八年级下英语unit3-reading

Everyday,therewillbemanyeventshappeningintheworld.Canyouremembersomeimportantevents?Whatwereyoudoingandwherewereyouwhentheeventshappened?LiuXiangwonthegoldmedalatthe2004Olympics.importanteventsBeijingwasmadehostforthe2008Olympics.onJuly13,2001ShenZhouVtookYangLiweiintospaceonOctober15,2003China’sfirstatombombexplodedonOctober16,1964MartinLutherKingwasmurderedAbrahamLincoln(1809-1865)wasmurderedononApril4,1968April14,1865TheWorldTradeCenterwasdestroyedinNewYorkonSeptember11,2001BanLadenaterroristManlandedonthemoononJuly20,1969Armstrong3aMatchtheeventswiththecorrectdates.1.DrMartinLutherKingwasmurdered.2.YangLiweiflewaroundtheEarth.3.TheWorldTradeCenterwasdestroyedinNewYork.4.Manwalkedonthemoonforthefirsttime.September11,2001April4,1968July20,1969March15,1979October15,2003Someeventsarewonderful,someareterrible.Someareimportantforyou,someareimportantforthewholecountry.ReadthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphandsayTRUEorFAULStoeachstatement.1Thewriterwillgivesomeimportanteventsforexample.2.Peoplewillforgeteverydayactivitieswhentheyheardtheimportantnews.3.Thewriterwillgiveyousomeeventswhichhappenedinrecenttimes.4.Thewriterwillgivesomemoreterribleevents.TFFTPeopleoftenrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenewsofimportanteventsinhistory.IntheUnitedStates,forexample,manypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoingonApril4,1968.ThiswasoneofthemostimportanteventsinmodernAmericanhistory.Onthisday,DrMartinLutherKingwaskilledinthecityofMemphisinAmerica.Althoughsomepeoplemaynotrememberwhomurdered(v&n.谋杀）him,theyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardabouttheevent.WhydomanypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoingonApril4,1968?What’sthetopicsentenceinthefirstparagraph?Trueorfalse.1.Dr.MartinLutherKingwasagreatscientist.2.RobertAllenstillrememberwhathewasdoingwhenDr.Martinwaskilled.3.TheWorldTradeCenterwasn’tdestroyedbyterrorists.4.Manfirstwalkedonthemoonaboutahundredyearsago.5.YangLiweiisthefirstastronautinspaceintheworld.FTFFFEventhemosteverydayactivitiescanseemimportant.RobertAllenisnowover40.Hewasjustastudentatthattime,butherememberswhathewasdoingwhenheheardthenews.“Itwasabright,sunnyday.”Robertremembers.“Wewerehavingfunintheplaygroundwhenthebellrang.Ourteacheraskedustostopwhatweweredoingandlisten.Hetoldusthenews:“Dr.MartinLutherKingdiedjust10minutesago!Wecouldn'tbelieveit!”Schoolclosedfortheday,andRobertkingdiedjust10minutesago!Wecouldn’tbelieveit!”schoolclosedfortheday,andRobertandhisfriendswalkedhometogetherinsilence.WhatwasRobertAllendoingwhenheheardthenews?What’sthetopicsentenceinthesecondparagraph?DrMartinLutherKing’smurdertookplace(发生)aboutthirtyyearsago,beforemanyAmericanswereborn.However,inmorerecent(最近的)times,mostAmericansrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheWorldTradeCenter(世贸中心)inNewYorkwasdestroyed(毁坏)byterrorists.Eventhedate--September11,2001--hasmeaningtomostAmericans.WhathappenedinNewYorkinmorerecenttimes?WhatmeaningdoesSeptember11,2001have?Notalleventsinhistoryareasterribleasthis,ofcourse.ManyAmericansalsosaytheyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhenmanfirstwalkedonthemoononJuly20,1969.Inmorerecenthistory,mostChineserememberwhattheyweredoingwhenYangLiweibecamethefirstChineseastronautinspace.YangwentintospaceonOctober15,2003.HisflightaroundtheEarthlastedabout22hours.Whenhereturned,hebecameanationalheroinChina,andbecamefamousallovertheworld.What’sthetopicsentenceinthisparagraph?Whatweretheimportantevents?Peopleoftenrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenewsofimportanteventsinhistory.IntheUnitedStates,forexample,manypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoingonApril4,1968.ThiswasoneofthemostimportanteventsinmodernAmericanhistory.Onthisday,DrMartinLutherKingwaskilledinthecityofMemphisinAmerica.Althoughsomepeoplemaynotrememberwhomurderedhim,theyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardabouttheevent.Eventhemosteverydayactivitiescanseemimportant.RobertAllenisnowover40.Hewasjustaschoolstudentatthetime,butherememberswhathewasdoingwhenheheardthenews.“Itwasabright,sunnyday.”Robertremembers.“Wewerehavingfunintheplaygroundwhenthebellrang.Ourteacheraskedustostopwhatweweredoingandlisten.Hetoldusthenews:“DrMartinLutherKingdiedjust10minutesago!Wecouldn’tbelieveit!”Schoolclosedfortheday,andRobertandhisfriendswalkedhometogetherinsilence.DrMartinLutherKing’smurdertookplaceaboutthirtyyearsago,beforemanyAmericanswereborn.However,inmorerecenttimes,mostAmericansrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkwasdestroyedbyterrorists.Eventhedate-September11,2001–hasmeaningtomostAmericans.Notalleventsinhistoryareasterribleasthis,ofcourse.ManyAmericansalsosaytheyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhenmanfirstwalkedonthemoononJuly20,1969.Inmorerecenthistory,mostChineserememberwhattheyweredoingwhenYangLiweibecamethefirstChineseastronautinspace.YangwentintospaceonOctober15,2003.HisflightaroundtheEarthlastedabout22hours.Whenhereturned,hebecameanationalheroinChina,andbecamefamousallovertheworld.Peopleoftenrememberwhattheyweredoing/whentheyheardthenewsofimportantevents/inhistory.IntheUnitedStates,forexample,manypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoing/onApril4,1968.Thiswasoneofthemostimportantev