一、英汉互译。
1. do chores

2. except... for...

3. out of breath

4. go wrong

5. wake up

6. refuse to do

7. 立即行动

8. 突然;猛地

9. 因此

10. 发出响声

11. 做准备

12. 下大雨

1. 做家务
2. 除……之外
3. 上气不接下气
4. 出错；出故障
5. 醒来；唤醒
6. 拒绝做某事
7. take immediate action / take action right away
8. all of a sudden
9. as a result
10. go off / make a noise
11. get ready for / prepare for
12. rain heavily / rain hard

本题考查八年级英语核心固定短语的英汉互译，均为教材要求掌握的常用搭配，熟记对应短语的释义即可完成作答。

二、完成句子。
1. I was drawing a picture at that time. （改
为否定句）
I a picture at that time.
2. They were playing football on the playground.（改为一般疑问句）
they football on the playground?
3. She was reading a book when I saw her.（对画线部分提问）
was she when you saw her?
4. My father was reading. My mother was cooking.（用while合并句子）
My father was reading my mother .
5. It rained last night.（用at this time last night改写）
It at this time last night.
6. We were driving home when the strong winds started.（同义句转换）
we home, the strong winds started.
7. 她一到达公交车站，公共汽车就开走了。（完成译句）
The bus left she arrived at the bus stop.
8. the typhoon, we, at home, when, were, hit, having dinner（连词成句）

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1. wasn't; drawing
2. Were; playing
3. What; doing
4. while; was; cooking
5. was; raining
6. While; were; driving
7. as; soon; as
8. We were having dinner at home when the typhoon hit

本题考查八年级过去进行时的相关句型转换、句子合并、翻译和连词成句，逐题解析如下：
1. 过去进行时变否定句，直接在be动词后加not，was not可缩写为wasn't，后续现在分词保持不变，因此填wasn't drawing。
2. 过去进行时变一般疑问句，直接将be动词提前到句首并大写首字母，其余语序不变，因此填Were; playing。
3. 对过去正在进行的动作提问，使用固定句型"What was/were sb doing + 时间状语?"，因此填What; doing。
4. while引导时间状语从句可表示两个过去同时发生的延续性动作，主从句都用过去进行时，因此填while; was cooking。
5. 时间标志at this time last night是过去进行时的典型提示，要将原一般过去时改为过去进行时，主语it对应be动词was，rain的现在分词为raining，因此填was raining。
6. 原句可转换为while引导的时间状语从句，从句用过去进行时描述延续性动作，因此填While; were driving。
7. 表示“一……就……”的三词固定短语为as soon as，符合空格要求，因此填as soon as。
8. 按照过去进行时搭配when引导一般过去时从句的结构，组合得到正确语句。