1、外研外研八年级上册八年级上册 Revision module A Write advice about learning English. 1 Grammar and speaking write down new words in groups You should write down new words in groups. 1 read an English newspaper _ You should read an English newspaper. 2 write down your mistakes in your notebook _ _ 3 speak English i
2、n class _ You should write down your mistakes in your notebook. You should speak English in class. 4 listen to the radio in English _ 5 write new words in your vocabulary book _ _ 6 look up new words in a dictionary _ You should listen to the radio in English. You should write new words in your voca
3、bulary book. You should look up new words in a dictionary. Complete the sentences. Use the sentences in Activity 1 to help you. 2 Remember to write down new words in groups 1 How about _? 2 Try to _ 3 Dont forget to _ reading an English newspaper write down your mistakes in your notebook speak Engli
4、sh in class 4 Why not _? 5 Why dont you _ _? 6 It is a good idea to _ _ listen to the radio in English write new words in your look up new words in a vocabulary book dictionary Work in pairs. Ask for and give advice about learning English. 3 1 How can I learn new words? 2 How can I practise my Engli
5、sh listening? 3 How can I improve my English grammar? 4 Whats the best way to improve speaking? Now say if you agree or disagree with your partner. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 4 1 You can _ (easy) buy a ticket. 2 You need to write _ (careful) 3 He got there
6、 _ (safe) 4 I spoke _ (slow) because my English was poor. carefully easily slowly safely 5 She did her homework _ (careless), so there were a lot of mistakes. 6 I did _ (bad) in my homework. 7 I am going to study _ (hard) carelessly hard badly Complete the conversations with the correct form of the
7、words in the box. You need to use some of the words more than once. 5 cold dangerous difficult popular relaxing 1 Are lions the _ cats? No, I think tigers are _ than lions. more dangerous most dangerous 2 Is Beijing the _ city in China? I dont think so. Harbin is _ than Beijing. 3 Are pandas the _ a
8、nimal in China? I think so. Everyone loves pandas. cold dangerous difficult popular relaxing colder coldest most popular 4 Is plane the _ way of travelling? No, I think travelling by train is a lot _ 5 Is this exercise the _ in this lesson? Im not sure. What do you think? cold dangerous difficult po
9、pular relaxing more relaxing most relaxing most difficult Answer the questions with the words and expressions in brackets. 6 Why did you come to Lao She Teahouse? (see/ an opera) I came to Lao She Teahouse to see an opera. 1 Why are you watching TV? (find out / the score of the match) Im watching TV
10、 to find out the score of the match. 2 Why did the government build the National Stadium? (hold / the Olympic Games) The government built the National Stadium to hold the Olympic Games. 3 Why do you go running every morning? (stay / healthy) I go running every morning to stay healthy. 4 What did Rob
11、ert ask? (you / give him fifty yuan) Robert asked you to give him fifty yuan. 5 What did you hear? (some children / sing in the room) I heard some children sing / singing in the room. 6 What did you see? (a lot of birds / fly over our heads) I saw a lot of birds fly/ flying over our heads. Complete
12、the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. 7 help sell speak understand watch 1 Kate is from England and she can teach me _ English. 2 He took me _ an opera last night. to speak to watch help sell speak understand watch 3 The man in the market wanted _ us some vegetables. 4 I tried
13、 _ her, but I could not. She spoke too fast. 5 Mary offered _ me with my English homework yesterday. to sell to understand to help Complete the passage with the words in the box. 8 Vocabulary danger peace protect raise stop wild All around the world many (1) _ animals are in (2) _. We may lose them
14、all. We need wild danger to do something to (3) _ this. People should (4) _ the earth, and let animals (5) _ their babies and live in (6) _. danger peace protect raise stop wild stop protect peace raise Underline the correct words to complete the sentences. 9 1 “Ill take you to the shopping centre,”
15、 she said. She offered / hoped to take me to the shopping centre. 2 “Shall we play tennis or table tennis?” “Lets play tennis.” “OK.” They decided / hoped to play tennis. 3 “Id like to watch the football match,” he said. He planned / wanted to watch the football match. 4 “It would be great to go to
16、the Great Wall,” she said. She hoped / decided to go to the Great Wall. 5 “I cant go shopping with you because Im going to the cinema,” she said. She hoped / planned to go to the cinema. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expression in the box. 10 beat careful chance coach e
17、arly fan score warm up win It was the day of the big match against the citys best school team. Our (1) _ said we could win, but it would not be easy. We (2) _ coach warmed up before the match, but we did not speak very much. It was very important for us to (3) _ the other team. In the (4) _ part of
18、the match, everything went badly. We made some mistakes, and we were not (5) _ enough with the ball. At half time beat careful chance coach early fan score warm up win beat careful early the coach told us, “Youre faster than them, and youve got a good (6) _. Try your best and you will (7) _.” In the
19、 second half, we heard our (8) _ cheer, and it made us try even harder. In the end, we (9) _ and we won the match! beat careful chance coach early fan score warm up win fans scored chance win Listening Listen and complete the sentences. 11 Tonys visit to New York 1 Building They went to the top of t
20、he Empire State Building. It is not the (1) _ building in the world now, but it is still very (2) _. tall tallest 2 Play They went to the theatre and saw a play. It was one of the (3) _ plays in New York. most popular 3 Brooklyn Bridge They walked over the Brooklyn Bridge. It is one of the (4) _ pla
21、ces to visit in New York. 4 Hotel They stayed in one of the (5) _ _ hotels in the city. expensive best most Betty: Hello, Tony. Did you enjoy your visit to New York? Tony: Yes, I did. I had a great time. We went to the top of the Empire State Building. It isnt the tallest building in the world now,
22、but its still very tall. Tapescripts: Betty: Oh yes, all the tourists want to go to the top because you can see all of the city from there. Tony: Yes, and its one of the most beautiful buildings in New York. Betty: Where else did you go? Tony: We went to the theatre and saw a play. Betty: Did you en
23、joy it? Tony: Yes, I did. It was one of the most popular plays in New York and everyone cheered when they saw the famous actors. Betty: What else did you do? Tony: We walked over the Brooklyn Bridge because its one of the best places to visit in New York. Betty: Yes, its a fantastic place to see the
24、 city from. Did you stay in a nice hotel? Tony: Yes, but it was one of the most expensive hotels in the city. Listen and chant. Notice the rhyme. 12 The fastest way to go Travelling fast or travelling slow, Which is the fastest way to go? Over the land or over the seas, Which is the fastest? Tell me
25、, please! Running on two legs over the ground, Or riding my bicycle, wheels going round? Galloping fast on a galloping horse, Thats faster than on my bike, of course. But if you have to travel afar, Youre faster again in a motorcar. And very much faster when riding a train, But the fastest of all in
26、 an aeroplane! Flying so high right up in the sky, Looking at all the clouds go by. Faster than bicycle, car or train The fastest of all is an aeroplane! Reading Read the passage and choose the correct answer. 13 On the north coast of Brazil, scientists once found something very strangelost penguins
27、, far from home! The scientists did not know why the penguins were lost. Perhaps a warm current took them north. But penguins cannot live for long in the warmer waters of the north. It was time to save the penguins. Sadly though, some penguins were too sick to travel, and some were dying. The scient
28、ists took the healthy birds and put them on a large aircraft. They flew to the south coast of Brazil. Many people came to watch the birds. But at first, the birds just looked at the water. Then, some of the braver ones swam about in it. It was cold! It was good! And so they began the last part of th
29、eir journey. People cheered loudly as the younger penguins started swimming behind the older ones. Together, they were on their way home at last. 1 Where were the penguins when the scientists found them? a) Far from home. b) In the water. c) On a plane. 2 Why were the penguins far away from home? a)
30、 They swam there. b) Scientists took them there. c) Maybe the warm water carried them there. 3 Where did the scientists bring the penguins? a) To the south coast. b) To the sea. c) To lots of different places. 4 What did the scientists want to do? a) They wanted to take the penguins all back to Braz
31、il. b) They wanted to help the penguins get home. c) They wanted to make the penguins swim all the way home. 5 What did people do as the penguins started swimming in the sea? a) They swam behind them. b) They cried. c) They cheered. 6 How did the younger penguins get back home at last? a) They swam
32、behind the older ones. b) They went by plane. c) They swam in front of the older ones. Write a report about your English study this term. Say: 14 what you are good at what you can improve three things you are going to do over the next two months English is my favourite subject. Im good at listening, reading and writing, but I dont do well in speaking. ld like to improve my spoken English in three ways. Possible answer
