Module Three The Natural World
Unit 9 Sea Water and Rain Water
Exercise One
plete the sentences with the phonetics.
The Final Examination lasted for one hour and a __________['kw t (r)] .
________['stɑ f ] and sea horses are interesting and beautiful sea animals.
One of the most dangerous animals are _________[ ɑ ks] /.
Dolphins are one of the most ___________ [ n'tel d nt] animals.
Water __________ ['k v (r)z] almost three quarters of the Earth.
II. Translate phrases and sentences.
……的四分之三________________________
最聪明的动物之一_____________________________
停止污染海洋_______________________________
保持他们的洁净 _____________________________
海洋对地球上的所有生物都很重要。__________________________________________
III. Choose the best answer.
( )1 We need water ________ plants.
A. for water B. water C. to water D. watering
( )2 _______ can we do to save the world
A. What B. Where C. Which D. Who
( )3 Please turn ______ the TV. Grandma is sleeping.
A. on B. off C. of D. to
( )4 We must keep our city ______.
A. clean B. to clean C. cleaning D. cleans
( )5 We can save water ______
A. by not fixing the dripping taps B. by fixing the dripping taps
C .by playing water games D. by having a bath
plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
I’m too hot. I want to take a _______(show).
It is _______ (importance) to learn English well.
Dolphins are _______ (intelligence) sea animals.
The books are quite________(interested).
Susan likes to brush teeth under a ________ (run) tap. That’s not good.
V. Rewrite the sentences as required.
People save water by taking a shower instead of a bath. (就划线部分提问)
_______ _______ people ______ water
We can take a shower to save water. We don’t have a bath. (合为一句)
We can take a shower _______ ________ having a bath to save water.
If there is no rain, the crops and vegetables will die. (就划线部分提问)
_______ ______ _______ if there is no rain
Let’s do the quiz. (改为反意疑问句)
Let’s do the quiz, _______ _______
Fish, prawns, fishermen, sea, use, and, to, the, in, catch, nests, deep, (连词成句)
____________________________________________________________.
VI. Read and choose the best answer.
The students were having their chemistry(化学)class.Miss Li was telling the students what water was like.After that,she asked her students,"What's water "No one spoke for a few minutes.Miss Li asked again,"Why don't you answer my question Didn't I tell you what water is like "
Just then a student put up his hand and said,"Miss Li,you told us that water has no color and no smell.However,where to find such kind of water The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell."Most of the students agreed with him.
"I'm sorry,children."said the teacher,"Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier.That's a problem."
( )1.What were the students doing
A.They were having an English class. B.They were having a Chinese class.
C.They were having a chemistry class. D.They were having a math class.
( )2.Miss Li was telling the students__________.
A.what water was like B.what air was like
C.what earth was like D.what weather was like
( )3.What color was the water in the river behind the student's house
A.It was white B.It was black
C.It was clean D.It was clear
( )4.Most of the children_________the student
A.agreed with B.wrote to C.heard from D.sent for
( )5.Why did the water in the river have color
A.Because it was getting more and more.
B.Because it was getting less and less.
C.Because it was getting cleaner and cleaner.
D.Because it was getting dirtier and dirtier.
Exercise Two
plete the sentences with the phonetics.
1. There is now intense ___________ [ k mp 't n] between schools to attract students.
2. ________ ['f m n] try their luck to get fish in ponds, lakes and rivers.
3. I can hear the sound of _________ ['r n ] water.
4. Perhaps you’ve taken my keys _________ [ n'sted] of yours by mistake.
5. The _________ [ m'p tnt] thing is to do rubbish classification(垃圾分类).
II. Translate phrases and sentences.
1. 在因特网上______________
2. 在地球上 ______________
3. 其他用途 _______________
4. 刷牙 ____________________
5. 洗淋浴代替洗盆浴。________________________________________________
III. Choose the best answer.
( )1 What _______ if there _____ no rain.
A. happen; is B. happen; will be
C. will happen; will be D. will happen; is
( )2 Firemen need water _______ out fires.
A. to put B. for put C. put D. putting
( )3 It is _______ to cross the road when the traffic light is red. .
A. safe B. not safe C. safely D. safety
( )4 We can save water by _________..
A. not play water games B. play water games
C. not playing water games D. playing water games
( )5 Can we get food ______ the oceans
A. to B. from C. for D. away
plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
1. She is one of the best _______ in our class. (student)
2. If there is no rain, there _______ no water to drink. (be)
3. He was in __________ with 10 other people for the job. (compete)
4. You can find some beautiful __________ at the beaches. (starfish)
5. We can use water for _______ food. (cook)
V. Rewrite the sentences as required.
1. We will not have any food to eat. (同义句转换)
We will ______ _______ food to eat.
If there is no water, animals will die. (对划线部分提问)
______ will _______ if there is no water
We can get news from the Internet. (划线部分提问)
_______ ______ we get from the Internet
4. We use water for cooking food. (保持原句意思)
We use water _______ ______ food.
5. crops, if, rain, vegetables, is, die, there, the, no, and, will (连词成句)
________________________________________________________
VI. Choose the proper words and complete the passage.
Germs (细菌) are everywhere. They are very small and you 1 see them. They are like the seeds of plants, but they are 2 . There could be hundreds of them on the point of a needle (针). We can not see the germs with our own eyes, but we can see them with a microscope (显微镜).
Germs are always found 3 dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs are not found only in water. They are found in the air and in dust, too. 4 you cut your hand, some of them will go into your hand. Your hand would become big and red and you would have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go 5 your body, and you would have pain everywhere.
Be careful of these kinds of germs!
1. A. aren't B. didn't C. don't D. can't
2. A. much small B. much smaller C. very big D. much bigger
3. A. in B. on C. from D. under
4. A. Unless B. Until C. If D. Before
5. A. all over B. into C. to D. up
Exercise Three
plete the sentences with the phonetics.
We should fix a _________ ['dr p ] tap as soon as we see it.
According to People’s Daily, Google is coming back to china’s ________ [' nt net] .
We should never_______ [we st] food and energy while we are developing our technology.
Many sea animals live in the _________ [st'ri mz] , rivers, lakes,seas and oceans.
Farmers need water to water the _________ [k'r ps] and vegetables on their farms.
II. Translate phrases and sentences.
1. 滴水的龙头_____________
2. 洗淋浴_____________
3. 用...来做.._____________
4 .在深海里_____________
5.两个渔民_____________
III. Choose the best answer.
( )1 About ______ of the teachers in our school are women teachers.
A. three-fifth B. three-fifths C. third-fifth D. thirds-fifth
( )2 About three quarters of the bread in this bakery ______delicious.
A. be B. are C. is D. was
( )3 Class is over. Let’s stop __________ a break.
A. to have B. having C. have D. to having
( )4 We ______ a picnic if it ________ (not rain) tomorrow.
will have, won’t rain B. will have, isn’t rain
C. will have, doesn’t rain D. have, doesn’t rain
( )5 _______ important information it is!
A. What a B. What C. How D. What an
plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
Monkeys are one of _____________ animals on the earth. (intelligent)
Shall we have a ____________ about the Oceans (compete)
We must stop __________ the Oceans. (pollute)
There is water __________ on the earth. (pollute)
We can save water by __________ a dripping tap. (fix)
V. Rewrite the sentences as required.
Firemen use water for putting out fires. (划线提问)
______ do firemen use water ________
You have sports every day. (改为反意疑问句)
You have sports every day,_______ _______
Mum goes to the supermarket near Milk way once a week. (对划线部分提问)
____________ ____________ does Mum go to the supermarket near Milk way
We can save water. Don’t wash our hands under a running tap. (合为一句)
We can save water ______ ______ _______our hands under a running tap
Water,taking a,a, instead, helps, shower, of, bath, save,(连词成句)
______________________________________________________________
VI. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
Dolphins are not fish. They are big animals. They are very i_____________(1). If you train(训练)them, they can play with balls. They have their own language. If a dolphin is ill, it can’t come up f_____________(2) air. It whistles(啸叫)to the other dolphins for help. The o_____________(3) dolphins come to it and make some strange sounds. They look s_____________(4). Then they push the sick dolphin’s head up above the water. Soon it gets w_____________(5). Isn’t it interesting Do you know how they make sounds They make sounds through blowhole(鼻孔)in their heads.
1.i__________ 2.f__________ 3.o__________ 4.s___________ 5.w___________
Exercise Four
plete the sentences with the phonetics.
Both of my brothers are _________ ['fa m n].
It is of great_________ [ m'p tns] for us to learn English well.
What ________ ['k v (r)z] almost three quarters of the Earth
John is one of the most _________ [ n'tel d nt] students in our class.
She always ________ ['we sts] money on the clothes that she doesn’t really need.
II. Translate phrases and sentences.
人们用水来做什么?_____________________________________
如果没有雨水,我们就没有饮用水。_____________________________________
我们不应该在流动的水龙头下刷牙。_____________________________________
如果没有水,会发生什么? _____________________________________
我们必须采取措施节约水而不是浪费它。_____________________________________
III. Choose the best answer.
( )1 Only _____ quarter of the earth is land.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
( )2 Ancient people use fire ______ food..
A. cook B. to cook C. cooking D. to cooking
( )3 What _______ if there _____ no rain.
A. happen; is B. happen; will be
C. will happen; will be D. will happen; is
( )4 People _______ their raincoats tightly if there ______ a typhoon.
A. hold; is B. hold; will be C. will hold; will be D. will hold; is
( )5 Take the raincoat _________ the umbrella.
A. instead B. instead of C. instead to D. instead on
plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. 1. If you go to Beijing, you will see many old _______ (build).
2. Zhai Zhigang is the _________ (one) Chinese astronaut to do the space walk.
3. Nowadays, __________ (wood) tables and chairs are very expensive because they are natural.
4. We must stop _________ (cut) down forests.
5. Many small animals and insects lose their home and food, and they become _______ (home).
V. Rewrite the sentences as required.
1. They had cakes and tea in the school library. (改为否定句)
They __________________ __________________ cakes or tea in the school library.
2. Forests are very important because they give shelter and food to animals. (对划线部分提问)
__________________ __________________ forests very important
3. The sun gives us heat and light. (保持句意基本不变)
We _______________ heat and light ____________ the sun.
4. The little house is made of wood, glass and stone. (连词成句)
______________________________________________________________________
VI. Read and answer the questions
Mary Donaldson is worried about her 16-year-old daughter,Sophia.Six months ago,Sophia came back from a party,upset and unhappy.From then on,she thinks of nothing but how to lose weight and become beautiful.She refuses to eat and keeps on doing exercise Sophia had always been a little heavy,so when she decided to go on a diet,Mary encouraged her.She felt that her daughter would look more attractive if she lost 10 kilograms.However,Sophia has lost over 20 kilograms until now.Her eating and exercising habits are having a harmful effect on her health.She is too thin and is often sick.
Her mother is trying to prevent her from going on a diet and losing weight,but Sophia thinks that she is still too heavy and refuses to start eating as usual. Sophia’s mind is full of the idea of looking like a model(模特). Every day she goes to a club to do exercise. When she is not there,she spends her time reading magazines like Fashion & Beauty(《时尚与美》).
The models in these magazines are very thin and beautiful.Sophia says,“If I look like these models,I will be happy and all the boys will like me.”
Mary doesn’t know how to help her daughter.She feels sorry for having encouraged her at first,because Sophia no longer feels good or pleased with her body.She’s afraid that Sophia will never be happy if she keeps comparing herself with the models in the magazines.Mary tries to tell Sophia that true beauty comes from within.Common people are not supposed to look like models.The most ordinary face becomes beautiful when the person behind it is filled with confidence(自信),wisdom and the joy of life.
When did Sophia decide to lose weight
_______________________________________________________________________________
Did Sophia’s mother refused her to lose weight at first
_________, _____________________________________________________________________
How much weight has Sophia lost until now
_______________________________________________________________________________
Why does Mary feel sorry for having encouraged her daughter to go on a diet at first
_______________________________________________________________________________
What do you learn from this story
______________________________________________________________________________
KEYS:
EXERCISE 1:
I. quarter, starfish, sharks, intelligent, covers
II. 1. three quarters of... 2. one of the most intelligent animals 3.stop polluting the oceans. 4.keep them clean 5. Oceans are important to all creatures on the Earth.
III. 1-5 CABAB
IV. 1-5 shower, important, intelligent, interested, running
V. 1. How do, save 2.instead of 3. What will happen 4. shall we 5. Fishermen use nests to catch fish and prawns in the deep sea.
VI. 1-5 CABAD
EXERCISE 2:
I. 1-5 competition, fishermen, running, instead, important
II. 1. on the Internet, 2. on the Earth, 3. other uses, 4. brush teeth, 5. Take a shower instead of a bath.
III. 1-5 DABCB
IV. 1-5 students, will be, competition, starfish, cooking
V. 1. have no, 2. What, happen, 3. What can, 4. to cook, 5. If there is no rain, crops and vegetables will die.
VI. 1-5 DBACA
EXERCISE 3:
I. 1-5 dripping, Internet, waste, streams, crops
II. 1. a dripping, 2. take a shower, 3. use... to do sth. 4. in the deep sea, 5. two fishermen
III. 1-5 BCACB
IV. 1-5 the most intelligent, competition, polluting, pollution, fixing,
V. 1. What, for, 2. don’t you, 3. How often 4. by not washing, 5. Taking a shower instead of a bath helps save water.
VI. 1-5 intelligent, from, other, strange, well
EXERCISE 4:
I. 1-5 1.firemen, importance, covers, intelligent, wastes
II. 1. What do people use water to do
If there is no rain, we will have no water to drink.
We shouldn’t brush our teeth under a running tap.
If there is no water, what will happen
We must take some actions to save water instead of wasting water.
III. 1-5 ABDDB
IV. 1-5 Buildings, first, wooden, cutting, homeless
V. 1.didn’t have, 2.Why are 3.get, from 4. The little house is made of wood, glass and stone.
VI. When she came back from a party 6 months ago.
No, she didn’t.
20 kilograms.
Because Sophia has lost too much weight, her eating and exercising habits are having a harmful effect on her health.She is too thin and is often sick.
True beauty comes from within. When we are filled with confidence, wisdom and the joy of life, we just look beautiful.