Unit3 Animals Are Our Friends Lesson 17 Save the Tigers课时作业初中英语冀教版八年级下册

Lesson 17　Save the Tigers

Ⅰ.根据句意及首字母提示补全单词

1．One hundred years is a c________．

2．The men showed great c________ while climbing Qomolangma.

3．Why were you late again, Lisa? Can you tell me the r________？

4．To protect wild animals, we should stop hunters from k________ them.

5．The girl c________ her finger just now. Luckily, it was not serious.

Ⅱ.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空

6．Some wild animals may ________ forever if we don't stop hunting them.

7．My dog has white ________. It looks nice and feels soft.

8．Tigers are ________ of strength and courage.

9．If the sheep loses the ________， it will fall off the steel wire(钢丝)．

10．Tigers are at the top of the food ________．

Ⅲ.单项选择

(　　)11.—The number of tourists________ over 33 million this year.

—Yes. A large number of tourists________so far because of the new look of our city.

A．is; have come                B．is; has come

C．are; has come                D．are; have come

(　　)12. The young man was ________ enough to save his neighbours from a fire.

A．excellent                    B．brave

C．lazy                         D．strict

(　　)13.Her mother posted her some books and a lot of money________．

A．either                     B．also

C．as well                    D．as well as

(　　)14.We shouldn't ________ too many trees. It's bad for the environment.

A．cut down                   B．put down

C．write down                 D．turn down

(　　)15.—Most of the wild animals are ________ because of their bad living environment.

—So we must do something to save them.

A．in need                    B．on duty

C．at work                    D．in danger

Ⅳ.根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词

16．保持鸟类数量平衡很重要。

________ ________ to keep the number of birds________ ________.

17．今晚的气温将降到零摄氏度。

Tonight's temperature is going to ________ ________ 0℃.

18．这艘船面临沉没的危险。

The ship is ________ ________ ________ sinking.

19．他会写歌，也会弹吉他。

He can write songs and play the guitar ________ ________．

20．在四月初张先生必须完成这个课题。

Mr. Zhang must finish the project ________ ________ ________ ________ April.

Ⅴ.词语运用

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand's 21.________(symbol). Our 22.________(one) flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol 23.________ good luck.

Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very 24.________(good). People say that “an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for 25.________ long time and never get 26.________(lose). They can also remember places with food and water. This helps 27.________(they) to live.

But elephants are in great 28.________(dangerous). People cut down many trees 29.________ elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3 000 elephants(over 100 000 before). We must 30.________(save) the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.

答案

Ⅰ.1.century　

2.courage　

3.reason

4．killing　

5.cut

Ⅱ.6.disappear　

7.fur　

8.symbols

9．balance　

10.chain

Ⅲ.11—15　ABCAD

Ⅳ.16.It's important; in balance　

17．drop to

18．in danger of

19．as well

20．at the beginning of

Ⅴ.21.symbols　

22.first　

23.of　

24.well　

25.a　

26.lost　

27.them　

28.danger　

29.so　

30.save