Unit 5 Looking into nature-Starting out & Understanding ideas同步练2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册
A. Wang Zhenyi
B. Charles Darwin
C. Li Shizhen
D. Zhu Kezhen
- ________found that living things develop and change over time.
- ________explained the correct reasons for natural things in the sky.
- ________researched the weather and climate（气候）change.
- ________knew a lot about herbs (草药) and wrote a famous medical book.
二、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空（每小题1分，共5分）
1. People want ________(learn) more about nature with the help of the new invention.
- It was a great________ (achieve) for the young player.
- Wang Rui ______ (look) into the animal world when she was young.
- Scientists are trying their best________ (explore) nature.
- There are many________ (secret) in the ocean waiting for us to find.
Cave paintings are the oldest pictures. They do not have written words, 1. ________when we look at them, we can still know the painter’s feeling.
Sometime between 4000 and 3000 BC, people in Egypt and Mesopotamia developed 2.________skill of writing. They engraved (雕刻) text on stones first. But it was impossible 3.________ (carry) stones from place to place. The invention of papyrus (纸莎草纸) allowed papers to be moved 4. ________ (easy). Writing on papyrus made 5. ________ easy to correct mistakes, too.
People 6. (make) the first books from papyrus and from thin animal skins. Paper 7.________ (invent) in China as early as 105 CE. The quality of paper soon became very good.
The world’s 8. ________(old) printed book is from China, too. It came out (出版) 9.________ 11 May 868 CE. In Europe, books were written by people until the middle of the 15th century. For many people, one of life’s greatest 10.________ (thing) is spending a few hours looking through the books in a bookshop.
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小题。
A man, living alone in the Rocky Mountains, has become a hero of climate scientists because of his unusual hobby. The man is called Billy Barr. 1. ________Why? Well, Billy said that it felt more comfortable. “I live a quiet little life,” he said, “and it just fits me.” For 50 years he has been the only person living in the town of Gothic, Colorado.
Every summer, scientists come to Gothic’s Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory for research. 2. ________Having little to do, Billy started keeping records of snow levels, temperatures and animal sightings. For Billy this was fun. 3.________ So he continued keeping records for 50 years.
One day, Billy mentioned his hobby to a scientist. 4. ________ He realised immediately how important they were. Now Billy’s records have been used in many academic (学术的) papers and there’s a short film about him called The Snow Guardian 5. ________ However, he uses a website instead of notebooks.
Although he has other hobbies, his records have made him famous among climate scientists.
选项：
A. But in winter Billy is alone.
B. He has always liked numbers.
C. He still keeps his records now.
D. The scientist asked to see his records.
E. But he writes his name with small b’s.
F. He told the scientists that he had a lot of hobbies.
- I asked him ________ (是否) he had done it all by himself or not.
- The cause of the problem is still ________(未知的) to us.
- All the three girls are from the ________(北部的）part of the country.
- We don’t ________ (完全地) understand this maths problem. We need some help.
- The bird has beautiful blue ________(羽毛) on its wings.
二、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空（每小题1分，共5分）
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