初中英语重难点词汇解析8A

初中英语重难点词汇解析

Book 8A

Unit 1 Friends

Key V ocabulary :

more, honest, secret, joy, believe, magazine, good-looking, musical, generous, almost, sense, humour, bored, joke, advertisement, shoulder-length, everyone, true, vote, better, worse, height, competition, test, diving, editor, famous, agree, advice, general, appearance, pleasant, exciting

（标注星号的词为拼写错误的词）

1. secret —screct*

2. magazine —magzine*

3. singer —singger*

4. humour —humor*

5. advertisement —advertisment*

6. shoulder-length —shouder-length*

7. true —ture* 8. height —hight*

9. competition —compitition* 10. skiing —sking*

11. editor —editer* 12. future —futrue*

13. nervous —nervouse* 14. pleasant —plesant*

用法易错的词

1. more: adj. 更多的(是much 和many 的比较级)

『相关词汇』most: adj. 最多的

e.g. Our country will become more beautiful.

A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.

(缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。)

2. believe: v. 相信

『易混淆词』trust: v. 信任，信赖

e.g. I can not believe she is the principal of this school.

You should trust yourself.

3. good-looking: adj. 好看的，漂亮的

『易混淆词』handsome: adj . 英俊的(多指男性)

e.g. She’s terribly good-looking.

He is quite handsome.

4. musical: adj.有音乐天赋的；爱好音乐的

『相关词汇』music: n.音乐

e.g. They performed a musical play.

I especially dislike jazz music. (我特别不喜欢爵士音乐。)

5. generous: adj. 慷慨的，大方的；宽厚的

『易混淆词』general: adj.大体的，笼统的；总的

e.g. He is a very generous man.

The general condition is bettering instead of worsening. (总的情况不是在恶化而是在好转。)

6. sense: n.观念，意识；感官，感觉

『易混淆词』science: n.科学

『主要用法』a good sense of humour很强的幽默感

e.g. He has a good sense of humour.

Modern science is developing quickly.

7. humour: n.幽默

『相关词汇』humorous: adj.幽默的

e.g. He has no sense of humour.

A humorous person is readily accepted everywhere. (有幽默感的人处处受欢迎。)

8. bored: adj.无聊的

『相关词汇』boring: adj.令人无聊的

『主要错误』boring主要用来形容事物，bored主要用来形容人的感觉。

e.g. I feel very bored during this summer holiday.

It’s very boring to talk to her.

9. joke: n.玩笑

『易混淆词』joy: n.欢乐，高兴，乐趣

e.g. He always tells us funny jokes.

She often shares her joy with her classmates.

10. everyone: pron.每个人(只能用来指人，相当于everybody,后面不能跟of。)

『易混淆词』every one: (是两个词，可以用来指人，也可以用来指物，后面可以跟of。) e.g. Everyone should get to school on time.

Every one of us here today has good reason to be proud. (在座的每一位今天都应感到自豪。)

11. vote: v. 选举；投票

『主要用法』vote for sb. 为…投票

e.g. I vote for Mary to be the chairperson.

12. worse: adj.更坏的，更差的

『主要错误』不要错写成badder

e.g. I felt even worse today.

13. worst: adj.最坏的，最差的

『主要错误』不要错写成baddest

e.g. Every man is his own worst enemy. (每个人都是自己最大的敌人。)

14. height: n. 高；高度

『相关词汇』high: adj. 高的

『主要用法』the height of

e.g. The young man is of medium height. (这个男人中等身高。)

15. test: n.测试，考察

『易混淆词』exam: n.考试

『主要用法』test和exam都有考试,测验的意思，test还有考验的意思。

e.g. That’s a real test to me. (对我是不小的考验。)

John did not pass the exam.

16. diving: n.潜水；跳水

『主要错误』不要错写成driving

e.g. Some birds like diving into the water to look for food.

He has driving lessons every week.

17. famous: adj.著名的

『主要用法』be famous for 由于…而著名

be famous as 作为…而著名

e.g. He becomes famous for his international work.

Gong Li is very famous as a good actress all over the world.

(巩俐作为一个好演员而举世闻名。)

18. advice: n. 建议，忠告，劝告(不可数名词)

『相关词汇』advise: v.建议，劝告

e.g. Can you give me some advice?

I wouldn’t advise you to leave early.

19. appearance: n.外貌，相貌；出现

『相关词汇』appear: v.出现

e.g. Her appearance created a sensation. (他的样貌轰动一时。)

A smile appeared on her face. (她的脸上露出了微笑。)

近义词/反义词

n.欢乐，高兴；乐趣

『近义词』pleasure, happiness

e.g. Success brought him joy.

He finds great pleasure in reading.

Money does not always bring happiness.

2. honest: adj.诚实的，正直的

『反义词』dishonest

e.g. All my life I have tried to be an honest man. (我一生都想做一个诚实的人。)

It is dishonest to lie about one's age. (虚报年龄是不诚实的。)

3. willing: adj.乐意的，愿意的

『近义词』ready

e.g. They are willing to come.

I am always ready to work for you. (我愿意随时为你效劳。)

4. almost: adv.几乎，差不多

『近义词』nearly

e.g. It was almost dark when they got there. (他们抵达那里时，天几乎黑了。)

They are nearly related. (他们是至亲。)

5. smart: adj. 聪明的

『近义词』clever

e.g. The boys in their smart school uniforms marched at the head of the parade.

(身着整齐校服的男学生走在游行队伍的前列。)

My brother is a clever carpenter. (我的兄弟是个灵巧的木匠。)

6. true: adj. 忠实的，真的，真实的

『近义词』real

e.g. Is it true they're getting married? (他们真要结婚了吗？)

The TV play was based on real life. (那出电视剧是根据现实生活写成的。)

7. thin: adj. 瘦的，薄的

『反义词』thick

e.g. She looks thinner than before.

The air was thick with smoke. (空气中烟雾弥漫。)

8. agree: v. 同意，赞同

『反义词』disagree

e.g. I don't agree with Phil on many things. (我和菲尔在许多事情上意见不一致。)

Our answers to the problem disagreed. (我们对这个问题的回答不一致。)

9. nervous: adj. 紧张不安的

『反义词』relaxed

e.g. He's nervous of strangers. (他见到陌生人就感到紧张不安。)

I felt quite relaxed after the exam. (考试过后我感到无比的轻松。)

10. uncomfortable: adj. 不舒服的，不舒适的

『反义词』comfortable

e.g. He feels uncomfortable with strangers. (他与陌生人在一起感到不自在。)

We're not rich but we're fairly comfortable. (我们并不富有,但生活还较宽裕。)

11. pleasant: adj. 令人愉快的，舒适的

『反义词』unpleasant

e.g. The new manager is a pleasant Chinese American. (新任经理是个和气的美籍华人。) The smell was unpleasant. (这味道很难闻。)

基础导航

一、根据句子意思及首字母提示完成句子：

1. He has very poor e___________ because of working on the computer too much at night.

2. My uncle gave me a lot of useful a___________ to learn English well.

3. She is very pretty and a very good s___________ too. She sings very well.

4. The boy has big round eyes and a white s___________ face.

5. I don ’

t think all of these outdoor a___________ are dangerous if we are very careful.

6. Do you b___________ what he says? I think he is lying to us.

7. What do you want to be in the f___________?

8. I like reading m___________ in the bookshop because there are a lot of beautiful pictures on them.

9. Mark Twain was a h___________ person. He often told his friends many funny things.

10. When I feel b___________, my mother always tells me many interesting stories.

二、选用合适的词组并用其正确形式填空：

1. Our teacher was ill ___________________ too much teaching work.

2. We should ___________________ to learn English well.

3. Peter wants to be a policeman when he grows up ___________________.

4. There is a saying “A friend ___________________ is a friend in deed.”

5. Yesterday he walked past my table and ___________________ my bowls and dishes.

拓展延伸

一、根据汉英释义写出相应单词：

1. My best friend Betty often shares her ___________ (欢乐) with me.

2. We can borrow many books and ___________ (杂志) from our school library.

3. —I don’t think Jay Chou is ___________ (英俊).

—I really don’t agree with you.

4. We won’t forget the ___________ (令人愉快的) trip to Xi’an forever.

5. —I want to be a doctor like him in the ___________ (将来).

—So do I .

6. Your idea is great, I ___________ (have the same idea with sb.) with you.

7. Can you keep a ___________ (something that only can be known by few people)? This is only between us.

8. —I am very ___________ (can’t be relaxed) when I speak in front of many people. —There’s no need to be afraid next time.

9. Lily is a top student. He thinks fast and always answers the questions ___________ (something is true).

10. I hate the ___________ (something that tells you a kind of goods and asks you to buy it) when

I watch TV.

二、根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空：

1. Lind a’s handwriting is ___________ (good) among all the students in her class.

2. Diving is ___________ than swimming. But it is not as ___________ (interesting) as skiing.

3. I ___________ (real) like PE. It is so interesting!

4. We are all ___________ at the ___________ news .(surprise)

5. They are clever enough to work out the problem ___________ (quick) and ___________ (easy).

6. She is studying in a ___________ (mix) school.

7. Millie is a good student. She is very ___________ (care). She always listens to the teacher

___________ (care).

8. Please keep ___________ (quiet). It’s too ___________ (noise) here.

9. The ___________ (follow) Friday , they came to see me again.

10. What is the ___________ (long) of the table ? Two meters.

三、选择适当的单词并用其正确形式填空：

Have you ever traveled in Hongkong? Do you know that you must be ______1_____ of the traffic rules? B ecause the traffic there keeps to the left and it’s different from that of the interior(内地)of China. Before ______2_____ the street, you must look to the right and then to the ______3_____. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop, people can go across the zebra line. If the lights turn green, the traffic can go, people ______4_____ cross the road. In the morning and in the evening, when people go home from ______5_____, the streets are very busy. The traffic is very ______6_____.When you go ______7_____ by bus in Hongkong, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic keeps to the left. Have a look first, or you may go the ______8_____ way. In Hongkong, there are a lot of big buses ______9_____ two floors. You’d better sit on the ______10_____ floor. From there you can watch the city well.

中考链接

根据括号中的中英文提示或首字母提示，用单词的适当形式完成句子：

1. Thank you for giving us so much good ___________ (建议).(2010兰州)

2. They ___________ (agree) with each other, so they argued for a long time. (2010兰州)

3. They ___________ (同意) us on some matters yesterday afternoon. (2009河北)

4. Jeff ___________ (几乎) went mad when his elder brother died young. (2009浙江省义乌市)

5. This restaurant looks new and big. I think it is ___________ (好的) than the first one.

(2008佛山市模拟卷)

Unit 2 School life

Key V ocabulary :

article,

geography , language , science, useful,

unimportant, useless, unpopular, point, least, health, timetable, length, able, finish, baseball, ideal

（标注星号的词为拼写错误的词）

1. vacation —vocation*

2. math —mathe*

3. soccer —socker*

4. hero —hreo*

5. article —aticle*

6. geography —geografy*

7. language —langage* 8. useless —usless*

9. timetable —timtable* 10. length —longth*

1. mixed: adj. 男女混合的；混合的

『主要用法』get … mixed

e.g. Lily, can you help me to get the water and the milk mixed?

(莉莉，你能帮我把水和牛奶混合起来吗？)

2. tasty: adj. 味道好的

『相关词汇』taste: v. 尝，品尝

e.g. There is a lot of tasty food in Japan.

The liquid has a bitter taste. (这种药水有苦味。)

3. hero: n. 被崇拜的对象；英雄

『主要用法』复数形式heroes

e.g. A monument to the national heroes was erected here after the war.

(战后在这儿竖起了民族英雄纪念碑。)

4. close: adj. 密切的，亲密的

『相关词汇』closed: adj. 关闭的

e.g. She closed the door softly.

The street has been closed for two days. (这条街已被封闭两天了。)

5. science: n.科学

『相关词汇』scientist: n.科学家

e.g. The computer is a marvel of modern science. (电子计算机是现代科学的一个奇迹。)

Many scientists devoted their lives to their work.

(许多科学家把他们的一生都献给了他们的工作。)

6. least: adj.最少的

『易混淆词』last: v. 持续上一个，最后一个

e.g. He has least money of all of us.

He was the last person to leave.

He was the last of the passengers to leave the ship. (他是最后一个下船的乘客。)

7. health: n.健康

『相关词汇』healthy: adj.健康的

healthily: adv.健康地

e.g. We all drank a health to the bride. (我们都为新娘的健康干杯。)

That book is not healthy reading for a child. (对孩子来说那书不是本健康读物。)

If you want to be healthy, you should eat healthily. (如果你想健康，你必须吃的健康。)

8. length: n.长，长度

『相关词汇』long: adj.长，长的

『主要用法』the length of

e.g. The railway is 1000 miles long.

The length of the movie is two hours. (影片长两小时。)

9. finish: v. 结束，停止，完成

『易混淆词』over: adj.结束的，完了的

e.g. I haven't finished reading the book yet.

We spread a carpet over the floor. (我们给地板铺上了地毯。)

10. baseball: n.棒球

『易混淆词』softball: n.垒球

e.g. Baseball is very popular among Americans. (棒球运动很受美国人的欢迎。)

Can you play softball? (你会打垒球吗？)

11. ideal: adj.想象的，理想的

『相关词汇』idea: n. 主意，想法

e.g. You're an ideal family. (你们真是个模范家庭。)

He hit upon the good idea of spending the weekend in the nearby holiday camp.

(他想到去附近度假营过周末这个好主意。)

近义词/反义词

n.假日，假期

『近义词』holiday

e.g. School is closed for the summer and children are on vacation. (学校夏天关闭,孩子们放假。)

Friday is a holiday in Muslin countries. (在穆斯林国家里星期五是假日。)

2. useful: adj. 有用的，有益的

『反义词』useless

e.g. She gave us some useful information. (她给了我们一些很有用的信息。)

I realized it was useless to reason with him. (我知道和他说理是毫无意义的。)

3. unimportant: adj.不重要的

『反义词』important

e.g. The issue was considered unimportant. (该问题被看成无关紧要。)

It is important to learn to communicate. (学会沟通思想很重要。)

4. unpopular: adj.不受欢迎的，不流行的

『反义词』popular

e.g. The war was both costly and unpopular. (这场战争既费钱又不得人心。)

She is now a popular film star.

5. point: n.分数

『近义词』mark

e.g. In the game we got ten points while the Medical School got only three.

(比赛中我们得了十分，而医学院只得了三分。)

He often get full marks in exams.

6. able: adj.能够…的

『反义词』unable

e.g. I am afraid I won't be able to visit you on Saturday. (恐怕我无法在星期六来拜访您了。)

John was unable to afford the house. (约翰买不起这房子。)

基础导航

一、根据句子意思及首字母提示完成句子：

1. Which subject do you like better, history or g___________?

2. In a m___________ school, boys and girls have lessons together.

3. My father can cook healthy and t___________ food. It’s very delicious.

4. Our monitor is a top student and she scored the m___________ points in the last Maths exam.

5. Millie walks very fast and Nancy a___________ walks fast.

6. His T-shirt is the same as m___________. We look like twin brothers.

7. Our s___________ teacher told us that the earth goes around the sun.

8. Follow me. Let’s go to the library t___________.

9. You must finish the report t___________. We will leave here tomorrow morning.

10. She is an u___________ person. We all hate her very much.

二、选择方框中合适的单词或词组并用其正确形式完成短文：

Harry studies in a mixed school. He is (1) ___________________. He has many subjects at school and his favourite is Home Economics because he likes (2) ___________________. Now he can cook (3) ___________________. He also prefers to (4) ___________________. His home is far from school. He wants to (5) ___________________ by himself because it will take less time than (6) ___________________.

Harry is a member of Buddy Club. He has about (7) ___________________ every day. So he only goes to the club (8) ___________________. In the club, he has a buddy (9) ___________________ Nick. He always (10) ___________________ Nick about his school life.

拓展延伸

一、根据汉英释义写出相应单词：

1. I often go to the school library ___________ (两次) a week. I can read many interesting books there.

2. English is one of my favourite ___________ (科目).

3. Many people ___________ (钦佩) Wang Meng very much because she can skate very well.

4. Yang Liwei is becoming the ___________ (偶像)of teenagers in our country.

5. I always go to the Buddy Club and chat with my ___________ (亲密的) friends.

6. —What does she ___________ (确实，真地) want to do? —I don’t know.

7. I’m lucky that I study in an ___________ (理想的) school in Shanghai.

8. Can you tell me any ___________ (different) between ___________ (Britain) English and ___________ (America) English?

9. This old computer is ___________ (have no use). You’d better buy a new one.

10. Red is ___________ (many people know something and all like it very much ) than black.

二、根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空：

1. Thank you for ___________ (tell) us about your ideal school.

2. Do you think dogs are much ___________ (smart) than people?

3. Of all the sweaters, the one on the left is ___________ (bad).

4. My grandma can cook ___________ (health) and ___________ (taste) food for us.

5. It takes ___________ (little) time to drive a car to school than to take a bus.

6. Before having ___________ lesson, you can’t be a ___________. (drive)

7. Jay Chou spends a lot of time ___________ (practise) ___________ (play) the piano.

8. Don’t worry about my English. I know how to teach ___________ (I) now.

9. It’s raining outside. We have ___________ (stay) at home.

10. It’s wrong to think Maths is ___________ (important).

11. The film is so ___________ (bore) that nobody in our class likes it.

三、选择适当的词组并用其正确形式填空：

1. My father began to work in this shop ___________________ 28.

2. Mr Li will go hiking and his wife will go hiking ___________________.

3. Yesterday my father ___________________ work because his car was broken.

4. John’s new trousers ___________________ Daniel’s. They are b lue.

5. ___________________ you ___________________ come to my birthday party next Sunday?

6. Millie and I help ___________________ do the homework on Saturdays.

7. My mother bought a car last week. She will ___________________ from this week on.

8. My English is poor, but Linda is good at it. She often ___________________ my English.

9. We usually have a free talk ___________________ each class.

10. I would like to have Home Economics next term because I want to learn ___________________ for my family.

中考链接

根据括号中的中英文提示或首字母提示，用单词的适当形式完成句子：

1. English dictionaries are very ___________ (use) to you when you study English. (2010常州)

2. Man-made satellites are usually ___________ (use) for sending and receiving the messages. (2010来宾市模拟)

3. Eat some vegetables and fruit every day because they are ___________ (health) food. (2009常州)

4. I tried my best to remember all the speech and ___________ it over 100 times. (2009泰安市)

5. Jeff began to understand it wasn’t ___________ (有用的) to be sad. (2009浙江省义乌市)

Unit 3 A day out

Key V ocabulary :

ourselves, president, foreign, beginning, model, metal, inside, interest, real, stomach, beauty, sunset, possible, wonder, luckily, final, support, medal, winner, receive, fact, opinion, instead

（标注星号的词为拼写错误的词）

1. ourselves —ourselfs*

2. beginning —begining*

3. foreign —foreigh*

4. model —modal*

5. metal —matel*

6. stomach —stomack*

7. themselves —themselfs* 8. luckily —luckly*

9. support —surpport* 10. cheer —chear*

11. medal —madel* 12. winner —winer*

13. opinion —opnion*

用法易错的词

1. president: n.总统，国家主席

『易混淆词』present: v. 赠，送 n. 礼物 adj. 在场的，出席的

『主要用法』the president of

e.g. The president of France visited our country last week. (上星期法国总统访问了我国。) How many people were present at the meeting? (到会的有多少人？)

He often gave his neighbor's kids little presents. (他常常送些小礼物给邻居的孩子。)

They presented him with a bunch of flowers. (他们献给他一束鲜花。)

2. foreign: adj. 外国的

『相关词汇』foreigner: n. 外国人

e.g. He likes collecting foreign stamps. (他喜欢收集外国邮票。)

More than a million foreigners visit the city every year.

(每年有一百多万外国人来访问该城市。)

3. beginning: n. 开始，起初

『主要用法』in the beginning

『主要错误』不要错写成beginning

e.g. He disliked school in the beginning.

4. model: n.模型，模特儿

『易混淆词』medal: n.勋章，奖章

e.g. He made a clay model of the Eiffel Tower. (他做了一个艾菲尔铁塔的粘土模型。)

She won an Olympic gold medal in swimming. (她获得奥林匹克游泳金牌。)

5. interest: n.令人感兴趣的事，兴趣

『相关词汇』interested: adj.对…感兴趣的

interesting: adj.有趣的

e.g. I have lost my interest in chemistry. (我对化学已不感兴趣。)

We had a long and interesting talk.

I'm not interested in politics. (我对政治不感兴趣。)

6. beauty: n.美，美丽

『相关词汇』beautiful: (adj) 美丽的，漂亮的

『主要用法』the beauty of

e.g. I was attracted by the beauty of the sunrise when I arrived the top of the mountain.

(当我到达山顶的时候我完全被日出的美丽所吸引了。)

She has a beautiful face.

7. sunset: n.日落，傍晚

『相关词汇』sunrise: (n) 日出

e.g. They stopped work at sunset. (他们日落而息。)

They woke up at sunrise. (他们黎明即起。)

8. wonder: n.奇迹v.对…感到疑惑；想知道

『相关词汇』wonderful: adj.精彩的，令人赞叹的

e.g. I wonder at her rudeness. (我对她的粗鲁感到惊讶。)

I think the heart transplant is a wonderful thing. (我认为心脏移植是件神奇的事。)

9. luckily: adv.幸好；幸运的是

『相关词汇』luck: n. 运气

lucky: adj.幸运的

e.g. It's a matter of luck whether we are successful. (我们是否成功是碰运气的事。)

You are lucky to be alive. (你活着算是幸运的了。)

Luckily, he was in when I called.

10. final: n.决赛；期中考试adj.最后的

『相关词汇』finally: adv.最后的，最终的

e.g. This is your final chance. (这是你的最后一次机会。)

They finally realized that the whole thing was a joke.

(他们终于意识到整个事情是场玩笑。)

11. support: v.&n.支持

『相关词汇』supporter: n.支持者，拥护者

e.g. They supported the Democratic Party. (他们支持民主党。)

I'm a strong supporter of women's rights. (我是一个妇女权益的坚强支持者。) 12. receive: v.得到，接到

『易混淆词』accept: v.接受

e.g. I've just received a telegram. (我刚收到一份电报。)

He has accepted our invitation. (他已经接受了我们的邀请。)

13. fact: n.实事

『主要用法』in fact

e.g. In fact, I dislike your way of dealing with problems. (事实上，我不喜欢你处理问题的方式。)

14. opinion: n. 观点，看法

『主要用法』in one ’s opinion

e.g. In my opinion, you should say sorry to her. (我认为你应该向她道歉。)

15. instead: adv. 代替

『主要用法』instead of

e.g. He is too busy, let me go instead. (他太忙了，让我去吧。)

Instead of disturbing her, the news had a strangely calming effect.

(这消息非但没有令她不安，反而产生了一种奇怪的镇定效果。)

近义词/反义词

adv. 在里面

『反义词』outside

e.g. There is a label on the inside of the box. (盒子内侧有个标签。)

The outside of the house is painted white. (房子外部漆成白色。)

2. real: adj. 真的，天然的，真实的

『近义词』true

e.g. His affection for the girl was real. (他对那女孩的爱是真心的。)

This is a true diamond. (这是一颗真的钻石。)

3. possible: adj. 可能的

『反义词』impossible

e.g. It's possible that he will not accept the invitation.

It is impossible for me to climb such a high mountain.

基础导航

一、根据句子意思及首字母提示完成句子：

1. My mother is p___________ the dinner for us.

2. Please r___________ to post the letter for me. Don ’t forget it.

3. Mr. Wu i___________ me to join their school trip to the World Park yesterday. But I didn ’t go.

4. We became very e___________ when we saw the Eiffel Tower from the coach.

5. We all learn Japanese by o___________. We work very hard.

6. A good b___________ is half done.

7. She likes to w___________ the sunset when she was a little girl.

8. Everything is p___________ if we do our best.

9. Please send my best g___________ to your parents.

10. Jack fell off the bike yesterday. But l___________, he didn’t hurt badly.

二、根据句意，选择合适的词组并用其正确形式填空完成句子：

1. — Who ___________________ the door.

—It must be Kate, I think.

2. —What do you usually do when you are free?

—We like to play ___________________.

3. If there is a sign “No Photos”, it means you can’t ___________________ here.

4. Nobody taught him how to use the computer. He ___________________.

5. He decided to ___________________, but he didn’t eat less at all.

拓展延伸

一、根据释义写出相应单词：

1. The teacher really ___________ (想知道) who broke the window yesterday.

2. Our team ___________ (赢得) the basketball final yesterday.

3. Every season lots of ___________ (外国的) visitors come to visit the Great Wall.

4. The medals are usually made of ___________ (金属).

5. He was late for work this morning because of too much ___________ (交通) in the street.

6. He doesn’t like to travel on ___________ (长途汽车). It’s so boring!

7. Who can describe the ___________ (美丽) of this old park?

8. You will enjoy the trip from the ___________ (开始) this time.

9. Look at the bottle yourself. There is nothing ___________ (在里面).

10. The bus was late, but ___________ (幸运地) he caught it.

二、根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空：

1. What an ___________ (amaze) story it is! Can you tell me again?

2. It ___________ (take) me 2 hours to finish my homework yesterday.

3. The students spent 2 hours ___________ (plant) the young trees on that day.

4. He ___________ (get) on the train and ___________ (leave) his hometown ten days ago.

5. Did your mother agree ___________ (go) with me?

6. I want to go to Lu shan mountain because I hope ___________ (see) the beautiful sunset and I want ___________ (take) photos of it.

7. He tried ___________ (open) the door with a knife, but he failed ___________ (do) it.

8. It is ___________ (interest) to see so many old things in this museum.

9. Beijing is one of ___________ (good) ___________ (city) in the world.

10. How ___________ (luck) you are to catch the last bus!

三、选择适当的词组并用其正确形式填空：

1. Tom ___________________ English during the summer holiday. Now he is very good at English.

2. Aunt Li finished the hard work ___________________. She didn’t ask anybody for help.

3. Tom and I will ___________________ with his parents. We will go there by taxi.

4. “Please ___________________.” Kitty said to her mother.

5. Daniel is good at computer. Every day he spends a lot of time ___________________.

6. You should be more careful, or you ___________________.

7. Daniel thinks the pyramids ___________________ the real ones in Egypt.

中考链接

根据括号中的中英文提示或首字母提示，用单词的适当形式完成句子：

1. The dresses ___________ (本身)are made of common materials, but they sell well because of the famous designer. (2010常州)

2. I couldn't understand why he was so ___________ (interest) in the invitation. (2010广州)

3. ___________ (luck), John got back the notebook that he had lost at the cafe. (2009常州)

4. Please tell me the ___________ (win) telephone number, I want to interview him. (2009常州)

5. 1 couldn't understand why he was so ___________ (interest) in the invitation. (2009广州)

6. Rush hour is the time of day when the t___________ is very heavy. (2009泰安市)

7. I'm glad to know you are going to give me some foreign stamps, but I still have not ___________ the stamps of Nepal which you said to post me. (2009广州)

Unit 4 Wild animals

Key V ocabulary :

wild, delicious, giant panda, kangaroo, squirrel, leaf, hunter, nowhere, action, encourage, continue, writer, wolf, snake, noon, attack, thirsty, performance, until, medicine, loss, sincerely, destroy, tusk

（标注星号的词为拼写错误的词）

1. delicious —deliciouse*

2. giant panda —gaint panda*

3. kangaroo —kangroo*

4. squirrel —squirel*

5. writer —writter*

6. snake —snack*

7. attack —attact* 8. thirsty —thirty*

9. until —untill* 10. medicine —medcine*

11. sincerely —sinserely* 12. destroy —distroy*

13. tusk —trusk*

用法易错的词

1. wild: adj. 野生的 n. 野生状态

『易混淆词』wide: adj. 宽的，广泛的

e.g. Those are wild roses. (那些是野玫瑰。)

They came to a wide river.

2. leaf: n. 树叶，菜叶

『相关词汇』leaves(复数形式)

e.g. The trees are thick with leaves. (这些树生长着浓密的树叶。)

3. hunter: n. 猎人

『相关词汇』hunt: v. 打猎，搜寻

『主要用法』hunt for

e.g. November is a good time to hunt deer. (十一月正是猎鹿的好时节。)

John set out that day to hunt for work. (约翰那天外出找工作。)

David was a very brave young hunter.

4. nowhere: adv. 无处，没有地方

『主要用法』have nowhere to do 没地方做某事

e.g. If we go on polluting the environment, animals will have nowhere to live.

5. action: n.行动

『主要用法』take action to do sth.

e.g. The government has taken action to reduce the pollution.

6. encourage: v. 劝告，鼓励

『相关词汇』courage: n.勇气

『主要用法』encourage sb. to do sth.

e.g. She encouraged him to talk to her. (她鼓励他与她交谈。)

7. continue: v. 继续

『主要用法』continue to do sth./ continue doing sth. 持续做某事

e.g. They continued to meet every week. (他们继续每周见面。)

I was allowed to continue using the library. (我获准继续使用该图书馆。)

8. wolf: n.狼

『相关词汇』wolves(复数形式，不要错写成wolfs)

e.g. Wolves kill sheep and sometimes even attack men. (狼吃羊,有时候甚至袭击人。)

9. noon: n.中午，正午

『主要用法』at noon

e.g. The accident happened at noon. (事故时中午发生的。)

10. attack: v&n攻击

『易混淆词』attract: v. 吸引

e.g. The enemy attacked our airport all night. (敌人彻夜都在攻击我们的机场。)

The garden city attracts many tourists.

11. thirsty: adj.口渴的

『易混淆词』thirty: n.三十

e.g. Salty food makes you thirsty. (吃咸的食品会令你口渴。)

He lived in Canada in the thirties. (三十年代他住在加拿大。)

12. performance: n.表演

『相关词汇』perform: v. 表演

performer: n.表演者

e.g. The students will perform an opera next Friday. (这些学生下星期五将演出歌剧。)

He is a rotten performer on television. (他在电视上的表演糟糕极了。)

The evening performance begins at 8 o'clock.

13. until: prep. 直到…的时候；直到…为止

『易混淆词』till: prep.直到

e.g. Will this fish keep until tomorrow? (这鱼能搁到明天吗?)

They danced till midnight. (他们跳舞跳到半夜。)

14. loss: n.丧失，损失

『相关词汇』lose: v. 失去，损失

lost: lose的过去式，过去分词形式

e.g. Did you lose your wallet?

Carl's father lost his job last month. (卡尔的父亲上个月失业了。)

The loss of the first game did not discourage them.

(第一场比赛的失败并没有令他们沮丧。)

近义词/反义词

adj.

美味的，可口的

『近义词』yummy

e.g. The fried chicken is delicious.

I like the fish, yummy!

2. outside: prep. 在…外面

『反义词』inside

e.g. He has a rough outside but a good heart. (他外表粗鲁,但心地善良。)

That car tried to pass me on the inside. (那辆汽车试图从道路的内侧超过我。)

3. thick: adj. 厚的，密的，浓的

『反义词』thin

e.g. How thick is the board? (这块木板有多厚?)

He has thin hair. (他头发稀疏。)

4. male: adj. 雄的，男性的

『反义词』female

e.g. A male nurse took my temperature. (一位男护士给我量了体温。)

Sewing is considered a female occupation. (缝纫被认为是女性的职业。)

5. sell: v. 卖，出售

『反义词』buy

e.g. He sold his bike to me for $40. (他以四十美元的价钱把自行车卖给了我。)

Mother bought me a pair of jeans.

基础导航

一、根据句子意思及首字母提示完成句子：

1. Giant pandas are very q___________ and peaceful animals. They don ’t make any noise.

2. It ’s really amazing. A little baby s___________ from that big fire.

3. If people cut down trees and forests, animals will have n___________ to live.

4. If h___________ catch a tiger, they will kill it for its fur and bones.

5. In India, people t___________ elephants to do things or play tricks for them.

6. The sick man was out of d___________ at last. He was safe.

7. He was very i___________ in History when he was young.

8. Many wild animals face the problem of the l___________ of living areas.

9. The doctor said that you should take the m___________ on time.

10. My parents often e___________ me to take part in some activities.

二、选用合适的词组填入短文：

Giant pandas live in China. They are beautiful black and white animals. They eat bamboo shoots and leaves. Mother giant pandas have only one or two babies (1)___________________. Baby giant pandas drink their mothers’ milk (2)___________________ fourteen hours a day.

Now there are only about a thousand giant pandas in the world. The number is getting (3)___________________ because their living areas are (4)___________________. If this continues, soon there won’t be any giant pandas in the world. We should (5)___________________ to protect these lovely animals.

拓展延伸

一、根据汉英释义或首字母提示写出相应单词：

1. The classroom is very ___________ (吵闹)now.

2. You will know the weight of the oranges after ___________ (称的重量) it.

3. It’s really surprising. A little baby ___________ (幸存) from that big earthquake.

4. ___________ (令人伤心地), the government still does n’t want to take any actions to protect the animals.

5. Many animals in the whole world are in ___________(危险), we should protect these ___________(危险) animals.

6. In India and many other places, people ___________ (训练) elephants to do things or play tricks for them.

7. If farmers c___________ to make new farmland, wild animals won’t get enough living space.

8. China is a p___________ country and everyone is kind and loves p___________.

9. I kept waiting for you and didn’t go to bed u___________10 yesterday.

10. I’m very t___________, I want something to drink.

二、根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空：

1. Have you read the famous book ___________ (call) “Gone with the wind”?

2. Here ___________ (come) the bus!

3. When the cat is away, the ___________ (mouse) will play.

4. You should do your homework as ___________ as you can. (care )

5. This pair of jeans is very ___________ (suit) for cold winter.

6. There will be no ___________ (bear) in the world if we don’t take any ___________ (act).

7. Teachers should encourage students ___________ (study) hard.

8. Andy was not very tired, so he decided ___________ (not stay) at home.

9. Many wild animals’ ___________ (live) areas are becoming farmlands.

10. The young parents were worried because of the ___________ (lose) of their daughter.

三、选择适当的词组并用其正确形式填空：