八下Unit 7
一、重点句型
1.It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. 当你接近山顶时，连呼吸都会困难。
2.One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. 其中的一个主要的原因是人们想要在面临困难时挑战自己。
3.The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. 这些登山者的精神向我们证明：我们永远都不应该放弃实现自己的梦想。
4.Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. 成年大熊猫一天要花1 2 个多小时的时间吃大约十千克竹子。
句型考点总结
1. Qomolangma is higher than any other mountain in the world.
any指任何一个，后接单数名词
形容词比较级+than any other+单数名词=最高级+单数名词
2. China has the biggest population in the world. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US.
population作主语，表达一个整体概念时，谓语动词用单数，当其前有分数或百分数修饰时，谓语动词可用单数或复数。
问人口数量的句型是：What’s the population of...
形容人口多少用big，large或small。
3. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world
one of意为＂……中的一个＂或＂……之一＂，后面接复数名词，当名词前有形容词修饰且有比较范围时，形容词应用其最高级形式。
one of ... 作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式。
4. Feel free to ask me anything on today’s Great Wall tour.
feel free to do sth.表示＂无拘束做某事，按照自己的意愿去做某事＂。
5. The main reason was to protect their part of the country.
protect v. 保护；防护。常用短语：
protect...from/against...保护……免受/遭……
6. As far as I know, there are no other man-made objects as big as this
as far as I know是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know，意思是＂据我所知＂。
7. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.
include为及物动词，其后可接名词或动名词，指在一个整体中包括了其中一部分内容或项目等，强调包含部分。
including作介词，意为＂包括……在内＂，后面跟名词或代词，
8. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
“It is + adj.+ to do sth.”句型中It作形式主语放在句首,而把真正的主语放在句尾。
9. ... while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. ……
succeed是不及物动词，意为＂实现目标；成功＂
succeed in doing sth. 成功做成某事
succeed in sth.在某方面获得成功。
10. One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
challenge此处用作及物动词，意为＂挑战；考验＂。
challenge sb. to sth./to do sth.向某人挑战……，(尤指在对方不情愿时)强烈建议某人做某事。
11. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
achieve及物动词，意为＂达到；完成；成功＂，其宾语可以是＂实现＂的目标、目的等，也可以是＂取得＂的胜利、成功、名誉、地位等。
achieve(v.)→achievable(adj.)可达到的→achievement(n.)成就；成绩
12. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
force名词，意为＂力，力量＂
the force of nature 自然力量
force可用作动词，意为＂强迫，迫使＂。
force sb to do sth意为＂破使某人做某事＂。
练习
单项选择
1．Chongqing is bigger than ________ in Japan.
A．any other city B．all the other cities
C．any city D．the other cities
2．Mount Tai is __________ lower than Qomolangma.
A．lots of B．many C．very D．much
3．Many old people often get up early in order to ________ some fresh air.
A．take up B．take in C．take off D．take out
4．Tu Yougou made a great ________ in medicine, so she was awarded the 2015 Nobel prize.
A．surprise B．achievement C．education D．satisfaction
5．His new tour plan includes ________ the strange tower in that mountain.
A．visiting B．visited C．will visit D．to visit
6.Who is_________ of you four
A. elder B. older C. eldest D. the oldest
7.The Summer Palace is one of the_________ parks in Beijing.
A. most beautiful B. more beautiful C. best beautiful D. much beautiful
8.Hainan is a very large island. It's the second_________ island in China.
A. large B. larger C. largest D. most large
9.My job doesn't include_________ coffee for you.
A. making B. to make C. made D. makes
10.The volunteer spoke as_________ as she could to make the visitors understand her.
A. clearly B. more clearly C. most clearly D. the most clearly
用所给词的适当形式填空
1．I want to know the ______(weigh) of the vegetables．
2．My sister couldn’t get to sleep．She was still _______(wake)．
3．The boys were running in ______(excite)．
4．He died after a long _______(ill)．
5．She _______ (fall) over and broke her leg．
6．Tom ran into the classroom with ________（excite）.
7．— Shall I tell Mary the good news
— No, you needn’t. I ________ (tell) her already.
8．The lazy students were made ________（copy）the text twice after class.69．When I got home yesterday, it ________ (rain) hard.
10．I suggested________（go）in my car.
三、根据汉语提示写单词
1.The area of the pattern is about five________(平方) meters.
2.The cat jumped over the __________ (墙) and went away.
3.Lots of _______ (旅行者) visit the Great Wall every day.
4.The room is about five meters ________ (宽的).
5.The snow is about six centimeters _________ (厚的).
6.This panda usually eats about 10 kilos of __________（竹子）a day.
79.His sister is one and a half ________ (米) tall.
8.The Monkey King is one of the earliest ________ (卡通) in China.
9.The city __________(政府) is trying to provide good environment for the people.
10.We are going on a walking __________(旅行) from Sichuan to Tibet．
四、补全对话（有两项多余）。
Alice: Hi, Frank! Are you free on Saturday
Frank: Yes. 1. ______
Alice: I heard a baby panda was born in the zoo. Let’s go and have a look.
Frank: Oh, I have been there twice. I think you’d better learn something about pandas before you go to the zoo.
Alice: I know a little. 2. ______ There are fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests.
Frank: That’s true. They are endangered now.
Alice: Why Is it because they don’t have babies very often
Frank: 3. ______ Another main reason is that humans cut down lots of bamboo forests, and pandas don’t have enough food to eat.
Alice: What a pity! 4. ______
Frank: We can make some posters to tell people the importance of saving pandas.
Alice: I will take some photos of the pandas first when I visit the zoo.
Frank: 5. ______ Have a good time!
Alice: Thank you.
A. Don’t forget to show me the photos when you come bac B. An adult panda has only one baby every two years. C. What can we do to help them D. This is one of the reasons. E. Is it very cute F. What’s up G. Where are you going
