沪教版英语八年级下册第七单元8B Unit 7 More practice习题含答案

八下 Unit 7 More practice习题含答案I. 用所给词的适当形式填空1. He said that he _ (give) us a talk the next day. 2. When I opened the door, I found a piece of paper _ (lie) on the floor. 3. We knew he _ (lie) because his face turned red. 4. There were a few boys _ (play) basketball on the playground. 5. When I got here yesterday, I saw my sister _ (dance) in the room. II. 阅读理解“Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher (哲学家) Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a (A) big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets (预算).For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired (解雇) over 1,000 teachers. Among (B) them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other (C) _, such as China and Britain, music class is not thought to be as important as classes like science, math and history. Thats partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it doesnt use an exam system (体系). (D) 许多学生忙于作业，so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.However, learning music is beneficial (有益的) in many ways. Playing music is not as (E ) simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. (F) When making music, you need different abilities to work together. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode (解码器) them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many (G) _ are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.6. 写出文中画线部分(A)和(E)的同义词或近义词：_；_ 7. 文中画线部分(B)指代的是：_8. 在文中(C)和(G)的空白处填入适当的单词：_；_9. 将文中画线部分(D)译成英语：_10. 将文中画线部分(F)改写为：Different abilities _ _ to work together when you are making music.答案：1. would give 2. lying 3. lied 4. playing 5. dancing