牛津译林版八年级英语下册Units3-4知识点整理+练习（含解析）

8BU3-4知识点整理
U3
1、—What do you usually use your computer for —I usually use it to search for information. ——你通常用电脑做什么？——我通常用它来搜索信息。
use … for sth/doing 用……做某事（侧重于用途）= use … to do使用……来做某事（侧重于目的）
People use this kind of grass for medicine.
be used to do被用来做某事=be used for sth/doing
The crayons are used for drawing pictures. = The crayons are used to draw pictures.
used to do过去常常做某事
be/get used to sth/doing习惯于某物/做某事
Frank used to drive to work. But now he is used to taking a bus.
search for information 搜寻信息
information信息，不可数名词；message消息，可数名词；news消息、新闻，不可数名词
search sp 在某地搜查（搜查的对象）；search for sth搜寻某物（寻找的对象）
search sp for sth在某地搜寻某物
Grace searched the house for her little cat.
2、Further on is Times Square. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year’s Eve. 再往前走就是时代广场。每年新年前夜，成千上万的人聚集在这里。
further on继续向前；further down继续往下
far的比较级farther“更远的”（表示距离）或further“进一步的”（表示程度）
thousands of+名词复数：数千、成千上万的、数以千计的
数字+thousand+名词复数：……千的……；数字+thousand of the+名词复数：其中的……千……
thousands of trees 几千棵树；
on New Year’s Eve在新年前夜 on Chinese New Year’s Eve在除夕夜
3、It’s exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness! 看到巨大的玻璃球在黑暗中落下真是令人兴奋!
It’s adj to do sth 做某事是……的，其中it是形式主语，真正主语是to do sth
It’s adj for sb to do sth 对某人来说，做某事是……的（其中adj修饰事情，如important，exciting等）
It’s adj of sb to do sth 某人……做某事（其中adj修饰sb，指性格品质等如kind，friendly，foolish等）
It’s necessary for us to arrive on time.
good等既可以修饰人也可以修饰事情的形容词，需根据句意判断用of还是for
It is good of you to help us a lot.
see sb do看到某人做某事，看到的是全过程，不强调动作正在进行，一般有often、every day、yesterday等表示一般时态的时间状语；
see sb doing看见某人正在做某事，强调某个动作正在进行，一般有when+时间状语从句、at that time等表示进行时态的时间状语
用法相同的有hear、watch、notice
Jim sees the kite flying away at the moment.
through the darkness穿过黑暗
through介词：（内部）穿过；贯穿、从头到尾
They laughed through the film.
4、With several lakes, hills and a large green lawn, it’s a good place to relax after a hard day’s work. 这里有几个湖泊、山丘和大片的绿色草坪，是一天辛苦工作后放松的好地方。
With several lakes, hills and a large green lawn 有着几个湖泊、山丘和大片的绿色草坪
on the lawn在草坪上（lawn是可数名词）；on the grass在草地上（grass是不可数名词）
after a hard day’s work 在一天的辛苦工作之后
after+句子；after+名词；after doing
Mike was tired after doing housework.
relax动词：(使)放松
形容词：relaxing令人放松的、轻松的，修饰事物；relaxed感到轻松的、放松的，修饰人。
I feel relaxed after see the funny film. How relaxing the film is!
5、It has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century. 自二十世纪初以来，它就以剧院而闻名。
be famous for因……而出名；be famous as作为……而出名
Beijing is famous as an ancient city for many places of interest.
the early twentieth century 20世纪早期
How many centuries has the ancient city been through （复数）
6、Australian seasons are the opposite of ours. 澳大利亚的季节与我们的相反。
opposite名词：反面；be the opposite of 与……相反； New is the opposite of old.
opposite形容词：对面的、另一边的； There are some cars on the opposite of the road.
opposite 介词：在……对面； She lives opposite the river.
7、Would you mind showing me how to start this online tour 你介意告诉我如何开始这个在线旅游吗
mind doing 介意做某事；mind sb/one’s doing 介意某人做某事
Would you mind doing sth 你介意做某事吗/请你做某事好吗？
Never mind“不要紧、没关系”，用于宽慰别人或回答别人的道歉。
She doesn’t mind lending his notebook to me.
8、Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more in only eight hours!只要点击它，你就可以在短短八小时内游览亚洲、非洲、欧洲、美洲和更多的地方!
Asia亚洲；Asian亚洲的；an Asian country
Africa非洲；African非洲的；an African student
Europe欧洲；European欧洲的；a European city
in only eight hours在仅仅8小时内
in+一段时间，文中表示“在……之内”；大部分语法题中“in+一段时间”表示“……之后”，要用一般将来时will do结构；两个意思需要区分
—How soon will his family return to China —They will return in a week.
9、It is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. 它由英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰组成。
be made up of… 由……组成；make up… 组成……
make up其他意思：编造、化妆
be made of由……制成（看得出原材料）
The table is made of grass.
10、In the centre of the island is Central Park. 岛的中心是中央公园。
该句是倒装句，“表语+谓语动词+主语”是全部倒装，由主语Central Park决定了谓语动词是is。
In front of the house are two big trees.
11、Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island. 世界著名的贸易中心华尔街就在曼哈顿岛的南端。
at the southern end of在……的南端 at the end of在……的末端
southern“南部的”，形容词，修饰名词end
south名词，in the south of在……南部，to the south of在……南边（外部不接壤），on the south of在……南边（外部接壤）
U4
1、Have you decided what to do with these books, Hobo Hob，你决定如何处理这些书了吗？
decide决定，decide to do sth决定做某事
decide not to do sth决定不做某事
decision决定，可数名词；make a decision (to do sth)下定决心（做某事）
what to do with sth如何处理某物；how to deal with sth如何处理某物
what与do with搭配；how与deal with搭配
2、I have to use them to reach the box on the fridge. 我不得不用它们来够冰箱上的盒子。
have to不得不，后接动词原形，表示客观原因；must必须，后接动词原形，表示主观原形
have to的否定形式是don’t/doesn’t/didn’t have to，意为“不必”
use sth to do sth用某物来做某事；
be used to do sth被用来做某事
be used to doing sth习惯做某事
used to do sth过去常常做某事
reach够得着，及物动词，reach sth够得着某物
reach到达，后需加地点。同义短语get to sp，arrive in/at sp；arrive可以不加地点，
3、They improve my knowledge of the past. 它们提高了我对过去的了解。
improve改善、改进、提高
improve the situation改善状况
knowledge不可数名词，the knowledge of对……的了解、……的知识
4、What do you like to read in your spare time 你业余时间喜欢读什么？
in one’s spare time在某人的业余时间；in one’s free time在某人的空余时间
5、After our ship crashed against the rocks, I swam as far as I could. 我们的船撞到岩石上后，我游得尽可能远。
crash against撞到、撞上 against碰、撞、倚靠、违反、反对、对抗
as far as I could我尽可能快
as adv. as sb can某人尽可能……，can可以是过去式could；可以转化成as …as possible
She walked as quickly as she could.=She walked as quickly as possible.
6、By the time I finally felt the land under my feet, I was tired out. 当我终于感觉到脚下的土地时，我已经筋疲力尽了。
by the time到……为止，后接句子
be tired out筋疲力尽
7、I woke up as the sun was rising, but I found I could not move. 当太阳升起时，我醒了，但我发现我不能动了。
as当……时、随着，后接时间状语从句；I felt the wind as I walks along the river.
as因为，后加原因状语从句；I left my exercise book in the classroom as I hurried to go home.
as按照 Do in Rome as the Romans do.
rise升起、上升，sth rise，不及物动词，没有被动语态，过去式rose，过去分词risen
raise养育、筹集、升起，及物动词，raise sb/sth，有被动语态，过去式和过去分词raised
8、Soon some small men started climbing all over me. 很快，一些小个子的人开始爬到我身上。
start to do、start doing开始做某事
all over遍及，all over the city全城；all over the country全国
9、It moved up over my stomach and neck until it was standing near my face. 它在我的肚子和脖子上移动，直到它站在我的脸附近。
over超过、翻越、在……上方
climb over the mountain翻越这座山；fly over the village从村庄上方飞过
until直到，主句是延续性动词，则用until；若主句是短暂性动词，则用not…until，即主句是否定句。
until引导的时间状语从句，符合时态规则：主将（祈、情）从现、主过从过
We waited until they came back.
10、He was the same size as my little finger! 他和我的小手指一样大！
the same size as和……一样的大小 the same…as和……一样的……
This tower is the same height as the building.这座塔和大楼一样高。
11、However, they soon got up again and continued moving across my body. 然而，它们很快又爬了起来，继续在我身上移动。
continue to do继续做另一件事；continue doing继续做同一件事
After a rest, he continues doing his homework.
across介词，（表面）穿过；cross动词，穿过
We walked across the bridge.=We crossed the bridge on foot.
12、I tried to pull one hand free and finally managed to break the ropes. 我试着松开一只手，终于把绳子弄断了。
pull one hand free放开一只手
manage to do sth设法做成某事
13、、I looked down and saw a huge army of tiny people.我低头一看，看到了一支由小人物组成的庞大军队。
look down俯视、向下看 look down on sb轻视、瞧不起
a huge army of一大群
14、Millie has decided what to read. 米莉已经决定读什么了。
动词+疑问词+不定式
what to read读什么；who to talk to/with和谁谈论，to/with不能省略，因为who就是宾语sb
15、Daniel taught himself how to use a computer to draw. 丹尼尔自学了如何用电脑画画。
Don’t forget to tell your mum where to meet you. 别忘了告诉你妈妈在哪里见你。
动词+宾语+疑问词+不定式，用于advise ask decide discuss find out 等词后可用sb作宾语的词
teach himself how to use… 教自己如何使用……
16、They are discussing which colour to paint the walls. 他们正在讨论把墙漆成哪种颜色。
You can ask your parents how much money to take with you. 你可以问你父母带多少钱。
疑问词+名词+不定式
what, which, whose, how many, how much等词后接名词，再接不定式
which colour to paint刷什么颜色；how much money to take带多少钱
17、Mr Wu advised us which to choose as after-school activities. 吴老师建议我们选择哪些作为课后活动。
My friends give me lots of advice on books. 我的朋友们给了我很多关于书籍的建议。
advise动词，建议，advise sb to do sth建议某人做某事；advise doing建议做某事
suggest动词，建议，suggest doing建议做某事，suggest sb doing建议某人做某事
advice不可数名词，建议，advice on sth关于……的建议；some advice一些建议；a piece of advice 一个建议
suggestion可数名词，建议。
18、The first Harry Potter book was a great success in the very beginning. 哈利波特的第一本书一开始就取得了巨大的成功。
success不可数名词，成功；具体指某一事件时，可加冠词a。
succeed in doing成功做某事；successful成功的，形容词；successfully成功地，副词
in the very beginning一开始
19、When Rowling wanted to publish the story, all the British publishing houses refused it. 当罗琳想出版这个故事时，所有的英国出版社都拒绝了。
publish出版，有被动，词组come out，无被动。 publishing houses出版社
British英国的，形容词；名词Britain，英国
refuse拒绝，refuse to do sth拒绝做某事
20、The books have been translated into about 70 languages, with sales of over 450 million copies, in over 200 countries and areas all over the world. 这些书已被翻译成约70种语言，销量超过4.5亿册，分布在全球200多个国家和地区。
be translated into被翻译成；translate … into … 把……翻译成……
with sales of有着……销量
sales销售量
21、You must return them on time.你必须准时归还它们。
must①表义务，必须；②表猜测，肯定 mustn’t禁止、不准，不是不允许
Must I/we do sth？我/我们必须做某事吗？
肯定回答：Yes, you must. 否定回答：No, you needn’t./don’t have to.
time的词组：on time准时、按时；in time及时；all the time一直、总是；at a time一次；at times有时；from time to time有时、偶尔；at the same time同时
22、His story gave me a lot of confidence. 他的故事给了我很大的信心。
confidence信心，不可数名词；have confidence in sb/doing sth对……有信心
confident自信的、有信心的，形容词；be confident in sb/doing sth对……有信心
23、I also want to travel and have exciting experiences in the future.我还想在未来旅行，有激动人心的经历。
have exciting experiences有激动人心的经历
experience经验、体验，不可数名词；experience经历；可数名词。
24、The four great classical Chinese novels are my favourite. 四大名著是我的最爱。
classical形容词，古典的 four great classical Chinese novels四大名著
同步练习
一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. Which is the______ bus station
A. nearest B. near C. far D. nearer
2. I bought _______ exercise books with _______ money.
A. a few, a few B. a few, a little
C. a little, a few D. a little, a little
3. “Tom is not as tall as Jim” means “________”.
A. Jim is not as tall as Tom B. Jim is taller than Tom
C. Jim is as tall as Tom D. Tom is taller than Jim
4. —Would you like to go shopping with me
—________.
A. That’s right B. Yes, please
C. Quite well D. Yes, I’d like to
5. There’ re many ________ from all over the world in the World Park.
A. interest of places B. interested places
C. places of interests D. interesting places
6. Tom is a true friend, ________ I didn’t like him at the ________.
A. but, beginning B. or, end
C. and, end D. and, beginning
7. John is lying on the grass. What’s wrong ________ him
A. with B. goes C. have gone D. go
8. —Must we do it now
—No, you _____.
A. won’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. don’t
9. It’s dangerous. ________!
A. Don’t be careful B. Not be careful
C. Be careful D. Don’t care full
10.Which man is carrying_______ boxes, the first or the second
A. more B. much C. many D. the most
11.Your apples are small, and mine are_______ bigger.
A. very B. many C. much D. more
12.What about_______
A. play football B. playing football
C. to play football D. playing the football
13. — You may go to Milan for a free trip.
—It’s a very kind_____, but I really can't accept it.
A. excuse B. offer C. promise D. decision
14. I have a lovely room. It's the ______ in the hotel.
A. nice B. nicer C. nicest D. most nice
15. My parents always tell me ______ more vegetables and fruit.
A. eat B. eating C. eats D. to eat
二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
In summer, many people will head for the beach. But this time I don’t know why we’re traveling down the Rhine River on a boat.
The Rhine is a famous waterway of Germany. It’s interesting to watch so many boats 1 up and down the river. And we can see people working in the vineyards (葡萄园) on the hillsides. My friend says the 2 here is famous all over the world.
Suddenly our boat slows down and begins to turn a little. On our right we can see a large rock over 400 feet 3 . At first it looks like quite 4 usual rock, but my friends tell me 5 there are many stories, poems, and songs about the rock.
Someone on the boat begins to sing in German. It is a song about Lorelei, a beautiful girl 6 long golden hair. She once sat on the rock, 7 to lure (引诱) the boats to run into the rocks.
Soon 8 people on the boat begin to sing. The beautiful 9 adds to special magic (魔力) to the moment, and I begin to know why so many people would like 10 a trip down the Rhine to see the rock of the Lorelei.
1. A. went B. going C. to go D. go
2. A. wine B. water C. boat D. song
3. A. tall B. wide C. long D. high
4. A. a B. an C. the D. /
5. A. it B. this C. that D. those
6. A. with B. in C. had D. has
7. A. sang B. singing C. sung D. songs
8. A. another B. others C. else D. other
9. A. girl B. rock C. song D. story
10. A. making B. to make C. make D. made
三、阅读理解
A
Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May this year.
The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.
The school had been closed for the last nine months after is former (前任的) teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary school. The new teacher, Ms Puckey, was to start teaching the girl and reopen the school.
But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.
“I was not pleased with the new teacher,” the mother said. “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms Puckey got the job, my children would not be going to school.”
The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The reading is about ________.
A. the smallest school that was closed down
B. the only pupil in the smallest school
C. the new teacher and her teaching
D. the old teacher who just retired
2. “turn up” in the reading means _________.
A. pass an exam B. go to school
C. pay money D. hand in homework
3. From the reading we can know that the school _________.
A. is too far for the students B. does not have enough teachers
C. does not have many pupils D. is new but small
4. Before the school was closed down, _________.
A. the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home
B. the only pupil had to move to a secondary school
C. a famous newspaper had written something about it
D. the girl’s mother had a talk with the former teacher
5. The reading does not say but we can infer(推断) _________.
A. the girl’s mother had only one child
B. the new teacher was not kind to the girl
C. the old teacher was fit to teach the girl
D. the parents were unhappy with the school.
B
Once there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was said that the island would go down, so all made boats and left except Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to offer her help until the last possible moment. When the island had almost gone down, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a great boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you ” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”
Sadness was close by, so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.” “Oh, Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even notice when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. Love was so excited that she even forgot to ask who the elder was. So Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me ” “It was Time.” Knowledge answered. “Time ” asked Love. “But why did Time help me ”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time understands how valuable Love is.”
6. What would happen to the island
A.It would grow bigger. B.It would sink.
C.It drove feelings away. D.All the feelings lived.
7. Sadness didn’t see Love when he passed by Love, did he
A.Yes, he did. B.Yes, he didn’t.
C.No, he didn’t. D.No, he did.
8. Why didn’t Happiness help Love
A.Because Happiness didn’t like Love.
B.Because Happiness didn’t hear Love calling her.
C.Because her boat was so small that she couldn’t take Love with her.
D.Because she needed to be by herself.
9. Who helped Love out of danger
A. Sadness. B. Knowledge. C. Happiness. D. Time.
10. What does the underlined word “valuable” mean in Chinese
A.令人喜爱的 B.珍贵的 C.吸引人的 D.有爱心的
C
Tony never eats fish. This is not because he is allergic(过敏) to fish as food. He simply does not like the taste of it. You may not think this quite surprising, until I tell you that he has been a fisherman of one kind or another for most of his life.
At first, fishing was just a hobby. He used to sit on the river bank with his fishing rod(鱼竿) in his hand, waiting to feel the pull on the line. It meant a fish was trying to get the food from the hook(鱼钩). He wound(收回) the line as soon as possible and took the hook from the fish’s mouth, recorded its size in a notebook, then threw it back into the water.
Later, he used to go to sea on his friend’s fishing boat. Instead of throwing back the fish they caught, his friend took them home, where his wife cooked them or put them in the fridge for future meals.
Finally, Tony took a job on a large fishing boat. In their huge nets, they caught many fish at a time. Every time Tony found some small fish in the nets, he would say to himself: “How poor you are!” Again, Tony threw the small fish back into the sea.
1. Why does Tony never eat fish Because __________.
A. he has been a fisherman for most of his life
B. he doesn’t like the taste of fish
C. he does not eat fish or meat
D. he would have a stomachache after having fish
2. He used to sit by the river, _________.
A. waiting for the fish to eat the food from the hook
B. listening to soft music and waiting for his friend
C. waiting for his friend to talk about their dreams
D. sitting around and doing nothing
3. What did Tony do after he got fish from the river
A. He brought it back home and cooked it.
B. He sent it to his friend’s home.
C. He took a photo of the fish and posted it onlines.
D. He threw it back into the river.
4. Tony’s friend took the fish home and _______.
A. he could enjoy the harevsest with Tony
B. he wrote down the size of the fish in a notebook
C. he cooked and shared them with Tony together
D. his wife cooked them or prepared them for future meals
5. From the passage, we know that _________.
A. Tony never changed his job
B. Tony didn’t get along well with his friend
C. Tony is a kind of fisherman
D. Tony caught few fish at a time
一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
【答案】A。
【解析】考查形容词的最高级，near的最高级是nearest。
2. 【答案】B。
【解析】a few修饰可数名词，a little修饰不可数名词，故选B。
3.【答案】B。
【解析】考查同义句转换，句意为“汤姆没有吉姆高”。
4.【答案】D。
【解析】考查Would you like to do ...句式的肯定回答，应用I’d like to。回答时to不能省略。
5.【答案】D。
【解析】考查interesting作定语，修饰名词places。
6. 【答案】A。
【解析】句意前后表示转折，用but。at the beginning固定词组，意为“开始”。
7. 【答案】A。
【解析】考查句型What’s wrong with… ，意为“怎么了？”。
8. 【答案】B。
【解析】情态动词must引导的的一般疑问句，否定回答用needn’t。
9. 【答案】C。
【解析】考查祈使句Be careful，意为“危险，当心/注意！”
10. 【答案】A。
【解析】考查many的比较级，句意为“第一个人和第二个人哪个人搬的箱子多？”。
11.【答案】C。
【解析】考查形容词比较级的修饰语，much, a little等可以用来修饰形容词和副词的比较级。
12.【答案】B。
【解析】考查What about doing...？句式，表示“征求对方意见”。
13.【答案】B。
【解析】句意：——你可以免费去米兰旅游。——这是一个非常好的提议，但我真的不能接受它。本题考查名词辨析。excuse借口；offer提议；promise承诺；decision决定。根据句意可知答案为B项。
14. 【答案】C。
【解析】句意：我有一个可爱的房间。它是这个酒店最好的。根据句意可知要用nice的最高级，即nicest。故选C项。
15. 【答案】D。
【解析】句意：我父母总是告诉我多吃蔬菜和水果。本题考查非谓语动词。tell sb. to do sth.告诉某人做某事，故选D。
二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
【答案】B。
【解析】从下文“And we can see...”可知此处为“正在观看”。
2. 【答案】A。
【解析】根据语境“…the vineyards (葡萄园) on the hillsides”，可推断答案。
3. 【答案】D。
【解析】high指山脉、建筑物等的高度。
4. 【答案】A。
【解析】usual开头的读音为辅音。
5. 【答案】C。
【解析】此处that引导宾语从句，可省略。
6. 【答案】A。
【解析】with long golden hair作girl的后置定语。
7. 【答案】B。
【解析】现在分词singing伴随sat而发生。
8. 【答案】D。
【解析】people为复数，因此A错误；else和others不放在名词前作定语。
9. 【答案】C。
【解析】从上文“...begin to sing”可推断答案。
10. 【答案】B。
【解析】would like意为“想要”，后接to do sth.。
三、阅读理解
A篇
【答案】A。
【解析】综观全文可知，短文介绍了只有一个学生的一所学校，以及由于这位学生停学而关闭的过程，故选项A为本题的正确答案。
2. 【答案】B。
【解析】那个唯一的学生不再上学，结果学校也关门了。fail在此意为“放弃”，由此可确定turn up 的意思就是go to school，故选项B为本题的正确答案。
3. 【答案】C。
【解析】这个女孩是这所学校唯一的学生，由此可推断这所学校的学生实在太少了，故选项C是正确答案。
4. 【答案】D。
【解析】根据“I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms. Puckey got the job, my children would not be going to school.”可知，已和退休的老师谈过不让新来的老师教她的孩子，故选项D为正确答案。
5. 【答案】C。
【解析】由这位母亲希望这位老教师仍然教她女儿，由此推断这位老教师很适合这个工作，故选项C为正确答案。
B篇
【答案】B。
【解析】根据第一段中的“One day it was said that the island would go down”可知答案为B项。
2.【答案】A。
【解析】根据第四段内容可知Sadness看见了Love。
3.【答案】B。
【解析】根据第五段“Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even notice when Love called her.”可知答案。
4.【答案】D。
【解析】根据倒数第二段中的“Who helped me ” “It was Time.”可知答案。
5.【答案】B。
【解析】valuable意为“珍贵的”。
C篇
【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述了作为渔业工作者的托尼喜欢钓鱼却不喜欢吃鱼的故事。
1. 【答案】B
【解析】考查细节理解题。根据He simply does not like the taste of it. 他不喜欢鱼的味道，可知选B。
【答案】A
【解析】考查细节理解题。根据He used to sit on the river bank with his fishing rod in his hand, waiting to feel the pull on the line. 他等着感觉到绳子的拉力，可知是等待鱼儿从钩子上吃食物，故选A。
3. 【答案】D
【解析】考查细节理解题。根据He wound the line as soon as possible and took the hook from the fish’s mouth, recorded its size in a notebook, then threw it back into the water.他记下鱼的大小后再扔回水里，可知选D。
4. 【答案】D
【解析】考查细节理解题。根据his friend took them home, where his wife cooked them or put them in the fridge for future meals.，可知朋友们带回家做鱼吃或放进冰箱里，故选D。
5.【答案】C
【解析】考查细节理解题。A. Tony never changed his job托尼从未改变他的工作;B. Tony didn't get along well with his friend托尼和他的朋友相处不好;C. Tony is kind of fisher man托尼是一个渔夫;D. Tony caught few fish at time托尼一次钓不到几条鱼。根据短文内容,结合第一段 he has been fisherman of one kind or another for most of his life.,可知本文讲述的是渔夫托尼钓鱼的故事,故选C。