丛闻秋主编的《新目标英语阅读与写作训练(8年级)/第4次修订版》根据教育部近期新考试纲要对八年级段英语阅读与写作能力的要求，组织多年从事该年级段研究的专家及有丰富经验的一线教师编写，该书具有非常不错性、系统性、知识性、实用性，对提高学生的阅读和写作能力有很大的帮助。

阅读部分
1 An Embarrassed Carpenter
2 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
3 My Friend——Lucy
4 Cheat
5 Deal with Worries
6 The Hills
7 Who Kicked a Goal?
8 Attitude Towards Life
9 A Heated Discussion about Television
10 Robots
11 Happiness
12 The Weather
13 Survival Holidays
14 Get Ready for the Future
15 A Spe Edition Stamp
16 Failure Is a Part of Learning
17 A Nice Question
18 The Best Time of My Life
19 Two Mistakes
20 Washoe
21 Texting
22 Joan's Change
23 The Meaning of Sport
24 To Have a Passion in Life
25 The Beginning of Mozart's Life of Music
26 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
27 Two Weeks' Hiccups
28 A French Picture
29 The Importance of Eating Fruit and Vegetables
30 New York VS Los Angeles
31 I Am Not a Bear
32 Stutter
33 Greg Woodburn and His S. O.S.
34 Kathy's Morning
35 J.K. Rowling
36 Vacation Activities
37 At the Restaurant
38 The Friendship
39 Two Students' Plans for Next Week
40 How to Be Polite When Going to a Friend's House
41 The Holiday
42 _____
43 From Lucy's Diary
44 Send Me the Earthquake
45 Two Sides of a Mobile Phone
46 You Are Spe and Valuable
47 What Do You Like to Do on Vacation?
48 School Uniforms
49 To Find Your Ancestors
50 Bruce and Bruno's Trip on A Train
51 A Bird's Story
52 Everybody Worries
53 Do Good Deeds All Your Life
54 Text Messages on Emily's Phone
55 Believe That You Will Succeed, and You Will
56 Obey the Rules
57 How to Accept Life
58 A Forgettable Man
59 Don't Tell Anybody We Have Saved You
60 A Car Accident
61 Everyone Needs Friends
62 A Brave Boy
63 Mr. Johnson And His Neighbor
64 A Miracle Operation
65 A Young Writer
66 A Bad-tempered Boy and His Father
67 Life Is Great If We Have Friends
68 I Got the Queen's Permission
69 Enjoy Running
70 Reading with Glasses
71 Whose Chocolate?
72 Always Do Good Things
73 Study to Learn from Others
74 Learning to Cook
75 A Useful Parrot
76 A Good Doctor
77 Love You, Morn
78 Want Ads
79 New Rules and Behavior Standards for Middle School Students
80 Sixty-six Days in a Life-raft in the Seas
81 Class Blog
82 A Farmer's Moving Story
83 To Be Confident
84 The Sea
85 American Cyclist——Lance Armstrong
86 Schools in China and the USA
87 Environment Today
88 A Golden Envelope
89 To Be a Twin
90 The Large Footprints
91 NOTICE BOARD
92 How Much I Love You
93 Yard sales
94 Exercise for teenagers
95 Reading
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