Module 8 My future life
Unit 2 I know that you will be better at maths.
Learning aims:
1. Master all the new words and phrases
2. Master all the sentences.
一 根据首字母或汉语提示,完成句子。
1.There is a _______ (玫瑰) bush in front of the office.
2. She always shows _______ (善举) to children and animals.
3. Mr. Blake was _______ (失望) to find no one at home.
4. He was called to the b______ of his sick father.
5. They had a good l______ about that silly thing.
二 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空:
disappoint, kind, friend, good , join
1. No one gave John any gifts on his birthday, so he felt _______.
2. He has tried and won her _________.
3. Don’t just sit on the sofa watching TV. Please ________ .
4. Tom tried his _______ to make girl friend satisfied.
5. Jane refused Peter’s ________ and walked by.
精讲点拨:
join 指加入某种组织并成为其中一员。
join in 指参加竞赛、娱乐、游戏等活动,如果说加入某人的行列一起从事某项活动,则用join sb. in sth.。
take part in 指参加会议或群众性的活动,后常跟movement, revolution, meeting, conversation, war等。
单项选择:
1. Why _____ it in some other ways
A. not try to do
B. don’t try doing
C. not try doing
D. don’t try to do
2. The doctors have tried _____ the sick boy.
A. his best to save
B. their best saving
C. his best saving
D. their best to save
3. How nice the jacket is ! Can I _____ it ______
A. try; out B. try; in
C. try; on D. try; again
4. Although many great people ever failed. They never _____ and managed to succeed.
A. set out B. stayed up
C. kept on D. gave up
5.--- I didn’t hear you come in just now.
--- That’s good. We tried ______ any noise, for you were sleeping.
A. not make B. not to make
C. to make D. making
6. Don’t ___ _ the disabled. We should help them ____ _.
A. laugh at; instead B. pick up; instead of
C. laugh at; instead of D. pick up; instead
任务型阅读:(2014. 达州)
What will our world be like in 2020 Maybe no one knows. Because we never know what will happen in the future. But it’s very interesting to make some predictions. Here are some exciting predictions.
Languages
English should still be the most popular language, but Chinese should be the second. Now, many foreign people are studying Chinese A their second language.
Water
①Water will become as expensive as oil because many rivers will disappear. We will have to save water and pay more for clean water.
Education and Science
Students won’t go to school. They will stay at home and study online.Students from all over the world may study together B the Internet. We may eat more genetically (转基因) modified food. And more robots will be around us. ②Lots of danger housework will be done by them.
Living
People will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. Everyone will carry a pocket computer. ③computer, the, answers, will, all, the, to, their, people, problems, give. Everyone will have telephones in the pockets, too, and they will be able to talk to their friends all over the world.
任务一: 请在文中A、B 两处的横线上填入适当的单词。(每空一词)
1. A. _________ B. _________
任务二: 请将文中①处句子译成汉语。
2. ________________________________________________________。
任务三: 请将文中②处划线句中的一个单词的错误用法找出,并改正在横线上。
3. ________________________________________________________
任务四: 请将文中③处的斜体单词连成句子。
4. ________________________________________________________.
任务五: 5. The passage is mainly talking about _________.
A. education and science B. the school life
C. the life in the future D. the most popular language