八下Unit 7
短语
1. run along 绵延、跨越
2. the southwestern part of China 中国西南部
3. the highest mountain 最高的山脉
4. any other mountain 其他任何一座山
5. of all the salt lakes 在所有的咸水湖中
6. freezing weather 冰冻的天气
7. heavy storm 暴雪
8. take in air 呼吸空气
9. the first people to do sth. 第一个做某事的人
10. challenge oneself 挑战某人自己
11. in the face of difficulties 面临危险
12. give up doing sth. 放弃做某事
13. achieve one’ s dream 实现某人的梦想
14. the forces of nature 自然界的力量
15. reach the top 到达顶峰
16.as...as 与...一样
17. even though 虽然、尽管
18. at birth 在出生的时候
19. live up to ... 活到...
20. prepare for ... 为...做准备
二、单元重点知识总结
own的用法
及物动词,拥有
owner主人
形容词,自己的
2. honest的用法
形容词,老实的,诚实的 to be honest老实说
名词,honesty诚实;老实
3.when/while的辨析
While 连词,后面的句子谓语动词为延续性动词,多跟进行时态
when作为连词,后面句子的谓语动词多数为瞬间动词
4.succeed的用法
不及物动词,成功 succeed in doing成功做某事
名词, success 成功
形容词, successful成功的
5. awake的用法
表语形容词,一般在系动词之后
wake v.醒来---woke-woken
wake up醒来
6.excitement的用法
名词;激动;兴奋
v.excite使激动;使兴奋
adj.excited激动的;兴奋的 exciting令人激动的
7.southern的用法
形容词,南方的
名词,south南方;南部 east东方 west西方,north北方
8.hurry的用法
作动词,意为“匆忙,急忙”,其过去式为hurried
hurry up 赶快
in a hurry匆忙地
9.other /else的辨析
other adj.“别的;其他的”修饰n. 放名词前作定语。
else adj.“别的;其他的”放疑问词或不定代词之后
10.usual的用法
形容词,寻常的,as usual像往常一样
副词, usually往常;常常
反义词, unusual不寻常的
11. whether的用法
whether/if的辨析
whether可以用于动词/介词之后的宾语从句。或者后面跟to do, 还可以与 or not搭配
if表示是否,只能用在动词后面的宾语从句
练习
单项选择
1.— Who is _______ girl in front of the library?
— She is our monitor, Lily. And she is _______ tallest girl in our class.
A. the; the B as; the C. the; / D. a; /
2.— _______ is the bridge
— It's about 140 feet long.
A. How tall B. How far C. How long D. How high
3.During his second day Edward looked ________more tired than on his first day
A. even B. pretty C. very D. quite
4.— It's so cold outside. You’d better put on your _______ coat when you go out.
— OK, Mom .
A. cheap B colorful C. thick D. clean
5. Doing eye exercises is one of the most useful ways to _______ our eyes.
A. control B. protect C. change D. develop
6..—Which country has the_____population in the world —China.
A.smallest B.most C.largest D.large
7.When you feel _____ to watch TV by then, you are all right.
A.enough good B.enough well
C.well enough D.good enough
8. _______ plastic bags we use,_______ it will be to our environment.
A. The less; the better B. The fewer; the better C. The fewer, the worse
9.--Which month has______ days in a year ----February.
A.few B.little C. the fewest D.the least
10. —Have you ever seen the movie called Los Angles 2011
—Yes, but I think it’s ______. I fell asleep when I saw it.
A. exciting B. boring C. bored D. excited
二、用所给词的适当形式填空
1.This morning Paul was the first one ______ (get) to the top of the mountain.
2.The cinema is too ______ (freeze), so I need to wear a sweater.
3.Qi Baishi got great ______ (achieve) in painting in our history.
4.His father works in a zoo as an animal ______ (keep).
5.His dog died because of a kind of serious ______ (ill).
6.Junko Tabei (success)reaching the top of Qomolangma in 1975.
7.I have no problem ___ (climb) the mountain,which is not too high.
8.His (ill)was more serious than the doctor first thought.
9.When they heard the good news,they jumped up and down with (excite).
10. The primary duty of parents is to provide (protect)for their children.
三、完成句子
汤姆比他班上的任何人都跑得快。
Tom runs faster than ______ _______students in his class.
这些书当中这本最难。
This book is more difficult ______ _______ _______ book here.
亚洲是地球上最大的洲。
Asia is bigger than ______ _______ continents on the earth.
4.这个城市人口多。
The city has a _______ population.
5.这个城市大约有六百万人口。
The city has _______ _______ of about six million.
她是我们班个子第二高的女孩儿。
She is ________ ________ ________ girl in our class.
喜马拉雅山脉贯穿中国西南部。
The Himalayas ________ ________ the southwestern part of China.
中国有世界上最多的人口, 比美国人口多得多。
China has ________ ________ ___________ in the world. It's ________ ________ ________ than the population of the US.
当你到山顶附近的时候,呼吸空气也很困难。
______ is also very hard ________ ________ ________ air as you get near the top.
她足够勇敢一个人住。
She is _______ ________ ______ _______ alone.
四、书面表达
假设你叫李华,在网络上看到一篇《救救老虎》的报道。想到最近看见有人在路边销售老虎骨头(bone)等事,你感到担忧。请你给某报社编辑部写一封信。要点如下:
1. 老虎是国家保护动物,目前数量日趋减少;
2. 写信原因是看到有人为赚钱而滥捕、滥杀老虎;
3. 大量砍伐森林,破坏了老虎的生存环境。呼吁严惩捕猎者(hunter)。希望大家共同努力,创建一个人类和动物共存的幸福家园。
注意:
1. 书信应包括所有要点,但不要逐条翻译。
2. 词数:80左右。(开头已给出,不计入总词数)
Dear Editor,
I’ve just read an article on the Internet about saving tigers. It says that the number of tigers is becoming smaller in our country. It’s terrible. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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