中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
Unit 3 同步练习
Ⅰ. 根据语境，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. People are _______(wealth) than before. They have more money to travel.
2. Jack doesn’t sing as _______(good) as his brother.
3. Shanghai is one of _______(modern) cities in China.
4. To keep fit, we need to exercise more and eat _______(little).
5. These robots have made our lives _______(easy).
Ⅱ. 根据括号内所给英文提示语，将下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 教室里放不下三十张桌子。 (space)
2. 我爸爸每天步行去上班，而不是开车。 (instead of)
3. 我明天得去看医生。 (have to)
4. 雨下得很大，因此我的航班晚点了。 (as a result)
5. 你可以征求你父母的意见。 (ask ... for ...)
Ⅲ. 根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使材料意思完整、通顺，注意形式变化。
pair, strict, holiday, enjoy, different, light, without, touch, early, afford
Linda’s grandfather, George Crewe, has always lived in Liverpool. He’s talking about his childhood.
Everything was (1)_______ when I was Linda’s age — that was over sixty years ago! We lived in a small house in the centre of the town. I had two brothers and three sisters and our parents were very (2)_______. Children couldn’t do as they liked in those days!
I remember mealtimes, for example. We weren’t allowed to speak at the table (3)_______ asking our father’s permission (许可). And we had to eat all our vegetables before we could have our meat. Meat was a real luxury (奢侈品) in those days, and so were clothes! I had one (4)_______ of smart trousers that I liked a lot, but I was only allowed to wear them on important days.
I left school at fourteen. My father thought school was a waste of time. “Go and get a job, son,” he said. I (5)_______ school but of course I had to leave; we needed money. I got a job at the docks (码头). I had to get up every morning at five o’clock and walk four miles to work! I used to work about twelve hours a day, with only half an hour for lunch. Of course, there were no (6)_______. I worked all year. Even when I was ill, my father told me I had to go to work. We couldn’t (7)_______ to be sick!
I don’t remember feeling tired — not like young people these days. They’re always tired! Of course we went to bed very (8)_______. Bedtime was half past eight for everyone. If we wanted to, we could read until nine, when we had to turn the (9)_______ off; electricity was a luxury too!
I remember when my father bought his first radio. My father was the only person in the house who was allowed (10)_______ it! When he turned it on, we all sat down and listened. We thought it was magical! I remember we were always very happy and we never complained (抱怨).
I think things are very different today, aren’t they
答案
Ⅰ. 1. wealthier 2. well 3. the most modern 4. less 5. easier
Ⅱ. 1. There isn’t enough space in the classroom for thirty desks.
2. My dad walks to work every day instead of going by car.
3. I have to go to the doctor tomorrow.
4. It rained heavily. As a result, my flight was late.
5. You can ask your parents for advice.
Ⅲ. 1. different 2. strict 3. without 4. pair 5. enjoyed
6. holidays 7. afford 8. early 9. light(s) 10. to touch
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Module 3
Life now and then
Unit 3
Language in use
To summarize and consolidate the use of comparative degree and superlative degree.
To do some exercises.
To organize a class debate.
1. People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
2. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
3. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
4. We eat better and we live longer.
5. Mum, do you think that life is better today than in the past
6. Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today.
7. And they sometimes work harder.
Read the sentences and pay attention to the red words.
1. People are _________ (wealthy) today, and they live _______ (long) than they did in the past.
2. But people don’t take _____ much exercise _____ they used to.
3. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes ________ (little).
4. We eat _______ (well) and we live _______ (long).
5. Mum, do you think that life is _______ (good) today than in the past
longer
wealthier
longer
as
as
less
better
better
6. Some people think life in the past was _______ (simple) and ________ (healthy) than today.
7. And they sometimes work ______ (hard).
simpler
healthier
harder
1. 形容词的句法功能
形容词可放在名词之前作定语，也可放在系动词之后作表语，
还可作宾语补足语等。
e.g. Did you see that old photograph that I found It’s a lovely picture.
你看见我找到的那张老照片了吗？画面真美。(定语)
They were very nice. 他们很友善。(表语)
对于形容词与副词，要注意句法功能、比较级和最高级。
形容词和副词
People’s lives seem busy now.
现在人们的生活似乎很忙碌。(表语)
We must keep our classroom clean and tidy.
我们必须保持教室干净整洁。(宾语补足语)
【注意】形容词作定语一般放在名词之前，但如果修饰的是不定代词something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody等，就要放在后面。
e.g. Is there anything special in the paper today
今天报纸上有什么特别的新闻吗？
I didn’t find anything funny about it.
我觉得这事一点儿都不可笑。
很多副词都以-ly结尾，但名词+ly多为形容词，如：weekly, monthly, yearly, friendly, lovely等，注意区别。
e.g. A friendly voice answered the phone.
接电话的是一个友好的声音。
We go and do the weekly shopping every Thursday.
我们每周四去采购一次。
She had a lovely face.
她有一张漂亮的脸蛋。
2. 副词的句法功能
副词一般用作状语，修饰动词、形容词、副词及全句，表示程 度、方式等。
e.g. They speak highly of you. 他们对你的评价很高。
We were very lucky to find you here.
我们很幸运在这里找到了你。
The spring passed too quickly. 春天过得太快了。
Hopefully, we’ll meet again on Friday.
希望我们星期五再见面。
了解了二者的句法功能后，我们来学习二者的比较级和最高级。
常见比较级句型：
1) 比较级+than 比……更……
e.g. Health is more important than wealth.
He got up earlier than I did this morning.
2) 比较级+and+比较级 越来越……
e.g. The story gets more and more exciting.
Our lives are getting better and better.
形容词与副词的比较级和最高级
3) the+比较级，the+比较级：越……，越……
e.g. The more time you spend on it, the greater progress you will make.
同级比较一般采用as… as…句型，否定句可以用not so/as…表示。
e.g. He is as tall as his father.
I get up not so early as you. (翻译)
他和父亲一样高。
我不如你起得早。
常见的最高级表达：
1) the+ 最高级+ of/in…
e.g. Jim is the tallest of the three.
He is the most diligent student in his class.
2) 选择疑问句
e.g. Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill
3) the+最高级+定语从句
e.g. It is the most interesting book I have ever read.
比较级和最高级的修饰语
比较级和最高级的修饰语应置于其所修饰的形容词或副词之前。常见的比较级修饰语有much, still, a lot, even, far等。
e.g. He worked much harder then.
那时他工作要努力得多。
常见的最高级修饰语有almost, by far, far, much等。
e.g. This is by far the most expensive bag in the shop.
这是目前这家商店里最贵的包。
1. My brother Bob is ______ hard-working than me, but I am ______ than him. (2021贵州毕节)
A. most; funnier B. most; funniest
C. more; fun D. more; funnier
2. —I think this book is _____ than that one.
—You're right. I prefer that one. (2021辽宁丹东)
A. more popular B. more useful
C. less interesting D. less boring
3. Elsa has ______ rice than Daniel. (2021广西梧州)
A. few B. fewer C. little D. less
4. Dr. Yuan Longping had a dream that he could develop rice as ______ as peanuts (花生). (2021湖北黄石)
A. large B. largest C. larger D. the largest
5. —Who is the girl dancing on the stage
—Oh, she’s my friend Maria. She dances ______ than before. (2021湖北黄冈)
A. well B. much better C. best D. the best
6. Dreams are powerful and they can drive you to work harder and become ________ than before. (2020云南)
A. good B. well C. better D. best
7. Garbage-sorting (垃圾分类) encourages people to live ________ life than before. It makes the earth a better place to live in. (2020云南昆明)
A. a greener B. the greenest
C. a wilder D. the wildest
8. Compared with a 1-day weekend, a 2-day weekend is ____ as we may have enough time for our hobbies. (2020江苏南通)
A. more pleasant B. less pleasant
C. the most pleasant D. the least pleasant
9. Balanced diets are just as_________ as regular exercise in our daily life. (2020上海)
A. important B. more important
C. most important D. the most important
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
For many people, life is a lot (1) _________ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) _________ (healthy) and living (3) _________ (long). But communication is changing (4) _________ (fast) of all. Today,
easier
healthier
longer
fastest
with the Internet, people can communicate (5) __________ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world.
more easily
more healthy
the fastest
Not all the changes are (6) __________ (good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as (7) _________ (fit)
good
as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) ____________ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9) __________ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.
fit
more crowded
worse
Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in the box to help you.
big building busy house modern more shop street tall traffic tree
1. There are more cars in the street today than it was 50 years ago.
2. The buildings are much taller, much more beautiful and much newer.
3. The streets are much wider.
4. The environment is much better.
5. I can see people are much busier than before.
6. The life is much better than before.
7. There are more shops than before.
Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
heat, more than, seldom, spare, speak up
1. We _______ have time to go on holiday.
2. We do not have much _______ time because we have important exams this year.
seldom
spare
3. Never go out in the ________ of the day without a hat.
4. You have to _________ because the students in the back cannot hear you.
5. Mr Smith is __________ a teacher. Most of his pupils think of him as their friend.
heat
speak up
more than
Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.
1) People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3) Children didn’t always go to school, because they had to work instead.
Read the email again. Find sentences that tell us:
1) There was not enough living space for people.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3) Life was harder for children in those times.
Write examples.
1) There was not enough living space for people.
People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their rubbish outside in the streets. There were many illnesses.
3) Life was harder for children in those times.
They didn’t always go to school, because they had to work instead. Many children started work in factories when they were only four or five years old. They worked twelve hours a day in dangerous jobs for very little money.
Listen and complete the table.
Grandmother Mother
Age to start school
Age to start work
Age to get married
Number of children
Age to stop working
8 years old
14 years old
18 years old
four children
50 years old
6 years old
22 years old
24 years old
one child
55 years old
When you do a listening or reading exercise, you should read the instructions carefully. Then you can focus your attention just on the information you need. You don’t have to understand every word.
Write a passage comparing the lives of the speaker’s grandmother and mother in Activity 6.
The speaker’s grandmother and mother have lived very different lives. Her grandmother had a much bigger family…
The speaker’s grandmother and mother had very different lives. Her grandmother had a much bigger family of four children. The speaker’s mother has only one child. Her grandmother and mother had different childhoods. Her grandmother started school later. She didn’t start school until she was eight. Her mother started school earlier, when she was six. Her grandmother didn’t have many years of education. She started work when she was fourteen. Her mother was luckier, because she went to university after she finished school, and started work when she was twenty-two.
Read the passage and complete the following sentences.
1. The modern car has changed life a _______ deal.
2. Using horses for travel was _______, and of course walking was even ________.
3. Cars allow people to travel long distances ________, in comfort and ___________.
great
slower
quickly
slow
convenience
4. It was almost _________ to get rid of the manure of the horses.
5. The cars cause _________, but the first cars actually made cities ________.
impossible
pollution
cleaner
Work in groups. Read the motion of the debate.
Health is more important than wealth.
Organising a debate
Now decide who is for the motion and who is against it. You can use some of the following ideas:
For:
Without health, wealth means nothing.
You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.
Against:
It is hard to be healthy without wealth.
You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.
Prepare your arguments. Give examples to support your ideas.
Hold the debate.
Those for the motion give their opinions.
Those against the motion give their opinions.
Take turns to say what you think about each other’s arguments.
Discuss and find out whether most people are for or against the motion.
Ⅰ.根据语境用括号内所给形容词的适当形式填空。
1. Who is ______________(careful) of all the children, Jimmy
2. With Mr King's help, I solved that problem _______________(easy).
3. The better you relax, the ______________(healthy) you will be.
4. Although Kate didn't win the prize, I think she sang ______________(beautiful) than Lisa.
5. China is one of ________________(ancient) countries in the world.
the most careful
easily
healthier
more beautifully
the most ancient
Ⅱ. 根据括号内所给提示将下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 今天早上我步行去的学校，没坐公交车。 (instead of)
2. 目前大量的人来到城市工作。 (thousands of)
3. 这四个孩子不得不共用一间卧室。 (have to)
4. 这个社区没有供人休息的地方。 (space)
5. 他很少有时间和家人度假。 (have time to ...)
This morning I walked to school instead of taking a bus.
At present, thousands of people come to the cities to work.
The four children have to share a bedroom.
There is no space for people to rest in this community.
He seldom has time to spend holidays with his family.
Ⅲ. 根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使材料意思完整、通顺，有的需要变换形式。
luck, anything, travel, copy, while, classroom, afford, small, money, few
In the past, students in Kenya didn't have to attend school and education was not free (免费的).
I taught maths and physics at Chamasiri Secondary School (1)________ I was in Kenya. This school had only four (2)_________ — one for each grade, Form 1, Form 2, Form 3 and Form 4. They were equivalent (对等的) to our 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades.
while
classrooms
luck, anything, travel, copy, while, classroom, afford, small, money, few
Teachers (3)________ from classroom to classroom instead of the students going from room to room. The Form 1 class had 60 students, Form 2 had 45, Form 3 had 30, and Form 4 had about 12 students. The class size became (4)________ as the grades continued on. Why did this happen Many families were very poor and could not (5)________ the school fees (学费).
Most countryside schools in Kenya didn't have enough (6)________. As a result, there were very (7)________ textbooks for students to use.
travelled
smaller
afford
money
few
luck, anything, travel, copy, while, classroom, afford, small, money, few
(8)________ the students needed to know was written on the blackboard. The students (9)________ it down into their notebooks. The notebooks became the students' textbooks.
However, students in Kenya are (10)________. Kenyan education has become better and better in the past few years. I'm sure it will have a good future.
Anything
copied
lucky
Write a passage about the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlative of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt.
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