【单元话题】
1 表述自己在过去的生活经历。
2 询问他人过去的一些生活经历和所取得的成绩。
3 写一篇短文把自己和周围同学的生活经历写出来。
4 写一篇简短的人物传记。并附上人物的小档案。
【重要句型概览】
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.
【重要词组概览】
learn to do sth. 学会做某事
start doing(to do) sth. 开始做某事
have a party 举行一次聚会
was(were) born 出生于
stop doing sth. 停止做某事
free time 业余时间
see sb. do sth. 看见某人做某事
begin doing(to do) sth. 开始做某事
at the age of 在几岁（多大年龄）的时候
take part in 参加
【重点词汇注释】
1．record n. 记录, 履历, 档案, 报告, 唱片
v. 标明, 将...录音
如：
classroom record 课堂记录
world record 世界记录
speed record 速度记录
time record 时间记录
set (up) a new record 创新纪录
hold record 保持记录
enter on the records 载入记录
beat [break, cut] the [a] record 打破记录
a record run 打破记录的赛跑
write a record of one's journey 写下旅行记录
have an honourable [a criminal] record 有光荣的[犯罪的]履历
a matter of record 有案可查的事件
2. achievement n. 成就, 功绩, 完成；达成, 成功, 成绩
Flying across the Atlantic for the first time was a great achievement.
首次飞越大西洋是一个伟大的功绩。
Such a goal was impossible of achievement.
这样的目标是不可能实现的。
3. become v. (became, become)
Helen became an electronic engineer.
海伦成了一名电子工程师。
This design of resident buildings is becoming / getting fashionable.
这种住宅楼的设计正在逐渐流行起来。
The travelers became / got thirsty.
旅客们渴了。
4. receive v. 收到, 接到, 接收, 遭到, 受到, 接待, 接见
Did you receive any letters today?
你今天收到信了吗？
The novel received great acclaim.
这本小说备受赞扬。
The report received accolades from the press.
这篇报道受到新闻界的赞扬。
I received an invitation.
我收到了请帖。
5. admire v. 赞美, 钦佩, 羡慕
I admire her for her bravery.
我钦佩她的勇气。
We all admired her for the way she saved the children from the fire.
她把孩子们从大火中救出来, 我们都钦佩不已。
Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humour.
人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。
6. enter v. 进入, 加入, 参加, 登录
to enter without knocking 不敲门就进
We will not enter the discussion of the plan for the moment.
我们暂不考虑讨论这一计划。
Her dream to enter the famous university came true.
她要进入名牌大学学习的梦想实现了。
A lot of cars entered for this race last year.
去年,很多小汽车参加了这种比赛。
enter into 开始；着手
enter into a contract 订立合同
Our shop has entered into a contract with a clothing firm to buy 100 T-shirts a week.
我们商店与一家服装公司达成了每星期批发一百件T恤衫的合同。
The agreement shall enter into force upon signature.
协议于签字后立即生效。
We'll enter into details at the next meeting.
关于细节问题我们下次会议上再讨论。
能力训练
I. 用所给动词的适当形式填空.
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. 选择填空.
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. 补全句子.
1. 他四岁时就学会滑冰了。
He learned to skate _____ _____ _____ _____four.
2. 我六年以前就开始学习英语了。
I _____ _____ _____ English six years ago.
3. 你什么时候参加英语俱乐部？
When will you_____ _____ _____ the English club?
4. Lily五岁时就会游泳了。
Lily could swim _____ _____ _____ _____ years old.
5. Smith先生去年戒烟了。
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. 阅读理解.
“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 (龙) 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 (激动) 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 (特别的) 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 (内存) 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 (磁盘) because I have a virus (病毒) detector (监测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!” Tom began tapping (敲打) keys on the keyboard (键盘). 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.
参考答案
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布置完任务后，并说 “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.” 显然不能选择 “finished”。余下的三个选择中，began更加符合文中的情景，因此选择 C。
2. 两人中的一人认为，用水装满竹篮是一件愚蠢的工作。因此，never和no是候选，二者比较，只有never符合题意。因此选择 B。
3. 两个中的“另一个”是“the other”; 不定数目中的“另一个”是“another”。因此，因此选择 A。
4. 根据后一句中的went away, 本句应选C: nothing.
10. 因为前句中有so, so…that… 意为：如此……以致于……
国王说：“你把这点儿小事干得这么漂亮，现在许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，明确给出故事发生时间 “It’s half past eleven” 答案为 “B”。
3．原文 “ ‘But I’ve nearly beaten the dragon,’ said Tom. Mrs. White could see the excitement (激动) on her son’s face” 部分中 “have nearly beaten” --- 几乎就打败了，Tom 显得很激动，选项为 “C”。
4．通读全文表现出Tom 对玩电脑十分感兴趣，选项为 “A”。
5．选题中词组 “get on with sb” ── 与某人相处，从文中多处看到 Mrs. White 对儿子Tom的喜爱，关心爱护，选项为 “B”。