初一英语教材班牛津教材内容5
生生不息
1. exist v. 存在；实有；生存 名词形式 existence
2. before & ago 在….之前
ago 主要和一般过去时连用; before 能和完成时连用,还常与never连用
before可单独使用和状语连用,ago必须放在别的时间后
3. found v. 创建 found—founded—founded
find v. 找到 find—found—found
4. be born “出生” 通常用一般过去时,不能用一般现在时
5. happen v. 发生；碰巧
sth. happens to sb. 某人出了什么事 happen to do sth. 碰巧做某事
6. die of 由于…而死,死因来自外部,后面常加名词 a wound, an accident, drinking, carelessness die from因…而死,原因多来自内部,如情感,寒冷,饥饿,疾病等, 后面常加名词 love, cold,
hunger, illness, old age.
Finish the exercises with the words we learned just now:
◆Blank filling:
1. Do lives _______ on Mars?
2. When did dinosaurs come into _______?
3. Tom left here a week ________, didn’t he?
4. I’ve never saw this movie _______. It’s new.
5. I ________ a little boy crying in the corner.
6. Who ________ this organization?
7. That poor old man died _______ hunger.
8. These birds may die ______ cold.
◆Translation:
Tom昨天出了个小事故. _____________________________
昨天他出什么事了
?_______________________________
刚才我在街上碰巧遇到Mary了.___________________________
( ) 1. The accident happened ______ a cold winter morning.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
( ) 2. I am interested in animals, so I ______ lots of time playing with my pet dog.
A. pay B. take C. spend D. cost
( ) 3. This CD-ROM is very useful. It can help us learn English and geography ______.
A. at times B. at this time C. at the same time D. by the time
( ) 4. Walt Disney _______ Disneyland in 1954.
A. found B. founded C. find D. founds
( ) 5. Please call me as ______ as you can.
A. soon B. sooner C. soonest D. the soonest
( ) 6. I ______ an hour watching TV at night.
A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost
( ) 7. I often hear some little children ________ in the garden when I’m running.
A. singing B. sings C. sang D. to sing
( ) 8. There are _________ fresh apples in the fruit shop.
A. the number of B. a number of C. much D. a lot
( ) 9. American dancers dance well, and Korean dancers dance ______ better.
A. very B. good C. even D. very much
( ) 10. John is much shorter than his sister, but he jumps ______ she does.
A. as far as B. as good as C. as farther as D. as higher as