人教八年级英语下册课时练习
Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
Section A(1a～2d)
Ⅰ.请根据中文意思写出下列重点单词。
1．射击；发射 v. shoot 2．石头 n. stone
3．神；上帝 n. god 4．提醒；使想起 v. remind
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5．一点；小块 n. bit 6．愚蠢的；不明事理的 adj. silly
7．虚弱的；无力的 adj. weak
Ⅱ.请认真阅读课文，找出下列重点短语。
8．从前 once upon a time 9．有点儿；稍微 a little bit
10．从事 work on烟台家教高三英语视频 11．一……就…… as soon as
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12．代替；反而 instead of
Ⅲ.请用以上重点单词和短语完成下列句子。
13．这个故事是怎样开始的？
How_does_the_story_begin?
14．那个人一说完，愚公就说自己死后他的家人会继续移山。
As_soon_as_the_man_finished_talking,Yu_Gong_said_that_his_family_could_continue_to
_move_the_mountains_after_he_died.
1．He told Yu Gong he could never do it becau he was old and weak.他告诉愚公他绝不可能做到，因为他又老又弱。(P42)
weak作形容词，意为“虚弱的”，其反义词为strong，意为“强壮的”。the weak表示“弱者”，作主语时谓语动词用复数形式。
她并没有看上去那么虚弱。
She is not so weak as she looks.
弱者需要我们的帮助。
葡萄的英文单词The weak need our help.
【拓展延伸】(1)weak作形容词时，还可意为“不擅长；(能力)弱的”。be weak in 意为“在……方面差”，相当于be bad at。官方大学排名
地理是我的弱势学科。
Geography is my weak__subject．
吉姆的汉语很差。
Jim is weak in Chine.
(2)weak的名词为weakness，意为“弱点；缺点”。
——你的弱点是什么？
——我不擅长在公共场合演讲。
—What's your weakness?
—I'm weak in speaking in public.
2．But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains？但是不把山移开，愚公还能做什么呢？(P42)
【易混辨析】instead与instead of
两者都有“代替”的含义，其区别如下：
instead 副词 位于句首或句末，位于句首时常用逗号与后面的内容隔开
instead of 介词短语 位于句首或句中，其后接名词、代词或v.－ing形式
他没有回答，反而离开了房间。
He didn't reply.Instead，he left__the__room．linea
现在我可以步行去上班，而不必开车去。奠基石
Now I can walk__to__work instead of going by car.
01 基础过关
Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。
1．The old pictures often remind(提醒) me of my days in junior school.
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2．She picked up the stones(石头) and threw them away into the river.
3．The old woman looks weak(虚弱的) and poor.
4．—I think it's silly(愚蠢的) to play computer games until midnight.
—I agree with you.
5．Don't shoot(射击) the bird.It's not good to do that.
Ⅱ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
6．Most Americans believe in gods(god)．
7．Let's think out a good way to__help(help) the sick kids in the hospital.
8．My brother kept watching(watch) TV after having dinner yesterday.
9．They went mountain climbing instead of visiting(visit) the muum.
10．He was so moved(move) by my words that he said nothing.
Ⅲ.单项填空。
(A)11.Mr.Wang is still very ________after a rious illness.He needs to rest.
stickA．weak B．wet C．smart D．surprid
(B)12.—We can go to the park on foot.
