Unit 8一、用所给词的适当形式填空1. I want to do something _(usual) during the holiday.2. If you want to be _ (interview) by this scientist, you should work hard.3. It was so dark that we _ (can) see nothing.4. I guess you _ (may) have missed your train to Hangzhou yesterday.5. If you dont go, I wont, _ (too)6.A policeman saw two thieves _ (steal) a girls mobile phone on a bus and he caught them at once. 7. I guess there must be someone _(speak) outside the house. Lets stop to listen.8. The boys are going to have fun _ (draw) the pictures.二、词汇运用 (A)单词拼写。Our neighborhood used to be very quiet. (1)_(然而), these days, strange things are (2) _ (发生) in our neighborhood and everyone is unhappy. Zhao Jun, the local school teacher is especially (3) _ (担心). When he was (4) _ (采访) by the local newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange (5) _ (声音) outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an (6)_ (动物), but my friends and I think it (7) _ (肯定)be teenagers having sports. My parents called the police, but they cant find (8) _ (任何东西) strange. They think it might be the wind. I dont think so！”Zhao Juns next door neighbor Xiang Dan is unhappy, too. “At first, I thought it might be a cat, but I cant see a cat, and I (9) _ (仍然) hear the noises outside.” Everyone in our neighborhood is worried, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something (10) _ (参观；访问)the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it?(B)用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。11. Mr. King, _ legs were badly hurt, was quickly taken to hospital.12. He kept some _in a wooden box. 13. Did you ever _ meetings?14. This is one of the most _ lessons I learned.15. _ care is still free at the point of use.二、完形填空Johnny, a lizard (蜥蜴），lived between some rocks in the country, where he liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so 31 that he didnt notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys caught Johnny, and he could only escape from their hands by losing his 32 and running to hide. The children watched his tail moving about, but they soon threw the tail away and left. Johnny came out to 33 his tail, but could find no 34 of it. Feeling so sad, he decided to 35 doing everything else in his life and spending all his time finding his tail. Days and months passed, and Johnny kept looking, asking everyone 36 they had seen his tail. However, there was 37 no news about it.One day, he asked a boy and the boy 38 replied, “Why do you need two tails?” After hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw that he had grown a new, stronger tail. He suddenly realized how 39 it had been to waste so much time on a problem like it. Johnny headed for home. 40 , he suddenly found his old tail on the roadside. Although it 41 terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to 42 his journey. Just at that moment, an idea hit him that he shouldnt look at the past and worry about it since it was not useful for 43 .He then decided to 44 his old tail there, leaving with it all his past worries. As he continued his journey, all he took with him were thoughts of the present and the dreams of the 45 . As we know, its not good to look at the past, unless it helps in the future. Let the past go with the wind.31. A. interestedB. relaxedC. lonelyD. nervous32. A. hand B.nose C. tail D. head33. A. look atB. look afterC. look up D. look for34. A. needB. signC. reasonD. use35. A. keepB. finishC. begin D. stop36. A. whether B. that C. how D. why37. A. onlyB. stillC. alsoD. always38. A. hopefullyB. generallyC. surprisedlyD. wonderfully39. A. luckyB .hardC. carelessD. silly40. A. In a wayB. By the wayC. On the wayD. In the way41. A. soundedB. lookedC. smelledD. tasted42. A. changeB. continueC. planD. end43. A. you B. meC. herD. him44. A. returnB. cutC. move D. drop45. A. tailB. present C. futureD. past三、阅读理解 AWould you completely trust your friends if you couldnt see anything? If you are falling, do you believe they will catch you and help you stand up? Our teacher helped us to find the answer.Our teacher is named Morrie. One day, he said that he had a game for us to try. He divided us into two groups. One of the students from the first group, stands in front of us with his eyes closed, and then falls backwards(向后). The second group stand behind him. Before he falls on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt. Most of us were uncomfortable with this. We were afraid that they wouldnt catch us and we would hit the floor. So we didnt move. We just stoo