外研版英语八上
Module 4.4 Planes ,ships and trains Unit 3
阅读理解
When?my?family?moved?to?America?in?2010?from?a?small?village?in?Guangdong,?China,?we?brought?not?only?our?luggage,?but?also?our?village?rules,?customs?and?culture.?One?of?the?rules?is?that?young?people?should?always?respect(尊敬)?elders.?Unluckily,?this?rule?led?to?my?very?first?embarrassment?in?the?United?States.?
I?had?a?part-time?job?as?a?waiter?in?a?Chinese?restaurant.?One?time,?when?I?was?serving?food?to?a?middle-aged?couple,?the?wife?asked?me?how?the?food?could?be?served?so?quickly.?I?told?her?that?I?had?made?sure?they?got?their?food?quickly?because?I?always?respect?the?elderly.?As?soon?as?I?said?that,?her?face?showed?great?displeasure.?My?manager,?who?happened?to?hear?what?I?said,?took?me?aside?and?gave?me?a?long?lecture?about?how?sensitive(敏感)?Americans?are?and?how?they?dislike?the?description?“old”.?I?then?walked?back?to?the?table?and?apologized?to?the?wife.?After?the?couple?heard?my?reason,?they?understood?that?the?problem?was?caused?by?cultural?differences,?so?they?laughed?and?were?no?longer?angry.?
In?my?village?in?China,?people?are?proud?of?being?old.?Not?so?many?people?live?to?be?seventy?or?eighty,?and?people?who?reach?such?an?age?have?the?most?knowledge?and?experience.?Young?people?always?respect?older?people?because?they?know?they?can?learn?from?their?rich?experience.?
However,?in?the?United?States,?people?think?“growing?old”?is?a?problem?since?“old”?shows?that?a?person?is?going?to?retire?or?that?the?body?is?not?working?well.?Here?many?people?try?to?keep?themselves?away?from?growing?old?by?doing?exercises?or?jogging,?and?women?put?on?makeup,?hoping?to?look?young.?When?I?told?the?couple?in?the?restaurant?that?I?respect?the?elderly,?they?got?angry?because?this?caused?them?to?feel?they?had?failed?tostay?young.?I?had?told?them?something?they?didn’t?want?to?hear.?
After?that,?I?changed?the?way?I?had?been?with?older?people.?It?is?not?that?I?don’t?respect?them?any?more;?I?still?respect?them,?but?now?I?don’t?show?my?feelings?through?words.??
1.Jack?brought?the?couple?their?food?very?fast?because?_______.?
A.?the?manager?asked?him?to?do?so ?
B.?he?respected?the?elderly
C.?the?couple?wanted?him?to?do?so ?
D.?he?wanted?more?pay
2.When?Jack?called?the?couple?“elderly”,?they?became?_______.?
A.?nervous? B.?satisfied
C.?Unhappy D.?excited
3.In?Jack’s?hometown,?_______.?
A.?people?dislike?being?called?“old”
B.?people?are?proud?of?being?old
C.?many?people?reach?the?age?of?seventy?or?eighty?
D.?the?elderly?are?the?first?to?get?food?in?restaurants
4.After?this?experience,?Jack?_______.?
A.?lost?his?job?in?the?restaurant
B.?made?friends?with?the?couple
C.?no?longer?respected?the?elderly?
D.?changed?his?way?with?older?people
5.Which?of?the?following?is?TRUE?
A.?The?more?Jack?explained,?the?angrier?the?couple?got.?
B.?Jack?wanted?to?show?his?feelings?through?words?after?his?experience.?
C.?The?manager?went?back?to?the?table?and?apologized?to?the?couple.?
D.?From?this?experience,?Jack?learned?more?about?American?culture.?
选择题
6.—Which?season?do?you?like?_______,?summer?or?winter?or?spring?
—Summer.????
A.?well? ? B. best ???C.?better? ? ?D. good
7.I?am?good?at?math,?but?his?English?is ________ than?mine.
A. Good B. better C. well D. best
8.Shanghai is one of the ________ cities in the world.
A. Big B. bigger C. biggest D. more big
9.Tom lives _______ from school.
A. Far B. farther C. further D. furthest
10.--What is the ________ way to travel in London?
--By underground, I think.
A. Safe B. safety C. safely D. safest
答案解析：
单项选择题
1. B
解析：根据第2段中的I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly可知答案。
2. C
解析：根据第2段中的As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure可知他们听到Jack称他们为老者时，一点也不高兴。
3. B
解析：根据第3段中的In my village in China, people are proud of being old可知答案。
4. D
解析：根据最后一段中的After that, I changed the way I had with older people可知答案。
5. D
解析：根据第2段最后一句After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry可知A选项不对；根据文章最后一句but now I don’t show my feelings through words可知B选项不对；根据第2段中的I then waked back to the table and apologized to the wife 可知C 选项也不对，故正确答案为D。
6. B
解析：like best表示最喜欢。
翻译：—你最喜欢哪个季节，夏天，春天还是冬天？
7. B
解析：后文than是比较级标志，因此better
8. C
解析：one of...之一，用最高级
9. A
解析：句中没有比较级或最高级的标志，只需用原型即可
10. D
解析：前文有the，要用最高级safest
课件14张PPT。外研版《英语》 八年级上册Module 4
Planes,ships and trainsUnit 3 Language in use课程编号：TS1605010203W81040301WQQ授课:DoubleLanguage goals1.完成书本中的第一、二、三题；
复习形容词和副词最高级的用法。
2.完成书本中的第四、六、七、八题。
知识点 1Language practice
1. It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also
the most expensive.
2. He lives the farthest from school.
3. It is the fastest and the second cheapest.
4. The more information, the better.基础练习知识点 11 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.基础练习1. This bus takes the _________ (long) time because it is the _______ (slow).
2. The new train travels the _________ (fast) of all the trains in the world.
3. The _________ (cheap) way to get there is by coach.
4. I am in a hurry. What is the _________ (fast) way to get there?
5. The fastest way to travel is by plane, but usually it is also the
______________ (expensive).longestslowestfastestcheapestfastestmost expensive 知识点 12 Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.基础练习a) By plane, but you have to go to the airport by taxi and
that takes time too.
b) The cheapest way is going by coach, but it is not very
comfortable.
c) The most comfortable way is going by train, but it takes
more time than going by plane.
d) There are three ways: by plane, by train and by coach.知识点 12 Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.基础练习C: How can I get to Beijing from here?
TG: _________________________________________
C: Which is the fastest way?
TG: _____________________________________________________
C: Which is the cheapest way?
TG: ______________________________________________________
C: Which way is the most comfortable?
TG: _______________________________________________________________
C: Customer TG: Tourist guide d There are three ways: by plane, by train and by coach.a By plane, but you have to go to the airport by taxi and that takes time too.b The cheapest way is going by coach, but it is not very comfortable.c The most comfortable way is going by train, but it takes more time than going by plane.知识点 13 Complete the conversation with the correct forms of the words in the box.基础练习cheap close expensive good much slowA: What’s the (1) ______ way to go to Qingdao?
B: We can take a plane, but that’s (2) _________.
We can also take a train. It’s (3) __________,
but it’s not so expensive. The coach is the
(4) __________ way to go, but it takes the (5) ______ time.
A: So how should we go?
B: I think the best way is by train because the train station
is the (6) ________ to our home. bestexpensive slowercheapestmostclosest 知识点 24 Complete the word map.巩固练习take a taxiby taxitake a busby busairportby planetake a trainby traintaxi standbus stoptake a planetrain station知识点 26 Complete the email with the words in the box.巩固练习book choice cost travel tripFROM: Sally
TO: Tony
SUBJECT: Journey to China
Hi Tony,
My family is planning a journey to China in the summer. We want
to visit Beijing first. Do you think we should (1) _________ the plane
tickets early? After Beijing, we want to visit Xi’an and Hangzhou,
and maybe somewhere else. How can we (2) _________ from Beijing
to Xi’an, by train or by plane? The (3) _______ is not so important,
but the time is. booktravelcost知识点 26 Complete the email with the words in the box.巩固练习book choice cost travel tripFROM: Sally
TO: Tony
SUBJECT: Journey to China
After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou. Is it better to go
to Shanghai first, or can we go from Xi’an to Hangzhou directly?
And after Hangzhou what’s the best (4) __________? Can we
make a short (5) __________ to Suzhou? What do you think?
Thanks for your help.
Sallychoicetrip 知识点 27 Listen and match the cities with the information.巩固练习1. London
2. Birmingham
3. Oxford
4. Cambridgea) the city with about four million people
b) a small beautiful city
c) the most expensive city
d) the most interesting city
e) the biggest city知识点 28 Listen again and answer the questions.巩固练习1. Which city has the largest population?
London.
2. Which cities have the oldest universities in the world?
Oxford and Cambridge.
3. Which city is the nearest to London?
Cambridge.
4. What are the popular places for sightseeing in London?
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace,Tower Bridge.小结1.完成书本中的第一、二、三题；
（复习形容词和副词最高级的用法）
2.完成书本中的第四、六、七、八题。
（请对照你的答案，仔细检查，错误的及时纠正）
亲爱的同学，课后请做一下习题测试，
假如达到90分以上，就说明你已经很好
的掌握了这节课的内容，有关情况将
记录在你的学习记录上，
亲爱的同学再见！
