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Language in use. Period2 同步练习
单选。
( )1.—What happened outside just now
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A . Luckily B . Hardly C . Unluckily D . Especially
( )2.He didn't work hard． ________，he failed in the exam．
A . As a result B . Instead
C . For example D . After all
( )3.Because of Project Hope， ________children have better lives．
A . thousand B . thousands C . thousand of D . thousands of
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A . Not all B . No all C . Not of all D . No all of
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完形填空。
"Never give up!" It is my law(法则) of life. It has brought me 1 . I learned the law from my father's 2 story.2-1-c-n-j-y
My father was 3 in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then 4 in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework 5 midnight. Life was hard, because they had no 6 !21*cnjy*com
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where 7 people can become rich.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
" 8 don't I go to America " he thought to himself, full of hope.
So my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to 9 money in America," he told me. "But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire (雇佣) me because I spoke 10 English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, 11 dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was 12 for the first few years. I worked from 10 a.m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn't 13 the schooling (学费). "
My father 14 working hard, and reached his goal.21·cn·jy·com
"Alan," he often says to me. "If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come 15 in life." That is what I learned from my father.www-2-1-cnjy-com
（1）A . disaster B . loss C . success D . pity
（2）A . life B . fashion C . danger D . history
（3）A . famous B . lucky C . rich D . born
（4）A . taught B . worked C . studied D . slept【出处：21教育名师】
（5）A . until B . towards C . for D . during
（6）A . experience B . energy C . time D . money【版权所有：21教育】
（7）A . kind B . poor C . strong D . lazy
（8）A . What B . How C . Why D . When
（9）A . discover B . make C . collect D . spend
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（12）fortable B . cheerful C . nice D . hard21*cnjy*com
（13）A . borrow B . need C . afford D . pay
（14）A . kept B . finished C . minded D . stopped21世纪教育网版权所有
（15）A . really B . easily C . quietly D . slowly
阅读。
Over the last few centuries, there have been many changes in our life.
To start with, people were not able to travel such a long distance in such a short time in the past. Planes were not very popular at that time because they used to be a very expensive way to travel. Nowadays, more and more people can travel by plane and we can take many other fast and comfortable vehicles, such as cars and high-speed trains.
Secondly, in the past, people had to work much harder because they did not have the tools we have today. Today, most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by computers and machines.
Thirdly, in the past, the living conditions were not as good as they are now. There were no bathrooms or running water in many houses, and many people could not buy things like refrigerators, TV sets or washing machines. Now, most families have several of these things.
Lastly, communications have become much easier than before. In the past, we kept in touch with others by writing letters or sending faxes, but now we have many other ways to choose from, such as making a phone call, sending e-mails or messages and chatting online. Moreover, we can even see the people whom we are making a phone call with through mobile phones, and we can see each other while chatting online.
Thanks to the developing technology, especially the Internet, our life has become much easier and happier than before.
（1）Why were planes not so popular many years ago
A . Because they were not big enough.
B . Because they were not able to fly long.
C . Because they were very expensive.
D . Because they were not fast enough.
（2）In the past, people worked______.
A . for fewer hours B . much harder C . more easily D . more quickly
（3）What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us
A . Many families have TV sets and washing machines nowadays.
B . There were no bathrooms or running water before.
C . Living conditions have been improved.
D . Many people can take baths at home now.
（4）The writer's last example for great changes in people's life is about____.
A . traveling B . the Internet C . working tools munication
（5）What's the best title for this passage
A . Great changes in our life.
B . Good education will change our life.
C . Fast development of science.
D . We live a happy life now.
Module3 Unit3 Language in use.Period2同步练习答案
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Module 3
Life now and then
Unit3
Language in use.
外研版 九年级下
Warming-up
Guess which country it is.
Life in the past
Life in the past
Life in the past
Life in the past
Today
Today
Today
Today
1. Who wrote the email
Gran wrote the email to Christine.
2. What's the main idea of the email
The lives of children in Victorian Britain.
Listening task1
Listen and answer.
3. Was life harder in the past than it is today
Yes, it was.
Read the email and find three examples that
show life was harder in the past than it is today.
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1) People lived in small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3) Children didn’t always go to school, they had to work.
Reading task2
1. Gran wrote the email with the help of searching information online.
2. People lived in big houses, with enough space for children to play.
3. There were few children in one family and they slept in houses of their own rooms.
4. There were many illnesses because of bad pollution.
5. Many children started work in factories because they didn't like school.
Reading task3
1 There was not enough living space for people.
2 Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3 Life was harder for children in those times.
Write examples.
People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
_____________________________________.
3. ______________________________________.
Read the email again. Find sentences that tell us:
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Reading task4
People lived in very small houses, very close to each other,
with no space for children to play. Families in those days
were quite big. A whole street had to share one outside
toilet.
The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their
rubbish outside in the streets. As a result, there were many
illnesses.
They didn’t always go to school, because
they had to work instead. Many children
started work in factories when they were
only four or five years old. They worked
twelve hours a days in dangerous jobs for
very little money.
Listen and repeat.
FROM: Gran
TO: Christine
SUBJECT: The lives of children in Victorian Britain
Dear Christine,
You asked me for help about your school project – the lives of children in Victorian Britain. I was also
interested. I searched online and found out the following.
In Victorian Britain, thousands of people came to
the cities to work in the factories.Instead of the green,
open countryside, people lived in very small houses,
very close to each other, with no space for children to
play. Families in those days were quite big. Often,
Reading task5
FROM: Gran
TO: Christine
SUBJECT: The lives of children in Victorian Britain
there were four or five children in one family, and they
all had to sleep in houses of just two rooms. Sometimes,
a whole street had to share one outside toilet. Can you
imagine that
Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy. The
pollution from factories filled the air. People put their
rubbish outside in the streets. As a result, there were
many illnesses.
And life was harder for children in those times.They
didn’t always go to school, because they had to work
instead. Many children started work in factories when
FROM: Gran
TO: Christine
SUBJECT: The lives of children in Victorian Britain
they were only four or five years old. They worked
twelve hours a day in dangerous jobs for very little
money. Many were hurt in accidents with machines.
I hope this is helpful. Write to me if you need more
information.
With love,
Gran
1. I searched online and found out the following.
Language Points
【解读】 find out 找出；查明。其后可接名词(短语)、代词或从句等。
e.g. We must find out who broke the window today. 今天我们一定要查出谁打坏了窗户。
【辨析】find，find out，look for和discover
find 意为“找到；发现”，强调寻找的结果。 I found a wallet on my way to school.在我上学的路上，我发现了一个钱包。
find out 意为“找出；查明”，指通过观察、调查和探索而发现事情的真相。 We should find out the cause of fire. 我们应该找出火灾的原因。
look for 意为“寻找”，强调寻找的动作和过程。 What are you looking for
你在找什么？
discover 意为“发现”，多指目前客观存在的，却不为人知的事物。 In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California.
19世纪时，在加利福尼亚发现了金子。
2. As a result, there were many illnesses.
【解读】as a result 因此，结果
as a result意为“因此，结果”，后跟表示事情结果的句子。 He fell off the bike and hurt his leg yesterday. As a result，he had to be away from school for three months.昨天他从自行车上掉下来，摔伤了他的腿。因此他不得不休学三个月。
as a result of 意为“由于；作为……的结果”，常用作状语，后常跟名词(短语)、代词等，相当于because of。 He was unable to go to work as a result of falling off the horse.由于他从马上摔了下来，他不能去上班了。
ask sb for help
be interested in doing sth.
find out
instead of
thousands of
be close to
as a result
in accidents of
write to sb
向某人求助
有兴趣做某事
找出；查明
代替, 而不是
成千上万的
接近, 靠近
结果是
...事故中
写信给某人
Find key phrases and solve them.
Learning to learn
When you do a listening or reading exercise, you should read the instructions carefully. Then you can focus your attention just on the information you need. You don’t have to understand
every word.
Pre-listening
Grandmother Mother
Age to start school
Age to start work
Age to get married
Number of children
Age to stop working
8
6
14
22
18
24
4 children
1 child
50
55
Listen and complete the table.
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Tape script
Role play the conversation.
My grandmother had eight brothers and sisters. She started school when she was eight years old and left when she was fourteen. She didn’t go to university. She started work after she left school. She worked very hard in a factory. She went to work at eight o’clock in the morning and finished at six o’clock in the evening. She worked six or even seven days a week and had only a few holidays. She got married when she was eighteen
and had a baby the following year. She had four children. She continued working until she was fifty years old.
My mother started school when she was six years old. At eighteen, she went to university. She started work when she was twenty-two. She works as a teacher. She works five days a week and has a long holiday in summer and winter. She got married when she was twenty-four and had a baby the next year. She only has one child—me! My mother will continue to work until she’s fifty-five.
Write a passage comparing the lives of the
speaker’s grandmother and mother in Activity 6.
The speaker’s grandmother and mother have lived
very different lives. Her grandmother had a much
bigger family…
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The grandmother had eight brothers and sisters so she had a bigger family. She started school when she was older, but she left school earlier. The grandmother only went to school for 6 years, while the mother went to school for 12 years, and to university. The grandmother worked hard in a factory from 14 until she was 50, and the mother worked as a teacher from 22 and will finish work when she is 55; she also has a long summer holiday. The grandmother got married at 18 and had her first baby a year later; she had four children. On the other hand the mother got married at 24, and only had one child, when she was 25.
Model essay
Video time
Let's enjoy a video of Britain.
change
Features Differences
New drills
In the past Modern
Ways
Features
More information
horse, horse-drawn
carriage, on foot
slow, too much
manure
cars
quick,
comfortable,
convenient,
cleaner than
horse carriage
Read the passage and complete the chart.
Read the passage and complete the following sentences.
1. The modern car has changed life a ______ deal.
2. Using horses for travel was _____, and of course walking was even _______.
3. Cars allow people to travel long distances ________, in comfort and _____________.
4. It was almost __________ to get rid for the manure of the horses.
5. The cars may cause _________, but the first cars actually made cities ________.
great
slower
quickly
slow
convenience
impossible
pollution
cleaner
The modern car has changed life a great
deal. Before the invention of the car, people
had to travel by rail, on horseback or by
horse-drawn carriage, or on foot. Using
horses for travel was slow, and of course
walking was even slower. Cars allow people
to travel long distances quickly, in comfort
and convenience.
Cars
Listen and repeat.
The car also solved an enormous problem
caused by using horses for transport in cities:
manure! There were so many
horses in large cities that it
was almost impossible to get
rid of the manure. Modern
people are used to the idea
that cars cause pollution,
but the first cars actually
made cities cleaner!
a great deal
horse-drawn carriage
allow sb to do sth
an enormous problem
get rid of
be used to do sth
大量
马车
允许某人做某事
一个很大的问题
除掉, 去掉; 涤荡;
被用来做某事
Find key phrases and solve them.
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百科知识之交通工具演变过程
Background
早些时候，人类还没有“交通工具”这一代名词，那时，人们主要是靠步行来相互走访联系的。
然后人类就驯服一些动物如马、驴子等作为乘坐工具或乘坐工具的动力（如：马车），与此同时，轿子和以风作为动力的帆船也作为一种交通工具与畜力交通工具长期并存。以人力、畜力和风力作为动力的交通工具占据了人类历史的绝大部分时间。交通工具的另一次巨大飞跃开始于工业革命。18，19世纪人类进入了“科学的世纪”，詹姆斯·瓦特发明的现代蒸汽机的成型，标志着人类开类经入了新的交通发展阶段，蒸汽机车，汽船发明，极大地“缩短”了区域之间的距离。
现代交通工具已由牲畜拖拉演变为汽车、火车、轮船、飞机，效率大大提高，缩短了国与国之间。但同时， 如人们所说，万物都有其两面性。交通工具的发达，给人类带来了方面和快捷，却没有给人类带来幸福。
第一、污染环境
由于运行交通工具需要消耗大量化石燃料，这些化石燃料燃烧后释放到空气中，使全球温室效应进一步增加。还有就是城市空气污染，汽车尾气的排放要占到80%，外加汽车噪音等，对人类身心健康带来了极大伤害。
第二、资源枯竭
普通轿车一年耗油1800升，我国机动车燃油消耗每年超过一亿吨，而且仍在逐年递增。地球的不可再生资源是有限的，人类不久将会面临石油等资源严重短缺的问题。
第三、生态环境
修建公路、铁路需占用大量农田，破坏了周边生态资源，人类可耕作的土地日渐减少。许多石油资源丰富的国家，由于大量开采，地上及地下水资源均收到污染，生态环境遭到了严重破坏，原本美好的家园，清澈的河水，一去不复返。
第四、负面影响
大量汽车的生产，常常使交通陷入瘫痪。尤其城市上下班的高峰期，如果堵车，更是寸步难行，这对人们乘车的初衷无疑是种讽刺。在古代，人们死于意外事故的可能性很小，而今，我国每年死于交通事故的人数就达十万人。
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Work in groups. Read the motion of the debate.
Health is more important than wealth.
Now decide who is for the motion and who is against it.
You can use some of the following ideas:
Module Task
● Without health,
wealth means
nothing.
● You can enjoy life
better if you are
healthy.
● It is hard to be
healthy without
wealth.
● You can enjoy life
better if you are
wealthy.
For:
Against:
Show time
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Prepare your arguments. Give examples to support your ideas.
Examples:
A healthy scientist
can achieve more
success in his
scientific research.
2. Money can’t help cure all diseases, like cancer or AIDS
and so on.
Hold the debate.
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● Those for the motion give
their opinions.
● Those against the motion
give their opinions.
● Take turns to say what you
think about each other’s
arguments.
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Discuss and find out whether most people
are for or against the motion.
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1. Sum up sentences about nouns,
numerals and articles as many as
you can and tell the use of them.
2. Finish the passage comparing their lives in
the Activity 7.
3.Preview Unit 1, Module 4.
Homework
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