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Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainslorm came？
知识点梳理
【重点短语】
1. make sure 确信；确认
2. beat against ... 拍打……
3. fall asleep 进人梦乡；睡着
4. die down 逐渐变弱；逐渐消失
5. wake up 醒来
6. in a mess 一团糟
7. break ... apart 使……分离
8. in times of difficulty 在困难的时候
9. at the time of 当.......的时候
10. go off（闹钟）发出响声
11. take a hot shower 洗热水澡
12. miss the bus 错过公交车
13. pick up 接电话
14. bring ... together 使……靠拢 15. in the area 在这个地区
16. miss the event 错过这个事件
17. by the side of the road 在路边
18. the Animal Helpline 动物保护热线
19. walk by 走路经过
20. make one's way to … 在某人去……的路上 21. hear the news 听到这个消息
22. important events in history 历史上的重大事件 23. for example 例如 24. be killed 被杀害 25. over 50 50 多(岁)
26. a school pupil 一个小学生 27. on the radio 通过广播 28. in silence 沉默；无声 29. more recently 最近地
30. the World Trade Center 世贸中心 31. take down 拆除；摧毁
32. have meaning to … 对……有意义
33. remember doing sth 记得做过某事
34. at first 首先；最初 【重点句型】
1. —What were you doing at eight last night 昨晚 8 点你在干什么？ —I was taking a shower. 我在洗淋浴。
2. When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom make dinner. 当开始下雨的时候，本正在帮他妈妈做晚饭。
3. —What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping 琳达在睡觉的时候，珍妮正在干什么？
—While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework. 琳达在睡觉的时候，珍妮正在帮玛丽做作业。
提升训练
一、单项选择
1．—I called you at 4:00 yesterday afternoon, but no one answered.
—Sorry, I ________ with my friends at that time.
A．swim B．swam C．will swim D．was swimming
2．—Did you catch what the teacher said
—No. She spoke so fast ________ I couldn’t hear her very clearly.
A．which B．that C．when D．since
3．—Someone called you just now.
—I know. But I was busy at that moment. When I called back, there was no .
A．voice B．sound C．answer D．result
4．While ________ in China, the young man picked up some Chinese.
A．staying B．stay C．stayed D．to stay
5．His father hit him ________ the head.
A．in B．on C．with D．at
6．He doesn’t feel like ________ a picnic in the park this weekend.
A．have B．to have C．having D．had
7．__________, Tom! It’s time to get up and go to school.
A．Wake up B．Make up C．Grow up D．Look up
8．Did it snow ________ last night
A．heavy B．heavily C．quick D．fast
9．—What’s the date today
—________.
A．It’s a fine day B．It’s Friday C．It’s on Christmas Day D．It’s June 26th
10．Sometimes people can be too tired to ________.
A．fall asleep B．go to bed C．fall sleepy D．go to sleepy
11．Would you like to ________ us in our discussion
A．take part in B．join C．attend D．join in
12．Many houses ______ by the earthquake and thousands of people were left homeless.
A．damaged B．were damaged
C．were damaging D．are damaged
13．They will try their best in the Dragon Boat Racing ________ they may fail.
A．if B．although C．unless D．until
14．Keep ________, and we should listen to the tape ________.
A．silent；silently B．in silent；silently C．in silence；in silence D．silently；silently
15．—Did you remember ________ Tom the money you had borrowed
—Yes, I gave it to him ________ I saw him.
A．returning; the moment B．to return; the moment
C．returning; the moment when D．to return; as soon as
二、完成句子
16．闹钟在5点半响了。
The alarm at 5:30.
17．起初我们都不想去。
we didn’t want to go.
18．这起车祸发生在3天以前。
This car accident three days ago.
19．我在农村有过一些奇特的经历。
I had in the countryside.
20．我沿着街道走的时候，一只猫从树上跳了下来。
While I was the street, a cat from the tree.
三、选词填空
从方框中选词并用其适当形式完成句子。
asleep begin realize beat truth
21．Usually we don’t how important nature is to us until it is too late.
22．To tell the , I became a college student at the age of 15.
23．He turned down the radio a little because his father was .
24．She working as a librarian after she left school.
25．Jordan’s performance inspired（鼓舞）his teammates and they finally the other team to win the match.
四、完形填空
John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowing down. He called out nervously, “Mom, where’s Charlie ” He had just 26 he hadn’t seen his new puppy for over an hour.
John looked around the garden, behind the bushes, and under the picnic table. No dog! His mother heard 27 in his voice as he called her a second time. “Mom, I can’t find Charlie!”
She came outside 28 . “Let’s look around the garden first. Don’t worry. I’m sure he’s close by.”
Both son and mother were 29 now, but still no Charlie. Their calls were not completely wasted, though. Joe, the next-door neighbor, and his two daughters Tania and Julie, immediately agreed to help them 30 the lost dog.
But even with five people now searching the town’s streets, they had no luck. Charlie was still 31 .
Tania suggested they make posters with Charlie’s 32 . She had done this when her own cat was lost a year earlier, she told John, and the cat was found the next day.
John agreed. When they got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie. Then John heard a 33 and opened his bedroom door. It was Charlie. John was greeted with a big wet kiss. Charlie had been 34 in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping. John had never been so 35 in his life!
26．A．decided B．forgotten C．understood D．realized
27．A．anger B．hope C．fear D．warning
28．A．actively B．quickly C．carelessly D．annoyingly
29．A．shouting B．talking C．fighting D．thinking
30．A．give up B．look for C．run after D．take care of
31．A．missing B．asleep C．taken D．quiet
32．A．address B．character C．name D．picture
33．A．message B．noise C．voice D．song
34．A．shut B．woken C．tied D．saved
35．A．afraid B．silly C．happy D．proud
五、任务型阅读
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people got slight wound. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children when we heard a loud noise,” he said. “A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Smith said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said. “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (淹没的) area and the welfare department (福利部) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
根据短文内容完成表格。
The time of the storm 36
The number of villages swept in the storm 37
The number of destroyed homes Fourteen
The number of persons killed 38
39 Over two hundred people
The people who helped them 40
六、阅读理解
Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours. After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet.
Then the strong wind started blowing into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fall.
When I came back into the house, it was raining harder and harder. I tried very hard to close the window. Then I heard a loud crashing (碰撞的) sound from the back of the house. I ran out of my room to find out what it was, a big tree had fallen down and broken the top of the back room.
41．The storm happened ________.
A．in the morning B．in the afternoon
C．while I was in the back room D．while I was in the garden
42．Before the storm came, the weather was ________.
A．cold B．cool C．hot D．warm
43．The storm went on for ________.
A．four hours B．more than three hours
C．less than three hours D．two hours
44．The wind blew some of the paper ________.
A．all over the floor B．out of the door
C．into the back room D．out of the open window
45．The top of the back room was broken because of ________.
A．the hot air B．the crashing sound C．the rain D．the fallen tree
An old engineer went suddenly blind.She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again.“If you fail,” she said, “you’ll get nothing.” The doctor agreed.
The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away.Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things.When he had taken away everything, he wanted to cure her blindness and asked for the money.
Now the old woman could see again, she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the money.So the doctor took her before a judge(法官).
“What the doctor said is true,”she said to the judge. “But I say I was not well cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won the case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
46．What did the engineer promise(允诺) the doctor if he failed to make her see again
A．A lot of money B．Half of the money
C．No money D．A little money
47．The underlined word “discovered” in Paragraph 2 means .
A．found B．caught C．heard D．covered
48．What can you infer(推测) from the story
A．The old engineer lived alone.
B．The old engineer lived with a servant.
C．The old engineer lived with her children.
D．The old engineer lived with a judge.
49．What’s the result of the case
A．The engineer failed.
B．The doctor failed to get the pay.
C．The doctor returned the things.
D．The old engineer forgot her promise.
50．What kind of person was the old engineer
A．She was foolish. B．She was kind.
C．She was clever. D．She was polite.
七、书面表达
51．现在，中学生周末的活动也安排得很满。下面表格中是Mary的周末活动安排。在下列时间段你正在做什么？请你写一篇70词左右的英语短文，描述自己的活动安排。
9:00—9:30 read English
10:00—11:00 do math homework
12:00—13:00 have lunch with Dad
14:00—15:30 have a piano lesson
16:00—17:00 visit her friends
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《Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainslorm came？知识点梳理 提升训练 --人教版 八年级英语下册》参考答案
题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
答案 D B C A B C A B D A
题号 11 12 13 14 15 26 27 28 29 30
答案 B B B A A D C B A B
题号 31 32 33 34 35 41 42 43 44 45
答案 A D C A C B C B D D
题号 46 47 48 49 50
答案 C A A B C
1．D
【详解】句意：——我昨天下午四点打电话给你，但没人接。——对不起，当时我和朋友们在游泳。
考查动词时态。根据“at 4:00 yesterday afternoon”以及“at that time”可知此处是表示过去某一时刻正在发生的动作，应用过去进行时，故选D。
2．B
【详解】句意：——你听清老师说什么了吗？——没有。她讲得太快了，我听不清楚。
考查从属连词辨析。which哪一个；that和so构成so...that...，意为“如此……以至于……”；when当……时；since自从。分析句子逻辑，可知后句表结果，应该用so...that...引导结果状语从句，故选B。
3．C
【详解】句意：——刚才有人给你打电话了。——我知道。但是那时我正在忙。我再打回去，没有人接。
考查名词辨析。voice嗓音；sound声音；answer答案；result结果。根据“When I called back”可知是电话无人接听，用answer符合题意。故选C。
4．A
【详解】句意：在中国逗留期间，这位年轻人学会了一些中文。
考查非谓语动词。根据语义可知，while doing sth“当做某事的时候”，是while sb. is/was doing sth的省略形式，此处为分词结构作状语的用法，相当于While the young man was staying in China。故选A。
5．B
【详解】句意：他的父亲打了他的头。
考查介词辨析。in在……里面；on在……上面/（表示对象）；with和……一起；at在具体的地点或时间。根据“hit”和“the head”可知此处指“击中人体某部位”，打在人体硬部位用介词on，软部位用in；head为硬部位。故选B。
6．C
【详解】句意：这个周末他不想去公园野餐。
考查非谓语动词。feel like doing意为“想做某事”，其中动名词作宾语，故选C。
7．A
【详解】句意：汤姆，醒醒！到了起床上学的时间了。
考查动词短语辨析。Wake up醒来，叫醒；Make up编造，弥补；Grow up长大；Look up查找。根据“It’s time to get up and go to school.”可知，是让汤姆醒醒，该起床去学校了。故选A。
8．B
【详解】句意：昨晚雪下得很大吗？
考查副词修饰动词。heavy重的；heavily在很大程度上；quick快速的；fast快速的。snow为动词，应用副词修饰动词。snow heavily意为“雪下得很大”。故选B。
9．D
【详解】句意：——今天几号？——6月26日。
考查情景交际和特殊疑问句。It’s a fine day今天是个好天；It’s Friday今天星期五；It’s on Christmas Day在圣诞节那天；It’s June 26th 6月26日。根据问句“What’s the date today ”可知，对日期进行提问，故选D。
10．A
【详解】句意：有时人们会累得无法入睡。
考查动词短语。fall asleep入睡；go to sleep去睡觉；fall sleepy和go to sleepy都不符合英语表达习惯。根据“Sometimes people can be too tired to”可知是指人们有时太累而不能入睡，故选A。
11．B
【详解】句意：你愿意参加我们的讨论吗？
考查动词以及短语辨析。take part in参加（某种活动或比赛）；join参加（成为其中一员）；attend出席；join in参加（某种活动或比赛）。根据“us in our discussion”可知，此处强调加入讨论中成为其中一员，故选B。
12．B
【详解】句意：很多房子都被地震毁坏了，成千上万的人无家可归。damaged毁坏，过去式；were damaged被毁坏，被动语态；were damaging正在毁坏，过去进行时态；are damaged被毁坏，一般现在时态的被动语态。根据句意和句中的thousands of people were left homeless可知，这里用的是一般过去时态，并且Many houses和damage构成被动关系，故应选B。
13．B
【详解】句意：尽管可能会失败，他们仍会在龙舟赛中尽最大努力。
考查连词辨析。if如果；although尽管；unless除非；until直到……才。根据“They will try their best in the Dragon Boat Racing”和“they may fail”可知前后存在转折关系。故选B。
14．A
【详解】句意：保持安静，我们应该安静地听录音带。
考查形容词作表语和副词修饰动词。silent安静的，形容词；silently安静地，副词；in silence安静地，介词短语。keep为系动词，此处应用形容词silent作表语；listen为动词，应用副词silently修饰动词。故选A。
15．A
【详解】句意：——你记得把你借的钱还给汤姆了吗？——是的，我一见到他就给了他。
考查非谓语动词和状语从句。returning归还，现在分词或动名词形式；to return归还，动词不定式；the moment一……就……；as soon as一……就……。结合语境和“Did you remember”以及“Yes”可知，此处表示你是否记得做过某事，其英文表达为remember doing sth.，故第一空应用returning，排除选项B和D。根据“I gave it to him”和“I saw him”可知，我一见到他就给了他，结合选项可知，the moment表示“一……就……”，此时在这里引导时间状语从句。故选A。
16． went off
【详解】空处缺少“（闹钟）响了”的表达，用动词短语go off表示，由时间状语“at 5:30”可知，时态是一般过去时，所以谓语动词用过去式，故填went；off。
17． At first
【详解】“起初”应用介词短语at first，位于句首，首字母要大写。故填At；first。
18． took place
【详解】“发生”take place，由“three days ago”可知，时态是一般过去时，所以谓语动词用过去式，故填took；place。
19． some special experiences
【详解】“一些”为some，后跟可数名词复数；“奇特的”为special，形容词作定语修饰名词；“经历”为experience，为可数名词，其复数为experiences，故填some；special；experiences。
20． walking along/down jumped down
【详解】“沿着……走”walk along或walk down，“跳下来” jump down；这是while引导的时间状语从句，从句是延续性动作，用过去进行时，主句短暂性动作用一般过去时。故填walking；along/down；jumped；down。
21．realize 22．truth 23．asleep/sleeping 24．began 25．beat
【解析】21．句意：通常我们没有意识到自然对我们有多重要，直到为时已晚。此空应填动词原形，结合选词可知，此处是指我们没有意识到自然对我们有多重要，realize“意识到，空前有助动词，动词用原形。故填realize。
22．句意：说实话，我15岁就成为一名大学生了。to tell the truth“说实话”，为固定短语。故填truth。
23．句意：他把收音机的声音关小了一点，因为他父亲睡着了/在睡觉。根据“He turned down the radio a little because his father was”可知把收音机的声音关小了一点，是因为父亲睡着了/在睡觉。asleep“睡着的”，形容词作表语；同时此处也可以用过去进行时，表示父亲正在睡觉，故填asleep/sleeping。
24．句意：她离开学校后开始当图书管理员。此空应填谓语动词，结合选词可知，此处是指她离开学校后开始当图书管理员，begin“开始”，动词，句子是一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填began。
25．句意：乔丹的表现鼓舞了他的队友，他们最终击败了另一支球队赢得了比赛。根据“they finally...the other team to win the match.”可知，此处是指打败了另一支球队，beat“打败”，动词，句子是一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填beat。
26．D 27．C 28．B 29．A 30．B 31．A 32．D 33．C 34．A 35．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了约翰寻找小狗查理的故事。
26．句意：他刚刚意识到他有一个多小时没有见到他刚养的小狗了。
decided决定；forgotten忘记；understood理解；realized意识到。根据“John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowing down.”可知，约翰突然从秋千上跳了下来，因为他突然意识到没有看见小狗。故选D。
27．句意：当他再次叫妈妈的时候，妈妈从他的声音里听出了担忧。
anger生气；hope希望；fear害怕，担忧；warning警告。根据“Mom, I can’t find Charlie!”可知，约翰找不到他的小狗，因此他心里应该感到担忧。故选C。
28．句意：她马上出来了。
actively积极地；quickly快速地；carelessly粗心地；annoyingly令人恼火地，烦人地。根据“No dog! His mother heard…in his voice as he called her a second time.”可知，妈妈听到了约翰的声音里带着担忧，他害怕小狗找不到了，于是就赶紧出来。故选B。
29．句意：母子二人在大声呼喊，但是还是找不到查理。
shouting大喊；talking谈话；fighting打架；thinking思考，认为。根据“Their calls were not completely wasted, though.”可知，母子二人大声呼喊寻找小狗，他们的喊叫声引起了邻居的注意。故选A。
30．句意：隔壁邻居乔及他的两个女儿塔尼亚和朱莉立刻同意帮助他们寻找丢失的小狗。
give up 放弃；look for寻找；run after追逐；take care of照顾。根据“But even with five people searching the town’s streets...”可知，邻居乔和他的两个女儿都来帮助约翰找小狗。故选B。
31．句意：查理仍然不知所踪。
missing失踪的，不见的；asleep睡着的；taken感兴趣的，被吸引的；quiet安静的。根据“But even with five people searching the town’s streets, they had no luck.”可知，五个人在大街上找小狗，但是他们仍然没有如愿，即：他们没有找到小狗，小狗仍然是不见的。故选A。
32．句意：塔尼亚建议用查理的照片制作海报。
address地址；character性格，特点；name名字；picture照片，图片。根据“John agreed. When they got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie.”可知，约翰同意塔尼亚的建议：用Charlie的照片制作海报。故选D。
33．句意：约翰听到了一阵响声，于是他打开了他的卧室门。
message信息；noise噪音，响声；voice声音，指人的声音；song歌曲。根据“It was Charlie.”可知，约翰听到了查理发出的响声。故选B。
34．句意：查理在这个时间里一直被关在卧室里睡觉。
shut关闭；woken醒；tied系，捆，扎；saved拯救。根据“in the bedroom”和“sleeping”可知，查理被关在了卧室里面。故选A。
35．句意：约翰在生活中从来没有这么开心过。
afraid害怕的；silly傻的，愚蠢的；happy开心的；proud骄傲的。根据“John was greeted with a big wet kiss.”可知，约翰最后找到了小狗，因此他应该是感到很开心的。故选C。
36．Last Friday 37．Two/2 38．One/1 39．The number of homeless people after the storm 40．Soldiers and the welfare department
【导语】本文主要讲述了一场严重的暴风雨造成的危害，详细介绍了人们在遭到暴风雨袭击时的感受以及灾后的救助。
36．根据“Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,”可知，暴风雨发生的时间是上周五。故填Last Friday。
37．根据“Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,”可知，暴风雨席卷了两个村庄。故填Two/2。
38．根据“One person was killed,”可知，一个人在暴风雨中死去。故填One/1。
39．根据“Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.”可知，是暴风雨后无家可归的人数超过两百人。故填The number of homeless people after the storm。
40．根据“Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (淹没的) area and the welfare department (福利部) brought them food, clothes and shelter.”可知，士兵和福利部给他们提供了帮助。故填Soldiers and the welfare department。
41．B 42．C 43．B 44．D 45．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者上周日看到了多年来最严重的风暴，详细地介绍了自己的经历。
41．推理判断题。根据“After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet.”可知，午饭后，我去房间休息，可推测风暴是下午发生的。故选B。
42．推理判断题。根据“The air was hot, and all was quiet.”可推测，当时天气热。故选C。
43．细节理解题。根据“It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours.”可知，暴风雨持续了三个多小时。故选B。
44．细节理解题。根据“ Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window.”可知，一些纸从开着的窗户飞了出去。故选D。
45．细节理解题。根据“..., a big tree had fallen down and broken the top of the back room.”可知，一棵树倒了，把房顶砸破了。故选D。
46．C 47．A 48．A 49．B 50．C
【导语】本文讲述的是一个医生与病人的故事。一位女工程师眼睛失明，给医生许诺：治好眼睛后给他很多的钱。医生没有立即把她治好，而是慢慢地偷走她的东西，眼睛好后，工程师拒绝给医生钱。医生把她告到了法官那儿。工程师赢得了诉讼。
46．细节理解题。根据“If you fail,” she said, “you’ll get nothing.” 可知，如果医生没医好他，什么也得不到。故选C。
47．词义猜测题。根据“The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away.”可以推测出是医生发现了她的病因。故选A。
48．推理判断题。根据“ but he decided not to cure her right away.Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things.”可知，工程师眼睛失明，医生可以顺利地拿走她的东西，可推测出工程师一个人生活。故选A。
49．细节题解题。根据“The old woman won the case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.”可知工程师赢了官司，医生未领到报酬，故选B。
50．推理判断题。根据本文内容，在看到医生把她的所有东西拿走时，工程师机智地拒绝了给他报酬，因此，她很聪明。故选C。
51．One possible version:
While Mary was reading English, I was listening to English tapes. At 10:00, while she was doing math homework, I was watching TV. Because my favorite program was on at that time. After that I had lunch with my parents. From 14:00 to 15:30, I had a piano lesson with Mary. Both of us like playing the piano. But at 16:00 while Mary was visiting her friends, I was doing my homework.
【详解】[总体分析]
①题材：本文是一篇记叙文，为材料作文；
②时态：时态以“过去进行时”为主；
③提示：写作要点在表格中已给出，考生注意不要遗漏要点，并注意适当添加细节，突出写作要点。
[写作步骤]
第一步，介绍玛丽在各个时间点做的事；
第二步，介绍自己在上述时间点做的事。
[亮点词汇]
①listening to English tapes听英语磁带
②had a piano lesson上钢琴课
[高分句型]
①While Mary was reading English, I was listening to English tapes.（“While”引导时间状语从句）
②Because my favorite program was on at that time.（“Because”引导原因状语从句）
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