Unit 8

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)1】 Why don’t you get a camera for her?

【要點(diǎn)分析】 “Why don’t you + v.?”意思是“你為什么不……?”，是用來(lái)給對(duì)方提建議的常用句型，也可轉(zhuǎn)換為“Why not+v.?”（為什么不……?）。

【中考鏈接】 —I don’t have a partner to play table tennis with.

—Why ________ a sports club to practice a lot? （2008湖北宜昌）

A. don’t join B. not joining

C. not to joinD. don’t you join

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)2】 How about a scarf?

What about watching English movies， or reading English books?

【要點(diǎn)分析】 How about ...? = What about...? 意思是“……怎么樣？”，是一個(gè)常用征求對(duì)方意見(jiàn)的句型，后面可跟名詞、代詞、動(dòng)詞-ing形式。

【中考鏈接】 —Tomorrow is our holiday. What ______ going hiking?

—That sounds great. (2008廣東湛江)

A. of B. for C. on D. about

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)3】 What a lucky guy!

【要點(diǎn)分析】 由what引導(dǎo)的感嘆句用來(lái)修飾名詞，句型結(jié)構(gòu)為：（1）What + a / an + 形容詞 + 可數(shù)名詞單數(shù) + 主語(yǔ) +謂語(yǔ)?。?）What + 形容詞 + 不可數(shù)名詞 / 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) + 主語(yǔ) + 謂語(yǔ)！由how引導(dǎo)的 感嘆句，句型結(jié)構(gòu)為：How +形容詞/副詞+主語(yǔ)+謂語(yǔ)！在how與 what引導(dǎo)的感嘆句中，有時(shí)候其主、謂語(yǔ)部分均可省略。

【中考鏈接】 —What does your uncle do?

—He is a policeman.

—________ dangerous job it is! （2008新疆）

A. What a B. What an

C. HowD. How a

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)4】 Dogs are too difficult to take care of.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 too ... to ... 的意思是“太……而不能……”，結(jié)構(gòu)為“too + 形容詞或副詞 + to + 動(dòng)詞原形”。

【中考鏈接】 The girl is ________ young ________ dress herself. (2008廣西北海)

A. as; as B. more; than

C. too; toD. not so; as

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)5】 They only cost five dollars.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 cost的意思是“價(jià)值（若干）、花費(fèi)（多少錢）”，一般要用物來(lái)作主語(yǔ)。

【中考鏈接】 The funny toy monkey _______ Sandy five dollars. (2008四川成都)

A. cost B. spentC. used

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)6】 Later， the same gift may be given away to someone else.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 give away的意思是“贈(zèng)送”，是由“動(dòng)詞+副詞”構(gòu)成的短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，當(dāng)賓語(yǔ)是代詞時(shí)，要放在副詞的前面。當(dāng)賓語(yǔ)是名詞時(shí)，可以放在副詞前面，也可放在副詞后面。

【中考鏈接】 The rich man has decided to ______ everything he has to charity. (2008湖北襄樊)

A. set up B. turn on

C. put off D. give away

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)7】 In the USA， some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 rather than 的意思是“而不是……”，“與其……倒不如”，“寧可，寧愿”可以連接詞類相同的詞或短語(yǔ)。

【中考鏈接】 從ABCD四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出與所給句子劃線部分意義相同或相近并能替代的那一項(xiàng)。

—Would you like a cup of coffee?

—Sorry. I’ll have a cold drink rather than coffee. (2008湖北黃岡)

A. would than B. would rather

C. instead D. instead of

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)8】 This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 encourage的意思是“鼓勵(lì)；激勵(lì)”，后面可接動(dòng)詞不定式作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。

【中考鏈接】 His parents often encourage him ______ hard. (2008陜西省)

A. workB. workingC. to workD. works

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)9】 She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.

【要點(diǎn)分析】形容詞interested意思是“感興趣的”，一般用于be interested in結(jié)構(gòu)中，主語(yǔ)一般為某人，意思是“（某人）對(duì)……感興趣”。

【中考鏈接】 用所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，使句子意思完整正確。

Most of the students aren’t _______(interesting) in the article. (2008內(nèi)蒙古烏蘭察布市)

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)10】 Maybe you could even make friends with a native speaker of English.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 make friends with 是一個(gè)固定短語(yǔ)，意思是“與……交朋友”。

【中考鏈接】根據(jù)句子意思及漢語(yǔ)提示，寫出空缺處的短語(yǔ)。

Alice is so nice that everyone likes to ________(交朋友) her. （2007河北省）

Keys: 1. D2. D3. A4. C5. A6. D7. D8. C9. interested10. make friends with

Unit 9

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)1】 Have you ever been to an amusement park?

【要點(diǎn)分析】 have / has been to... 的意思是“曾經(jīng)去過(guò)某地”，所指的是曾經(jīng)去過(guò)，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)回來(lái)了。have / has gone to... 的意思是“去了某地”，表示人已離開尚未回來(lái)，可能已經(jīng)到達(dá)了目的地，也可能在途中。

【中考鏈接】 —May I speak to Tom?

—Sorry， he is not at home. He _______ to Shanghai. (2008湖南長(zhǎng)沙)

A. has beenB. has gone

C. goesD. is

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)2】—I have never been to a water park.

—Me neither.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 “Me neither.”意思是“我也不”，相當(dāng)于“Neither have I.”。

【中考鏈接】 —Have you ever been to Hangzhou， Lucy ?

—No， I haven’t. What about you?

—________. （2008四川達(dá)州）

A. So do IB. Me neither.

C. Me tooD. So have I

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)3】 On the one hand， more than three quarters of the population are Chinese.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 quarter的意思是“四分之一”，也可說(shuō)成one fourth；“四分之三”可說(shuō)成three quarters，也可說(shuō)成three fourths。英語(yǔ)中分?jǐn)?shù)的表達(dá)方法是：分子用基數(shù)詞，分母用序數(shù)詞；當(dāng)分子是大于1的整數(shù)時(shí)，分母要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。分?jǐn)?shù)修飾名詞作主語(yǔ)的時(shí)候，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的單、復(fù)數(shù)要由所修飾的名詞來(lái)確定：如果是不可數(shù)名詞，則謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)；如果是復(fù)數(shù)名詞，則用復(fù)數(shù)。

【中考鏈接】 ________ of the money ________ been spent recycling the rubbish. (2008內(nèi)蒙古包頭)

A. Three fourths; has B. Three fourths; have

C. Three fourth; hasD. Three fourth; have

【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)4】 This is because the island is so close to the equator.

【要點(diǎn)分析】 close to意思是“很近；在附近”，與near意思相同。

【中考鏈接】 —Where do you often exercise?

—I often exercise in a park. It’s close to my house. （2007湖北黃岡）

A. next to B. close to

C. behind D. in front of

Keys: 1. B2. B3. A4. A