《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.
succeed in too... to except for
not... any more make jokes about
1. Her grandfather is too old to carry the heavy suitcase.
2. Mr Smith is a good man except for his bad temper (脾气).
3. Though they met many difficulties, they succeeded in setting up their own company.
4. The naughty boy always makes jokes about his classmates, so none of them likes him.
5. I will not play computer games any more. I will study hard from now on.

答案： 1. too; to
2. except for
3. succeeded in
4. makes jokes about
5. not; any more

Ⅱ Text feature: Line graph.
Line graph is a visual comparison of how two variables—shown on the x-and y-axes—are related or vary with each other. It shows related information by drawing a continuous line between all the points on a grid.

One example:
Look at the line graph above about the number of students in junior high schools in May's city. The graph shows that there were 123,000 students in 2009 in May's city. In 2010, the number rose to 125,000 and then fell to 120,000 in 2011. In 2012, the number fell again to 113,000.
Write a report about the number of cases of X disease in Someland between 1983 and 1992.
Number of cases of X disease in Someland between 1983 and 1992

答案： Look at the line graph about the number of cases of X disease in Someland between 1988 and 1992. The graph shows that there were 100 cases of X disease in 1988 in Someland. In 1989, the number rose to 400 and then fell to 350 in 1990. In 1992, the number fell again to 0.