Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world
第一课时 Section A (1a-1c)
课前预习
1. 预习课本，尽可能多的收集关于1a部分四幅图的信息。
2.写出下列单词的比较级和最高级
high deep big
long old ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) young
3. 从课本中找出并翻译下列短语。
（1）世界上最高的山峰 （2）其他任何一座山
（3）世界上最大的沙漠 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) （4）最深的咸水湖
（5）世界第二长河 （6）干得好 ______________
点拨升华
1.long的名词形式是 翻译成 ，
high的名词形式 翻译成 ，
表达东西的长度可以有两种方法.
例如：这条河100米长。
1) The ______ of the river is 200 meters long.
2) the river is ______ _______ _______.
【扩展】数字+长度单位名词+wide/long/high/deep可用来表示“有···宽/长/高/深”。
2. any other mountain其他任何一座山
1) any other +名词单数
=any of the other +复数名词
(指在同一范围内除了某人或某物以外的其他人或事物)
2) any other 用于比较级中表示最高级的意思。
例：Shanghai is bigger than any other city in China . 上海比中国的任何一个城市大。
= Shanghai is the ________ country in China. 上海是中国最大的城市。
课堂作业
（一）根据句意和首字母补全单词。
1. Our playground is about 2000 s _______ meters in size.
2. How d_________ is the hole
3. The l ______ river in Asia is the Yangtze River .
4. Have you ever been to Sahara D_______
5. The Qomolangma is 8844.43 m________ high.
(二)完成句子。
1. 世界上最高的山是什么？
What’s the ________ ________ in the world
2.长城大约有8850公里长。
The Great Wall is about 8850 ________ ________.
3. 撒哈拉沙漠比世界上其他任何沙漠都大。
Sahara is bigger than ________ ________ ________ in the world.
4. The Caspian Sea is 1025 meters deep. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ is the Caspian Sea.
5. Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. (改为同义句)
Qomolangma is ________ than ________ ________ mountain in the world.
(三) 单项选择
（ ）1. Sahara is ______ in the world .
A the biggest desert B biggest desert
C the biggest deserts D bigger desert
（ ）2. The Nile is 6,470 _________
A kilometers B kilometer
C kilometers long D kilometer long
（ ）3. The swimming pool is 10 meters wide and 4 meters ______
A. wide B. long C. high D. deep
（ ）4. Which is ______, the sun, the earth or the moon
A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. bigestUnit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world
第六课时 Section B( 2a—3b)
课前预习
预习教材P54—56，翻译下列短语。
1) 为……做准备 ____________________2）跑过去____________________
3）撞到 _______________________ 4）绊倒______________________
5) 照顾 ___________________ 6）每两年________________
7）死于______________________ 8) 竹林 ___________________
9) 多年以前_________________ 10) 砍倒_______________
11) 现存的森林________________ 12) 濒危动物__________________
13)……的重要性_______________ 14).制作插图______________
15) 野生动物___________________16）中国政府_________________
点拨升华
1. awake adj. “醒着的”，反义词为asleep， “睡着的”
例：他还没睡着。 He is still ______. = He isn’t ______.
wake是动词，常与up连用,
例：请把他叫醒。 Please ______ ______ ______.
【注】awake也可以作动词用，相当于wake.
2. die from. “死于；因···而死”,多指由于外部原因或间接原因致死，如事故、受伤，疾病，多度劳累，空气污染等。
die of “因···而死”，多指内因导致的，如恐惧，失望，年老，饥饿，寒冷等。
【注】指因病而死时，两者可通用。
例：他爸爸去年死于车祸。His father ______ ______ a car accident last year.
每年有很多人死于癌症。Many people ______ ______ cancer.
3. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the remaining forests. 科学家们说，现在只有不到2000只大熊猫生活在剩余的森林里。
1) there be+ sb.( sth. )+ doing +地点，意为“在某处有某人（某物）在做···”
例：有几个男孩正在公园踢足球。
There are a few boys ______ ______ in the park.
4. protect. “保护”， 名词为protection.
Protect… from… 意为“保护……不受……”
例：雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。
An umbrella can ______ you ______ rain.
课后练习
一、从方框里选词并用其正确形式填空。
put, oil, save, government, wild
1. The children ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other ______ animals.
2. The problem is that humans catch whales for meat, fat and _______.
3. What other ways ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) do you think children can help ________ the pandas
4. They should stop ________ rubbish into the sea.
5. The Chinese ________ is also planting more bamboo trees.
二、完成句子
6. 你练得越多，做起来就变得越容易。
________ ________ you practice, ________ ________ it becomes.
7. 教室里不到30名学生。
There are ________ ________ 30 students in the classroom.
8. 大熊猫变得越来越少的原因是什么？
What’s the reason for _______ ________ ________ pandas
9. 学校应该告诉学生挽救动物的重要性。
School must tell students ________ ________ ________ ________ the animals.
10. 我们应该保护树木不被砍到。
We should ________ trees ________ cutting down.
三、选择题
（ ）11. The zoo keepers are ______ the milk ______ the baby pandas’ lunch.
A. prepare; ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to B. preparing; for C. preparing; with D. prepare; to
（ ）12. I hope there will be more forests for animals_______.
A. to live ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. to live on C. live in D. to live in
（ ）13. We all ho ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pe that in the future there will be ______ more pandas than now.
A. a lot ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. a little C. few D. little
（ ）14. Don’t worry. He is ______ to look after little Betty.
A. carefully enough B. enough careful
C. enough carefully D. careful enoughUnit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world
第四课时 Section A( GF—4c)
点拨升华 （本单元语法重点讲解，希望同学们自己多看，理解消化）
1. 对于物体长、宽、高、深度 、面积的表达（下一课时详细讲解）
Eg. 20米长 20 meters long 10米宽 10 meters wide
15米深 15 meters deep 150平方米 150 square meters
2. 形容词与副词的比较级和最高级
复习形容词与副词的比较级和最高级的变化规则
形容词与副词的比较级和最高级的用法
1）比较级考点
①比较级修饰问题
a little, a bit, even, still, much, a lot, far 等可修饰比较级。
如： Tom is a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) little _______ (tall) than Jim.
This book is much _______ (interesting) than that one.
② 同级比较
如： The weather in Beijing is colder than that in Xi’an.
Our school is bigger than yours.
③ the + 比较级+of短语（范围限于两者之间）
如： Lucy is the fatter of the two girls.
④ “a/an + 比较级” 表示“又一，再一”
如：Lily has a doll, but she wants a bigger one.
⑤ 隐性比较（没有than的情况）
如： Who runs faster, Lucy or Lily
You’d better come earlier next time.
He worked hard last term, but he works even harder this term.
⑥ 越来越......
比较级 + and + 比较级 “越来越···”
the + 比较级+ 句子，the + 比较级 + 句子 “越···越···”
如： It’s gett ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing colder and colder.
The more you exercise, the better you are.
⑦ “比较级+ than any other +单数名词 /（other+ 可数名词复数）
如：Beijing is larger than any other city in China.
⑧ 表示“几倍于···”时，用“倍数+比较级+ than”表示。倍数用……times 表示
如：Your room is three times bigger than mine.
2） 最高级考点
说明：形容词的最高级前必须加the; 副词的最高级前省略the。
① 范围问题
如： Tom is the tal ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lest student in the class.
Spring is the best season of the year.
② “......之一”问题
如：Beijing is one of the biggest cities in the world.
③ “the + 序数词 + 最高级”
如：I think he is the second tallest boy in his class.
比较级和最高级的转换
如： Tom is the tallest student in the class.
= Tom is taller than any other student in the class.
= Tom is taller than all the other students in the class.
= No other students are taller than Tom.
3） 同级比较
① as + adj./adv. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) + as
如：She is as thin as Lily.
He writes as carefully as Linda.
② not + as/so + adj./adv. + as
如：Tony didn't run so fast as Carter
课后练习
（ ）1. China has the _________ population in the world.
A. largest B. most C. fewest D. least
（ ）2. London is one of the __________ in the world.
A. exciting city B. exciting cities C. most exciting city D. most exciting cities
（ ）3. This plac ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e is not big enough for her birthday party. We should find a ____ one. A. big B. small C. bigger D. smaller
（ ）4. There is __________ bridge in the old town.
A. a 800-meters-long B. an 800-meters-long
C. a 800-meter-long D. an 800-meter-long
（ ）5. Tom jumped ________ than any other boy in his class.
A. very fa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r B. more farther C. much farther D. less farther（ ）6. ---How far is the amusement park --- About five kilometers ________.
A. far B. long C. high D. away
（ ）7. China is larger than ________ in Africa.
A. any other country B. other countries
C. the other country D. any country
（ ）8. —What a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) nice watch it is! —Yes. It’s _________ one of all.
A. expensive B. more expensive
C. the most expensive D. much more expensive
（ ）9. ----Let’s go shopping at the new mall. ----Why not online It’s _____.
A. expensive B. more expensive
C. less expensive D. the most expensive
（ ）10. When he heard a cry for help, he ran out as _______ as he could.
A. hardly B. quickly C. finally D. slowlyUnit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world
第三课时SectionA ( 3a—3c)
课前预习
短语翻译（自学教材P51-52，找出下列词组或句子）
（1）最危险的运动之一 （2）登山，攀岩
（3）全世界 （4）跨越 _________________________
（5）山顶 （6）严寒的天气条件
（7）大风暴 （8）冒着生命危险
（9）放弃 （10）实现梦想
（11）即使 ____________________ （12）大自然的力量___________________
（13）面对______________________ （14）吸气________________________
（15）丧生 （16）因为， 由于
（17）惊人的成就 (18) 中国的东南边境
点拨升华
1. one of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing.
世界上最危险的运动之一是登山。
【解析】 1） “主语+ be + one of the + 形容词最高级 + 复数名词 + in/of短语”表示“······是······中最······之一”。
例：滑板是世界上最流行的运动之一。
Skateboarding _ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )_____ ______ _______ the world’s most popular sports.
2）当“one of the + 形容词最高级 + 复数名词”整个短语作主语时，谓语用单数形式。
例：世界上最开心的事情之一是和朋友呆在一起。
One of the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )________ _______ in the world ______ to stay with friend.
2. include 及物动词，后接宾语，“包括，包含”。
例：这个价格包含这盏灯。 The price _________ this light.
【扩展】including， 介词，“包括”
例：The ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )re are 200 people in the village, ________ the old people and children.
included 形容词，一般位于名词或代词后，意为“包括在内”
例：每个人都笑了，包括我在内。 Everyone laughed, me _______.
3. scucceed. 动词； 名词为success；形容词为successful； 副词为successfully.
Succeed in doing sth = be successful in doing sth. 成功地做成某事。
例：1）他是一个成功的商人。
He is a ______________ businessman.
2）失败是成功之母。
Failure is the mother of _________.
3）他成功地挽救了那个男孩的生命。
He ________ _________ __________ (save)the boy’s life.
4）他成功地找到了一份新工作。
He found a new job _____________.
课后练习
一、根据首字母或所给词的适当形式完成单词。
1. Work hard, and I’m sure you will s______ one day.
2. We should learn the s of helping others.
3. Tibet（西藏）is in the s____________ part of China.
4. Sally studies hard at school ____________ (achieve) her dream.
5. You should drive more carefully in ________ (freeze) weather.
6. Would you please walk a little ________ ( fast ).
二、完成句子。
7. 人们想要在困难面前挑战自我。
People want to c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hallenge themselves ______ ______ ______ ______ difficulties.
8. 詹姆斯是NBA最受欢迎的运动员之一。
James one of _______ _______ _______ _______ in NBA.
9. 人类有时候比自然力量更强大。
Humans can sometimes be ________ than the ________ of ________.
10. 喜马拉雅山延伸向中国的西南部。
The Himalayas ________ ________ the southwestern part of China.
11. 当你到达山顶时，呼吸空气会很困难。
It’s hard to ________ ________ air when you get to the top of the mountain.
12. 即使天气很冷，王先生也每天早晨锻炼。
Mr. Wang takes ex ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ercise every morning ________ ________ it’s cold.
三、选择题。
（ ） 13. Junk ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o Tabei was the first woman ______ the top of Qomolangma. (多选)
A. to reach B. get to C. reach to D. to get to
（ ） 14. My brother succeeded ______ onto the top of the mountain.
A. climb ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. in climbing C. to climbing D. to climb
（ ） 15. Dad gave up ______ at last because of the bad weather.
A. take a trip B. go on a trip C. taking a trip D. to go on a trip
（ ） 16. Shanghai is bigger than ______ in China.
A. any city B. any other city
C. any of the other city D. the other cityUnit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world
第五课时 Section B( 1a—1d)
课前预习
短语翻译（自学教材P53，找出下列词组或句子）
1一只粉色的熊猫_____________ 2. 比···多许多倍_________________
3.出生时__________________ 4. 大熊猫幼崽_________________________
5.活到 ______________________ 6.用两条腿站起来_______________________
点拨升华
1.初中英语中长度、宽度、高度、深度的表示法：
1）长度、宽度、高度、深度的表示法，有一个专门的结构，那就是“基数词 + 单位词 + 形容词”。(形容词分别为long, wide, high, deep)
例句： We walk up three floors, which is about _____________________.
我们走上三层楼，大概10米左右高。
2）除了上面的表示方法，有时也可以用“基数词 + 单位词 +in + 长度或者重量的名词”来表示长度、宽度、高度、深度。分别对应的名词为：
Long—length wide—width high—height deep—depth
例句：The classroom was ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 25 feet ______ ______ and 20 feet ______ ______.
教室有25英尺长，20英尺宽。
【注意事项】：若表示重量，可以用 in weight 结构。
例句：The box is/weighs 9 kilos. = The box is 9 kilos in weight.
这个箱子重9公斤。
2. This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
这头大象比这只熊猫重许多倍。
Many times more than “比···多许多倍”
常见的倍数表达法：
1）“A+倍数+ adj/adv的比较级+ than+ B”，表示“A比B大(高、宽等)多少倍”。
例句：The hall is ________________________ than our classroom.
这个大厅比我们教室大四倍。（是我们教室的五倍）
2）“A+倍数+as+ adj/adv的原级+as +B”，表示“A正好是B的多少倍”。
例句： This stone is __________________________that one.
这块石头的重量是那块的三倍。
【注意】表示一倍用once，两倍用twice, 三倍（以）上用“基数词+times”。
3. The elephant weighs 5,000 kilos.这头大象重5000千克。
weigh在此处作系动词，表示“重（多少）”；名词表重量见知识点一。
weigh还可做“称···的重量”，为及物动词。
例: He weighed the fish.他称了这条鱼。
【拓展】名词为weight, 意为“重量，体重”。
例：这只羊的重量是多少？ What is the ______ of the sheep
它重100公斤。 It weighs 100 kilos. (=It is 100 kilos in weight.)
课后练习
一、用适当的介词或副词填空。
1. The panda can stand ______ two legs.
2. ______ birth, little Tom was only 2 kilos.
3. Do you think people will live up ______ 200 years
4. Do you agree ______ me
5. My pet dog eats half a kilo ______ meat every day.
二、完成句子
6. 你的房间是我的两倍大。
Your room is ______ ______ ______ mine.
7. 那头大象约有350厘米高。
T和elephant is about ______ ______ ______.
8. 一直大熊猫能活到20到30岁。
A panda can _____ ______ ______ 20 ______ 30 years old.
9. The elephant eats 150 kilos of food a day. (对画线部分提问)
______ ______ kilos of food does an elephant eat a day
10. The Pacific Ocean is the biggest in the world. (改为同义句)
______ ocea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n in the world is ______ ______ ______ the Pacific Ocean.
三、选择题。
（ ）11. The line(线) is ____ than that one.
A. more longe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r B. not longer C. much more longer D. many more longer
（ ）12. The earth is _____ the moon.
A. as 49 times big as B. 49 times as bigger as
C. 49 times as big as D. as big as 49 times
（ ）13. The garden is becoming ______.
A. more beautiful and more B. more beautiful and beautiful
C. more and more beautiful D. more beautiful and beautifuler
（ ）14. Panda’s favorite food is ______.
A. vegetab ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )les B. bananas C. fruit D. bamboo
（ ） 15. Tony’s toys are ______ more than Susan’s.
A. many time B. many times C. much time D. more timeUnit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world
第二课时 Section A( 2a—2d)
课前预习
短语翻译（自学教材P50，找出下列词组或句子）
（1） 长江 （2）黄河
（3）亚洲最长的河 （4）和···一样大
（5） 美国的人口______________ (6) 大/多得多____________________
（7）最古老的国家之一 （8）明朝 ____________________
（9）随便(做某事) ____________________（9）古代皇帝___________________
（11）就我所知 （12）人造物体
点拨升华
1. one of +名词复数，谓语动词要用 数。
One of the oldest ________ (country) in the world _______ China.
eg：其中一本书是新的。
2. 对 “population”这个数字划线提问要用特殊疑问词 。
eg： The population of the world is 6400000000.
the population of the world？
【扩展】表示人口的多少用small/big/large.
3. as big as 和…一样大 as…as 之间的形容词用 级。
The Yellow river is not as long as the Yangtze river.
否定形式not as/so…as 意为 。
【扩展】常用短语：as...as possible 尽可能地 as well as 同，和...一样 as long as 只要；既然 as soon as 一...就 as for 至于
4. Can you tell me a bit more about China
It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US.
我们学过的可以修饰比较级的副词和短语还有
注意比较级和最高级Which is the second longest river in China
Which river is longer ,the Nile or the Yellow River
最高级一般用于 者以上相比，最高级前一般要加定冠词 ，比较级一般用于 者之间的比较，被比较者用 引出。
5. feel/be free to do sth 随意做···
课后练习
一、用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. The p__________ of the city is about 500,000.
2. It’s our duty to p__________ the nature.
3. Tina won the table tennis match! That’s an a__________ result.
4. There are so ma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ny t________ that we can hardly find a place to take photos.
5. China is the biggest country in A________.
二、完成句子。
6. 中国在世界上人口最多。
China has the _______ ________ in the world.
7. 中国差不多跟美国一样大，但它是亚洲最大的国家。
China is almost ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )______ ______ ______ the US, but it is the ______ country in ______.
8. 古代的皇帝为什么要建造城墙呢？
Why did the ________ emperors build the ________
9. 明八达岭长城是最有名的吗？
Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall ________ ________ ________
10. Tom is t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hirteen years old. Jack is thirteen years old, too. ( 合并为一句 )
Tom is ________ ________ ________ Jack.
三、单选题。
（ ）11. There are ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )no man-made structures as _______ as the Great Wall
A biger B big C bigger D the biggest
（ ）12. Mount Tai is _______ lower than Qomolangma .
A lot’s of B many C very D much
（ ）13. Shanghai is one of _______ in the world .
A more big city B the biggest city
C the biggest cities D the most big city
（ ）14. —Many boy students think math is ______ English.
— I agree. I’m weak in English.
A. much difficult than B. so difficult as
C. less difficult than D. more difficult than
（ ）15. ______ seems that he knows nothing about the park.
A. It B. This C. He D. That
（ ）16. As ______ as I know, Jack is still in Beijing.
A. high B. near C. far D. away
