Unit 16 Fire

【重点、难点点拨】

  1. 交际用语: 用祈使句提要求及注意事项;下达命令。

  2. 课文阅读词汇理解:

  catch fire, look out,on fire, break out, belong to, put out, try to do,get close to, lose one's life, in that case, land on,burn down,take…with…,turn…off, be out, get burnt。

  3. 语法与写作:

  (1) 掌握祈使句的特点,会肯定、否定回答。

  (2) 构词法:复习动词一般过去时,掌握过去进行时的用法。

  (3) 掌握写"通知"的英语语言表达、注意上下文的连贯和不同通知的格式。

【重点、难点例题解析】

  1. When they heard that the hospital   , they rushed there to help   .

  A. caught fire; put it out  B. was on fire ; put it out

  C. caught fire ;put out it  D. was on fire; put out it

  答案:B。 catch fire 强调动作,on fire 强调状态; put out sth. 中代词要放在put 和out之间。

  2. Keep    the fire, or you will get   .

  A. away; burning B. off; burnt

  C. off; burn  D. up; burning

  答案:B。 keep away sth 远离……; get burnt烧着; or在这里表示否定=otherwise。 根据上下文,祈使句中表肯定时and和or都可用,表否定时一般用or。

  3. It's dark in the room.    the light please.

  A. Turn on  B. Turn up  

  C. Turn off  D. Turn down

  答案: A。 turn on 为"把……打开"; turn off 为"把……关上"; turn up 为"把声音提高"; turn down 为"把声音降低"。

  4. We try to    the quarrel between the two neighbors but failed.

  A. put out B. put up  

  C. put down D. put away

  答案: C。 put out 有多意,可译为:"把……伸出来","扑灭……";

   put sth away 译为:"把……收起来";put down 译为:"写下……","制止……"; put up 有"建造;过夜;张贴"等意。

【重点、难点练习题】

  1. Another quarrel    between the two neighbors last night.

  A. broke out B. broke up 

  C. was broken out D. was broken up

  2. Did she know then to whom the case   ?

  A. was belonged  B. was belonging  

  C. belonged D. belongs

  3. My family and I    our Christmas Eve dinner when my uncle's telegram   .

  A. enjoyed; arrived B. were enjoyed; was coming

  C. enjoyed; was coming D. were enjoying; arrived

  4. Can you believe that in    a rich country there should be    many poor people?

  A. so; such  B. such; so  

  C. so; so a  D. such;such a

  5. The Great Wall run    deserts,    valleys,   mountains until it reaches the sea.

  A. across, through, over B. over, across, above

  C. through, across, over D. over, across, through

【全方位单元综合练习题】

  Ⅰ 语音

  1. escape A. trap  B. advise

           C. case D. stair

  2. chimney A. ceiling B. firefighter

            C. weight D. excape

  3. ceiling A. escape B. belong C. completely D. helicopter

  4. collect A. wonder B. control

            C. bedclothes D. operator

  5. roof A. lose B. blood

           C. wood D. childhood

  Ⅱ 单项选择

  1. Before I could catch the letter she dropped. It was already    fire.

  A. on the B. on a 

  C. on D. in

  2. Take an umbrella,    you might get caught in the rain.

  A. and  B. but 

  C. unless D. or

  3. Do you think    possible   through with the work in time.

  A. it…for Tom getting  B. it…for Tom to get

  C. Tom …getting D. Tom… to get

  4. In the streets    the building, too many people stood watching and the firemen couldn't get close.

  A. under B. down 

  C. below D. away

  5. I lost the book borrowed from the library and I asked to    it.

  A. pay B. pay for 

  C. be paid D. be paid for

  6. The house which    in the fire last year   .

  A. destroyed; was belonged to me 

  B. destroyed; belonged to I

  C. was destroyed; belonged to mine 

  D. was destroyed; belonged to me

  7. When Jack   in, he noticed Mary   .

  A. came, watched TV B. comes, is watching TV

  C. comes, was watching TV  D. came, was watching TV

  8. -I'm not watching that film.

  -  ,I won't watch it,   .

  A. That case;too  B. In case;too  

  C. On case;either D. In that case;either

  9. -Let's take a rest, shall we?

  -   .

  A. That's right  B. It's right 

  C. That's all right  D. All right

  10. When I got to the top of the mountain, the sun   .

  A. was shining  B. shone 

  C. has shone D. was shone

  11. It    when they arrived at the station.

  A. has rained B. is raining 

  C. rains  D. was raining

  12. The house is made of wood and paper, which    very easily.

  A. makes fire  B. is on fire  

  C. catches fire  D. sets fire to

  13. This new dictionary    my elder sister.

  A. belongs B. belongs to  

  C. is belonged to  D. belonging to

  14. -Please don't forget to buy me a pen, Mum.

  -  .I will remember to do that. Don't worry, Billy.

  A. Of course B. No  

  C. I would D. Yes

  15. - Is the fire still burning?

  - No, it has been    for a while, I think.

  A. out B. on  

  C. away D. put out

  Ⅲ 阅读理解

  The first newspaper was written by hand and put up on walls in public places.

  The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B.C. In the 700's the world's first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn't have a regular (定期的) newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

  The first regularly newspaper in English was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (日报). It came out in March 1702.

  In 1609,Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started the Boston Newsletter, the first newspaper published daily in the American colonies (殖民地). By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.

  Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行额) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun(朝日新闻). It sells more than eleven million copies every year.

  1. The first regularly printed European newspaper was started  .

  A. in Rome B. in Germany

  C. in Amsterdam D. in English

  2. The first daily newspaper in English was started  .

  A. In 1702  B. in 1621

  C. in 1620  D. in the 700's

  3. From the article, we know that  .

  A. newspapers have a long history in the United States

  B. one English language newspaper has the largest circulation in the world

  C. the first newspaper was printed in Rome in 59 B.C.

  D. many people in the world read newspapers now

  4. Which of the following is not true ?  

  A. Newspapers started in 59 B.C.

  B. The first English newspaper started in English

  C. The first American newspaper was not forbidden by the government

  D. Germany had the earliest European printed newspaper

  5. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "Newsletter" in the third paragraph ?  

  A. a newspaper B. a publishing house

  C. letters of news  D. a place

  Ⅳ 用动词的适当形式填空

  burn down, belong to, break out, get close to, lose one's life

  1. The jacket you are washing    me very soon.

  2. A big fire    during the night.

  3. Do you know how many people    in the big earthquake in Taiwan in 1999.

  4. Don't let the children    those bottles.

  5. The library children love to go to was    in that big fire.

  Ⅴ 单词拼写

  1. The book b   to me. How can it be yours?

  2. Hearing the bad news, She couldn't c   herself and started to cry.

  3. A lot of passengers were injured in the traffic accident, but luckily he e   from the danger.

  4. The classroom is fairly bright in the evening with six lights hanging from the c  .

  5. The factory c   are pouring(倾注)smoke into the air.

  6. My work will be c   next week, then we will go to Hainan.

  7. Finally, he found a job in the company as an o  .

  8. The doctor tried his best to r   the patient from danger.

  9. Linda l   the gas and began to prepare supper.

  10. More than 300 people were t   above the fire.

  Ⅵ 写作

  根据提示写一篇简单的人物简介(要求不要直译)。

  1. Paul Roberson 出生在一个贫穷的黑人家庭,十二岁开始在农场里做工,后来又去工厂里工作。

  2. 他热爱音乐,在每天繁忙的工作中只要有空就练习唱歌。

  3. 因为他有一副好嗓子,后来成为人们喜爱的歌手。

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