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人教八年级下册英语重点知识
UNIT 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came？
重点短语汇总
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.......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 5 0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;新近
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
重点知识汇总
1. I （wait） for the bus when it began to rain heavily.
当天开始下大雨的时候我 公交车。
【解析】heavily adv 在很大程度上
heavy adj. 沉重的 How heavy are you
heavily adv 沉重地 The army lost heavily.
形容风大的时候常用strong/hard, 形容雨雪下得大的时候用heavily/hard
2. I to the bus stop but I still missed the bus. 我____向公共汽车站但还是错过了公共汽车。
【解析】miss
v. ① 错过 (后接名词、代词或动车ing）
Be quick! Or you will miss the early bus.
② 想念；思念 I miss you.
n. ③ 用于姓名或姓之前，是对未婚女子的称呼，但首字母要大写，“小姐；女生”
3.I called at seven and you didn’t pick up. 我七点钟给你打电话，你没有接。
【解析】pick up ①接电话；②捡起；拾起；③（开车）接某人④学到；获得
辨析：I pick up a wallet on my way home.（ ）
He was picking up the skills quickly. （ ）
Tom, I called you, but you didn’t pick up. （ ）
I will pick you up at the station. （ ）
4. That’s strange. 真奇怪.
【解析】strange adj. 奇怪的,陌生的→strangely adv奇怪地 →stranger n 陌生人
be strange to 对……感到陌生
翻译：他来这个派对真奇怪。
他站在奇怪的街道上。
5. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 外面没有一丝光亮，让人感觉这是在午夜。
【解析1】with + n +adv，在句中做伴随状语
with +n +adj. She can see stars in the dark sky with the window open
【解析2】feel like doing sth = would like/want to do sth想要做某事
I feel like _______ (catch) a clod today.
6. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.
【解析】report v 报道 → reporter n 记者
make a report 做报告 weather report 天气预报 give a report 作报告 It’s reported that… 据报道
I want to be a ___________(report) when I grow up.
7. I see. I called again at eight and you didn’t answer then either.我八点钟又给你打电话，你也没有接。
【解析1】I see . 我知道了。 （表示通过别人提醒而明白、了解）
( ) —It’s bad for your eyes to read in the sun.
— _____.
A. I’m OK B. I don’t know C. I’m sorry D. I see
【拓展】 see sb. do sth 看到某人做某事 see sb. doing sth 看到某人正在做某事
【辨析】also /too/as well/ either
(1) also 也，用于肯定句句中，用在实义动词之前，系动词、助动词、情态动词之后。
(2) too 也， 用于肯定句句末，一般和主句用，隔开。
(3) as well 也，用于肯定句句末
(4) either 也 ，通常放于否定句末
8. Ben’s dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. 本的爸爸正在把木头块搭在窗户上面，而他的妈妈正在确保手电筒和收音机能正常使用。
make sure确信； 确保
make sure to do sth Please make sure to turn off the computer when you leave.
make sure of Do you know the time of the train You’d better make sure of it.
work 运转；发挥作用 The medicine doesn’t work.
【拓展】work有三个意思很容易弄混：
⑴ 表示“工作”，是不可数名词： work →worker
⑵ 表示“著作”或“作品”，是可数名词，但多用复数：
⑶ 表示“工厂”，只用复数形式，但可表示单数意义：
The glass works（=factory) (be) near the station. 玻璃工厂在车站附近。
He has read many of Hemingway’s works.
He has too much work to do.
9.【解析】 happen 发生；碰巧（指偶然性发生）
(1) happen v “发生”没有被动语态 ，主语是物，强调某事发生的偶然性
a.) sth. happen to sb. 某事发生在某人身上
b.) sb. happen to do sth. 某人碰巧做某事
What happened to you =What was wrong with him
She happened ________(be) out when we called.
(2)take place 发生，指事情有计划有安排地发生
The sports meeting took place in our school last week.
(3) It happened that…碰巧
10. 【解析】 the rest of … “其余的，剩下的” ,
做主语时，其谓语动词的数要与the rest of 修饰的名词一致。
The rest of meat (go) bad.
The rest of workers (be) still working hard.
语法重点
1.过去进行时
过去进行时态
⑴ 用法：① 过去某个时间正在发生的动作
He was cooking at six last night. 昨天晚上六点，他正在做饭。
② 过去某段时间正在发生的动作
I was staying here from March to May last year. 去年从3月到5月，我一直呆在这里。
⑵ 与过去进行时连用的时间状语，常见的有 at nine last night/at that time=then/at this time yesterday/或有when the teacher came in/ while he was reading的提示
⑶ 过去进行时的构成：was\were +现在分词
⑷ 过去进行时的四个基本句型
肯定句 He was cooking at six last night.
否定句 He was not cooking at six last night.
一般疑问句 Was he cooking at six last night
两回答 Yes, he was. /No, he wasn’t.
特殊疑问句 What was he doing at six last night
⑸ 过去进行时的固定句型
Jim was reading when the teacher came in. 当老师进来的时候，吉姆正在读书。
Jim was reading while Kate was watching TV. 在凯特正在看电视的同时，吉姆正在读书。
Jim came in while Kate was watching TV. 在凯特正在看电视的时候，吉姆进来了。
⑹ 比较
He watched TV last night.（过去时间last night, 用一般过去时）
He was watching TV at nine last night. (过去时间last night+点时间at nine, 用过去进行时)
语法练习题：
一、单项专练
1. I ______ cooked a meal when you _____ me.
A. cooked, were ringing B. was cooking, rang
C. was cooking, were ringing D. cooked, rang
2. He said he _____ to draw a plane on the blackboard at that time.
A. tries B. tried C. was trying D. will try
3. While she ______ TV, she ______ a sound outside the room.
A. was watching, was hearing B. watched, was hearing
C. watched, heard D. was watching, heard
4. They _____ a football game from 7 to 9 last night.
A. were watching B. watch C. watched D.are watching
5. What book ____ you ______ when I ____ you at four yesterday afternoon
A. did, read, was seeing B. did, read, saw
C. were, reading, saw D. were, reading, was seeing
6. Lei Feng _____ always _____ of others when he ______ in the army.
A. is, thinking, was B. was, thinking, is C. did, think, is D. was, thinking, was
7 We ____ for tom at ten last Sunday. He often kept us ______.
A. were waiting, waiting B. were waiting, wait
C. waited, waiting D. waited, wait
8. He ____ his father on the farm the whole afternoon last Saturday.
A. helps B. would help C. was helping D. is helping
9. While mother _______ some washing, I _____ a kite for Kate.
A. did, made B. was doing, made C. was doing, was making D. did, was making
10. “_______ you angry then ” “they ______ too much noise.”
A. are, were making B. were, were making C. are, made D. were, made
二、 正确形式填空。
1. I _____ (have) my breakfast at half past six yesterday morning.
2. Mary _____ (go) over her lessons from six to seven last night. John and peter ____(do) the same thing.
3. What _____ you ___ (do) at that time We _____ (watch) TV.
4. They _____(not make) a model ship when I saw him.
5. _____ they ____ (have) a meeting at 4 yesterday afternoon
No, they _____. They _____ (clean) the classroom.
课后训练
一、选择题
1.—Dad, why should I stop ___________ computer games —For your health, my boy, I’m afraid you ____________.
to play, must B.playing, have to C.to play, can D.playing, may
2. What about__________ more trees to keep the air clean
to plant B.plant C.planting D.planted
3. Look! He is sitting ___________ his car and driving carefully.
in front of B.in the front of C.in front D.in the front
4. It will be____________ to work out this problem in some years.
enough easy B.easily enough C.easy enough D.very easily
5. (黄冈)Did Kate do best in the final exam No, but of all the students she did __________.
A.the most careful B.more careful C.most carefully D.more carefully
6.It’s said that people often remember ____________when something important happened to them.
what are they doing B.what they are doing C.what were they doing D.what they were doing
7. I called you at seven yesterday evening but you didn’t ____________.
A.set up B.get up C.make up D.pick up
8. Tom made_________mistakes in the English test so he failed the exam.
A.too much B.much too C.so many D.many so
9. She was badly ill, but_________ she is now out of danger.
A.luck B.lucky C.luckily D.unluckily
10. She can’t sing the English song and I can’t sing it__________.
all B.both C.neither D.either
11. Hurry up, the plane will ______________soon.
A.take out B.take off C.take in D.take over
12. When shall we have a picnic, this Saturday or next Wednesday __________ is OK. I’m free these days. A.either B.neither C.both D.all
13. She is afraid to walk ____________ the forest at night.
A.on B.through C.cross D.across
14. (2014大冶培优)Mr Li___________ to Mary carefully when I came into the classroom this morning. He is very patient _____________ he is young.
A.talking, but B.was talking, though C.talks, though D.talked, however
15. (2014华英培优)Elephants eat___________, but they can move _________when necessary. A.noisy, silent B.noisily, silently C.noisily, silence D.noisy, silence
二、短文填空。（每空 2 分，共 16 分）
根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
There is an old Spanish saying, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow I’d say there are too many. Our dreams should not, and can not wait. We have to go for 1 now!
Here are the reasons 2 we should start right now.
Tomorrow doesn't always come.
If today were the 3 day of your life, would you want to just sit and waste time Nobody likes to talk about that, but the truth is that everybody is going to die one day. Remember, today is all we have. Make the decision to go after every dream, no matter how big or small it is right now.
The world is waiting on your talents.
You may find it hard to believe, but the world is waiting on YOU! Yes, YOU! You were alone with a unique(独一无二的) talent into the world. From the beginning to the end of the life longjourney, your 4 will always be your own, and a part of you. So it is your responsibility to find out what your talent is, and use it to make your life better.
Take the first step.
You can dream about writing a great story, but it’s never going to happen 5 you actually write down the first word or sentence onto the paper. In other words, dreams don’t work if you do 6 . You need to get your head out of the clouds, and do something to make dreams come true.
Don't let fear win.
One of the biggest dream killers is pared with fear, other dream killers are much 7 . In fact, fear is not real. It is only a part of thoughts you have. Imagine how much happier you’ll be if you’re living the life you always dream about. Go after your dreams! Don't allow fear to 8 !

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