外研版英语八上
Module 4.1 Planes ,ships and trains Unit 1
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?Is?there?intelligent?(有智力的)?life?on?other?planets??For?years,?scientists?said?“no.”?or?“we?don’t?know.”?But?today?this?is?changing.?Seth?Shostak?and?Alexandra?Barnett?are?astronomers(天文学家).?They?believe?intelligent?life?exists?(存在)?somewhere?in?the?universe.?They?also?think?we?sill?soon?contact?these?beings(人；生物).
Why?do?Shostak?and?Barnett?think?intelligent?life?exists?on?other?planets??The?first?reason?is?time.?Scientists?believe?the?universe?is?about?12?billion?years?old.?“This?is?long?enough?for?other?planets?to?have?intelligent?life,”?say?Shostak?and?Barnett.?The?second?reason?is?size—the?universe?is?huge.?“Tools?like?the?Hubble?Telescope(哈勃望远镜)?have?shown?that?there?are?at?least?100?billion?galaxies,”?says?Shostak.?“And?our?galaxy,?the?Milky?Way,?has?at?least?100?billion?stars.?Some?planets?going?around?these?stars?might?be?similar?to?Earth.”
In?the?past,?it?was?hard?to?look?for?signs?of?intelligent?life?in?the?universe.?But?now,?powerful?telescopes?allow?scientists?to?discover?smaller?planets—the?size?of?Mars?or?Earth—in?other?solar?systems.?These?planets?might?have?intelligent?life.
Have?beings?from?space?already?visited?Earth??“Probably?not,”?says?Shostak.?“It’s?a?long?way?away.?However,?intelligent?beings?may?contact?us?in?other?way,?such?as?radio?signals(信号).?In?fact,?they?may?be?trying?to?communicate?with?us?now,?but?we?don’t?have?the?right?tools?to?receive?their?messages.?However,?this?is?changing.?By?2025,?we?could?make?contact?with?other?life?forms?in?our?universe?and?we?might?help?each?other.”
Seth?Shostak?and?Alexandra?Barnett?are?_____.
A.?astronomers? ?B.?farmers?????????
C.?singers? ? ? D.?drivers?
2.What?is?the?best?title?for?Paragraph?2?
A.?The?Age?and?Size?of?Earth.????????????
B.?Our?Galaxy:?The?Milky?Way
C.?Why?Intelligent?Life?Might?Exist.????????
D.?Earth:?The?Only?Planet?with?Intelligent?Life
3.Why?was?it?hard?to?look?for?signs?of?intelligent?life?in?the?universe?in?the?past?
A.?There?were?not?any?smaller?planets.????????
B.?There?were?not?any?powerful?telescopes.
C.?The?astronomers?were?not?interested?in?them.??
D.?The?Milky?Way?didn’t?exist?at?that?time.
4.Why?haven’t?beings?from?space?visited?us?yet?according?to?Shostak??
A.?They’re?afraid?of?us.???????????
B.?It’s?a?long?way?away.?????
C.?They?don’t?want?to?see?us.??????
D.?They?don’t?know?how?to?use?radio?signals.
What?does?the?underlined?phrase?“life?forms”?in?the?last?paragraph?mean??
?Messages??????? B.?Tools?????????
C.?Intelligent?beings?? D.?Radio?signals
选择题
6.—?Do?you?know?Lin?Shuhao??
—Yes.?He?is?one?of?_____?basketball?players?in?the?NBA.??
?popular????????B.?more?popular????????
C.?the?most?popular? ? D. popularity
7.Many?people?take?the?underground?to?work.?It’s ________.
A. Crowd B. crowded
C. Crowding D. crowds
8.The?Black’s?are?going?to?travel?to?London _______ ship.?
A. By B. with C. at D. in
9.--How does Tony go to school?
--_______________
A. By bike. B. On bike.
C. With bike. D. In bike.
10.--How long does it take to get to school?
--_____________
A. 20 miles. B. 20 minutes.
C. 20 pounds. D. 20 kilos.
答案解析：
单项选择题
1. A
解析：由文章的这句Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers(天文学家). 可知两位都是天文学家。
2. C
解析：由文章的第二段可知主要解释了为什么有智力的生命存在。
3. B
解析：由文章的这句n the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes allow scientists to discover smaller planets可知主要在过去没有先进的望远镜。
4. B
解析：从文章的这句Have beings from space already visited Earth? “Probably not,” says Shostak. “It’s a long way away. 可知是因为距离太远的原因。
5. C
解析：有文章的最后一段可以得出?life forms应该是指由智力的生物。
6. C
解析：the most popular表示最受欢迎的。
翻译：—你知道林书豪吗？ ? —是的，他是美职篮最受欢迎的篮球运动员之一。
7. B
解析：前面be动词，后面接形容词，因此用crowded，表示拥挤的
8. A
解析：by+交通方式，表示乘坐某种交通工具
9. A
解析：介词用by+交通工具
10. B
解析:题目问的是多久，回答用时间
课件18张PPT。外研版《英语》 八年级上册Module 4
Planes,ships and trainsUnit 1 He lives the farthest from school.课程编号：TS1605010203W81040101WQQ授课:DoubleLanguage goals1.学习五种交通工具的说法；掌握书本P26的重点词汇。
2.掌握形容词和副词最高级的结构;完成书本中第五题。
知识点 1重点词汇bus ship taxi train undergroundship 轮船 知识点 1重点词汇bus 公交车taxi 出租车知识点 1重点词汇plane 飞机train 火车知识点 1重点词汇road n. 路；
(尤指) 公路accident n.
交通事故；
意外事件知识点 1except 除......之外
choice 选择
classmate 同班同学
重点词汇知识点 1重点词汇crowded adj.
拥挤的；人数过多的e.g. It is so crowded that there is not even stand room. 知识点 1重点词汇far adj. 远的；遥远的
adv. 远；遥远
far from 远离
close adj. （距离上）近的，接近的
adv. （距离上）接近地知识点 2形容词和副词的最高级1.They travel to Beijing by plane.
It’s the most expensive way.
2.Mum often goes to work by taxi.
It’s the most comfortable way.
3.Most of our classmates go to school by bike.
It’s the most cheap way.知识点 2 当我们要将三个或以上的事物进行比较时，要用它们的最高级。
Lingling’s home is the closest to school.
It is the most comfortable way but it’s the most expensive.
Tony lives farthest from school.
Of all the students in my class, Macy writes most carefully.形容词的最高级前要用the,
副词的最高级前可以不用the形容词和副词的最高级知识点 2形容词和副词的最高级最高级的规则变化（单音节和少数双音节词）
① 一般在词尾加-est。如：
tall — tallest short — shortest
②以字母e结尾的形容词直接加 –st。如：
fine — finest large— largest
③以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，如末尾只有一个
辅音字母，应双写该字母，再加-est。如：
big — biggest hot — hottest
④以辅音字母加 y 结尾的形容词，把“y”变
“i”，再加–est。如：
busy —busiest easy — easiest知识点 2形容词和副词的最高级最高级的规则变化（大部分双音节和多音节词）
careful — most careful
carefully— most carefully
dangerous— most dangerous
slowly— most slowly
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知识点 2形容词和副词的最高级最高级的不规则变化 知识点 2形容词和副词的最高级注意：
在表示“A比B……”时，我们用A is … than B，
最高级表达的是三个及三个以上的事物的比较状况，
所以后面通常用in/of/among… 来表示比较的范围。
Tom is the tallest in our class.
Tony lives the closest to school of all my classmates.知识点 2 accident crowded except most modren4 Complete the sentences with the words or expression in the box.1. All the students take the bus to school _______Sam.
2. The ____________ train in the world is the Shanghai airport train.
3. I saw a(n) _________ on my way to school yesterday.
4. I do not take the bus to school because it is usually very _________.exceptmost modernaccidentcrowded 小结1. 五种交通工具的说法以及书本P26的重点词汇。如下：
( bus/ship/taxi/train/underground)
(except /choice /classmate/crowded/far /close)
2. 完成书本中第五题;形容词和副词最高级的结构。
（请对照你的答案，仔细检查，错误的及时纠正）
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