新目标（Go for it）版初中英语八年级下册Unit 5 小测验（2）

— Tony goes to that restaurant on March 24 every year.

— Maybe it has meaning _____ him. 

He felt there was something wrong and asked many times what happened but nobody told him the _____.

Tom didn't pass the exam. So he walked home _____.

— I heard the river kept _____ near the town.

— Yes. So we had to leave.

I was taking a shower _____ the time of the rainstorm.

—David, I'm going to drive all the way to Tibet from Wuhan by myself.

—What? ________！

—Were you having breakfast at seven o'clock this morning?

—________. I was taking a shower.

Bill，I planned to give you the card on Saturday, but I      forgot．    

Jane was not at home at that time and her parents weren't    ．  

What _________ when the earthquake happened on May 12_th?

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
On a cold January day, Jimmy and his father were skating on a lake.Suddenly the ice near Jimmy1,and he felt into the cold water.Jimmy's father jumped into the water, but he couldn't find Jimmy.Several minutes passed.The father2couldn't‘find Jimmy.Some firemen(消防队员)arrived.Twenty minutes later they found Jimmy and got3out of the water.Jimmy was not breathing, and his heart was not beating.The situation seemed4.However, the firemen didn't give up and still did CPR(心肺复苏) on Jimmy.Luckily, Jimmy began to breathe，and his heart began to beat.He was taken to the hospital at once.
After six weeks in the hospital Jimmy got5.He began to walk.talk and play again.Jimmy was in the water6more than 20 minutes.He couldn't breathe in the water.7today he is alive(活着)and healthy.How is that possible? That's because the water was ice.cold.When it's really cold, the brain(大脑)slows down.It does not8much oxygen(氧气).Jimmy's father believes there is another 9.He says，“Jimmy is alive today because he is a10little boy.”

阅读理解

B

    Colin Boyle was born in 1973 near Dublin，Ireland. While he was ill in hospital at age 10,his uncle gave him an old violin．He loved it right away．After he left the hospital，he practiced at his school every day after class．

    One day in 1987，John Leaf the manager(经纪人)of several Successful musicians ,came to Colin's school．He was having a meeting with the headmaster when he heard Colin practicing．After the meeting，he found Colin and invited him to appear in one of the concerts he was organizing that yeas Colin，however, refused Leaf's invitation because just then he was preparing for some important school exams．Years later, Colin made it to college to study engineering．At college he met Kim O'Malley, who was studying chemistry(化学)．Kim was also good at music．Being students，they didn't have much money and they usually worked in a restaurant on weekends．

    One evening in April 1992, while Colin and Kim were at work, they heard that there would be no live(现场演出的)music in the restaurant that night because the singer could not come．Colin and Kimpersuadedthe owner of the restaurant to let them play．Everyone was shocked to hear how good they were．After that, they worked hard together and improved greatly in music．

根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的句子填入文中空缺处，使材料完整、通顺。其中有一个句子是多余的。

    When the first Ice Age film came out in 2002，a group of cute animals became well—known in the world．Now Time For Kids(TFK)talks with actress and singer Keke Palmer．Keke Palmer voices （给……配音）a mammoth called Peaches in Ice Age: Collision Course, the fifth Ice Age film．

T=TFK , P= Palmer

T：

P：In this Ice Age．Peaches is getting ready to get married (结婚)．But her dad can't accept the fact that she will leave him．So Peaches tries to make her dad believe that change is coming and he has to accept this new form of their relationship．

T：

P：To tell the truth．I have a lot in common with her．She's very close with her mom, and I'm close with my mom．And like her, I also try my best to be independent．

T：

 P：Fun but educational．You know, Ice Age has always been so popular because it conveys(传递)deep messages but still finds a way to keep it fun for kids．

T：

 P：I think kids will see that change is a good thing—it's the opening of new doors in their life．

T：

 P：It's different for everyone．In fact．if you love acting you can do it anywhere．You can start your own acting club，have fun with friends，or create a scenario(电影脚本)on the Internet．Just find creative ways to do what you love．

A．What do you think of this film? B．What message do you think kids will get? C．Do you have anything in common with Peaches? D．Could you tell us something about your character? E．What was it like to work with other people in this film? F．What advice do you have for kids who want to be performers?

My uncle lived here until quite (最近). Last week, he went to Tianjin.

I need a box of (火柴). I will make a fire to cook meals.

The news（报道） that 209 people died in the ship accident.

They sat in（沉默）.

What was the(日期)yesterday?

They didn't tell me the (true) about the event.

In the end I (realize) I was wrong but it was too late.

Put some more(wood)on the fire．

The little boy played the song without (some) mistakes in the singing competition.

—What were they doing from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. last night?

—They (use) the Internet.

书面表达

上周日在秦淮河边发生了张明就落水小男孩的事情，请根据以下四幅图所描绘的事情经过，为校刊的英语园地写一篇题为“A Brave Young Man”的英文稿件。

注意：（1）a文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；（2）语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；（3）词数80左右，文章的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

 A Brave Young Man

It was a nice day last Sunday. ……

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