[附答案]2015-2016学年八年级英语上册练习：Module11 reading(外研版).docVIP

（1） In China, there is a 12-year cycle for every year. There is an animal for every year. Here are the animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Everyone has an animal sign. 2006 is the year of Dog. Do you know? Michael Jackson (迈克尔-杰克逊) and Madonna (麦当娜) were both born in the year of Dog. Dogs are very honest and friendly. They protect people they love. So some say people born in the year of Dog are very hard-working, brave, responsible (负责任的), friendly, and honest. They love justice (正义), and people respect them. In love relationships (亲戚), they do not change easily. They are willing to suffer. They do not want to make other people suffer. They do not like to do something bad. Dogs are sometimes narrow-minded or stubborn (顽固的). At these times they are not easy to be calm. Of course, we all know some of these things are not true. We hope the good ones are true about us. We hope the bad ones are not true. You can buy many things with these signs. For example, you can get cups, cards, notebooks, or other decorations. These things have a picture of your animal. What is your animal year? Do you own something with a picture of your animal? Or do you want to create something with your animal sign? 根据短文内容，在空白处填上合适的单词，使句意完整。 1. If a baby is born this year, his animal sign will be _____. 2. Dogs are very _____ and _____ to people and they protect people they love. 3. Sometimes dogs are _____ and ______. They are not easy to be calm. 4. There are all kinds of things with _____ _____. 5. We all have our own _____ _____. We can create something with your animal sign. (2) We use energy to do everything. Energy lights our cities and powers our cars, trains, planes and rockets. It warms our homes, cooks our food, plays our music and makes the pictures on our televisions. It powers the machines in factories and the tractors (拖拉机) on farms. And energy comes from many places. For example, energy from the