《2025年知识与能力训练八年级英语上册沪教版》

Ⅰ Complete the sentences with the right forms of the following phrases.
wait for be aged learn about take part in apply for
1. It's said that more and more senior students applied for the studies in foreign countries since last year.
2. Our history teacher let us learn about modern Chinese history in class yesterday.
3. It's raining outside. Laura is waiting for the rain to stop because she doesn't have an umbrella.
4. In China, children start to go to primary schools when they are aged six.
5. His left leg was badly hurt, so he couldn't take part in the school sports meeting.

答案：

1. applied for   2. learn about3. is waiting for  4. are aged  5. take part in 

Ⅱ Text feature: Nonfiction (非小说体).
It is the type of book or other writings that deal with facts about real people or events, not imaginary stories.
Tell T (true) while these sentences appear in a nonfiction, or F (false) while they do not.
(T) 1. Tu Youyou is a chemist who studies traditional Chinese medicine.
(F) 2. Harry Potter is a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
(T) 3. The Forbidden City in Beijing was the emperor's palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
(T) 4. Everyone knows that climate change is a serious problem these days.
(F) 5. Little Red Riding Hood was saved by a hunter at last.
(T) 6. In 1900, at the age of 42, Roosevelt was elected Vice President.
(F) 7. Chuck was not an ordinary frog. He did love eating flies, but he didn't like catching flies himself.
(T) 8. The 14th Chinese Language Competition attracted about 1,100 children from kindergarten to high school.
(T) 9.The Chinese mainland is willing to send rescue teams after an earthquake which hit Taiwan last Tuesday, killing 7 and injuring 254 people.
(F) 10. Mary safely returned to the Mars at once.

答案： 1. T  2. F  3. T  4. T  5. F  6. T  7. F  8. T  9. T  10. F