Unit 8 Pets and us Focusing on culture 同步分层作业 2026-2027学年沪教版初中英语八年级上册

Unit 8 Pets and us Focusing on culture 分层作业

建议用时：30分钟

 

一、单词汉译英（Focusing on culture：养宠物的历史 The history of keeping pets）

1. 历史 ____________ 2. 古代的 ____________

3. 野生的 ____________ 4. 狼 ____________

5. 驯服 ____________ 6. 神圣的 ____________

7. 贵族 ____________ 8. 流行的 ____________

9. 世纪 ____________ 10. 关系 ____________

11. 饲养 ____________ 12. 保护 ____________

二、短语汉译英（教材原短语）

1. 几千年前 ____________ 2. 来自 ____________

3. 被当作……饲养 ____________ 4. 受……欢迎 ____________

5. 在……中起作用 ____________ 6. 从……到…… ____________

7. 在那时 ____________ 8. 照顾 ____________

三、词形变换（写出下列名词的形容词形式）

1. history → ____________ 2. culture → ____________

3. nation → ____________ 4. tradition → ____________

5. society → ____________

 

一、单句填空（用括号内单词的正确形式填空）

1. Dogs ____________ (come) from wild wolves thousands of years ago.

2. Cats ____________ (kill) mice in the grain stores.

3. Many families ____________ (keep) a pet for company in the 19th century.

4. Today, many families ____________ (keep) dogs or cats.

5. People ____________ (raise) animals for work in the past.

二、根据汉语意思完成句子（每空一词）

1. 狗来自野狼。

Dogs ____________ ____________ wild wolves.

2. 几千年前，人们开始养狗。

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________, people began to keep dogs.

3. 在古埃及，猫被当作神圣的动物。

In ancient Egypt, cats ____________ ____________ as sacred animals.

4. 养宠物在19世纪的欧洲流行起来。

Keeping pets ____________ ____________ in Europe in the 19th century.

5. 宠物在我们的生活中起着重要作用。

Pets ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ in our lives.

三、句型转换

1. People kept dogs for hunting.（对画线部分提问）

____________ ____________ people keep dogs?

2. Cats were sacred in ancient Egypt.（对画线部分提问）

____________ ____________ cats sacred?

3. The history of pets is very interesting.（改为感叹句）

____________ ____________ the history of pets is!

4. Dogs come from wild wolves.（改为一般疑问句）

____________ dogs ____________ from wild wolves?

5. Keeping pets was expensive in the past.（改为否定句）

Keeping pets ____________ expensive in the past.

四、选词填空（宠物的历史）

【wild, sacred, popular, relationship, protect】

1. Dogs come from ____________ wolves.

2. Cats were ____________ animals in ancient Egypt.

3. Keeping pets became ____________ in the 19th century.

4. The ____________ between people and pets is strong.

5. We should ____________ animals.

五、情景补全对话（5个空，6个选项，1项多余）

A. When did people start keeping pets?
B. Why did they keep dogs?
C. What about cats?
D. Are pets popular today?
E. Where did dogs come from?
F. How long did people live?

Student: 1.____________
Guide: They came from wild wolves.
Student: 2.____________
Guide: Thousands of years ago. Dogs helped people hunt.
Student: 3.____________
Guide: They kept dogs for hunting and for guarding their homes.
Student: 4.____________
Guide: In ancient Egypt, cats were sacred. Later, they became popular pets.
Student: 5.____________
Guide: Very. Today more than half of the families in some countries have a pet.

 

拓展提高（课内同源 + 课外同源）

Passage1（课内同源：人类与宠物的历史）

　　People have kept pets for thousands of years. But the first animals were not pets. They were workers and helpers. / Dogs came from wild wolves. About 15,000 years ago, some wolves began to live near people. They ate food left by humans and helped guard the camp. Slowly, they became tame. People kept dogs for hunting, for guarding their homes and for pulling sleds. / Cats had a different story. About 4,000 years ago, in ancient Egypt, cats killed mice in the grain stores. People began to respect them, and cats became sacred animals. / In the Middle Ages, only rich and noble families kept pets for pleasure. Dogs and cats were also useful workers on farms. / In the 19th century, keeping pets became popular in Europe. Cities grew, and people wanted company at