山东省济宁市春季八年级英语下册 Unit 6 An old man tried to moWord下载.docx

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TheAfricanelephantisacleveranimal.Ithasaverygoodmemory.Butpeoplekillitforitstusks（长牙）.HalfoftheAfricanelephantshavedisappeared.

TheAfricanLion

TheAfricanlionshavenowheretolivebecauseofwarsinSouthernAfrica.Besides,huntersandfarmersoftenkillthem.

TheTortoise

Georgeisatortoise.ItisthelastPintaIsland（平塔岛）gianttortoise.Itwasfoundin1971.Nowitlivesinaresearchstation.Itcanstillliveforanother200years.Butitisthelastoneofthisspecies（物种）oftortoise.

TheTadpoleShrimp（蝌蚪虾）

Maybeyou’veneverseenatadpoleshrimp.Thisisoneoftheoldestspeciesontheearth.Peoplehavefoundtheminfreshwaterpoolsonfourcontinents（州）.Atadpoleshrimpcanonlylivefortwomonthsorless.

1.Whensomeonesaysextinctanimals,youmaythinkabout____?

A.monkeysB.dinosaursC.pandasD.tigers

2.PeoplekilltheAfricanelephantforits_____

A.furB.tusksC. 

noseD.ears

3.Accordingtothepassage,weknowthatGeorge____.

A.isthenameofascientist

B.is100yearsold

C.isthelastoneofitsspecies

D.wasbornin1971

4.Thetadpoleshrimp____.

A.isindangerbecauseofitsspecialillness（疾病）

B.livesonfourcontinents

C.livesinaresearchstationsnow

D.isthesecondoldestspeciesontheearth

5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Atadpoleshrimpcanlivefor100years.

B.Thenumberofsomeanimalsarebecomingsmallerandsmaller.

C.Alltheanimalsintheworldareindangerofextinction

D.Africanelephantshavenowheretolive.

B

Peoplecanusethephonetotalkwithothersalmostanywhereontheearth.Butwhenyouusethephone,youdon’tseethepersonyouaretalkingwith.

Todaysomepeopleareusingakindoftelephonecalledthepicturephoneorvisionphone.Withit,twopeoplewhoaretalkingcanseeeachother.

Picturephonescanbeusefulwhenyouhavesomethingtoshowthepersonyou’recalling.Theymayhaveotherusesinthefuture.Onedayyoumaybeabletoringupalibraryandasktoseeabook.Thenyou’llbeabletoreadthebookrightoveryourpicturephone.Oryoumaybeabletogoshoppingthroughyourpicturephone.Ifyouseesomethinginthenewspaperthatyouthinkyouwanttobuy,you’llgotothephoneandcalltheshop.Peopleattheshopwillshowyouthethingyou’reinterestedinrightoverthephone.You’llbeabletoshopalloverthetownandneverevenleaveyourroom.

1.Todaypeoplecanusethephonetotalkwithothers 

.

A.insomeplacesintheworldB.inallthetown

C.onlyinbigcitiesD.almostanywhereontheearth

2.Wecan_______throughthepicturephoneaccordingtothepassage.

A.writeabookB.dosomeshopping

C.haveclassesD.playgames

3.Theunderlinedword“it”inthetextmeans“ 

”.

A.thepicturephoneB.thechange

C.theuseD.anyphone

4.Picturephonearevery 

A.badB.importantC.usefulD.boring

5.WhichisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Todaypeoplecanusethephonetotalkwithothersalmostanywhereontheearth.

B.Withthepicturephones,twopeoplecan’tseeeachother.

C.Todaysomepeopleareusingakindoftelephonecalledthepicturephoneorvisionphone.

D.Withthepicturephones,youcanshowsomethingtothepersonyou’recalling.

C

IDon’tHavetoBeLikeThem（保持真我）

Allstudentshavetofacetheirownproblemswhentheyaregrowingup.Youmaynotthinkthathavingagoodfamilyisaproblem.Butforme,itwas.IhadtofacetheproblemofbeingtheyoungestoftheSmithgirls.

WeliveinasmalltowninPennsylvania,US.TherearethreegirlsintheSmithfamily,Amanda,Theresaandme.Peopleoftensaythingstome,like“Oh,thethreeofyou,you’resuchnicegirls.Yoursistersaresoprettyandsothin!

You’rereallynothinglikethem.”Thatmademesad.

Atschool,allofmyteachershadtaughtmysisters.Onthefirstdayofschool,theysaid,“Oh,theyoungestofthethree!

Ihopeyou’rejustlikeyoursisters.They’resuchwonderfulstudents.”

Peoplealwayscompared（比较）mewithmysisters.SoIcouldn’thelpcomparingmyselfwiththem,too.Theresawassmarter（更聪明的）,Amandawasprettier.Ibegantoworkhardtobemorelikethem.Whatmysistersdid,Idid,too.Atlast,Ibecamedrummajor（主鼓手）ofourschool’smarchingband.BothAmanda 

andTheresahadbeendrummajors.Ibecameeditoroftheschool’snewspaper.Theresahadbeentheeditortwoyearsbefore.

Butlastyear,Amandawenttocollege（大学）,andTheresawenttohighschool.NowI’mbym