Unit 8
Detective stories

一、根据句意和中文提示写出单词。
1. Every time my little cousin visits me, my bedroom becomes ______（不整洁的）at once.
2. What's in the box? Let me ______（猜）. Is it a book?
3. He is dishonest. He isn't always telling the ______（事实）.
4. I think Tom is ______（说谎）because he is tongue-shy（结巴的）.
5. The police tried to find some ______（线索）to prove the man was the murderer.

untidy
; guess
; truth
; lying
; clues

1. We should remember those ______ lost their lives for our country.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. what

A

2. —Tom stole my favourite book yesterday.
—Forget it. He said he was ______ that and promised he would never do that again.
A. afraid of
B. surprised at
C. guilty about
D. proud of

C

3. Bill says, “Robinson Crusoe is ______ interesting than The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”
A. very more
B. very much
C. more much
D. much more

D

4. —Was there ______ before the earthquake in Shigatse, Xizang?
—I was too afraid to remember anything.
A. something unusual
B. anything unusual
C. unusual something
D. unusual anything

B

5. (2024·泰州市靖江月考)This young man ______ for murder. The police have made a note ______ him.
A. wants; for
B. is wanted; on
C. wants; with
D. is wanted; with

B

6. (2025·南京市秦淮区期末)What can we know from the police's report below?

A. The victim is a rich engineer.
B. The murder happened at 4 p. m.
C. Ava Thompson was once in prison.
D. Oliver Green is an important witness.

C

三、完成句子。
1. 你为什么打扮成一个侦探？
Why ______
______?
2. 该谋杀案发生在一个寒冷的冬天的早晨。
The murder ______
______ winter morning.
3. 我的钱包不翼而飞了。警方猜想有人闯入了我的办公室。
My wallet has ______. The police supposed that someone ______ my office.
4. 你觉得这个中等身高的男人是否已经跟我们说了实话？
Do you think if the man ______?
5. 他正在网上寻找一些有关侦探故事的信息。
He is ______ on the internet.

are you dressed as a detective
;
; happened/took place on a cold
;
; gone missing
; had broken into
;
; of medium
; height has told us the truth
; looking for some information about
; detective stories