新目标英语2017-2018学年八年级上册Units 1--10阶段检测（音频暂未更新）

    I think Christmas (圣诞节) is one of the happiest times of the year. Everyone has a smile on their face. It's such a(n) for kids. They can't wait to open their gifts and play with their. It's a nice time for their parents too. They can with their family and relax. Let's not forget the true meaning of Christmas.  It is not about  Christmas trees or the snowman. It's all about love for each other and around the world.

—Yes, but only         

—Don't worry. Your aunt is          to look after your pet.

—That's true. I lived there five years ago.

—         

    One Friday morning, I booked (预定) an Uber car to the train station. When the car arrived, I just saw the car number and got in. "Please be 1 I need to get to the train station in half an hour," I said.

    The driver said, "Yes, ma' am."

    I was 2 when I heard a female voice (女性的声音)! I looked at the driver. The driver was a young woman. I had traveled in Uber cars for hundreds of times, 3 I had never seen a female driver here in India. In India, many people may think that it's unsafe (不安全的) for women to drive Uber cars. So I 4 to know more about my driver.

    "If you don't 5 can I ask you some questions?" I asked.

    "Yes, ma' am."

    "Are you well-educated?"

    "Yes. ma'am. I have just got my MBA."

    "Wow! So why did you choose this 6 ."

    She smiled and said, "' 7 has always been my interest, ma' am. No job is too small. I 8 want a job from which I can get real happiness. I tried other jobs, but I like this one most ……"

    About 20 minutes later, I arrived. I said thank you to 9 I really enjoyed the ride and learned something 10 the young woman.

    Peter is a middle school student. There are many great clubs in his school

Board Game Club

    Students can learn about and play all kinds of board games (棋类游戏) such as Ricochet Robot, Fearsome Floors, King of Tokyo and Coloretto. Every month, there is a new game. Students usually meet after school every Monday and Thursday afternoon.

Book Club

    Book Club helps students develop (发展) their interest in reading. Students read and discuss what they read together. They sing their club song every time they meet.

Music Club

    Music Club is a fun group for students to learn about all kinds of music and develop music skills (技巧). Music Club meets every school day from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m." Students need to bring their own instruments (乐器) to the club.

Cooking Club

    Students learn different cooking skills at Cooking Club. Students meet each Friday afternoon to work on creative and simple dishes (菜肴). Each dish takes 30 minutes or less to finish.

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    Ben was hoping for a video game for his birthday. He also wanted a board game. And he wanted some CDs, too.

    He got the board game and some CDs, but what was in the last package (包裹)? It was from his sister. He slowly opened the package. It didn't feel like a video game.

    It was a purple sweater. Purple was Ben's least favorite color. He smiled and thanked his sister nicely, but he didn't want to wear that sweater. He couldn't wear purple!

    He quickly put the sweater away in his room. Then he ran off to play the new board game with his family.

    The next day, Ben's mother asked him about the sweater.

    "Why don't you wear your purple sweater today?" she said. "Your sister made it just for you!"

    "I am not cold," Ben said without thinking. In fact, he was lying. He. shivered (发抖) all day.

    Then one day they were going out to dinner as a family. Ben's mother asked him to wear the sweater again. "I don't want to wear it. I hate (讨厌) purple," he replied.

    "Ben," said his mother. "I know it's not the nicest sweater in the world, but think about how important Karen is to you. You know she wii1 be very happy if you wear it to dinner."

    Ben walked slowly to his room. He knew his mother was right. He wore the sweater to the restaurant. His sister smiled all night.

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    One day last November, Liz Douglas went shopping.  After she paid for all the things she bought, she went back to her car and put the shopping bags on the back seat of the car. Then she started to drive home.

    Ten minutes later, it began to rain heavily. Soon, Liz found it hard to see the road clearly.  Although Liz was an experienced driver, she felt afraid.

    Suddenly, Liz saw a tree in front of her and tried to stop the car. But it was too late. Liz closed her eyes,  Unluckily they didn't.

    However, Liz was lucky. When the car hit (碰撞) the tree, a bag of bread flew out of one of the shopping bags. The car turned over, and the bread landed between Liz' s head and the roof (顶部) of the car.

    About half an hour later, firefighters helped Liz go out of the car. They sent her to the hospital, but she went home soon because she didn't have any serious injuries (损伤).  Liz's son went to get the things Liz bought from the car and gave the bag of bread to her. She was going to keep it as a souvenir (纪念品) because it brought her good luck.

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A: Good morning, Alex.

B: Hi, Linda. Let's go bowling (打保龄球) this week. We can i other people, too.

A: OK. I like bowling, when?

B: Let's pick a day. How about Tuesday night?

A: No, I' m not a.

B: OK. Is Saturday aftemo0n good?

A: Yes. That's a great time

(Alex asked Susie and Rob (f they could come.)

A: C Susie and Rob go bowling on Saturday afternoon?

B: I asked them. Then they asked about the time. What time are we going?

A: How about 1:00 p.m.?

B: They are busy then. Can we go a(64) time?

A: Sure. What about 3:00 p.m.?

B: That's OK for me. But I have to d it with Susie and Rob on the phone.

Lily for her sister as her birthday gift?

We    a trip to Guilin next month.

  Daleto the museum?

 your cousin  last year?

 The city  in ten years?

    Charlotte Simmonds is a 17-year-old student from Sydney, Australia. Charlotte spends most of her flee time on the beach she is also a surf(冲浪) life saver. Her job is to save  on the beach or in the water, but she doesn't get any money this. When she grows up, she  to work as a life saver on some of the most famous surf beaches in the world.

    Charlotte joined a surf life savers' club with her older brother and sister when she was five years old. "We lived near the beach but my parents were Veryin their shop, so they didn't have time to play with us. Joining the club was a great Way to meet other  keep healthy and most importantly, we could spend hours on the beach. We to swim and surf at an early age. At the age of 15, I a surf life saver and soon after that I saved somebody in the water."

    Charlotte loves helping people on the beach. "Everybody can see on the beach because we wear red and yellow hats, shirts and shorts: If you can't see us, that means we can' t see you, So maybe you aren't safe," she said.

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Poor school visit

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Li Hua