(共15张PPT)
Unit 8 Pets
Unit 8 Pets
知识概要
Unit 8 Pets
课时讲练
Comic strip & Welcome to the unit（第一课时）
1.Bring me something to eat. 给我带吃的东西来。
（1）bring意为“拿来，带来”。其后常接双宾语，bring sb sth=bring sth to sb，意为“把某物带（来）给某人”。例如：
Please bring my dictionary to me next Monday. 下周一请把我的词典带给我。
（2） something to eat意为“吃的东西”，其中的something是不定代词，to eat为动词不定式，修饰不定代词something。动词不定式作定语修饰名词或代词时，常位于所修饰词之后。例如：
We have many interesting books to read. 我们有许多有趣的书要看。
Would you like something to drink 你要喝点什么吗？
【即时训练】
( ) —Mum, the homeless cat must be hungry.
—Wait a minute. I am going to bring it something ______.
C
A.eat B.eating C.to eat
2.That’s it. 就是这样。
“That’s it.”是非正式用语，常用于口语中，用来表示赞同或鼓励，意为“对，就是这样；正是如此”等。例如：
—So she’s going to keep a rabbit as a pet. 所以她打算养只兔子当宠物。
—That’s it. 正是这样。
3.I can feed her carrots and I like her long ears. 我可以喂她胡萝卜，我喜欢她的长耳朵。
feed是动词，意为“喂，喂养”，其过去式是fed。常见用法有：
（1） feed on意为“以……为食”。例如：
Sheep feed on grass. 羊以草为食。
（2） feed sth to sb/sth= feed sb/sth （on） sth意为“给某人/某物喂……”。例如：
Some children are feeding bread to the ducks.=Some children are feeding the ducks （on） bread. 一些孩子在拿面包喂鸭子。
4.I want to teach him to speak. 我想教他说话。
teach是动词，意为“教；教导；教授”。 常见用法有：
（1） teach sb sth意为“教某人某事”。例如：
Mr Green teaches us English this term. 这个学期格林先生教我们英语。
（2） teach sb to do sth意为“教某人做某事”。例如：
Can you teach me to dance 你能教我跳舞吗
（3） teach oneself 意为“自学……”，相当于learn...by oneself。例如：
Linda taught herself Chinese.= Linda learned Chinese by herself. 琳达自学了汉语。
【即时训练】
( ) —Who taught you ______, Jim
—I learned it by myself.
B
A.skate B.to skate C.to skating
一、根据句意和中文提示写出单词。
1.Why are there so many ______ （老鼠） in the house
2.The little girl often sits on her mother’s ______ （膝盖） and listens
to beautiful stories.
mice
knees
3.You don’t need to _____ （喂） the cat much food.
4.Can you _____ （握住，拿） the books for a while when I am
cleaning the desk
5.If you keep some _____ （宠物）, you should care about them and
look after them well.
feed
hold
pets
二、用方框中所给单词的正确形式填空。
1.Look! The ________ （goldfish） in the glass tank（缸） are so
beautiful!
2.Please bring me __________ （anything） to drink.
3.The doctor will look you over _________ （careful）.
goldfish
something
carefully
4.—What do _______ （rabbit） like eating most
—Carrots, I think.
rabbits
5.Jack has a nice parrot. He likes it and teaches it _________ （speak）
when he is free.
to speak
三、单项选择。
( ) 1.I don’t want a dog, ________ my room is not big enough.
B
A.so B.because C.and
( ) 2.Animals are our friends. We shouldn’t be ________ to them.
A
A.rude B.friendly C.kind
( ) 3.Mary often plays ________ her cat in the yard（院子）.
B
A.at B.with C.to
( ) 4.There is a pond（池塘） behind my house, and it’s
interesting ________ the ducks swim around in it.
C
A.watch B.watching C.to watch
( ) 5.—Mum, is this a poem for children
—________. I think you’ll like it.
C
A.Come on B.That’s all C.That’s it(共27张PPT)
Task & Self-assessment（第六课时）
1.She never worries because we take good care of her. 她无忧无虑，因为我们把她照顾得很周到。
worry此处用作不及物动词，意为“烦恼，发愁；担心”。形容词形式是worried。常跟介词about连用，构成短语worry about或be worried about，意为“为……担心；担心……”。例如：
I worry about her health.=I am worried about her health. 我为她的健康担心。
【拓展】worry还可以用作及物动词，意为“使烦恼，使焦虑”，常接sb作宾语。例如：
The coming Maths exam worries me a lot. 即将到来的数学考试让我很担心。
2.She likes sleeping in a basket. 她喜欢在篮子里睡觉。
basket是可数名词，意为“篮子”。a basket of意为“一篮子……”。例如：
He is holding a basket of eggs. 他正拿着一篮子鸡蛋。
3.What does it look like 它看上去怎么样
“What does/do...look like ”用来询问人或物的外貌特征。例如：
—What does your sister look like 你的姐姐长什么样/怎么样？
—She’s tall with big eyes. 她个子高，眼睛大。
【拓展】“What be...like ”既可以用来询问性格特征，又可以用来询问外貌特征。例如：
—What’s Peter like 彼得长什么样/怎么样？
—He’s strong./He’s kind and helpful. 他很强壮。/他善良，又乐于助人。
【即时训练】
( ) —What does your parrot look like
—______
C
A.She likes beans（豆）.
B.She can repeat my words.
C.She is small with blue and yellow feathers.
一、根据句意和中文提示写出单词。
1.Annie is in hospital. I went to see her with a _______ （篮子） of
fruit yesterday.
2.Don’t be _____ （粗鲁的） to animals. They are our friends.
basket
rude
3.You can feed the little cat some ______ （温的） milk.
4.That lovely dog _______ （重） about 300 grams at birth.
warm
weighs
5.—What’s your _______ （麻烦）, Madam
—I’m not feeling well and I cough a lot.
trouble
6.The man is looking for his pet cat, a black one with two white front
______ （爪子）.
paws
二、用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
1.The bookshop near my home is very ______ （noise）.
2.Tom _______ （forget） to close the windows when he left the
room.
3.Would you like to go _________ （camp） with us this Saturday
4.When something ________ （worry） me, I usually go to my
parents.
5.My grandma ____ （feed） all the ducks just now. They’re full now.
6.Jane didn’t go _________ （somewhere） last Sunday. She was at
home.
noisy
forgot
camping
worries
fed
anywhere
三、单项选择。
( ) 1.Steven ________ the phone number many times, but the
Japanese girl still couldn’t write it down.
A
A.repeated B.lent C.taught
( ) 2.—Mum, do you think it’s a good idea to take my pet dog
to the party
—I don’t think so. Not ________ likes dogs.
C
A.someone B.anyone C.everyone
( ) 3.—Amy, ________ does your pet dog weigh
—About 10 kilograms.
C
A.how long B.how many C.how much
( ) 4.To keep the Qingxiu Mountain clean, some volunteers go
there to ________ rubbish.
B
A.grow up B.pick up C.stay up
( ) 5.—Do fish sleep I think they’re swimming around ________.
—Of course they sleep. But they sleep with their eyes open.
C
A.all the same B.at that time C.all the time
( ) 6.—How often do you clean your own bedroom, Jack
—________.
B
A.This afternoon B.Once a week C.For five days
四、根据语篇内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词，并用其正确形式填
空。每个单词只能用一次。
hero save neck help master take
more jump quickly happen
A dog called Storm saved a baby deer from the water off the
coast（岸） of Long Island in New York.
One day, Mark, the dog’s 1. ., was taking Storm for a walk. The dog ran happily at first, but then he saw a little deer in the water.
master
He soon 2. . into the water and started swimming out to the deer. He bit the little animal by the 3. ., and started swimming to the coast.
“I didn’t know what 4. . at first. Then I found out Storm was trying to 5. . that baby deer. He was so brave and 6. .,” said Mark. Then he 7. . out his phone, shot（拍摄） a video and put it on Facebook. 8. . than 4.5 million people watched the video on the Internet and it made the little dog a 9. ..
jumped
neck
happened
save
helpful
took
More
hero
hero save neck help master take
more jump quickly happen
When the baby deer got to the coast, he ran away 10. ..
He was so happy that he was safe.
quickly
hero save neck help master take
more jump quickly happen
五、阅读理解。
Jeff has a pet. It’s a dog. It is white. Jeff likes it very much. He thinks the dog is very smart. It can play ball games and it can buy newspapers （报纸） for Jeff. Every morning, Jeff puts one dollar into the dog’s mouth （嘴） and it goes to the shop to buy newspapers for Jeff.
Jeff has a good friend Mark. Jeff told Mark about his smart dog. Mark didn’t believe it.
Today, Mark came to see Jeff in the morning. Jeff was playing with his dog. Mark said, “I will give your dog money. I don’t think it can buy newspapers.”
“Have a try （试一下）,” said Jeff.
Then Mark put money into the dog’s mouth and the dog walked out. After ten minutes, the dog didn’t come back. After an hour, the dog didn’t come back.
“How much money did you give the dog ” asked Jeff.
“Five dollars.”
“Well, if it has five dollars, it will go to the movies （看电影）,” said Jeff.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
( ) 1.What colour is Jeff’s dog
B
A.Brown. B.White. C.Yellow.
( ) 2.What can we know about the dog from the passage
B
A.It can’t play with balls.
B.It takes money with its mouth.
C.It gets up early in the morning.
( ) 3.The underlined（画线的） word “believe” means “________”
in Chinese.
B
A.承诺 B.相信 C.回答
( ) 4.Mark gave the dog ________ dollars.
A
A.five B.four C.three
( ) 5.Which of the following is TRUE
C
A.The dog doesn’t like Mark.
B.Mark came to see Jeff in the afternoon.
C.The dog didn’t come back with newspapers today.
六、书面表达。
假设你养了一只名为Mimi的宠物猫，请根据以下提示用英语写一篇
70词左右的短文介绍这只猫。
内容提示：
1.two years old, grey fur, green eyes
2.like milk, fish
3.like sleeping under... playing with...
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
I have a pet cat. Her name is Mimi and she is two years old.
Mimi has short grey fur and white paws. Her eyes are green. She is
very small and lovely. Her favourite food is fish. She also likes milk.
I feed her every evening.
Mimi likes sleeping under my grandmother’s bed. My grandmother
plays with her every day. She is a member of our family. We will
look after her well till the end.
Unit 8 Pets
知识清单
重点短语
swim around 游来游去
2. teach him to speak教他说话
3. make trouble 惹麻烦
4. run after 追赶
5. with eyes open wide 眼睛睁得大大的
6. build...out of... 用……搭建……
7. look after/take care of 照顾，照料
8. till the end直到最后
9. look around for me 四处找我
10. repeat my words重复我的话
11. all the time 一直
12. weigh up to 重达……
13. in the sun 在阳光下
14. pick up 捡起
15. grow up 成长；长大成人
16. walk the dog 遛狗
17. make some noise 弄出一些噪声
18. be afraid of 害怕
重点句型
1. I like watching them swim around. 我喜欢看着它们游来游去。
2. My dog is the cleverest animal of all. 我的狗是最聪明的动物。
3. He’d never bark or bite. 他从来不乱叫，也不咬人。
4. She isn’t any trouble. 她一点也不烦人。
5. We don’t have to feed her much. 我们不必喂她太多（食物）。
6. When she gets tired, she sleeps anywhere. 当她累的时候，她到处都
能睡。
7. Goldfish are easy to look after. 金鱼很容易照料。
8. There’s nothing wrong with keeping a snake if you like. 如果你喜
欢蛇，养一条也没问题。
9. They can grow up to be 20 centimetres long and weigh up to 400
grams 它们能长到20厘米长，重达400克。
10. We learned about how to look after them. 我们了解如何去照料它
们。
重点语法
1. 形容词
形容词可用来修饰名词或者代词，表示人或物的性质、状态和特征，在句中通常作定语、表语等成分。
2. 复合不定代词
我们常用不定代词指代不特定的人或物。复合不定代词由some-、any-、no-、every-与-one、-body、-thing等构成。(共20张PPT)
Reading（第二、三课时）
1.He doesn’t just run after a ball. 他不仅仅会追赶球。
run after是固定短语，意为“追逐，追赶”。例如：
The cat is running after a mouse. 那只猫正在追赶一只老鼠。
2.With eyes open wide... 睁大眼睛……
wide用作副词，意为“充分地”，常用来修饰动词或形容词，在此句中修饰前面的形容词open。例如：
Please open your mouth wide and say “Ah”. 张大你的嘴巴说“啊”。
【拓展】
（1） wide还可以用作形容词，意为“宽广的，宽阔的”。例如：
Between the two cities, there is a wide river. 那两座城市之间有一条宽阔的河流。
（2） wide和widely作副词时的区别：
①wide意为“敞开；充分张开地”，表示空间宽度。例如：
He stood there with his legs wide open. 他站在那里，两腿叉开。
②widely意为“广泛地，普遍地”，表示抽象意义的宽。例如：
English is widely used in the world. 英语在世界上被广泛使用。
3.I’ll look after him till the end. 我会照顾他一直到最后。
（1） look after是固定短语，意为“照顾，照料”，相当于take care of。例如：
I look after myself well.=I take good care of myself. 我照顾好自己。
（2） till此处用作介词，意为“到……时，直到……为止”，与until意思相近，常与延续性动词连用。例如：
She waited till/until the children fell asleep. 她一直等到孩子们睡着。
【即时训练】
( ) Tina and Eric wanted money, but they had to wait ______
Monday to call the bank manager.
B
A.when B.till C.as
4.She isn’t any trouble. 她不惹麻烦。
trouble此处用作不可数名词，意为“困难，麻烦”。常见用法有：
（1） （be） in trouble意为“处于困境中”。例如：
Never be afraid to ask others for help when you’re in trouble. 当你遇到困难时，决不要害怕向别人求助。
（2） have trouble with/（in） doing意为“在……时遇到困难/麻烦”。例如：
She has lots of trouble with maths. =She has lots of trouble （in） learning maths. 她学数学时遇到很多困难。
【拓展】trouble还可用作及物动词，意为“麻烦，使烦恼”。例如：
I’m sorry to trouble you. 很抱歉麻烦你了。
【即时训练】
I have trouble _____________ （understand） the new words. Can you
help me
understanding
一、根据句意和中文提示写出单词。
1.Li Bai wrote many famous _______ （诗） in his life.
poems
2.—What do you think of keeping a cat at home
—I don’t think it is any _______ （麻烦）. It can bring us much fun.
trouble
3.John is kind and he never ______ （打架） with others.
fights
4.Your sister is _______ （躲，藏） behind the door.
5.Don’t ______ （触摸） the dog. It may bite you.
hiding
touch
6.—What can I do for you, young man
—I am looking for a nice walking _____ （棍） for my grandpa.
stick
7.Jim has a younger sister and she was born at the _____ （末尾）
of 2019.
8.“Open your mouth ______ （充分地） and let me have a look,” the
dentist（牙医） says.
end
wide
二、用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
1.I want to teach the children how ________ （draw）.
to draw
2.—Why do you seldom answer questions in class, Jane
—Because I am afraid of ________ （make） mistakes（错误）.
making
3.My cat is so ________ （friend）. She never miaows at others.
4.I think monkeys are the _________ （clever） animals of all.
5.These small animals can do __________ （wonder） tricks.
6.People _____ （build） a bridge over the river two years ago.
friendly
cleverest
wonderful
built
三、单项选择。
( ) 1.The old man cannot read ________ write. But he has a
good memory.
C
A.and B.but C.or
( ) 2.Which of the following words rhymes with “bite”
B
A.pair B.fight C.buy
( ) 3.—How should I teach my dog to do any tricks
—Well, you should be ________ first, or he will run away.
B
A.rude B.gentle C.shy
( ) 4.—Listen! Can you hear a dog ________ far away, Tom
—Yes, I can.
B
A.bubbling B.barking C.singing
( ) 5.—Why is your dog walking around in the bushes
—Maybe he is ________ for my cat. He needs a friend to play with
now.
A
A.hunting B.hurting C.holding
( ) 6.If you feed your pet fish ________ food at a time, they
would die from overeating（撑死）.
B
A.much too B.too much C.too many
( ) 7.—Please be quiet. Don’t make so much noise in the library.
—________.
C
A.Yes, please
B.Of course I will
C.Sorry, I won’t do it again
四、根据所给中文意思，完成下面的句子。每空一词。
1.鱼儿睡觉的时候眼睛会睁得大大的吗？
Do fish sleep with their eyes ______ ______
open
wide
2.晴天将持续到本周末。
It will be sunny ____ ____ _____ of the week.
till
the
end
3.吉姆足够大了，可以照顾好自己了。
Jim is old enough to _____ good _____ ___ himself.
take
care
of
4.用纸做衣服听起来很有趣。
It sounds fun to ______ clothes ____ ___ paper.
make
out
of
5.不要在楼梯上互相追逐，太危险了。
Don’t ____ _____ each other on the stairs. That’s too dangerous.
run
after
五、根据语篇内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词，并用其正确形式填
空。每个单词只能用一次。
run lazy pet on yellow friend hair cat sleep or
I love animals. And I have two 1._____ at home, a dog and a cat. The dog’s name is Dahuang, because he is a big dog and he is 2._______. Dahuang is smart. He can walk 3.____ two legs. He also likes running and playing with balls. He 4._____ with me every morning. Nuonuo is the name of the 5.____. Nuonuo is a beautiful girl.
pets
yellow
on
runs
cat
She has big eyes and short 6._____. Nuonuo is kind of fat. She doesn’t like sports. She only loves 7.________. You can always see her sleeping under the chair 8.___ on the sofa. So I often say she is a 9._____ cat. Dahuang and Nuonuo are good 10._______, but sometimes they fight. It’s fun to have these two animals.
hair
sleeping
or
lazy
friends
run lazy pet on yellow friend hair cat sleep or
六、完形填空。
My name is Jane. I’m 13.Four months ago, my mother took me to a pet shop in the neighbourhood. There were many dogs, cats and pigs in the shop. . .1. . I walked past a piglet （小猪）, he looked at me and made some noise. The white-and-black piglet . .2. . very beautiful and clever. I thought he may want to be my . .3. .. So I asked my mother to take him and . .4. . him a cute name Lucas.
Lucas was only two months old when he came to my home. He was not lazy at all as he kept moving. He . .5. . everywhere and made a lot of trouble. He even played with my father’s books! So my . .6. . became very angry and did not like him . .7. . more.
One evening, a thief（小偷） broke into our house when we were all sleeping. But Lucas . .8. .the thief at once. He ran to the thief . .9. . and bit one of the man’s legs. Then we woke up and caught the thief. From then on, Lucas became . .10. . all over our town. And of course, my father was one of his biggest fans.
( ) 1.A.When B.If C.And
A
( ) 2.A.watched B.looked C.stood
B
( ) 3.A.owner B.classmate C.friend
C
( ) 4.A.gave B.had C.took
A
( ) 5.A.sang B.ran C.danced
B
( ) 6.A.mother B.father C.sister
B
( ) 7.A.any B.other C.some
A
( ) 8.A.looked B.got C.found
C
( ) 9.A.quickly B.carefully C.badly
A
( ) 10.A.happy B.amazing C.famous
C(共16张PPT)
Grammar（第四课时）
1.形容词
形容词可用来修饰名词或者代词，表示人或物的性质、状态和特征，在句中通常作定语、表语等成分。
（1） 形容词在句中作定语，放在所修饰的名词前。当形容词修饰something、anything、 nothing、everything等复合不定代词时，要后置。例如：
Lucy is a good student. 露西是一个好学生。
Is there anything interesting in the film 电影里有什么有趣的内容吗？
（2）形容词在句中作表语，放在系动词be、feel、look、become、get、turn等之后。例如：
The fish is delicious. 那鱼肉很美味。
Your mother looks very young. 你妈妈看起来很年轻。
（3） 多个形容词作定语时排列的一般顺序：
限定词（a、an、my...）→表示大小、长短、高低的形容词→表示形状的形容词→表示年龄、新旧的形容词→表示色彩的形容词→表示国籍、地区的形容词→表示材料的形容词→名词中心词。例如：
a long new black leather coat 一件长长的新的黑色皮大衣
2.复合不定代词
（1） 复合不定代词的构成
指人 指人 指物
one body thing
some- someone somebody something
any- anyone anybody anything
no（-） no one nobody nothing
every- everyone everybody everything
（2） 复合不定代词的用法：
①some-构成的复合不定代词通常用于肯定句，someone与somebody可通用；any-构成的复合不定代词多用于否定句或疑问句中，anyone与anybody可通用。例如：
There is someone/somebody in the fitting room. 有人在试衣间。
Is there anything in the bag 袋子里有东西吗？
②在表示请求、邀请、建议并期望得到肯定回答的疑问句中，用some-构成的复合不定代词。例如：
Would you like something to drink 你想喝点什么吗
③no one、nobody、nothing均表示否定含义。no one和nobody可通用。例如：
No one/Nobody can do it better. 没有人能做得更好。
I have nothing to say now. 我现在没什么话可说。
（3） 使用复合不定代词的注意事项：
①复合不定代词作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。例如：
Everything is ready, isn’t it 一切都准备好了，不是吗？
Listen! Someone is knocking at the door. 听！有人在敲门。
②修饰复合不定代词的形容词要放在复合不定代词的后面。例如：
There is nothing wrong with the computer. 这台电脑没什么毛病。
【即时训练】
( ) —You look pale today, Sir. What’s the matter with you
—______ serious. Just a cold.
C
A.Something B.Anything C.Nothing
一、根据句意和中文提示写出单词。
1.I can’t find my English book _________ （在任何地方）.
2.Look! A _____ （懒惰的） cat is sleeping on the sofa.
3.Would you please _______ （重复） the number I wasn’t listening.
anywhere
lazy
repeat
4.—Can I have a snake as a pet, Dad
—Oh, no. I don’t ______ （同意）.
agree
5.My grandparents __________ （饲养） more than fifty chickens in
the garden.
raise/keep
二、连词成句，注意形容词的位置。
1.smart/looks/in/shirt/Jack/white/this
________________________________.
Jack looks smart in this white shirt
2.all/my/busy/time/parents/the/are
______________________________.
My parents are busy all the time
3.are/tortoises/look after/to/easy/quiet/and
______________________________________.
Tortoises are quiet and easy to look after
4.there/with/is/machine/anything/the/wrong
______________________________________
Is there anything wrong with the machine
5.difficult/the/is/question/and/can/it/answer/nobody
______________________________________________.
The question is difficult and nobody can answer it
三、单项选择。
( ) 1.—Come here, Jim. It’s time for dinner.
—I’m not ________ at the moment, Mum. I just had a hamburger.
C
A.full B.tired C.hungry
( ) 2.________ lives together with Mrs White. She lives alone.
B
A.Somebody B.Nobody C.Anybody
( ) 3.John is ________. No one likes him.
A
A.a rude man B.rude a man C.a man rude
( ) 4.—It’s so hot. Why not have ________ to drink
—Good idea!
B
A.nothing cool B.something cool C.cool something
( ) 5.—How is ________ going, Uncle Li
—Not bad.
C
A.something B.anything C.everything
( ) 6.—I don’t think people should keep animals as pets.
—________. Some old people live alone. Pets are their good friends.
C
A.I agree B.That’s true C.I don’t agree
四、根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择恰当的不定代词填空。有一
个选项是多余的。
nothing anyone everything someone nobody something everybody anything
1.I have __________ important to tell you.
something
2.—Linda, _________ is waiting for you at the school gate.
—Really Who can it be
someone
3.He only listens to his mother. He doesn’t listen to _______ else.
4.___________ is ready now for the party.
anyone
Everything
5.They don’t have enough storybooks for __________. So some
children will have to share.
6.There’s ________ in the basket. It’s empty.
everybody
nothing
7.—OK. Two hamburgers and a glass of juice. _________ else
—No. That’s all. Thanks.
Anything
8.—Who is in the teachers’ office
—________, I think. The lights are all off.
Nobody
nothing anyone everything someone nobody something everybody anything(共17张PPT)
Integrated skills & Study skills（第五课时）
1.Put your goldfish in the sun. 把你的金鱼放在阳光下。
in the sun意为“在阳光下”。例如：
These wet clothes will soon dry out in the sun. 这些湿衣服在太阳下很快就会干。
2.A goldfish can weigh up to 40 grams. 一条金鱼可以重达40克。
（1） weigh是动词，意为“重；称……的重量”，其名词形式weight，意为“重量”。例如：
How much does the stone weigh
=What’s the weight of the stone 这块石头有多重
The little boy thought of a good way to weigh the elephant. 小男孩想出了给那头大象称重的好办法。
（2） up to意为“达到（某数量、程度等），至多有”。例如：
There are up to 3,000 students in our school. 我们学校的学生多达3000名。
【即时训练】
If you want to lose _______ （weigh）, you’d better stay away from
the sweet food.
weight
3.Goldfish are easy to look after. 金鱼容易照料。
“主语+连系动词+形容词+to do sth”是英语中的一个重要句式。在该句中，若主语是后面动词不定式的逻辑宾语，该句式可转换成“It+连系动词+形容词+to do sth”。此句可表达为“It is easy to look after goldfish.”。例如：
English is easy to learn.=It’s easy to learn English. 英语很容易学。
4.Do they make any noise 它们制造噪声吗？
noise意为“嘈杂声，噪声”， 通常表示令人心烦或不和谐的“响声”。noisy是形容词，意为“吵闹的，嘈杂的”。例如：
The children made much noise in the living room. 孩子们在起居室里很吵。
It’s noisy outside. 外面很吵。
5.在因特网上查找信息
因特网是一种国际电脑网络。它连接着世界各地的电脑网络。我们可以用搜索引擎迅速、方便地找到我们需要的信息。输入一个或几个关键词，搜索引擎就会给你一连串的相关网站供你浏览。
一、根据句意和中文提示写出单词。
1.Try not to make so much ______ （噪声）.
2.The little boy is learning to ______ （刷） his teeth.
noise
brush
3.—How much does your sister _______ （称重）
—About 30 kg.
weigh
4.People can get all kinds of ___________ （信息） from the Internet.
5.Mr Li gave an interesting _____ （讲座） on his visit to Tibet.
information
talk
二、用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
1.Suzy was born and ______ （grow） up in Nanjing.
2.Are these flowers easy ________ （take） care of
grew
to take
3.—Do you know a football is about 400 _______ （gram）
—Really What about a basketball
grams
4.The animal’s ____ （fur） is very smooth and feels like silk.
5.Don’t give too ______ （many） food to the goldfish at a time.
fur
much
三、单项选择。
( ) 1.Reading ________ the sun is bad for our eyes.
B
A.under B.in C.down
( ) 2.It’s amazing that a dog can live ________ 30 years.
C
A.up from B.up for C.up to
( ) 3.This special parrot is hard ________.
B
A.look after it B.to look after C.to look after it
( ) 4.I want to be an engineer when I ________.
A
A.grow up B.clean up C.get up
( ) 5.The talk ________ the rabbits is very ________.
C
A.in; interested B.in; interesting C.on; interesting
四、根据对话内容，从下面方框中选出恰当的句子补全对话，有一
个选项是多余的。
Tom：Hi, Nick! Do your family have a dog
Nick：_1.（ ）___ But I dislike dogs.
E
A. I am afraid I can’t agree.
B. A dog barks too often.
C. So I walk my dog often.
D. He’s clean because I give him a shower once a week.
E. Well, my parents are talking about keeping a dog.
F. We usually give him dog food.
Tom：Really Dogs can be your good friends.
Nick：That’s what you think. _2.（ ）___ I like quiet animals. And
dogs are sometimes too difficult to take care of. What’s more, a
dog may bite me.
B
A. I am afraid I can’t agree.
B. A dog barks too often.
C. So I walk my dog often.
D. He’s clean because I give him a shower once a week.
E. Well, my parents are talking about keeping a dog.
F. We usually give him dog food.
Tom：_3.（ ）___ A dog can be quiet and friendly if you treat him in the right way.
Nick：Is that so How do you make your dog a happy and quiet animal
A
A. I am afraid I can’t agree.
B. A dog barks too often.
C. So I walk my dog often.
D. He’s clean because I give him a shower once a week.
E. Well, my parents are talking about keeping a dog.
F. We usually give him dog food.
Tom：Dogs need exercise. They may make noise if they stay at home
for too long. _4.（ ）___
Nick：But dogs smell bad! I don’t like dogs’ dirty fur.
C
A. I am afraid I can’t agree.
B. A dog barks too often.
C. So I walk my dog often.
D. He’s clean because I give him a shower once a week.
E. Well, my parents are talking about keeping a dog.
F. We usually give him dog food.
Tom：You are wrong. Maybe some dogs are dirty. But mine isn’t.
_5.（ ）___ And my mother often brushes his fur, too.
Nick：Maybe I should change my ideas about dogs.
D
A. I am afraid I can’t agree.
B. A dog barks too often.
C. So I walk my dog often.
D. He’s clean because I give him a shower once a week.
E. Well, my parents are talking about keeping a dog.
F. We usually give him dog food.
