人教新目标（Go for it）2021-2022学年八年级英语下册Unit 7单元检测卷

A：Come here, everyone!  We are going to Tian'anmen Square．

B：

 A：It's about 440.000m² ．

B：

A：Yes．In the past it was called the Forbidden city．Now people call it Gugong．

B：Is it large?

A：

B：Who asked people to build it?

A：Some emperors．

B：

A：They started to build it in 1406．And they finished building it in 1420．

B：It took fourteen years．It must be amazing．

B

    Pandas are very cute animals．In 1972, two pandas named Hsing--Hsing and Ling--Ling were sent from China to the United States as a gift．The National Zoo in Washington．D．C, became the pandas' new home．Americans fell in love with the two pandas right away．On the first day the two pandas came to the zoo，about 20，000 people visited them．The crowds kept coming year after year．

    Hsing—Hsing and Ling—Ling were just cubs(幼崽) when they got to the United States．As the years passed，many hoped the pair would have cubs of their own．Ling-Ling gave birth several times．But none of the babies lived more than a few days．Each time a cub died，people all around the world felt sad．

    Both of the pandas lived to an old age．Ling—Ling was 23 when she died in 1992．Hsing—Hsing died in 1999 at the age of 28．But they were never forgotten.

Following Hsing—Hsing's death，the zoo received(收到)lots of letters from their fans．The letters showed their love for the pandas and told how much they missed them．

    Mrs．Patrick  was  a piano teacher．Shehundreds of students．At age 69，Mrs．Patrick had a stroke (中风)．She couldn't move or speak．As the days passed，she got better, but her right hand was still very  ．She couldn't play the piano anymore．She was very sad．

    A few months after her stroke，Mrs．Patrick went to a senior citizens' center(老年活动中心)．There were a lot ofat the center．The director(负责人)was showing her around the center when Mrs．Patrick a piano．She looked sadly at the piano．“Is anything wrong?”the director asked．“No．”Mrs．Patrick answered．”The piano brings back my memories(回忆)．my stroke．I played the piano．”The director looked at Mrs．Patrick's weak right hand and  said．“here．I'll be right back．”A few minutes later the director came back Mrs．Eisenberg．“Margaret Patrick,” the director said，“meet Ruth Eisenberg．Before her stroke sheplayed the piano．She has a good right

hand，and you have a good left hand．I think you two can do something together．”The two women sat down at me piano and began to play．The music good．They were not sad anymore．