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Module 1
Module 1
Wonders of the world
Unit 3
Language in use
To compare the six basic tenses.
To practise using the verbs and expressions in the proper tense in the given content.
To learn about more wonders of the world and make a poster of one of the wonders.
The Terracotta Army is more than 2,000 years old.
Yesterday my father took me to visit the Three Gorges Dam.
Read the sentences and tell the different tenses.
Next month, Tom will travel to Africa to visit Victoria Falls.
We have been to the Giant’s Causeway.
They are listening to a talk about Stonehenge.
Mary was watching a video about Mount Qomolangma when the bell rang.
1. I ________ the Giant’s Causeway two years ago.
我两年前参观了巨人之路。
2. It __________ electricity for millions of people in China.
它为中国数百万人供电。
3. _______________ it, so I’m not sure I agree with you.
我没有见过巨人之路，所以我不知道该不该同意你的看法。
visited
produces
I’ve never seen
4. I _______ to the east — the sky _____________ grey.
我朝东边看了看，天空变得灰蒙蒙的。
5. ______________ in five minutes.
你五分钟就能到那里。
6. ______________ the right way
我走得对吗？
looked
was becoming
You’ll get there
Am I going
到目前为止，我们已经学习了英语中的六种常用时态，它们分别是一般现在时、一般过去时、现在进行时、过去进行时、一般将来时和现在完成时。下面，我们来复习一下这六种时态。
一、一般现在时
表示经常发生的动作或存在的状态，常与often, usually, always, every day, every month等时间状语连用。谓语由“am / is / are或其他动词的一般现在时形式”构成。如：
My mother often gets up at six.
二、一般过去时
表示过去某个时间发生的事、存在的状态或过去反复发生
的动作。它的常见结构有两种：一种是含有be动词的一般
过去时；一种是含有行为动词的一般过去时，常与
yesterday, last night, five minutes ago等时间状语连用。如：
He went to the zoo with his friends yesterday.
三、现在进行时
表示现在或现阶段正在进行的动作或发生的事，常与now, at the moment等时间状语连用。谓语由“am / is / are + 动词-ing形式”构成。如：
The children are cleaning the classroom now.
四、过去进行时
表示过去某一时刻或某一时段正在进行的动作，常与at seven o’clock yesterday morning, at that time，those days, when / while引导的时间状语从句等连用。谓语由“was / were + 动词-ing形式”构成。如：
My family was having dinner when my uncle came in.
五、一般将来时
表示将要发生的动作或存在的状态，常与tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next month/ year/ week等时间状语连用。谓语由“be (am / is / are) going to / will+动词原形”构成。如：
Mr White is going to study in England next week.
Susan will be twenty years old next month.
六、现在完成时
表示过去发生的动作对目前造成的影响或结果，也可表示某一行为或状态从过去某时间一直持续到现在，常与just, already, yet, before, ever, never, “for+段时间”，“since+表示过去的点时间”等连用。谓语由“have / has+动词的过去分词”构成。如：
Jenny has already read that book twice.
Mr Smith has lived in Tianjin since 1972.
1. —Excuse me, may I use your dictionary I ________ mine
behind.
—Sure. Here you are.
A. leave B. have left C. will leave D. was leaving
（2024安徽统考）
2. When I saw Xiao Wang yesterday, he ________ an old man cross the road.
A. helps B. was helping C. will help（2024福建统考）
B
B
3. Tom ________ the dog at the moment.
A. is walking B. walks C. has walked D. walked
（2024甘肃白银）
4. —Oh, no! Your brother left his umbrella at home. There
________ heavy rain this afternoon.
—Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll bring it to him.
A. was B. has been C. are D. will be（2024甘肃白银）
A
D
5. Jenny is an early bird. She ________ at 6:00 in the morning.
A. gets up B. got up C. will get up D. has got up
（2024河北统考）
6. Alex ________ tea culture since he came to China in 2010.
A. studies B. studied C. has studied D. was studying
（2024河北统考）
7. While we ________ an English song, some visitors came into
our classroom.
A. were singing B. sang C. are singing
（2024黑龙江龙东地区）
A
C
A
8. —Where is Helen
—I’m not sure. Maybe she ________ her baseball lesson.
A. had B. was having C. is having D. will have
（2024江西中考）
9. —Hi, Ethan. I called you at 8:00 last night, but you didn’t
answer.
—Sorry, I ______ the dishes.
A. wash B. washed C. am washing D. was washing（2024四川泸州中考）
C
D
10. — Jane and I _________ a picnic this Sunday. Would you
like to come with us
— Sure. See you then.
A. had B. have had C. were having D. are going to have（2024天津中考）
D
11. Yesterday I _________ basketball with my classmates. We had a good time.
A. will play B. play C. played
(2023广西中考)
12. —Sally, I ________ the picture already.
—Wow, truly beautiful!
A. finish B. have finished C. was finishing
(2023福建中考)
C
B
Explain the differences in meaning between Sentences a) and b).
1. a) I often play basketball.
b) I am playing basketball now.
2. a) She has gone to the Great Wall.
b) She has been to the Great Wall.
This is what I do regularly.
This is what I’m doing now.
She has come back from the Great Wall.
She is not here.
3. a) They had an English class yesterday.
b) They were having an English class at nine o’clock
yesterday morning.
4. a) He is doing an interview.
b) He has done an interview.
They did it in the past.
They were doing something at past time.
He’s doing the interview now.
He has already finished the interview.
5. a) We are drawing a picture of Victoria Falls now.
b) We will draw a picture of Victoria Falls.
We are doing something now.
We will do it in the future.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
appear finish give rain talk visit walk
1. Listen! It _________ outside.
2. The great musician ___________ a concert in Guangzhou next month.
3. Last summer, my parents _________ the Terracotta Army in Xi’an.
4. He ________ already _________ a new book about travel.
is raining
will give
visited
has finished
5. Thousands of people _________ along the Great Wall every
year.
6. A few minutes later, a stranger _________ at the end of the street.
7. The students ____________ about the journey to the Grand
Canyon when the teacher came into the classroom.
appeared
were talking
appear finish give rain talk visit walk
walk
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
The sun was going down when we (1) _______ (arrive) at the ground floor of the building. I (2) ________ (be) afraid of going to the top of tall buildings, so I was a little nervous when I (3) __________ (walk) into the lift. The lift (4) ________ (climb) faster and faster until we (5) ________ (reach) the 88th floor.
arrived
was
walked
climbed
reached
It (6) ______ (be) high up there, but I was not afraid when I stood at the top.
The Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, one of the tallest buildings in the world, (7) ______ (be) 420.5 metres high. It was built in 1999, and it (8) ____ (have) a fantastic view of Pudong District and the centre of Shanghai. I really like the tower and I am sure I (9) _________ (visit) it again.
is
has
will visit
was
The Jin Mao Tower
Jin Mao Tower is located in the centre of Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone in Pudong, Shanghai. It was completed in 1999.
Talk about the wonders of the world you have or have not visited.
A: Have you ever visited the Great Wall
B: Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
A: When did you visit it / When will you visit it
B: I visited it five years ago. / Maybe I’ll visit it next year.
Now complete the table.
Wonders of the world When did you visit it When will you visit it
The Great Wall
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. There is one extra word.
ancient high long natural opinion wonder
1. The Changjiang River is about 6,300 kilometres ______.
2. The Terracotta Army is a famous ________ wonder in
China.
3. For my homework I have to write an article about the
_________ of the world.
long
ancient
wonders
4. Mount Qomolangma is the ________ mountain in the
world.
5. In my ________, the Great Wall is the greatest man-
made wonder in the world.
highest
opinion
ancient high long natural opinion wonder
Complete the passage with the expressions in the box.
agree with at the bottom of go through looking forward to millions of more than
I’m really (1) ________________ my visit to the Louvre Museum in Paris. It’s the most visited museum in the world —every year, (2) __________ people visit it. The Louvre is in an old building, but to get inside you must (3) __________ a giant glass pyramid that is (4) _________ 20 metres tall.
looking forward to
millions of
go through
more than
The entrance to the museum is
(5) ______________ the pyramid. Some people do not like the glass pyramid. They say it looks too new and does not suit the older building. I do not (6) ____________ them. I think it looks great!
at the bottom of
agree with
agree with at the bottom of go through looking forward to millions of more than
Listen and number the pictures.
1
2
3
Mount Qomolangma The Empire State Building The Great Pyramid at Giza
Location Between China and Nepal ______________________________ In Egypt
Height _______ metres _______ metres About ______ metres now
Interesting facts First people to climb to the top: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay _______ floors About ______ years old
Listen again and complete the table.
in New York, the US
8848.86
381
102
137
4,500
One of the natural wonders of the world is Mount Qomolangma, between China and Nepal. It is the highest mountain in the world, at 8,848.86 metres. The first people to climb to the top were Sir Edmund Hillary, of New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, of Nepal, in 1953.
The Empire State Building in New York in the US is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
And it’s also one of the modern wonders. It is 381 metres to the top, and has 102 floors.
Much smaller, although thousands of years older, is the Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt. It was about 146 metres tall when it was first built. But over the years, it has lost about 9 metres, so it is now about 137 metres tall. It’s about 4,500 years old, and is one of the ancient wonders of the world.
Think about three other wonders of the world and ask and answer questions about them.
A: Where is …
B: It’s…
A: How high is it
B: It’s … metres high.
A: Where is Iguazu Falls (伊瓜苏瀑布)
B: It’s on the border between Brazil and Argentina.
A: How high is it
B: It’s 80 metres high.
A: How wide is it
B: It’s nearly 2.7 kilometers wide.
Watch the video about a man-made wonder of the world. What else do you know about it
Stonehenge: a man- made wonder of the world
Stonehenge is an ancient circle of stones in the south of England. It is about 5,000 years old. It was probably a place to bury dead people or a place to study the stars and the sky at night.
There are dozens of stones, and they are different in height. The stones came from about 200 kilometres away. Some of the stones are missing, but it is still one of the most wonderful sights of the world. It is a wonder also because of this question: How did ancient people move these huge stones without machines to help them No one knows the answer.
Fill in the blanks.
Shape: (1) ______
Location: in (2) ___________ England
History: about 5,000 years
circle
the south of
Details about stones:
There are dozens of stones, and they are different in
(3) _______. They came from about (4) _____________ away.
200 kilometres
Possible usage:
A place to (5) ________________ or study the stars and the sky at night.
bury dead people
height
Work in groups of four. Make a poster about a wonder of the world.
Decide on the wonder of the world for your poster.
Find out as much information as you can in books and
on websites. Think about:
Making a poster about a wonder of the world
1. Why should people visit the wonder
2. What will people see there
3. How can people get there
4. How much does it cost to visit the wonder
5. When is the best time to visit the wonder
Make a poster. Find some pictures showing the wonder.
Ⅰ. 根据材料内容，用括号内所给动词的提示填空，注意使用正
确的时态。
Dear Jim,
I'm sorry I haven't written to you for such a long time. I (1)_______(be) very busy with my studies in the past three weeks. I (2)_________(have) an important exam this Thursday and I hope to get a high mark in the exam.
After the exam, I have a summer holiday. I (3)_______(decide) to travel all over our beautiful country during the summer holiday. Yesterday I (4)_______(go) to invite my sister to join me, but when I walked into her room, she (5)__________(write) a report.
was waiting
was
will have
decided
went
She said she couldn't join me because she would be very busy.
So now I (6)__________(think) of inviting you to come with me. I (7)_______(buy) a guidebook last week from the bookshop and I (8)_________(read) it twice. The guidebook (9)_______(offer) some useful advice and there are many really nice photos of different places I plan to visit on my journey. I plan to leave as soon as the school term ends. I (10)_________(book) plane tickets next week.
I'm looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Sam
will book
am thinking
bought
have read
offers
II. 根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使材料意思完整、通顺，注意形式变化。
stream, beside, nature, reply, nearly, month, remain, shine, problem, loud
Bill and Margaret are hiking (徒步旅行) in the mountains. In a few (1)_______, they will take a 20-mile hike. Today they are getting into shape (强身健体) with a shorter hike.
“Margaret, let's cross this (2)_______ and take the trail (小路) on the left. It's the shortest way to the top of the mountain. And it will take us about 40 minutes,” Bill says to Margaret.
months
stream
“OK, you know the trail, but I don't,” Margaret (3)_______.
“Of course. I always know the way. Wait till you see the beautiful (4)_______ scenery (风景) from the top. I'm sure that you'll love it,” Bill says.
The sun is (5)_______ in the sky brightly and it is getting hotter and hotter. After (6)_______ an hour, they are still not at the top and Margaret becomes very tired. She stops and stands (7)_______ a big rock. How she wishes to (8)_______ there and take a good break!
replies
natural
shining
nearly
stream, beside, nature, reply, nearly, month, remain, shine, problem, loud
beside
remain
“Didn't you say that we would take the shortest way to the top of the mountain ” asks Margaret in a (9)_______ voice.
“Yes,” says Bill. “And I'll check the map.”
Bill looks at his map and he sees a (10)_______. They didn't take the shortest way to the top, but the longest. They need to hike another mile to get to the top. Margaret will be mad (发疯的).
loud
problem
stream, beside, nature, reply, nearly, month, remain, shine, problem, loud
I CAN
compare the six basic tenses
use the verbs and expressions in the proper tense in the given content
learn about more wonders of the world and make a poster of one of the wonders
Find out information on websites about the wonder of the world you decide on. Make your poster.
Preview Module 2 and list Chinese festival names.
