【單元話題】
1 表述自己在過去的生活經歷。
2 詢問他人過去的一些生活經歷和所取得的成績。
3 寫一篇短文把自己和周圍同學的生活經歷寫出來。
4 寫一篇簡短的人物傳記。并附上人物的小檔案。
【重要句型概覽】
Who’s that? That’s Deng Yaping.
What’s her job? She is a great ping-pong player.
When was she born? She was born in 1973.
When did she become a ping-pong player?
She became a ping-pong player when she was 3 years old. / When she was 3 years old.
When did she …? When she was … years old.
How long did she …? When did she stop …?
When did you …? I … when I was … years old.
I first ….when I was … years old. I was/felt happy/tired/excited.
【重要詞組概覽】
learn to do sth. 學會做某事
start doing(to do) sth. 開始做某事
have a party 舉行一次聚會
was(were) born 出生于
stop doing sth. 停止做某事
free time 業(yè)余時間
see sb. do sth. 看見某人做某事
begin doing(to do) sth. 開始做某事
at the age of 在幾歲（多大年齡）的時候
take part in 參加
【重點詞匯注釋】
1．record n. 記錄, 履歷, 檔案, 報告, 唱片
v. 標明, 將...錄音
如：
classroom record 課堂記錄
world record 世界記錄
speed record 速度記錄
time record 時間記錄
set (up) a new record 創(chuàng)新紀錄
hold record 保持記錄
enter on the records 載入記錄
beat [break, cut] the [a] record 打破記錄
a record run 打破記錄的賽跑
write a record of one's journey 寫下旅行記錄
have an honourable [a criminal] record 有光榮的[犯罪的]履歷
a matter of record 有案可查的事件
2. achievement n. 成就, 功績, 完成；達成, 成功, 成績
Flying across the Atlantic for the first time was a great achievement.
首次飛越大西洋是一個偉大的功績。
Such a goal was impossible of achievement.
這樣的目標是不可能實現(xiàn)的。
3. become v. (became, become)
Helen became an electronic engineer.
海倫成了一名電子工程師。
This design of resident buildings is becoming / getting fashionable.
這種住宅樓的設計正在逐漸流行起來。
The travelers became / got thirsty.
旅客們渴了。
4. receive v. 收到, 接到, 接收, 遭到, 受到, 接待, 接見
Did you receive any letters today?
你今天收到信了嗎？
The novel received great acclaim.
這本小說備受贊揚。
The report received accolades from the press.
這篇報道受到新聞界的贊揚。
I received an invitation.
我收到了請?zhí)?/p>
5. admire v. 贊美, 欽佩, 羨慕
I admire her for her bravery.
我欽佩她的勇氣。
We all admired her for the way she saved the children from the fire.
她把孩子們從大火中救出來, 我們都欽佩不已。
Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humour.
人人都欽佩他那絕妙的幽默感。
6. enter v. 進入, 加入, 參加, 登錄
to enter without knocking 不敲門就進
We will not enter the discussion of the plan for the moment.
我們暫不考慮討論這一計劃。
Her dream to enter the famous university came true.
她要進入名牌大學學習的夢想實現(xiàn)了。
A lot of cars entered for this race last year.
去年,很多小汽車參加了這種比賽。
enter into 開始；著手
enter into a contract 訂立合同
Our shop has entered into a contract with a clothing firm to buy 100 T-shirts a week.
我們商店與一家服裝公司達成了每星期批發(fā)一百件T恤衫的合同。
The agreement shall enter into force upon signature.
協(xié)議于簽字后立即生效。
We'll enter into details at the next meeting.
關于細節(jié)問題我們下次會議上再討論。
能力訓練
I. 用所給動詞的適當形式填空.
1. He _______ (be) not with me at that time.
2. She _______(be) born in 1997.
3. They ______ (go) to the park last Sunday.
4. Bob was so tired that he _____(sleep) earlier than usual.
5. My mother ________(give) me a present last Christmas.
6. Mrs. Li _______(live) here many years ago.
7. I _____(have) a good time last vacation.
8. She was in a hurry, so she ____(not have) time to cook for you.
II. 選擇填空.
1. “When _____ he born?” “In 1995.”
A. is B. was C. has D. does
2. Yao Ming was born _____September 12, 1980.
A. on B. in C. at D. to
3. Bill Gates is an _____ person.
A. famous B. talented C. outstanding D. kind
4. She started ice skating _____she was four.
A. after B. when C. how D. where
5. She _____a skating champion when she was twelve.
A. becomes B. become C. becoming D. became
6. She toured the U.S. when ______ was fourteen.
A. he B. her C. she D. herself
III. 補全句子.
1. 他四歲時就學會滑冰了。
He learned to skate _____ _____ _____ _____four.
2. 我六年以前就開始學習英語了。
I _____ _____ _____ English six years ago.
3. 你什么時候參加英語俱樂部？
When will you_____ _____ _____ the English club?
4. Lily五歲時就會游泳了。
Lily could swim _____ _____ _____ _____ years old.
5. Smith先生去年戒煙了。
Mr. Smith ______ _______ last year.
IV. 完形填空.
Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they (1) their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish(愚蠢的) work? We can
(2) fill the basket.” (3) man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said, “You may do as you like, but I am going to work at (4) so foolish.” He
(5) his bucket(桶) and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying
(6) . At last the well was almost (7) .
As he poured(倒) the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring (金戒指). Just then the king came. (8) he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You (9) so well in this little thing,” he said, “ (10) now I know I can believe you with many things.”
( ) (1) (A) finished (B) did (C) began (D) had
( ) (2) (A) ever (B) never (C) easily (D) no
( ) (3) (A) The other (B) Another (C) One (D) A second
( ) (4) (A) anything (B) something (C) nothing (D) everything
( ) (5) (A) picked up (B) put away (C) took away (D) throw down
( ) (6) (A) water (B) basket (C) well (D) work
( ) (7) (A) full (B) empty (C) filled (D) clean
( ) (8) (A) While (B) As soon as (C) Before (D) Since
( ) (9) (A) have done (B) will do (C) do (D) are doing
( ) (10)(A) what (B) why (C) when (D) that
V. 閱讀理解.
“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs. White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a right computer screen (屏幕) on which a colorful dragon (龍) jumped and shouted.
“Oh, Tom! You’re still playing on that computer. You must stop now, it’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow.” said Mrs. White.
“But I’ve nearly beaten the dragon.” said Tom. Mrs. White could see the excitement (激動) on her son’s face. She sat down beside him.
“You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family.” she said with a smile. “What’s so special (特別的) about it? Show me what it can do!”
Tom was very excited. “I think this is a great computer, Mum!” he said happily. “The hardware (硬件) is good. There’s so much memory (內存) and it has some wonderful software programmes. This game, Dragonsplayer, is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Danny and other friends. I don’t have to worry about any infected (被感染的) disks (磁盤) because I have a virus (病毒) detector (監(jiān)測器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!” Tom began tapping (敲打) keys on the keyboard (鍵盤). The screen changed in answer to his orders (命令).
“Oh, Tom.” laughed Mrs. White. “I’m sure it’s a wonderful computer, but I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
( ) (1) When Mrs. White was calling Tom, he was _______.
(A) lying in bed reading a book
(B) on the computer with a dragon
(C) standing in front of the screen of the computer
(D) playing computer games in his bedroom
( ) (2) From the passage we know that the story happened _______.
(A) before Tom went to school in the morning
(B) before Tom went to bed at night
(C) just as the dragon jumped and shouted
(D) after Tom had slept for some hours in the evening
( ) (3) Tom was very excited because _______.
(A) he had a radio detector in his computer
(B) he was worrying about the infected disks
(C) he had nearly beaten the dragon in computer game
(D) his mother came upstairs to ask him to go to bed
( ) (4) Which of the following is true according to the passage?
(A) Tom liked playing computer games
(B) Tom enjoyed playing with real dragons
(C) Tom hated tapping on the keyboard
(D) Tom hated teaching his mother how to play the computer
( ) (5) How did Tom get on with his mother?
(A) Mrs. White was very hard on her son.
(B) Mrs. White loved her son and took good care of him.
(C) Tom didn’t want to talk about the computer with his mother.
(D) Tom thought his mother was as wonderful as the computer game.
參考答案
I.
1. was 2. was 3. went 4. slept 5. gave 6. lived 7. had 8. didn’t have
II.
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C
III.
1. at the age of
2. began to learn(study)
3. take part in
4. when she was five
5. stopped smoking
IV.
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D
6. A 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. D
1. King布置完任務后，并說 “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.” 顯然不能選擇 “finished”。余下的三個選擇中，began更加符合文中的情景，因此選擇 C。
2. 兩人中的一人認為，用水裝滿竹籃是一件愚蠢的工作。因此，never和no是候選，二者比較，只有never符合題意。因此選擇 B。
3. 兩個中的“另一個”是“the other”; 不定數(shù)目中的“另一個”是“another”。因此，因此選擇 A。
4. 根據(jù)后一句中的went away, 本句應選C: nothing.
10. 因為前句中有so, so…that… 意為：如此……以致于……
國王說：“你把這點兒小事干得這么漂亮，現(xiàn)在許多事情我都可以相信你了。”
V.
(1) D (2) B (3) C (4) A (5) B
1．原文 “went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen” 部分，得出答案 “D”。
2．原文 “It’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow” 部分，明確給出故事發(fā)生時間 “It’s half past eleven” 答案為 “B”。
3．原文 “ ‘But I’ve nearly beaten the dragon,’ said Tom. Mrs. White could see the excitement (激動) on her son’s face” 部分中 “have nearly beaten” --- 幾乎就打敗了，Tom 顯得很激動，選項為 “C”。
4．通讀全文表現(xiàn)出Tom 對玩電腦十分感興趣，選項為 “A”。
5．選題中詞組 “get on with sb” ── 與某人相處，從文中多處看到 Mrs. White 對兒子Tom的喜愛，關心愛護，選項為 “B”。