（湘教版）初二英語Unit 4 Our world Topic 1. Plants and animals are important for us

Section A

1. I think animals are more interesting.

我認爲動物更加有趣。

interesting interested

interesting是形容詞，意思是“令人感興趣的”，一般指人、物本身是有趣的。

如：Playing basketball is very interesting.

打籃球很有趣。

interested是形容詞。一般指人對某物感興趣，固定詞組爲be interested in...對……感興趣。

如：This book is so interesting that everyone is interested in it.

這本書是如此的有趣以至於每個人都對它感興趣。

拓展：在英語中，有兩大類動詞構成的形容詞，一類是v-ing型的形容詞，另一類是v-ed型的形容詞，常見的有：

v-ing 詞義 v-ed 詞義

interesting有趣的 interested感興趣

surprising令人吃驚的 surprised感到吃驚的

amazing令人驚異的 amazed感到驚奇的

exciting令人興奮的 excited感到興奮的

boring無聊的 bored感到厭煩的

disappointing令人失望的 disappointed感到失望

moving感人的 moved受感動的

2. We share the world with them.

我們和它們共同分享這個世界。

share動詞，共用、分享、分擔

如：The sisters shared the same room.

姐妹們同住一屋。

We share the joys and sorrows.

我們同甘共苦。

3. They are now in danger.

他們現在處於危險中。

be in danger處於危險中

You may be in danger if you walk alone late at night.

如果你深夜獨自散步可能有危險。

Don’t be afraid when you are in danger.

當你處於危險之中，不要害怕。

4. It looks for food at night along the sea floor.

夜裏它沿着海底尋找食物。

look for find find out

look for尋找，強調尋找的過程。

如：He is looking for his pen.

他正在尋找他的鋼筆。

What are you looking for?

你正在找什麼？

find找到，強調結果。

He found his pen under the desk.

他在桌子下找到了他的鋼筆。

Did you find your book yesterday?

你昨天找到你的書了嗎？

find out瞭解、查出，表示經過一番努力調查瞭解了某事，後面常接賓語從句。

如：Please find out what time they are coming.

請查一下他們什麼時候來。

The policemen found out who stole the stamps.

警察們查出誰偷走了郵票。

5. In spring, it returns to the fresh water stream to lay eggs.

春天它回到淡水的小溪裏產卵。

return動詞。①返回，回到come back；②歸還give back。

如：He returned to Beijing last Sunday.

上個星期天他返回到北京。

Please return the book to me tomorrow.

請明天把書歸還給我。

6. So the butterfly is losing its home.

因此，蝴蝶正失去它的家園。

lose丟失，過去式lost。

The little girl lost her way in the street.

小女孩在街上迷路了。

He lost his book yesterday.

昨天他丟了他的書。

Section B

1. What are you thinking about?

你正在想什麼？

think about think of think over

①think about意爲考慮、思考，與think of同義。

如：I’m thinking about/ of where to spend my holiday.

我正在考慮到哪裏去度假。

②think of作想起、認爲時與think about不同。

如：She often thinks of her old friends.

她經常想起她的老朋友。

③think over意爲仔細考慮、思考。over爲副詞、代詞應放在其前。

如：I thought it over last Sunday.

上個星期天我仔細考慮那件事。

Let me think over this difficult problem.

讓我仔細思考這道難題。

2. The plants stay green longer there.

在那裏，植物保持綠色的時間更長。

stay表示繼續保持某種狀態，後接形容詞做表語。

如：The shop stays open till 12 o’clock.

這家商店到12點纔打烊。

We must stay happy.

我們必須保持快樂。

3. In this area, there is very little rain.

這個地區幾乎沒有雨。

few a few little a little

①few與可數名詞複數連用，表示否定。意思“很少，幾乎沒有”

如：He is a man of few words.

他是個沉默寡言的人。

He knows few friends here.

他在這裏幾乎不認識朋友。

②little與不可數名詞連用，表示否定，意思“很少，幾乎沒有”

There is little water in the glass.

杯子裏幾乎沒有水了。

I have little interest in politics.

我對政治沒有什麼興趣。

③a few, a little表示肯定，一些，有some意思接近，但a few修飾可數名詞，a little修飾不可數名詞。

There are a few eggs, a little bread in the fridge.

冰箱裏有一些雞蛋，一些麪包。

4. In summer, rocks, streams and forests are even more beautiful, with blue skies, clear lakes and fast-flowing rivers.

夏天，岩石、小溪和森林更美麗，同時還有藍天、清澈的湖泊和湍急的河流。

with爲介詞，表示行爲方式的用法。

①with＋名詞（代詞）＋介詞短語

With a book in her hand, Miss Li comes into the classroom.

李老師手裏拿着一本書走進了教室。

②with＋名詞（代詞）＋adj形（adv副）

He often sleeps with the windows open.

他經常開着窗戶睡覺。

形容詞的比較級可以被even“更”much“……得多”等副詞修飾。much, a lot, a little, even, still表示比較的程度。

如：It was cold yesterday, but it is even colder today.

昨天很冷，今天更冷。

This book is much more interesting than that one.

這本書比那本書要有趣多了。

Section C

1. Thousands and thousands of animals live in rainforests.

千千萬萬的動物生活在熱帶雨林。

hundred百 500 five hundred 800 eight hundred

thousand千 5000 five thousand 8000 eight thousand

注意：hundred, thousand前加基數詞時，不加s，不用複數形式。thousands of成千上萬的，hundreds of成百上千的

注意與介詞of連用時，hundred, thousand要用複數形式。

There are two thousand students in our school.

在我們學校裏有兩千學生。

Thousands of foreigners come to China every year.

每年成千上萬的外國人來到中國。

2. They can’t live at all without water.

沒有水，他們根本不能活。

without介詞“沒有”，反義詞with

如：He goes to school without breakfast every day.

他每天沒吃早餐就去上學。

He worked all day without having any rest.

他整整幹了一天，一點沒有休息。

Section D

1. Isn’t it interesting?

它真有趣，不是嗎？

這種問句，稱爲否定疑問句，表示讚歎、驚訝等。

如：Aren’t these pictures beautiful?

這些圖畫難道不漂亮嗎？

2. It is one of the most dangerous fish in the world.

它是世界上最危險的魚之一。

one of＋the＋最進階形式＋名詞複數形式，意爲“最……之一”

He is one of the tallest boys in our class.

他是我們班最高的男孩之一。

She is one of the most popular teachers in the school.

她是學校裏最受歡迎的老師之一。

3. It’s so strange!

這多奇怪啊！

本句爲感嘆句，形式上是陳述句形式，但帶有強烈的感情。

They do it so quickly!

他們做得多快啊！

He is so clever!

他多聰明啊！

【模擬試題】（答題時間：30分鐘）

I. 用括號內的所給詞的正確形式填空。

1. I like _______（animal）because they are our friends.

2. Which are ________（beautiful）plants or animals?

3. The shark returns to the stream __________（lay）eggs.

4. Brazil has ___________（large）rainforests in the world.

5. In this area there is much _________（little）rain.

6. There are ____________（few）books in our library than in your library.

7. He often does a lot of __________（danger）work.

8. There are ___________（thousand）of trees on the hill.

9. What cover most of ___________（earth）surface?

10. In fact water _________（make）up the greatest part of the human body.

II. 選擇

1. Jim left the classroom without __________ anything?

A. say B. to say C. says D. saying

2. I’m __________ Helen. Do you know where she is?

A. looking up B. looking after C. looking for D. looking at

3. There are __________ vegetables in the fridge. Let’s go and buy them.

A. few B. a few C. little D. a little

4. Who’s _________ student in your class?

A. best B. good C. the best D. well

5. We need some _________ apples.

A. much B. many C. more D. most

6. Li Lei is _________ shorter than Li Ping.

A. a few B. much C. very D. many

7. They are ____________ you think.

A. more than friendly B. more friendly than

C. friendly than more D. friendly more than

8. This problem is very difficult. Let’s think ___________ it.

A. of B. about C. over D. at

9. We must __________ every drop of water.

A. leave B. show C. keep D. save

10. She can’t _________ her pen. Can you help her to __________ it?

A. find, look for B. find, find

C. look for, find D. look for, find out

11. I don’t think there _____________ a question any more.

A. is B. isn’t C. did D. didn’t

12. She _________ the supper and cleaned the house.

A. cooks B. is cooking C. cooked D. cook

13. He started to teach English ___________ .

A. for three years B. in three years

C. three years ago D. about three years

14. Michael, can you ___________ me your new book?

---- Certainly.

A. borrow B. lend C. to borrow D. to lend

15. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we ____________ to Beijing.

A. go B. went C. will go D. were going

III. 完形填空

Zhang Hong was 1 daughter. She was five years 2 . She liked asking questions very much. She liked animal cartoons（動畫片）very much. One evening 3 we watched the Donald（唐老鴨）, she laughed and laughed. She was very 4 . “Do you understand Donald’s words?”I asked her. “No, I 5 understand the duck’s words.”answered Zhang Hong. The cartoons were 6 . And we went on 7 TV. “Mum, said Zhang Hong,”“May I ask you a question now?”“Certainly. What is it?”said I. “Why the young aunt 8 close the door when she has a bath?”She painted to the screen（指着屏幕）“ 9 there is no people in her home now.”I answered. “But all 10 us can see her now.”said Zhang Hong.

（ ）1. A. I B. mine C. my D. myself

（ ）2. A. long B. small C. young D. old

（ ）3. A. when B. where C. who D. what

（ ）4. A. nice B. happy C. fine D. well

（ ）5. A. can’t B. didn’t C. wasn’t D. am not

（ ）6. A. off B. away C. over D. out

（ ）7. A. watch B. watching C. watched D. to watch

（ ）8. A. isn’t B. didn’t C. wasn’t D. doesn’t

（ ）9. A. Because B. So C. But D. And

（ ）10. A. for B. with C. of D. on

【試題答案】

I. 1. animals 2. more beautiful 3. lays 4. the largest

5. less 6. fewer 7. dangerous 8. thousands 9. earth’s

10. makes

II. 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. B

7. B 8. B 9. D 10. A 11. A 12. C

13. C 14. B 15. C

III. 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. C

7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C