中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
Unit 1同步练习
Ⅰ.根据语境及所给首字母提示补全所缺单词。
1. Mr Green has a lot of w_______, so he doesn’t have to worry about money.
2. —I think Grandpa is a bit d_______.
—Yes. I have to speak loudly when talking to him.
3. I have a f_______ of heights, but that won’t stop me from being a pilot.
4. The price of vegetables has been d_______ because of bad weather.
5. My sister is busy preparing for the coming exams, so she s_______ practises dancing these days.
Ⅱ.根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，注意形式变化。
used to, spare time, speak up, deal with, get ill
1. It was noisy. I ____________ in order to make myself heard more clearly.
2. Mike ____________ work in a hospital, but now he is a singer.
3. It’s cold outside. Put on your coat, or you’ll ____________.
4. Do you know how to ____________ this problem
5. —What do you usually do in your ____________
—I usually read when I’m free.
Ⅲ. 根据括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空一词。
1. Mike wonders, “How has life changed since my dad was my age ” (改为含宾语从句的复合句)
Mike wonders _______ _______ _______ _______ since his dad was his age.
2. My brother sweeps the floor every day. (改为被动语态)
The floor _______ _______ by my brother every day.
3. Don’t forget to lock the door. (改为同义句)
_______ _______ lock the door.
4. My work is nearly finished. (对划线部分提问)
_______ _______ _______ work
Ⅳ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。
1. 现在的生活比过去的生活好。
Life is better today than it was ______________.
2. 我不如Tom锻炼得多。
I don’t take ______________ Tom does.
3. 我想那是因为天气太热吧。
I suppose ______________ the weather is too hot.
4. 你为什么不去问问你爸爸？
______________ your dad
Ⅴ. 根据对话内容，从方框中选择能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。
A: Hi, Jackie! What did you do during your holiday
B: I went back to my home town to visit my grandparents.
A: (1)______
B: Yes. I had a great time there. I walked around my home town with my grandparents.
A: (2)______
B: Yes. The roads used to be narrow (狭窄的). But now the roads are wider.
A: I suppose there must be more cars.
B: (3)______ In the past, people usually rode bikes. But now more and more people have cars.
A: (4)______ Is your home town as clean as it used to be
B: Yes. The government has taken many steps to protect the environment, so the city remains clean and tidy. I took some photos of my home town. Why don’t you have a look at them
A: OK. (5)______
B: Here you are.
A. That’s true.B. Let me have a look.C. Did you enjoy yourself D. What about the environment E. Has your home town changed a lot
答案
Ⅰ. 1. wealth 2. deaf 3. fear 4. doubled 5. seldom
Ⅱ. 1. spoke up 2. used to 3. get ill 4. deal with 5. spare time
Ⅲ. 1. how life has changed 2. is swept
3. Remember to 4. How is your
Ⅳ. 1. in the past 2. as much exercise as
3. that’s because 4. Why don’t you go and ask
Ⅴ. 1-5 CEADB
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Module 3
Life now and then
Unit 1
They sometimes work harder.
To understand the conversations of comparing life in the past and now.
To learn some key words and useful expressions.
To learn how to make comparison.
Talk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s.
Talk about the photos. Say what life is like today.
There weren’t so many cars as there are today.
House
in the early 1980s
Now
small
inconvenient
big
convenient
in the early 1980s
Now
Education
in the early 1980s
Now
Household
equipment
in the early 1980s
Now
Environment
in the early 1980s
Now
Jobs
mechanical (adj.机械化的) operation and even intelligent (adj.智能的) production
manual (adj.手工的;体力的) operation
in the early 1980s
lived a harder life
easily got ill and died
live healthier and longer
Is life today better than it was in the past
Personal health
Now
wealthy
fear
used to
wealth
adj. 富有的；富裕的
n. 担心；害怕
v. aux. (用于表示过去真实或经常性的行为，特别强调现在不那样了)过去
n. 财富；财产
double
seldom
spare
spare time
speak up
deaf
v. 使加倍；把……增加一倍； adj. (成) 双的；两个……
adv. 很少地；不常
adj. 空余的；备用的
业余时间；闲暇
大点声说
adj. 聋的
Listen and answer the questions.
1. What is the history homework
2. What is the question they need to answer
Write about life in the past and life today.
The question is “Is life today better than it was in the past ”
3. What does Betty ask
4. What does Daming ask
Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution.
Daming asks if they can write about personal safety.
In the early 1980s
Today
wealthier
walk more
less fear of getting ill
work harder
simpler
live longer
healthier
do more exercise
Listen again and put the words in the box into the correct column.
Now answer questions.
1. What are Betty and her mother talking about
They are talking about life in the past and now./ They are comparing life in the past and now.
2. How many things have they compared
Four: health, medicine, transport, work.
Read aloud and fill in blanks.
People are _________ today, and they live _______ than they did in the past.
wealthier
longer
We know _______ about medicine today, and there’s _______ fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases.
more
less
But people don’t take as much ________ as they used to.
exercise
I suppose that’s because more people have _____, and they ______ or use their bikes _______.
cars
walk
less
Some people think life in the past was ________ and ________ than today. More wealth sometimes means less health.
simpler
healthier
When the number of cars is _________, the ________ is also doubled, or even worse.
doubled
pollution
Why don’t you go and ask Mrs. Li, our ____________ She is over seventy years old. She’s seen how life has _________.
neighbour
changed
Choose the correct answer.
1. People live longer today because ___.
a) we know more about medicine
b) they do not work as hard as they did
c) they take more exercise
2. There is less fear of getting ill ____.
a) so people live longer
b) because people know how to deal with the ordinary diseases
c) so people work harder than before
3. People take less exercise because ____.
a) they do not need to
b) they drive cars instead
c) they do not have cars or bikes
4. People work harder today and _____.
a) they do not live as long as they did
b) they do not usually have enough free time
c) they live a healthier life
1. People live longer than they did in the past.
2. People do more exercise than they used to.
3. More wealth makes people healthier than before.
4. People know more about how to deal with the ordinary diseases today.
5. People worked harder fifty years ago than they do now.
less
less
health
People worked harder now than they did in the past.
Nearly finished.
That’s true.
I suppose…
Complete the passage with proper words.
Both Betty and her mother think life is better today than in the past. People are _________ and live longer today. But people do __________ than they used to, because they use cars much more. And people sometimes ___________ and has less _________ than they did fifty years ago. Although life in the past was ________ and _________, more people think life is better today.
wealthier
less exercise
work harder
spare time
simpler
healthier
Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box.
deaf doubled fear spare used to wealth
1. What kinds of things do you ______
2. What do you do in your ______ time
fear
spare
3. What can someone not do if they are ______
4. If something is _______, is it more or less
5. Do you think people ______ take more exercise than they do today
6. Do you think people have more ______ today than they used to
deaf
doubled
used to
wealth
Ask and answer:
What kinds of things do you fear
(2) What do you do in your spare time
(3) What can someone not do if they are deaf
(4) Do you think people used to take more exercise than they do today
(5) Do you think people have more wealth today than they used to
Read and predict which words the speaker is likely to stress.
Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health. When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled, or even worse.
Now listen and check.
【分析】
英语国家人士在连贯话语中使用不同的语音手段进行交流，包括重音。需要重读的词称为句子重音。一般实词（名词、实意动词、形容词、副词等）需要重读，虚词（介词、连词、冠词等）不需要重读。
Read the paragraph in Activity 5 aloud.
Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health. When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled, or even worse.
Work in pairs. Answer the question and give your reasons.
— Is life better today than in the past
— Yes, it is. I think it’s because…
/ No, it isn’t. I think…
Now say what is better or worse in:
education environment health
1. People are wealthier today, …
现在，人们更富裕了……
wealth n. 财富；财产 (不可数名词)
wealthy adj. 富有的；富裕的
(wealth的形容词形式，在句中可作表语或定语)
【语境应用】选词填空 wealth, wealthy
1) The country’s _______ mainly comes from its oil.
2) The girl was born in a very _______ family.
3) Jack is _______ now, but he was poor in the past.
wealth
wealthy
wealthy
2. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
但是人们不像过去一样做很多运动了。
used to do sth. 过去
用于表示过去真实或经常性的行为，特别强调现在不那样了。
【语境应用】翻译句子。
1) 我过去常常害羞。 (used to)
I used to be shy.
2) 他曾在我们学校就读。(used to)
He used to go to our school.
3. People seldom say they have enough spare time!
人们很少说他们有足够的空闲时间。
seldom adv. 很少地；不常
频度副词，常位于系动词、助动词或情态动词后，行为动词前。
e.g. We seldom go out. 我们不常出门。
He was seldom absent. 他很少缺席。
He is seldom ill. 他很少生病。
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) 我们不常在家。
We _______ _______ at home.
2) 我妹妹很少戴帽子。
My sister _______ _______ hats.
are seldom
seldom wears
4. Remember to speak up! She’s a bit deaf now.
记得说话大点儿声,她现在有点儿耳背了。
speak up 大点儿声说
e.g. You have to speak up. The people in the back can’t hear you.
你得大声点，后面的人听不到你说话。
【语境应用】翻译句子。
请大声一点儿，我听不见你说话。
Speak up, please. I can’t hear you.
用形容词和副词的比较级来比较人或事物。常用句型：A+比较级(+than +B)，比……更……。
同级比较：as… as…，
否定句：not so/as…as…。
Pay attention to the circled and underlined parts.
used to
spare time
speak up
in the past
get ill
deal with
the number of ...
a bit
过去
业余时间；闲暇
大点声说
在过去
生病
处理
……的数量
稍微；有点儿
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示补全所缺单词。
1. Henry becomes w________, but he never forgets to help those poor people.
2. Sally didn't say anything to them for f________ of hurting their feelings.
3. —In ten years the population of this town will be d________.
—Wow! Its population is 80,000 now. That means in ten years its population will be 160,000.
4. To keep healthy, my mother s________ eats fast food.
5. Mrs Brown is a little d________ so you need to talk to her loudly.
wealthy
fear
doubled
seldom
deaf
Ⅱ. 根据语境从方框中选择恰当短语填空，有的需要变换形式。
used to, spare time, the number of, speak up, deal with
1. Please ____________ so that the people at the back can hear you.
2. That boy is so young that he doesn't know how ____________ this problem.
3. What do you usually do to spend your ____________, Bob
4. My father ____________ play basketball, but he doesn't have time to play it now.
5. ____________ students asking to join the Chinese Club is on the increase.
speak up
to deal with
spare time
used to
The number of
Ⅲ. 根据括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空一词。
1. There were some people on the street at that time. (改为否定句)
There ________ ________ people on the street at that time.
2. Lily's homework is wonderful. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ Lily's homework
3. Dave asked if Mr King lived here ten years ago.(对划线部分提问)
________ ________ Dave ________
4. Don't forget to take your notebook with you. (改为同义句)
________ ________ take your notebook with you.
weren't any
How is
What did ask
Remember to
Ⅳ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。
1. Alan经常生病。
Alan often _________________.
2. 我爸爸不如我妈妈锻炼得多。
My father doesn't take ____________________ my mother does.
3. 自从父亲去世，他的生活变了。
Since his father died, his _________________.
4. 你为什么不去问问Mrs Brown？
_________________________________ Mrs Brown
gets ill
as much exercise as
life has changed
Why don't you / Why not go and ask
Write a passage about: What is better today and what is worse today.
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