2023年八年级英语暑假学练手册（八）

阅读下面的短文 ， 然后根据其内容回答问题 。 Many people say they have seen UFOs. Here is one famous story. It is called the Roswell Incident and it happened in the US in 1947. Person A （ name not given ） : My wife and I were sitting outside because it was a warm night. Suddenly we saw something very bright flying through the sky. Person B （ William Brazel, a farmer ） : I found some pieces of strange metal on my farm. I called the army. Major Marcel came and collected the pieces. He told me not to talk to anyone about this. Person C （ Major Marcel ） : I went and collected the pieces. I gave them to an army expert. He said the pieces came from a weather balloon. However, since I have not seen this kind of metal before, I think this was a lie. 1. When and where did the Roswell Incident happen? 2. Why did Person A stay outside the house? 3. What is the name of Person B? 4. Why did Major Marcel think the army expert蒺s words were lies? “ 别误会 ” 用英语怎么说 ？ 莰Don蒺t misunderstand me. 莰Don蒺t get me wrong. 莰Don蒺t get the wrong idea/impression. 莰Don蒺t take this （ in ） the wrong way. 阅读训练 文化长廊 36 八年级 英语 根据短文内容 ， 用括号里所给单词的适当形式填空 。 Three — two — one, fire! At the moment of 9:43 a.m., on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020, at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, the last satellite after the third鄄generation network （ 第三代导航系统 ） 1. （ send ） into space. It is the 55th member in the family of Beidou. It 2. （ belong ） to China蒺s Beidou Navigation Satellite System （ BDS 北斗卫星导航系 统 ） . So far, 59 satellites, including the first four test ones, have been launched from Xichang. With the 3. （ develop ） of China, we have already owned three other famous satellite launch 4. （ center ） — Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Wenchang. After a period of tests in space, this new satellite has started to work with other Beidou satellites together. It is designed to work for at least twelve years. So far, China 5. （ complete ） the third鄄generation network of China蒺s BDS. It was a new milestone in the nation蒺s space research work