中“加入目的”一栏内容由考生自拟；④词数：90左右。