中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
Unit 2同步练习
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示补全所缺单词。
1. The weather in Shanghai is hotter than t________ in Beijing.
2. There are three pens on the desk but n________ of them is mine.
3. It’s 9:50 pm now. It’s i________ for us to finish so much work before 10:00 pm.
4. We still don’t know how many galaxies there are in the u________.
5. Because of the air pollution, the e________ here is bad.
Ⅱ. 根据语境从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式。
communicate, system, group, light, out
1. The ________ in this room is very poor.
2. Two ________ of students are playing football in the playground.
3. Molly is ________ in Australia at the moment.
4. Linda often ________ with her sister. They talk much about their parents.
5. Mr Brown made a new ________ of teaching English.
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 科学家们认为地球上存在生命已经很长时间了。
Scientists think that ________ ________ ________ life on the earth for long.
2. 数百万人已经报名参加了这次竞赛。
________ ________ people have entered the competition.
3. 你能告诉我一些关于太阳系的事情吗？
Can you tell me something about the ________ ________
4. 我昨晚独自在家。
Last night I ________ ________ at home.
5. Tom喜欢围着妈妈转。
Tom likes ________ ________ his mother.
6. 星星离我们很遥远。
The stars are ________ ________ from us.
7. 我想用这部新相机拍照。
I want to use the new camera to ________ ________.
8. 这个高个子女孩名叫Susan。
The tall girl ________ ________ Susan.
答案
Ⅰ. 1. that 2. none
3. impossible 4. universe
5. environment
Ⅱ. 1. light 2. groups
3. out 4. communicates 5. system
Ⅲ. 1. there has been 2. Millions of
3. solar system 4. was alone
5. going around 6. far away
7. take photos 8. is called
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Module 3
Journey to space
Unit 2
We have not found life
on any other planets yet.
To understand the passage about space travel involving present perfect tense.
To learn some key words and useful expressions.
To learn to use the following patterns:
We have just received a message.
We haven’t found life on any other planets yet.
Astronauts have already been to the moon.
Words:
none, environment, group, universe, light, impossible, out, communicate
Phrases:
hundreds/millions of, any other planets, go around,
solar system, in the universe
Patterns:
We have just done 0…
We haven’t done … yet.
We have already done ...
Do you know the words and expressions in the box Put them in order: small-large.
galaxy planet solar system star universe
planet— star —solar system — galaxy— universe
How much do you know about the solar system
How many planets are there in the solar system Do you know how to say their names in English
金星
地球
火星
木星
土星
水星
天王星
海王星
Look at the picture and talk about what you know about Chinese spaceships.
Enjoy a video about the unforgettable moment of Shenzhou-9.
A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-5 spacecraft, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of China's southern island province of Hainan. It is the country's first attempt to retrieve samples from an extraterrestrial body.
Watch the video.
When you read a passage with a title and pictures, think about the words you may find in the passage, and the questions you may want to ask before you start to read.
Read the passage and choose the best title for it.
1. Anyone out there
2. Life on the earth
3. The sun and other stars
4. The stars at night
1. The earth is a star.
2. The sun is a star.
3. There is more than one galaxy in the universe.
Check (√) the true sentences.
√
4. The light from the stars in other galaxies has travelled for a long time to reach us.
5. Scientists have received many messages from space.
6. Spaceships have visited most of the universe.
√
√
universe
solar system
the sun
the earth
Watch the flash and fill in the blanks.
Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.
communicate, environment, none, solar, system, universe
Is there life on other planets There are seven other planets in our (1) ____________, but (2) ____________ of them has a(n) (3) ____________ like that of the earth.
solar system
none
environment
Spaceships from the earth have done surveys of the other planets, but they have not found any life there. Why has no one from other planets tried to (4) ___________ with us It is true that scientists have not discovered life on other planets in the (5) ___________ yet, but some scientists believe that they will find it some day.
communicate
universe
communicate, environment, none, solar, system, universe
Look at the picture from a science story for children and answer the questions.
What have the scientists just received
(a message from one of our spaceships)
They have just received a message from one of our spaceships.
1. Where has the spaceship landed (Mars)
It has landed on Mars.
2. What has the spaceship discovered (people on Mars)
They do not know how to send us a message.
4. Why have the people on Mars not visited us on the earth
(do not know how to)
They do not know how to visit us on the earth.
3. Why have the people on Mars not sent us a message (do not know how to)
They do not know how to send us a message.
millions of 数百万的
go around ... 围绕……转
be called 被称作
a group of 一群
one of ... ……其中之一
billions of 数十亿的
take photos 拍照
so many 如此多
communicate with sb. 与某人联系
1. However, we have not found life on any other planets yet.
2. None of them has an environment like that of the earth.
3. Scientists have also discovered many other galaxies in the universe.
4. We do not know the answers yet.
1. Scientists think that there has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years.
科学家认为地球上的生命已经有亿万年了。
【拓展】
millions of 数百万 hundreds of 数以百计
thousands of 成千上万 billions of 数十亿
Notes：hundred, thousand, million, billion四词若是前面有具体的数词修饰时，则用单数形式；若是后面有介词of时，则用复数形式。
e.g. There are ______________ in the Galaxy, and the sun is only one of them.
银河系中有数十亿颗恒星，太阳只是其中的一个。
That company has five ___________ workers in total.
那个工厂总共有五百位员工。
billions of stars
hundred
2. None of them has an environment like that of the earth, so scientists do not think they will find life on them.
它们中没有一个有像地球这样的环境，因此科学家们认为在它们上面找不到生命。
none pron. 没有一个；没有一人。既可指人也可指物。none of与不可数名词连用作主语时，谓语动词用单数；none of 与复数名词、代词或单数集合名词连用时，谓语动词用单数或复数均可。
all与none意思相反，每个，全体，指三者或三者以上的人或物。
【语境应用】Ⅰ. 单项选择。
—I tried several ways to work out the math problem, but ________ of them worked.
—Never give up. I believe you’ll make it.
A. all B. each C. none D. neither
Ⅱ. 词汇运用。
—Tickets for today
—Sorry, we’ve got left, but we have a few for tomorrow.
C
none
Ⅲ. 完成句子。
1) 他们三个都很忙。
They three ________ ________ very busy.
2) 这些学生没有一个人有电脑。
________ ________ the students ________ a computer.
3) 这笔钱没有一点是我的。
________ ________ the money ________ mine.
are all
None of has/have
None of is
environment n. 环境
the environment 自然环境，生态环境
protect the environment 保护环境
【语境运用】根据首字母，填入恰当词汇。
—The air pollution is still terrible in North China.
—It will be even worse if we don’t take action to protect the e____________ around us.
environment
3. … and our solar system is a small part of a much larger group of stars and planets, called the Galaxy or the Milky Way.
...... 我们的太阳系只是一个由恒星和行 星组成的星系的一小部分，这个星系比太阳系大得多，称作银河系或银河。
the Galaxy专指“银河系”，也可以称作the Milky Way。而galaxy则泛指“星系”。
e.g. Scientists have discovered a distant galaxy.
科学家们发现了一个遥远的星系。
4. So how large is the universe It’s impossible to imagine.
所以宇宙有多大？我们无从想象。
impossible adj. (事情)办不到的，不可能的。反义词possible。
It is+adj.+to+动词原形：做某事很……。
e.g. __________________ these words.
读这些单词很难。
It is _________ (possible) to build another museum in such a short time.
It is difficult to read
impossible
5. …with so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space
宇宙中有这么多星球，我们是孤独的吗？或者太空中还有其他生命存在呢？
with+名词+介词短语：带着……，表伴随。
e.g. Mr. Zhang is coming ___________ in his hand.
张老师手里拿着一本书进来了。
with a book
alone adj./adv. 独自一人的；单独一人的
强调客观上的一个人，不表示内心的感受。
e.g. She ___________ in that dark room.
她独自一人呆在那黑屋子里。
was alone
6. Why has no one communicated with us
为什么没人和我们联系？
no one没有人，多指人。当它用作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式。
e.g. No one _____________ me.
没人能够理解我。
understands
none可用来回答how many或how much的提问，no one可用来回答who的提问。
e.g. ①—How many birds can you see in the picture
—_______.
② —Who is in the room
—________.
None
No one
communicate
意义及用法 例句
vt. 表达，传达 I asked your sister to communicate my wishes to you.
vi. 沟通，交流， +介词with I shall communicate with you directly.
【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1) Mary经常与她的老师们交流。
Mary often _________________ her teachers.
2) 在他的帮助下，我试着向父母表达了我的感觉。
With his help, I tried to _____________ my feelings to our parents.
3) 你应该尽可能多地与你的父母交流。
You should ___________________________ as much as possible.
communicates with
communicate
communicate with your parents
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给汉语提示语写出所缺单词。
1. There are six ________(组) in our English club.
2. Mrs Black is good at _____________(交流) with children.
3. ________(光) travels faster than sound.
4. We should try to protect the ___________(环境) of our city.
5. In the Middle Ages, some people thought the earth was the centre of the ________(宇宙).
groups
communicating
Light
environment
universe
Ⅱ. 根据语境从方框中选择恰当的单词填空。
none, out, that, possible, galaxy
1. The earth is a small part of the ________.
2. My uncle works ________ in America. He can’t come to my birthday party.
3. It is _________ for me to be there before eight. It’s five to eight already.
4. The old man has three sons, but ________ of them lives with him.
5. The population of America is smaller than ________ of India.
galaxy
out
impossible
none
that
Ⅲ. 根据语境从方框中选择恰当的短语填空。
solar system, go around, any other, billions of, far away
1. There are ____________ stars in our galaxy.
2. We haven’t found that book in ____________ bookshop.
3. In the ____________, there are a lot of planets.
4. The Blacks decided to ____________ the world next year.
5. That small town is too ____________. Let’s take a taxi to go there.
billions of
any other
solar system
go around
far away
Ⅳ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1. 这个自然公园有多大？
________ ________ is this nature park
2. 几百名科学家现身动物研究中心。
________ ________ ________ appeared at the animal research center.
3. 教室里已经有学生了。
________ ________ ________ students in the classroom.
4. 我仅给他们其中一人照了相。
I only ________ ________ of one of them.
How large
Hundreds of scientists
There have been
took photos
Write a passage to describe the picture. Use your answers to the questions in Activity 5 to help you.
We have just received a message from our spaceship to Mars…
We have just received a message from our spaceship to Mars. Our spaceship has discovered aliens there. They have never sent us a message because they don't know how to communicate with us. They have not visited the earth because they don't know how to fly to our planet, and they prefer life on Mars. They seem very happy on their planet. They have used parts from the other spaceships from the earth to make TVs, radios, etc. We hope they don't do the same with this one!
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