《2025年新课程新教材导航学八年级英语上册外研版》

四、根据汉语提示完成句子
1. He built the artificial arm out of plastic blocks and fishing line (用塑料积木和钓鱼线制作的).
2. 她天生少一只胳膊。She was born without an arm.
3. It really blew me away! (这让我大吃一惊)! I built my arm for only 300.

答案： 1. out of plastic blocks and fishing line 2. She was born without an arm. 3. It really blew me away!

一、完形填空

There is a small thing we use every day. We usually put it in the _________1_________. If we don't use it, we might have tooth problems. Can you guess what it is? Yes, it's the toothbrush. But do you know anything about its history?

Before toothbrushes _________2_________, the ancient Chinese people _________3_________ their teeth with some small tree branches (树枝). About 800 years ago, people _________4_________ a kind of toothbrush out of pig hair and bamboo. It might be the world's earliest form of toothbrushes. As time went by, the form of toothbrushes _________5_________. For example, people didn't use pig hair to make toothbrushes _________6_________ it was too hard (硬的). They began to use horse-tail hair which was much softer. Imagine that you travel back to hundreds of years ago and brush your teeth _________7_________. It sounds fantastic, doesn't it?

Around the 15th century, the Chinese toothbrush found its way into Europe. It became _________8_________ among local people soon. The _________9_________ of toothbrushes was not as famous as that of paper-making, but they were very useful in daily life. Today we get into the good _________10_________ of brushing teeth. We should thank the ancient Chinese for inventing them.

1. A. living
B. kitchen
C. bathroom
D. bedroom
2. A. lent
B. appeared
C. cost
D. weighed
3. A. cleaned
B. broke
C. took
D. protected
4. A. did
B. repaired
C. made
D. showed
5. A. appeared
B. touched
C. discovered
D. changed
6. A. because
B. so
C. or
D. but
7. A. angrily
B. hardly
C. comfortably
D. badly
8. A. popular
B. different
C. strange
D. boring
9. A. action
B. pollution
C. tradition
D. invention
10. A. task
B. habit
C. result
D. fact

答案： 1.C 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.D 6.A 7.C 8.A 9.D 10.B