Module 9 Life history Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.知识点归纳与练习（无答案）

Module 9
重点单词和短语
March [mɑ?t?]n. 3月
April ['eipr?l]n. 4月
June [d?u:n] n. 6月
Women's Day妇女节
National Day国庆节
Children's Day儿童节
July [d???la?]n. 7月
August [??'g?st]n. 8月
September [sep'temb?]n. 9月
October [?k't??b?] n. 10月
November[n?(?)'vemb?] n. 11月
December [d?'semb?] n. 12月
writer ['ra?t?]n.作家
find out发现; 查明; 弄清
real [ri?l]adj.真实的; 真正的
at the age of 在……岁时
newspaper['nju?zpe?p?; 'nju?s-] n.报纸
exact[?g'z?kt; eg-] adj. 准确的; 确切的
date [?g'z?kt; eg-]n.日期
become [b?'k?m] v. ( became ) 成为
in the 1860s 在19世纪60年代
play [ple?] n. 剧本; 戏剧
poem ['p???m] n.诗歌
marry ['m?r?]v. 结婚
successful [s?k'sesf?l; -f(?)l] adj. 成功的
work [w??k]n. 作品; 著作
build [b?ld]v. ( built ) 建造
on prep. 在……河边
fire ['fa??] n.火; 火灾
die [da?]v. 死; 去世
rich [r?t?] adj. 富有的
language ['l??gw?d?] n. 语言
around the world 世界各地
young [j??]adj. 年轻的

语法回顾
1. Tom Sawyer, by the famous American writer, Mark Twain.
by, 在这里表示“由…(创作)，出自”。
如： Hamlet was by Shakespeare《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚写的。
It’s a painting by Van Gogh.这是一幅凡·高的画。
回忆一下前面学的 by 的用法:
They can ask their teachers questions by Internet, telephone or email.
他们可以通过互联网、电话或电子邮件 向老师提问。
句中的 “by”表示方式，意思是“用... ...，靠......，通过......”。例如：
Send it by air mail. 用航空邮件寄吧。
2.Women’s 妇女节 Children’s Day 儿童节
复数单词所有格的构成：
1. 规则的，在其后直接加 “ ’ ”即可。如：girls’ bags 女孩子们的包
2. 不规则的复数形式，以 s 结尾的，其所有格也是在其后直接加 “ ’ ”即可。
3. 不规则的复数形式，如果不以 s 结尾，其所有格是在其后加“’”即可。如：
women’s shops 妇女商店
children’s park 儿童公园
3. He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
“at the age of twelve”意为：在12岁的时候
=“when he was twelve ”
表达在12岁的时候我们还可以用: at 12/at age 12.
如： Mark Twain died at the age of 75.马克· 吐温是75岁死的
In china, schooling stars at age 6.在中国，6岁开始上学。
He started piano at 7.他7岁开始学钢琴。
4. But he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.
“take a name”相当于“choose to have a new name” 开始使用新名字。
如：Are you going to take your husband’s name when you get married?
你结婚后会改用你丈夫的姓吗？
in the 1860s 不是具体时间，而是指“19世纪60年代” “in + the +整数年 + s ”为固定用法，表示“…世纪…年代”。
如: in the 1990s 20世纪90年代
5.Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company in about 1592.
join意思是“加入，参加”，如：
My brother joined the army in 1995 and joined the Party three years later.
我哥哥1995年参军，三年后入了党。
注意：join sb. in doing sth. 表示“和某人一起做某事”，如：
Can you join us in playing basketball?
= Can you play basketball with us?
你能和我们一起打篮球吗？
6. At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at 14.
decide后面要求用动词不定式，再如：
I decided to be a doctor when I was 20. 我二十岁时决定做一名医生。
He decided to study hard.他下定决心好好学习。
7. He married in 1582 and had three children.
他于1582年结婚，有了三个孩子。
marry即可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词，意为“结婚；嫁，娶”。
1) marry sb 意为嫁给某人，与……结婚。
John married Mary last week.
2) be/get married to sb 表示与某人结婚。
Rose get married to a teacher.
3) marry sb to sb 表示父母把女儿嫁给某人，或儿子娶媳妇。
She married her daughter to a businessman.
8. find 和 find out 辨析
find “找到”, 指偶然发现或寻找到某人或某物。 find out “发现；查明；弄清 ”, 指通过调查询问等而查明情况或弄清事实真相。
例如：
You can find the answer. 你们能找到答案的。
At last we find out the truth of that thing.最后我们查明了那件事情的真相。
语法操练
I. 词汇大训练。
A）写出英文的十二个月份。
1. 一月 ________
2. 二月 ________
3. 三月 ________
4. 四月 ________
5. 五月 ________
6. 六月 ________
7. 七月 ___________
8. 八月 ___________
9. 九月 ___________
10. 十月 ___________
11. 十一月 ___________
12. 十二月 ___________

B） 根据汉语提示写出单词。
1. There is a _____ (富裕) man in the east of the town.
2. Yuan Longping is a __________(成功的) scientist.
3. It will _____(下雪) tomorrow.
II. 根据提示补全句子。
1. A: Did you play the guitar when you were five?
B: Yes, _______.
2. A: What did he do?
B: He _____ (撰稿)for a newspaper.
3. He _________ (become) very famous in the1860s.
4. He _____ (去) to school by bus last week.
III. 根据句意及首字母写单词。
1. New Year’s Day is on J_______ the first.
2. M__ the first is Labour’s Day.
3. We love our teachers. We say “Happy Teachers’ Day!” on S________ the tenth.
4. June the first is C________ Day.
5. O______ the first is our National Day.
Ⅳ.选择题。
1. Last week Sue ________.
A.will see a movie B. saw a movie C. see a movie
2. Yesterday Mary __________.
A.will wash the dishes B. wash the dishes C. washed the dishes
3. Where ________ you last night? I was at home.
A. am B. were C. was
4. Did you visit a friend yesterday? Yes, ________.
A. I did B. I do C. I was
Ⅴ.请用正确动词形式填空。
1. I _______ (have) an exciting party last weekend.
2. _______ she _________ (practice) her guitar yesterday? No, she _________.
3. What _____ Tom _____ (do) on Saturday evening?
4. They all ________ (go) to the mountains yesterday morning.
5. She __________ (not visit) her aunt last weekend.She ________ (stay) at home and ______ (do) some cleaning.

重难点突破
一般过去时（3）
动词过去式规则的，在其后直接加-ed，不规则的需要单独记忆。
例如：
We left at nine o’clock in the morning. 我们是早上9点钟离开的。
They swam in the swimming pool and had a good time.
他们在游泳池里游泳，玩得很开心。
He wrote some postcards and sent some emails.
他写了一些明信片，还发了一些电子邮件。
be
was/were
是
leave
left
离开
buy
bought
买
meet
?met
遇到
come
came
来
read
read
读
do
did
做
see
saw
看见
get
got
到达
send
sent
发送
go
went
去
spend
spent
花费
have
had
吃
swim
swam
游泳
write
wrote
写
take
took
带走
不规则动词的一般过去时的否定形式：
We didn’t leave at nine o’clock in the morning.
我们不是早上9点钟离开的。
They didn’t swim in the swimming pool. They didn’t have a good time.
他们没在游泳池里游泳。他们玩得不开心。
He didn’t write any postcards and didn’t send any emails.
他没有写一些明信片，也没发一些电子邮件。（注意：some 要变成 any！）
一般疑问形式及其肯、否定回答：
Did you leave at nine o’clock in the morning?你们是早上9点钟离开的吗？
Yes, we did. / No, we didn’t. 是的，我们是。/不，我们不是。
Did they swim in the swimming pool?他们在游泳池里游泳了吗？
Yes, we did. / No, we didn’t. 是的，他们游了。/不，他们没游。
一般疑问形式及其肯、否定回答：
Did he have a good time? 他玩得开心吗？
Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t. 是的，开心。/ 不，不开心。
Did he write any postcards and send any emails?
他写了一些明信片, 还发了一些电子邮件吗？
Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t. 是的，他写了发了。 / 不，他没写没发。
练兵场
练习一
一、翻译
1. National Day
2. find out
3. at the age of
4. in January
5. be born
6. begin to do
7. learn to do sth.
8. decide to do sth.
二、完成文章
A
Shakespeare (1) _______ in 1582 and had three children. He became famous around the world for his plays and you can see them in many different (2) _________.
Shakespeare also wrote (3) ________ as well. He was also a (4) ______ and (5) _________ actor. You can see his Globe Theatre in London today, but it’s not the same building. There was a (6) ____ in the old theatre and they built it again. He (7) _____ at the age of fifty-two.
B
When my father was young, he (1) __________ (not have) much money. He (2) ________ (begin) work at eight o’clock and (3) ______ (leave) at five.
When he (4) _______ (get) home, he always (5) ________ (read) a book. In the evening he (6) ________ (go) to the park and (7) ________ (have) a good time
C
Tony: What time did you (1) _____ school every day when you were a boy?
Tony’s dad: I (2) _____ at about five o’clock, I think.
Tony: And what time did you (3) ____ home?
Tony’s dad: Oh, I (4) ___ home about half an hour after that, at half past five.
Tony: Did you (5) ______ a lot of homework?
Tony’s dad: Yes, I (6) _____.
Tony: Did you (7) _______ to play football when you were at school?
Tony’s dad: No, I (8) __________ after you were born.
练习二
Ⅰ. 单项选择
1. — ______ you ______ television?
—No, I didn’t.
A. Did; look B. Did; watch C. Do; look D. Do; watch
2. The Spring Festival ______ in January or February.
A. was B. are C. were D. is
3. —Do you like playing chess?
—Yes, and I like playing computer games ______.
A. just B. also C. either D. as well
4. If you want, you can ______ how he studied so well.
A. look for B. find out C. look out D. find for
5. Can you tell me ______?
A. where he was born B. where was he born
C. where he born was D. where was born he
6. William Shakespeare liked ______ plays at school.
A. looking B. watching C. looking at D. seeing
7. —What ______ your sister ______ in 2008？
—She wrote a book ______ Hero.
A. did; write; call B. do; write; called C. did; write; called D. do; write; call
8. His father ______ when he was five years old.
A. dies B. die C. to die D. died
9. —When did he finish ______ the book? —Last week.
A. read B. to read C. reading D. reads
10. I want to ______ the music club. What about you?
A. be B. join C. take D. have
Ⅱ. 完形填空
O·Henry was a pen name used by an American 1 of short stories. His 2 name was William Sydney Porter. He was 3 in North Carolina in 1862. 4 a young boy, he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he tried to teach 5 everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O· Henry went to Texas. There he tried different 6 . He first worked on newspaper, and then had a job in a 7 .When some money went missing from the bank, O·Henry was believed to have stolen(偷) it. Because of that, he was 8 to prison(监狱). 9 the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories.
People liked his stories, because they were 10 to understand and they would finish with a sudden change in the end, to the readers’ surprise.
1. A. clerk B. teacher C. writer D. doctor
2. A. pen B. old C. first D. real
3. A. bore B. born C. bored D. boring
4. A. To B. For C. As D. Because
5. A. myself B. himself C. yourself D. itself
6. A. food B. clothes C. work D. jobs
7. A. newspaper B. hospital C. school D. bank
8. A. send B. sent C. sending D. to send
9. A. On B. For C. In D. During
10. A. hard B. difficult C. easy D. creative
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
Grace Murray was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City. In 1928 she finished her education in Vassar College in maths and physics. Since then, she had been teaching at Vassar and continued her studies at Yale University, where she achieved a lot in maths in 1934.
In 1930, Grace Murray married Vincent Foster Hopper. They were happy together for 15 years. She taught at Vassar until 1943, when she joined the United States Navy (海军) to help her country during World War II. Then she was given a job at the Bureau of Computation Project at Harvard University, where she worked on the Mark Series of computers.
In 1945, she began to do research in applied (应用) physics at Harvard’s Computation Laboratory. In 1949 she joined the Eckert—Mauchly Computer Corporation and worked with them. 18 years later, she returned to the Navy. She retired in 1971 but continued teaching for the computer development. Brewster Academy, a school in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, the United States, gave their computer lab to her for free in 1985, calling it the Grace Murray Hopper Centre for Computer Learning. She had spent her childhood summer at a local family in Wolfeboro. She passed away in her sleep in 1992. Since her death, her workmate Elenor Briggs has been going on with her jobs.
Grace Murray was a great woman and a leader in the computer development. Her work helped improve the use of computer languages. She practised her words “Dare and Do” in her life time.
1. How many years did Grace Murray teach at Vassar?
A. About 2. B. About 6. C. About 15. D. About 18.
2. Before she joined the United States Navy, what did Grace Murray do at Yale University?
A. Studied maths. B. Researched applied physics.
C. Developed computer languages. D. Worked on the Mark Series of computers.
3. Why did the school in Wolfeboro give their computer lab to Grace Murray for free?
A. Because the lab was built with her help. B. Because she once spent some time there.
C. Because Wolfeboro is her home town. D. Because she once taught there.
4. The underlined part “passed away” in Paragraph 3 means _ ___.
A. worked B. died C. waited D. dreamed
5. The text is mainly developed by __ __.
A. space order B. giving examples C. showing different jobs D. time order
Ⅳ. 任务型阅读
Mo Yan, 2012’s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in the small town of Gaomi in Shandong Province. His parents were farmers. And as a young boy, Mo took care of the family’s goats. Each day he took the goats outside and watched over them when they ate grasses.
It was a lonely job, but Mo was a smart boy. He enjoyed the green, open land of Shandong. He enjoyed looking up at the blue sky and the white clouds. To pass the time, he talked to the goats. He told them his thoughts and some stories. It was the beginning of his life as a storyteller.
During the Cultural Revolution（文化大革命）， Mo had to leave school and work for a company. This was difficult for Mo, because he loved books and he loved reading. Luckily, he found a friend who would lend him books. Later, Mo became a soldier and to continue his education. In the end, he graduated from Beijing Normal University(北师大). This is where he began to write.
Although Mo had left Gaomi, Gaomi never left him. Many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi. For Mo, all of man nature can be seen in the village life of Gaomi. Mo is famous now, but he remains a true son of soil(土地).
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
1. Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012.
2. As a young, boy Mo Yan took care of his family’s goats and he hated the job.
3. Mo Yan continued studying in a middle school during the Cultural Revolution.
4. Mo Yan graduated from Beijing Normal University and this is where he began to write.
5. Gaomi never left Mo Yan because many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi.
Ⅴ. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1. June 1st is _______ (child) Day.
2. My father _______ (leave) school at the age of ten.
3. I went to Beijing, Nanjing and other ______ (city).
4. He _______ (not read) that story. He’s going to read it.
5. My son enjoys ______ (read) poems.
Ⅵ. 根据句意及汉语提示写单词
1. I want to be a _______ (作家) like William Shakespeare when I grow up.
2. His English name is Jane, but his _______ (真实的) name is Liu Lihua.
3. Is there anything interesting in today’s _______ (报纸)?
4. Her hope is to _______ (成为) a teacher in the future.
5. His sister _______ (结婚) two years ago.
Ⅶ. 主题阅读
(A)
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger（饥饿）. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings.
60-year-old Park Geun-hye(朴槿惠)was elected（选举）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” she told the cheering People in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.”
Barack Obama ( born in Hopolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichits, Kansas.
1. When Mo Yan was young, his family might be .
A. big B. poor C. rich D. small
2. When was Park Geun-hye born?
A. In 1952. B. In 1955. C. In 1961. D. In 1987.
3. Where was Barack Obama born?
A. In Kansas. B. In Kenya. C. In Columbia. D. In Hawaii.
4. Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?
A. The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize.
B. Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018.
C. Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election.
D. Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest.
5. The three passages may be from .
A. an email B. a letter C. news D. an ad
(B)
Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the first Chinese to win the prize.
Mo Yan was born into a farmer’s family in Shandong in 1955. He left school to work at the age of twelve, first on the farm, later in a factory. In 1976 he joined the PLA and during this time he began to study writing. His first short story was published in 1981. He has written many famous books about his childhood and his home town. Many of his books have been translated into English, French and many other languages.
Mo Yan’s winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature, widely regarded as a great encouragement for China’s literature, is bringing more confidence to the nation’s young authors.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How old is Mo Yan?
_________________________________
2. When did he win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
_________________________________
3. Is Mo Yan a Chinese writer?
_________________________________
4. Where was he born?
_________________________________
5. Mo Yan left school to work at the age of 14, didn’t he?
_________________________________