Unit 5 课文改编题 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

外研社版8下第五单元课文改编小卷

（适用于家庭作业）

学生姓名：_____________     班级：_____________     得分：_____________

 一、根据汉语提示填写重点英文单词（共15题，每题2分，满分30分）

1. Imagine a dinosaur in an ancient forest with beautiful __________ (羽毛) on its arms.

2. For hundreds of years, people believed that dinosaurs looked like huge __________ (蜥蜴).

3. Thanks to a piece of __________ (琥珀), scientists now know that this idea is wrong.

4. These beautiful golden stones quietly keep pieces of the past and help us understand that life on earth has always __________ (变化).

5. A piece of amber from Northern Europe holds a flower that no longer __________ (生长) in this area.

6. Thanks to amber, more than 300 unknown __________ (物种) have been discovered.

7. Scientists used to believe that ants came from the northern half of the earth. The discovery has changed old __________ (信念).

8. Despite his huge success, Wang seldom thought about personal __________ (荣誉) or wealth.

9. Although he received the First Class Award twice, he hardly __________ (提及) it.

10. For him, the award __________ (属于) to the team, and he was just doing his job.

11. He __________ (过世) at the age of 96 with the falling leaves of autumn.

12. People got to listen to Beethoven's Pastoral __________ (交响曲).

13. It softly told people about his lifelong __________ (探索) and love of nature.

14. Amber can tell us whether dinosaurs had feathers, and also help us discover if other species have __________ (改变) over time.

15. As a window on the past, amber has been much studied, but it's still not fully __________ (理解).

 二、用所给单词的正确形式填空（共15题，每题2分，满分30分）

1. Imagine a dinosaur in an ancient forest. It is running around __________ (look) for its next meal.

2. With an angry cry, it opens its mouth, raises its beautiful feather-covered arms, and… Wait, feathers on a dinosaur? For hundreds of years, people __________ (believe) that dinosaurs looked like huge lizards.

3. In the amber from Southeast Asia, they found the tail of a dinosaur – with __________ (feather).

4. These beautiful golden stones quietly keep pieces of the past. They can tell us __________ (whether) dinosaurs had feathers.

5. A piece of amber from Northern Europe, for example, __________ (hold) a flower.

6. This species no longer grows in this area. But the find __________ (prove) that it did 35 million years ago.

7. In a piece of amber from Africa, scientists found 13 ants. Research shows that they are a completely new __________ (specify).

8. Scientists used to believe that ants came from the northern half of the earth. The discovery of this African species __________ (change) old beliefs about the history of ants.

9. Despite his huge success, Wang seldom thought about personal honour or __________ (wealthy).

10. Although he received the First Class Award of National Natural Science Awards twice, he hardly __________ (mention) it.

11. For him, the award belonged to the team, and he was just __________ (do) his job.

12. Plants grow and sleep with the seasons. So __________ (do) Professor Wang.

13. When people came to say goodbye, they didn't hear any sad __________ (note). Instead, they got to listen to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony.

14. This was Wang's favourite piece of music. It softly told people about his lifelong __________ (explore) and love of nature.

15. As a window on the past, amber has been much __________ (study). However, it's still not fully understood.

 三、根据汉语意思，完成下列句子中所缺的词组（共10题，每题3分，满分30分）

1. 多亏了一块琥珀，科学家现在知道这个想法是错的。 

   __________ a piece of amber, scientists now know that this idea is wrong.

2. 它们可以告诉我们恐龙是否有羽毛，但这还不是全部。 

   They can tell us __________ dinosaurs had feathers, but that's not all.

3. 这个发现证明它确实在3500万年前生长在这里。 

   But the find __________ it did 35 million years ago.

4. 科学家曾经认为蚂蚁来自地球的北半球。 

   Scientists __________ believe that ants came from the northern half of the earth.

5. 这个发现改变了关于蚂蚁历史的旧观念。 

   The discovery __________ old beliefs about the history of ants.

6. 尽管取得了巨大的成功，王很少考虑个人荣誉或财富。 

   Despite his huge success, Wang seldom __________ personal honour or wealth.

7. 对他来说，这个奖项属于团队，他只是在做他的工作。 

   For him, the award __________ the team, and he was just doing his job.

8. 他在秋天落叶的时候去世了，享年96岁。 

   He __________ at the age of 96 with the falling leaves of autumn.