Unit 5Looking in to nature听默写1-4 2025-2026学年外研版 八年级英语下册

外研版 2026 八下每日听默写 Unit 5Looking in to nature

Understanding ideas词汇学习单（1）

Name（姓名）__________  Student number (学号)_____ Score（分数）__________

一、课文回顾

1.想象一下，在远古的森林中，一只恐龙正在四处奔跑，寻觅它的下一餐。

Imagine a dinosaur in __ ancient forest. It is running around, ______ for its next meal.

2.伴随一声怒吼，它张开嘴，扬起覆盖着美丽羽毛的前肢，然后……

With an angry cry, it opens its mouth, raises its beautiful ____________  arms, and...

3.数百年来，人们一直认为恐龙的外形就像巨大的蜥蜴。

For hundreds of years, people  ______   that dinosaurs looked like huge ______ .

二、选词填空（用所给词适当形式填空每词限用一次）

be curious about, model, boiling, unlock, findings

4. Scientists have published their ______   from studying the ancient amber.

5. The students ______   how these small stones can trap pieces of the past.

6. The science club built a ______  of the ancient forest where the dinosaur lived.

7. The researchers hope to ______ the secrets of nature with the help of these fossils.

8. They used ______ water to clean the surface of the amber samples carefully.

三、语法填空

Li Shizhen was a famous explorer of Chinese medicine 9. ______ the Ming Dynasty. He travelled across China, observing plants, animals and minerals 10. ______ (careful). He tasted plants himself and collected all his findings in a great book 11. ______ (call) Bencao Gangmu. His work shows that if we explore nature carefully, we 12. ______ (find) useful ways to help people.

Charles Darwin, an English naturalist, also loved exploring nature. During his five-year journey, he collected rocks, plants and animals. His ideas 13. ______ (change) how we understand life on Earth, and his discovery of “survival of the fittest” 14. ______ (influence) science greatly.

四、词汇检测

15.   ____________   (n.) 恐龙      16. ____________   (n.) 羽毛

17. ____________    (n.) 琥珀         18. ____________    (n.) 蜥蜴

  ____________     (adj.) 未知的         20. ____________     (v.) 揭开

外研版 2026 八下每日听默写 Unit 5Looking in to nature

Understanding ideas词汇学习单（2）

Name（姓名）__________  Student number (学号)_____ Score（分数）__________

一、课文回顾

1.然而，多亏一块琥珀，如今科学家们认识到这个观点是错误的。

However, thanks to ______ ______ ______ amber, scientists now know that this idea is wrong.

2.在这块来自东南亚的琥珀中，他们发现了一只恐龙的尾巴 ——上面长着羽毛。

In the amber from Southeast Asia, they found the tail of a dinosaur — ______ ______   .

3.这些美丽的金色石头，静静地封存着过往的片段。

These beautiful ______ stones quietly keep pieces of the past.

二、选词填空（用所给词适当形式填空，每词限用一次）

unknown, newspaper, chemical, whether…or…, alive

4. The local ______   reported the amazing discovery of the feathered dinosaur tail.

5. More than 300 ______    species have been found with the help of amber.

6. Scientists are testing the ______   composition of the amber to find its origin.

7. We don't know ______  the species survived the climate change ______  not.

8. The ancient ant species is still ______   in some remote places.

三、语法填空

Imagine you are in a field at night, and suddenly, you see lots of little lights around you. You have just 9. ______  (find)a gathering of fireflies, and their twinkling lights 10. ______ (be) like a secret language. People have been attracted by this nighttime light show 11. ______a long time.

Fireflies make light through bioluminescence（生物发光）. It happens when two chemicals in their bodies combine（结合）12. ______  (produce) light. Fireflies use their glowing lights 13. ______  (send) “hello” messages to each other. Each kind of firefly has 14. ______  (it) own special pattern of flashes, like a secret code.

四、词汇检测

15._____________ (adj.) 非洲的      16. _____________ (n.) 物种

17._____________ (n.) 观点         18._____________ (n.) 报纸

19._____________ (adj.) 北部的    20. _____________ (adv.) 完全地

外研版 2026 八下每日听默写 Unit 5Looking in to nature

Understanding ideas词汇学习单（3）

Name（姓名）__________  Student number (学号)_____ Score（分数）__________

一、课文回顾

1.它们能告诉我们恐龙是否有羽毛，但其价值远不止于此。

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

2.琥珀还帮助我们理解地球上的生命始终在演变。

They______  help us understand that life on earth has always ______   .

3.这个物种如今在该地区已绝迹，但这一发现证明,3500万年前它确实生长于此。