这是一份初中英语牛津版 (深圳&广州)八年级上册（2013秋审查）Unit 1 Encyclopaedias练习题，共5页。试卷主要包含了____________9，_________ sheep等内容，欢迎下载使用。

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Here are tw articles 1._____________an encyclpaedia.
Da Vinci, Lenard
Lenard da vinci(1452-1519)was an 2.____________ (Italy)painter, inventr, 3.____________(music),engineer and scientist.
Da vinci was brn 4.____________the cuntryside. Frm an early age, he shwed great 5.___________ (intelligent)and 6.____________ (art) ability. 7.____________
he 8.____________(grw)9._____________(ld), he learnt 10.____________ (d) many different things. His 11._____________(paint)are very famus, and ne, the Mna Lisa, is perhaps12_____________(famus) painting in the wrld. He 13.____________had many 14.____________ (invent). Fr example, 15.____________ (he)ntebks include sme interesting 16.____________ (draw) f 17.____________(fly)
machines. (See Art)
Dinsaurs
Dinsaurs lived n Earth mre than 60 millin years 18.____________human beings. They lived everywhere n Earth. Sme dinsaurs were 19.____________ small as chickens. Others were 20.____________ big as ten elephants.
Sme culd 21._____________fly. Many dinsaurs 22._____________(eat)plants. 23.____________, sme dinsaurs liked t eat meat. Dinsaurs lived n Earth 24.____________ mre than 150 millin years. Then, 25.____________ (sudden), they all died 26.____________ Nbdy knws27.____________ Hwever, we can learn 28.____________them 29.____________30. (they)fssils.
(See Earth histry)
B
When I was yung, I used 1.____________ (keep)a ntebk. I wrte many pems and 2.____________ (draw)many pictures f different 3.____________ (invent)in it. They 4.____________(be)nt very gd, 5_____________they helped me think and dream. Nw I am a famus 6.____________(science)and I d many imprtant things. 7.___________ my jurney began when I was at schl, with my studies, and my pems and pictures I was a student just 8.____________yu. Perhaps yu will d smething imprtant r 9.____________becme famus ne day. Just remember 10.____________(think) and t dream.
C
Australia's big attractins
Australia is a very big cuantry. It als has many (attract).
The Big Banana
The Big Banans is in Cfts Harbur. It 2_________(make) in 1964_________Jhn Landy. Landy wanted smething 4_________ (make) peple cme t his fruit shp. s he 5_________(build) the Big Banana. The idea wrked.Many peple visited 6._________(he) fruit shp and 7._________(take) pictures 8_________the Big Bananas.Sn peple all ver Australia began making big 9._________(thing).
The Big Merin
The Big Merin is in the city f Gulbum. Merins are a type 10._________ sheep. They can live in dry weathers. Sme places in Australia are very dry. 11._________these sheep are very imprtant 12._________the
13_________ (farm) there. Inside the Big Merin. there is a small museum 14._________the histry 15._________ in Australia. 16_________(visit) can als climb 17.________ t the Big Merin's head and lk 18_________ the view 19._________20_________ (it) eyes.
Encyclpedia Britannica
The Encyclpedia Britannica is a wrld-famus encyclpedia. It is the 1._________(ld)English-language encyclpedia.
The 2___________(ne)editin 3._________ (publish)in 1768, and4._________ then there have 5_________(be)15 editins. The 15th editin is made up 6._________32 vlumes. Tgether they cntain abut 40 millin wrds________ half a millin 8._________(tpic).
Tday there 9_________ (be) a DVD editin f the Britannica. Yu can 10._________ find it nline.
综合阅读，阅读短文,然后按要求完成下面各题。
(A)
Da Vincl, Lnard
Lenard da Vinci (1452119)was an Italian painter, inventr, musician, engineer and scientist.
Da Vinci was brn in the cuntryside. (A)_____ an early age, he shwed great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew lder, he learnt t d many different things. His paintings are very famus, and ne. the Mna Lisa.is(B) perhaps the mst famus
painting in the wrld.(C)他也有许多发明, Fr example， his ntebks include sme interesting drawings f flying machines.
Dinsaurs
Dinsaurs lived n Earth(D) mre than 60 millin years befre human beings. (E) They lived everywhere n Earth. Sme dinsaurs were as small as chickens. (F)_________were as big as ten elephants. Sme culd even fly.
Many dinsaurs ate plants. Hwever, sme dinsaurs liked t eat meat.
Dinsaurs lived n Earth fr mre than 150 millin years. Then, suddenly, they all died ut. Nbdy knws why. Hwever, we can learn abut them frm their fssils
在文中A和F空白部分填入适当的词。______ ______
2.写出B和D的同义同或近义词________ ______
3将文中画线部分C译成英语
4.将文中画线部分改写为
They lived______ ________ _______ n Earth.
5从文中找出与恐龙进行比较的两种动物_________, _________
(B )
Australia's big attractins
Australia is a very big cuntry. It als has many big attractins.
The Big banana The Big Banana is in Cffs Harbur. It was made in 1964 by Jhn Landy. Landy wanted smething t make peple cme t his fruit shp, s he built the Big Banana. The idea wrked. Many peple visited his fruit shp and tk pictures f the Big Banana. Sn peple all ver Australia began making big things.
The Big Merin
The Big Merin is in the city f Gulburn. Merins are type f sheep. They can live in dry weather. Sme places in Australia are very dry, s these sheep are very imprtant t the farmers there Inside the Big Merin, there is a small museum abut the histry f wl in Australia. Visitrs can als climb up t the Big Merin's head and lk at the view thrugh its eyes.
1. Why did Landy build the Big Banana?
2. Did Landy's idea wrk at last?
3. What are merins accrding t the passage?
4. D merins live in dry weather r wet weather?
5. Where was the Big Merin built in Australia?