Section A
1. I think animals are more interesting.
我认为动物更加有趣。
interesting interested
interesting是形容词，意思是“令人感兴趣的”，一般指人、物本身是有趣的。
如：Playing basketball is very interesting.
打篮球很有趣。
interested是形容词。一般指人对某物感兴趣，固定词组为be interested in...对……感兴趣。
如：This book is so interesting that everyone is interested in it.
这本书是如此的有趣以至于每个人都对它感兴趣。
拓展：在英语中，有两大类动词构成的形容词，一类是v-ing型的形容词，另一类是v-ed型的形容词，常见的有：
v-ing 词义 v-ed 词义
interesting有趣的 interested感兴趣
surprising令人吃惊的 surprised感到吃惊的
amazing令人惊异的 amazed感到惊奇的
exciting令人兴奋的 excited感到兴奋的
boring无聊的 bored感到厌烦的
disappointing令人失望的 disappointed感到失望
moving感人的 moved受感动的
2. We share the world with them.
我们和它们共同分享这个世界。
share动词，共用、分享、分担
如：The sisters shared the same room.
姐妹们同住一屋。
We share the joys and sorrows.
我们同甘共苦。
3. They are now in danger.
他们现在处于危险中。
be in danger处于危险中
You may be in danger if you walk alone late at night.
如果你深夜独自散步可能有危险。
Don’t be afraid when you are in danger.
当你处于危险之中，不要害怕。
4. It looks for food at night along the sea floor.
夜里它沿着海底寻找食物。
look for find find out
look for寻找，强调寻找的过程。
如：He is looking for his pen.
他正在寻找他的钢笔。
What are you looking for?
你正在找什么？
find找到，强调结果。
He found his pen under the desk.
他在桌子下找到了他的钢笔。
Did you find your book yesterday?
你昨天找到你的书了吗？
find out了解、查出，表示经过一番努力调查了解了某事，后面常接宾语从句。
如：Please find out what time they are coming.
请查一下他们什么时候来。
The policemen found out who stole the stamps.
警察们查出谁偷走了邮票。
5. In spring, it returns to the fresh water stream to lay eggs.
春天它回到淡水的小溪里产卵。
return动词。①返回，回到come back；②归还give back。
如：He returned to Beijing last Sunday.
上个星期天他返回到北京。
Please return the book to me tomorrow.
请明天把书归还给我。
6. So the butterfly is losing its home.
因此，蝴蝶正失去它的家园。
lose丢失，过去式lost。
The little girl lost her way in the street.
小女孩在街上迷路了。
He lost his book yesterday.
昨天他丢了他的书。
Section B
1. What are you thinking about?
你正在想什么？
think about think of think over
①think about意为考虑、思考，与think of同义。
如：I’m thinking about/ of where to spend my holiday.
我正在考虑到哪里去度假。
②think of作想起、认为时与think about不同。
如：She often thinks of her old friends.
她经常想起她的老朋友。
③think over意为仔细考虑、思考。over为副词、代词应放在其前。
如：I thought it over last Sunday.
上个星期天我仔细考虑那件事。
Let me think over this difficult problem.
让我仔细思考这道难题。
2. The plants stay green longer there.
在那里，植物保持绿色的时间更长。
stay表示继续保持某种状态，后接形容词做表语。
如：The shop stays open till 12 o’clock.
这家商店到12点才打烊。
We must stay happy.
我们必须保持快乐。
3. In this area, there is very little rain.
这个地区几乎没有雨。
few a few little a little
①few与可数名词复数连用，表示否定。意思“很少，几乎没有”
如：He is a man of few words.
他是个沉默寡言的人。
He knows few friends here.
他在这里几乎不认识朋友。
②little与不可数名词连用，表示否定，意思“很少，几乎没有”
There is little water in the glass.
杯子里几乎没有水了。
I have little interest in politics.
我对政治没有什么兴趣。
③a few, a little表示肯定，一些，有some意思接近，但a few修饰可数名词，a little修饰不可数名词。
There are a few eggs, a little bread in the fridge.
冰箱里有一些鸡蛋，一些面包。
4. In summer, rocks, streams and forests are even more beautiful, with blue skies, clear lakes and fast-flowing rivers.
夏天，岩石、小溪和森林更美丽，同时还有蓝天、清澈的湖泊和湍急的河流。
with为介词，表示行为方式的用法。
①with＋名词（代词）＋介词短语
With a book in her hand, Miss Li comes into the classroom.
李老师手里拿着一本书走进了教室。
②with＋名词（代词）＋adj形（adv副）
He often sleeps with the windows open.
他经常开着窗户睡觉。
形容词的比较级可以被even“更”much“……得多”等副词修饰。much, a lot, a little, even, still表示比较的程度。
如：It was cold yesterday, but it is even colder today.
昨天很冷，今天更冷。
This book is much more interesting than that one.
这本书比那本书要有趣多了。
Section C
1. Thousands and thousands of animals live in rainforests.
千千万万的动物生活在热带雨林。
hundred百 500 five hundred 800 eight hundred
thousand千 5000 five thousand 8000 eight thousand
注意：hundred, thousand前加基数词时，不加s，不用复数形式。thousands of成千上万的，hundreds of成百上千的
注意与介词of连用时，hundred, thousand要用复数形式。
There are two thousand students in our school.
在我们学校里有两千学生。
Thousands of foreigners come to China every year.
每年成千上万的外国人来到中国。
2. They can’t live at all without water.
没有水，他们根本不能活。
without介词“没有”，反义词with
如：He goes to school without breakfast every day.
他每天没吃早餐就去上学。
He worked all day without having any rest.
他整整干了一天，一点没有休息。
Section D
1. Isn’t it interesting?
它真有趣，不是吗？
这种问句，称为否定疑问句，表示赞叹、惊讶等。
如：Aren’t these pictures beautiful?
这些图画难道不漂亮吗？
2. It is one of the most dangerous fish in the world.
它是世界上最危险的鱼之一。
one of＋the＋最高级形式＋名词复数形式，意为“最……之一”
He is one of the tallest boys in our class.
他是我们班最高的男孩之一。
She is one of the most popular teachers in the school.
她是学校里最受欢迎的老师之一。
3. It’s so strange!
这多奇怪啊！
本句为感叹句，形式上是陈述句形式，但带有强烈的感情。
They do it so quickly!
他们做得多快啊！
He is so clever!
他多聪明啊！
【模拟试题】（答题时间：30分钟）
I. 用括号内的所给词的正确形式填空。
1. I like _______（animal）because they are our friends.
2. Which are ________（beautiful）plants or animals?
3. The shark returns to the stream __________（lay）eggs.
4. Brazil has ___________（large）rainforests in the world.
5. In this area there is much _________（little）rain.
6. There are ____________（few）books in our library than in your library.
7. He often does a lot of __________（danger）work.
8. There are ___________（thousand）of trees on the hill.
9. What cover most of ___________（earth）surface?
10. In fact water _________（make）up the greatest part of the human body.
II. 选择
1. Jim left the classroom without __________ anything?
A. say B. to say C. says D. saying
2. I’m __________ Helen. Do you know where she is?
A. looking up B. looking after C. looking for D. looking at
3. There are __________ vegetables in the fridge. Let’s go and buy them.
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
4. Who’s _________ student in your class?
A. best B. good C. the best D. well
5. We need some _________ apples.
A. much B. many C. more D. most
6. Li Lei is _________ shorter than Li Ping.
A. a few B. much C. very D. many
7. They are ____________ you think.
A. more than friendly B. more friendly than
C. friendly than more D. friendly more than
8. This problem is very difficult. Let’s think ___________ it.
A. of B. about C. over D. at
9. We must __________ every drop of water.
A. leave B. show C. keep D. save
10. She can’t _________ her pen. Can you help her to __________ it?
A. find, look for B. find, find
C. look for, find D. look for, find out
11. I don’t think there _____________ a question any more.
A. is B. isn’t C. did D. didn’t
12. She _________ the supper and cleaned the house.
A. cooks B. is cooking C. cooked D. cook
13. He started to teach English ___________ .
A. for three years B. in three years
C. three years ago D. about three years
14. Michael, can you ___________ me your new book?
---- Certainly.
A. borrow B. lend C. to borrow D. to lend
15. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we ____________ to Beijing.
A. go B. went C. will go D. were going
III. 完形填空
Zhang Hong was 1 daughter. She was five years 2 . She liked asking questions very much. She liked animal cartoons（动画片）very much. One evening 3 we watched the Donald（唐老鸭）, she laughed and laughed. She was very 4 . “Do you understand Donald’s words?”I asked her. “No, I 5 understand the duck’s words.”answered Zhang Hong. The cartoons were 6 . And we went on 7 TV. “Mum, said Zhang Hong,”“May I ask you a question now?”“Certainly. What is it?”said I. “Why the young aunt 8 close the door when she has a bath?”She painted to the screen（指着屏幕）“ 9 there is no people in her home now.”I answered. “But all 10 us can see her now.”said Zhang Hong.
（ ）1. A. I B. mine C. my D. myself
（ ）2. A. long B. small C. young D. old
（ ）3. A. when B. where C. who D. what
（ ）4. A. nice B. happy C. fine D. well
（ ）5. A. can’t B. didn’t C. wasn’t D. am not
（ ）6. A. off B. away C. over D. out
（ ）7. A. watch B. watching C. watched D. to watch
（ ）8. A. isn’t B. didn’t C. wasn’t D. doesn’t
（ ）9. A. Because B. So C. But D. And
（ ）10. A. for B. with C. of D. on
【试题答案】
I. 1. animals 2. more beautiful 3. lays 4. the largest
5. less 6. fewer 7. dangerous 8. thousands 9. earth’s
10. makes
II. 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. B
7. B 8. B 9. D 10. A 11. A 12. C
13. C 14. B 15. C
III. 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. C
7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C