2016-2017学年度深圳龙华中学8A Unit 6 主题阅读

8A Unit 6 主题阅读 一、语法填空 The Trojan war A GREEK king once had a beautiful wife (1)_________(call) Helen. One day, a prince from Troy, called Paris, stole Helen away and brought her to Troy with him. The Greeks sent (2)____________(thousand) of ships to attack Troy. Troy, however, was powerful and well protected. The war lasted (3)_________ many years. The Greeks had a soldier called Achilles (阿喀琉斯). He was the greatest (4)___________(fight) in the world. When he was born, his mother put him in a magic river. Every part of his body that touched the water became immortal (不朽的). But she had to hold his heel (脚后跟), so that part became his great weakness. Achilles killed many (5)____________(enemy). He was strong and cruel. He killed the greatest prince in Troy, called Hector. He then dragged (拖) Hector’s body around the city to mock (嘲笑) the Trojan people. The Greeks had still not won, though. They made a plan. They decided (6)__________(give) a gift to the city of Troy: a giant wooden horse.