Unit 2 Section B Self Check同步练习 2023-2024学年鲁教版（五四学制）英语八年级下册

Unit 2　It’s a nice day, isn’t it? Self Check Ⅰ.根据句意及音标提示填写单词 1. Mary often goes to the 　　　/kəˈmjuːnəti/ and works as a volunteer there.  2.Jack felt 　　　/ˌʌnˈʃʊə(r)/ of getting good grades because he wasn’t hard-working.  3.I felt so 　　　/ɪmˈbærəst/ that I left the party.  4.There was a complete　　　 /ˈstreɪndʒə(r)/ sitting at my desk.  5.Light music makes me feel 　　　/rɪˈlækst/.  Ⅱ.根据句意及汉语或首字母提示填写单词 6.You should wear 　　　(轻的), comfortable shoes.  7.I a　　　an important meeting yesterday.  8.My father used to be serious, but he is very h　　　now and often tells us funny jokes.  9.We have learned more than 1,000 English words b　　　 now.  10.Can you tell me how to start c　　　 with strangers?  Ⅲ.阅读理解 For years, it has been said that newspapers are at death’s door. Each of the past few years has seen many newspapers say goodbye to their readers. But why is the situation so terrible for newspapers? Newspapers have a long history. The first newspaper was printed in the 1600s. The industry experienced its most successful time in the early 20th century. With the appearance of radio and TV, however, newspaper circulation(发行量)began to fall. By the mid-20th century, radio and TV had become so popular that people no longer had to depend on newspapers for news. This was especially true for the latest news. Afternoon newspapers were the first to suffer. More and more people coming home from work turned on the TV, instead of opening a newspaper. But generally, newspapers still managed to survive(生存). Although they couldn’t compete with TV in spreading the latest news, they could provide in-depth reports that TV news could not. But newspapers suffered another heavier blow in the 1990s. With the appearance of the Internet, lots of information became free. Many newspaper readers realized that they could conveniently read news online for free. There seemed to be little reason any longer for them to pay for a newspaper. So what will the future of newspapers be like? Will newspapers die? Maybe