【Language Focus】
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A Discovery in the North
Last month, some scientists made 1. (amaze) findings in a northern forest. Inside a piece of yellow amber, they found something exciting—a small feather 2. (connect) to a lizard-like animal. After studying it 3. (careful), they realized it was a young dinosaur from a new species. The amber kept it so well 4. it looked almost alive, giving us a clear sight into the ancient world.
5. help everyone understand, the team built a model of this dinosaur. They took it to a science fair, where it won 6. (one) prize. One student said, “It feels like we can explore life from 7. (million) of years ago.” This little dinosaur helps us learn how 8. (feather) first appeared—not for flying at first, but maybe for keeping warm.
Nature keeps surprising us. Just like the whale changed over time to live in water. This dinosaur shows how animals adapt. This 9. (discover) reminds us that every creature, past or present, has its own story. And sometimes, that story can be 10. (find) in something as small as a piece of amber.
任务一:填入所缺单词或用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
任务二:根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
1. Where did the scientists make their discovery?

2. What did they find inside the amber?

3. Why did the team build a model of the dinosaur?

4. What prize did the model win?

5. According to the text, what might feathers have been used for at first?

任务三:根据短文内容填写单词。
1. Last month, some scientists amazing things in a northern forest.
2. a piece of yellow amber, they found something exciting—a small feather.
3. keeps surprising us.
4. This discovery reminds us that every creature, past or , has its own story.

任务一：
1. amazing
2. connected
3. carefully
4. that
5. To
6. first
7. millions
8. feathers
9. discovery
10. found
任务二：
1. They made their discovery in a northern forest.
2. They found a small feather connected to a lizard-like animal (a young dinosaur from a new species) inside the amber.
3. To help everyone understand this newly-found dinosaur.
4. It won first prize.
5. They might have been used for keeping warm at first.
任务三：
1. discovered
2. Inside
3. Nature
4. present

任务一：本题考查八年级核心词形转换与固定搭配用法：
1. 修饰表示事物的名词findings，用形容词amazing，表“令人惊叹的”。
2. 此处作后置定语，feather和connect是被动关系，用过去分词connected。
3. 修饰动词studying，需要用副词carefully，表“仔细地”。
4. 考查固定结构so...that...，意为“如此……以至于……”，填入that。
5. 此处表目的，用不定式To，句首首字母大写，意为“为了”。
6. 考查固定搭配win first prize，意为“获得一等奖”，填入序数词first。
7. 考查固定搭配millions of，表模糊数量“数百万的”，填入millions。
8. 此处指代羽毛这类事物，用复数形式feathers。
9. 此处作句子主语，需要将动词discover变为名词discovery，表“发现”。
10. 此处是被动语态结构be+过去分词，填入found，表“被发现”。
任务二：本题考查短文细节信息提取，所有答案均可从原文直接定位得到：
1. 从文章第一段第一句可直接找到发现的地点。
2. 从文章第一段第二句可直接找到琥珀内的发现物。
3. 从文章第二段第一句可直接找到团队制作恐龙模型的原因。
4. 从文章第二段第二句可直接找到模型获得的奖项。
5. 从文章第二段最后一句可直接找到羽毛最初的用途。
任务三：本题考查原文内容理解填空，对照原文内容即可提取对应单词。