广东省广州市2023-2024学年沪教牛津版八年级英语下学期期末复习专题四 阅读专练

2023-2024年广东省广州市八年级英语下册牛津深圳版期末复习 专题四 阅读专练 （一） For all the pet lovers, here’s a list of where you can find pets in books. Argos from The Odyssey Argos is one of the first dogs to have appeared in Western works. He is the symbol of faithfulness. He is the only one to recognize Odysseus when he returns to his home after 20 years. Seeing his owner after so long, old Argos puts his ears down and wags his tail, dying shortly after that. Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland The Cheshire cat is known for his mischievous grin(咧嘴坏笑). Of all times he is possibly one of the most annoying yet amazing cats which bring people anger and laughter as well. He often has interesting and puzzling conversations with Alice. He has the ability to appear and disappear as he wishes, and runs away from punishment and danger quite a few times. Black Beauty A must-read for all horse lovers, Black Beauty is the story of a horse from his childhood to his old age. Here, the horse himself tells his story and speaks of his memories. He has to face many hardships and also cruelty at the hands of others. But he fights against them all and succeeds. He teaches everybody lessons of kindness, sympathy, etc. Peter Rabbit from The tale of Peter Rabbit Peter Rabbit is an anthropomorphic(拟人化的) rabbit who wears a jacket and shoes. He lives with his close family members in a rabbit hole. He once goes to his neighbor’s garden and eats a lot of vegetables. As a punishment, his neighbor takes away his jacket and shoes. Later on, Peter once again sneaks into his neighbour’s garden to take back his clothes and nobody knows it. Fawkes from Harry Potter Fawkes is the name of a creature called Phoenix in the Harry Potter series. He is very faithful to his owner, Dumbledore. He also helps Harry in danger many of the times and once uses his tears to make him get well. Fawkes is highly intelligent and understands his owner and he also knows when his help is needed. 1．According to the passage, if you wan