LESSON 7 & 8
音频
听力与口语
听力练习
听下面的五段短对话和一段长对话，选出最佳答案。
A.
（ ）1. When will the concert begin?
A. At 7:30.
B. At 7:40.
C. At 7:50.
D. At 8:10.
（ ）2. What does the woman want?
A. Orange.
B. Some beer.
C. Nothing.
D. Some food.
（ ）3. Where is Alan now?
A. At school.
B. At the office.
C. At home.
D. On the phone.
（ ）4. What does the woman mean?
A. She can’t help him.
B. She wants to buy some new clothes.
C. She will lend him the money.
D. She has no money at all.
（ ）5. How old is David’s brother?
A. About 38.
B. About 48.
C. About 28.
D. About 58.
B.
（ ）1. How long has Laurence been away down on the coast?
A. For a few days.
B. For ages.
C. For a few months.
D. For a few weeks.
（ ）2. With whom did Laurence go down on the coast?
A. His classmates.
B. His teachers.
C. His brothers.
D. His relatives.
（ ）3. Why does Laurence call Mary?
A. Because he wants to go to Scotland with her.
B. Because he wants to invite her to a meal.
C. Because he is getting married.
D. Because he misses her.
（ ）4. Why is Mary going to Scotland?
A. For a wedding party.
B. For a dinner.
C. For a holiday.
D. For further education.
（ ）5. When do they decide to meet at last?
A. Next Saturday.
B. On next Sunday night.
C. The Saturday after the next.
D. Next Monday.
情景口语
情景口语是对生活中实际场景极好的模拟演练。看看下面的对话中，哪个回答最为合适？选出答案，脱口而出吧！
1. —Long time no see! You look well.
—______. You look fine, too.
A. Thanks
B. Great
C. Oh, no
D. Not at all
2. —I’m going to Beijing tomorrow. My plane leaves at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
—______
A. Is that so?
B. How wonderful!
C. Have a good trip.
D. Well, goodbye.
3. —Don’t forget to post the letter for me, will you?
—______.
A. Maybe I will
B. No, I won’t
C. Sorry, I don’t
D. I suppose not
4. —I hope you don’t mind my turning on the heater.
—______.
A. Never mind
B. Yes, I won’t
C. That’s right
D. Not in the least
词汇与语法
词汇测试
下面的词汇题均来自课文中的关键难点词汇，来检验一下自己吧！
临考情境模拟：每题控制在1分钟内，本级测试限时10分钟，请把计时器调到10分钟。计时开始！
1. When he gets here tomorrow morning, I will pick him up ______ the airport.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. by
2. You cannot ______ much of him. He will always let you down.
A. expect
B. wait
C. expect for
D. wait for
3. He gave this watch to me as a gift on my birthday. It’s very ______ to me.
A. valuable
B. expensive
C. precious
D. cheap
4. He is the smartest of them all and is always ______ of ideas.
A. fill
B. full
C. filled
D. filling
5. The thief ______ the diamonds from the shop.
A. stole
B. stealed
C. rob
D. robbed
6. ______ them has a way to solve the problem.
A. Every
B. Each
C. Every of
D. Each of
7. Chinese people are known to the world as ______.
A. hard work
B. hardworking
C. hard worker
D. work hard
8. He ______ the room quietly and even no one noticed him.
A. entered
B. entered in
C. entered for
D. entered to
9. —Which of the three ways shall I take to the village?
—______ way as you please.
（高考）
A. Each
B. Every
C. Any
D. Either
10. At first I was not too sure about the answer to the question of the first importance. However, ______, I worked it out at last with her help.
（高考）
A. to my joy
B. to my disappointment
C. in a word
D. in other words
语法测试
这两课的语法消化得如何了？用下面的真题或模拟题来检验一下自己的成果吧！
1. —Which is ______ season in Beijing?
—I think it’s autumn.
（高考）
A. good
B. better
C. best
D. the best
2. —Which is ______, the Sun, the Moon or the Earth?
—Of course, the Moon is.
（高考）
A. small
B. smaller
C. smallest
D. the smallest
3. The air in Beijing is getting much ______ now than a few years ago.
（高考）
A. clean
B. cleaner
C. cleanest
D. the cleanest
4. Four of Robert’s children were at the party, including ______, Luke.
（高考）
A. the oldest
B. an oldest one
C. the old
D. an old one
5. That doesn’t sound very frightening, Paul. I’ve seen ______. What did you like most about the film?
（高考）
A. better
B. worse
C. best
D. worst
6. There are two buildings, ______ stands nearly a hundred feet high.
（高考）
A. the larger
B. the larger of them
C. the larger one that
D. the larger of which
7. —Your headache getting ______ ？
—No, it’s worse.
A. better
B. bad
C. less
D. well
8. —Did you have a good sleep last night?
—Yes, never sleep ______.
（郑州质检）
A. badly
B. better
C. worse
D. best
9. In order to keep fit, you can get off the bus one or two stops ______ and walk the rest of the way.
（PETS 2）
A. early
B. earlier
C. more early
D. the earliest
10. —Sorry to have interrupted you. Please go on.
—Where was I?
—You ______ you didn’t like your father’s job.
（高考）
A. had said
B. said
C. were saying
D. had been saying
11. I arrived late; I ______ the road to be so icy.
（高考）
A. wouldn’t expect
B. haven’t expected
C. hadn’t expected
D. wasn’t expecting
12. —What were you doing when Tony phoned you?
—I had just finished my work and ______ to take a shower.
（高考）
A. had started
B. started
C. have started
D. was starting
13. —You were out when I dropped in at your house.
—Oh, I ______ for a friend from England at the airport.
（高考）
A. was waiting
B. had waited
C. am waiting
D. have waited
14. She ______ a blouse by herself yesterday, but I am not sure whether it is ready.
（辽宁联考）
A. made
B. had made
C. was making
D. would make
15. —Harry, what did you say to the laid-off worker just now?
—Nothing. I ______ to myself.
（福建质检）
A. had only talked
B. am only talking
C. have just talked
D. was just talking
阅读部分
阅读是综合能力的检测。读读下面两篇短文，争取最佳表现吧！
临考情境模拟：请在5分钟内读完文章，3分钟内做完题。请把计时器调到8分钟。计时开始！
The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it coming toward him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver’s face quite clearly.
“Where have I seen that face before?” he thought.“Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the newspaper! ” He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture of the face in it. Yes, it had a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses.
“Wanted by the police,” read by Jack. “The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man.”
“Call the police at once,” he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad.“This man was caught this morning,” answered the police.
（中考）
（ ）1. In which country did the story happen?
A. It happened in America.
B. It happened in Australia.
C. It happened in England.
D. The story didn’t tell us.
（ ）2. Why did Jack stop his car?
A. He wanted to see who the driver was.
B. He didn’t want to pass by first.
C. The road was too narrow for the two cars to pass at the same time.
D. Because it was good for an Englishman to stop to let others go.
（ ）3. Who was wanted by the police in this passage?
A. Jack.
B. The driver in the American car.
C. Either Jack or the driver.
D. Neither Jack nor the driver.
（ ）4. What did Jack do when he had read the newspaper again?
A. He drove to the City Bank.
B. He drove to the police.
C. He made a telephone call.
D. He stopped the American car.
（ ）5. Who caught the man with a large mouth and small ears?
A. The police.
B. Jack.
C. Nobody.
D. The American driver.
临考情境模拟：请在5分钟内读完文章，4分钟内做完题。请把计时器调到9分钟。计时开始！
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-catching plant is the Venus flytrap （捕蝇草）.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen（氮）. Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
（中考）
1. The Venus flytrap is a kind of ______.
A. plant
B. animal
C. food
D. meat
2. The Venus flytrap grows in ______.
A. most parts of the world
B. some parts of Africa
C. dry parts of the United States
D. wet parts of England
3. From the passage, we learn that ______.
A. all plants can eat people
B. all plants can eat animals
C. some plants can eat people
D. some plants can eat animals
4. The underlined word “presses” probably means ______ in Chinese.
A. 挤压
B. 关上
C. 打开
D. 松开
5. Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because ______.
A. plants are dangerous to animals
B. animals are dangerous to plants
C. plants want to get what they need from animal meat
D. plants want to protect themselves against animals
翻译部分
中英文之间的熟练转换是一项重要的技能，也是开始写作重要的第一步。看看下面的句子，结合括号中的提示，将它们转换成刚刚学过的英文吧！
1. 昨天晚上你8点到11点间在做什么？（be doing）
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2. 四位士兵守卫着灵柩。（keep guard）
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3. 令我感到惊讶的是，那个计划竟然成功了。（to one’s surprise）
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4. 他还没确定要不要参加比赛。（enter for）
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5. 谁是今年的最有价值运动员？（most）
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