2020年秋八年级英语上册 Module 4 Planes, ships and trains Unit 1 He lives the farthest from school新

Unit 1

He lives the farthest from school.

●1 except prep. 除……之外

[观察] But nobody was late, except me.

但除了我，没有人迟到。

[探究] except 表示从所提到的人或事物中除去一部分，即从整体中除去一部分。该词和but用法相似。

[辨析] except, except for, besides与but

●2 far adv. 远；遥远adj. 远的；遥远的

[观察] He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground.

他住得离学校最远，因此他乘坐地铁(上学)。

[探究] 有关far的常用搭配：

(1)be far (adj.) from 意为“离……远”。

Juliet's home is quite far from her school.

朱丽叶的家离她的学校非常远。

(2)live far (adv.) from意为“住得离……远”。

Jerry doesn't live far from his company.

杰瑞住得离他的公司不远。

(3)how far 意为“多远”，对距离进行提问。

[拓展] far的比较级与最高级分别有两种形式，即farther/further, farthest/furthest。这两种写法都表示距离上更远、最远。此外，further还有“更进一步”的意思。furthest意为“最远地”，常用来表示抽象的概念。

He goes farther than his father.

他比他爸爸走得还远。

I want to learn English further in Canada.

我想在加拿大深造英语。

He studies the subject furthest.

他研究这门功课最深。

●1 What happened? 发生什么事了？

[探究] (1)表示“某地/某时发生了某事”常用“sth. happen(s)/happened＋地点/时间状语”，此时主语是事物。

(2)表示“某人出了某事(常指不好的事)”常用“sth. happen(s)/happened to sb.”；提问时常用“What happen(s)/happ ened to sb.？”句型。

(3)表示“某人碰巧做某事”常用“sb. happen(s)/happened to do sth.”，其同义句型为“It happens/happened＋that从句”。

●2 Maybe I should go to school by taxi.

或许我应该乘坐出租车去上学。

[探究] go to school by taxi意为“乘坐出租车去上学”。by和表示交通工具的名词(名词前不用任何冠词)连用，意为“乘坐……”。如：

travel by train/car/ship

乘火车/小汽车/轮船旅行

[辨析] maybe与may be

Ⅰ.根据句意及首字母提示补全单词

1. Lucy and Jim are in Class 3 and they are classmates__.

2. There are flowers on both sides of the road__.

3. My school is close__ to my home, so I always walk to school.

4. Yesterday all the students went to the zoo except__ Xiao Wei.

5. —Two people died in the car accident__ .

—I'm sorry to hear that.

Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空

1．This room is__bigger__(big) than that one.

2．Spring is the __best__ (good) time to plant trees.

3．Of all the students, who lives __the_farthest/furthest__(far)?

4．The bus stop is __crowded__ (crowd) with people at eight o'clock in the morning. 5．Home is __the_most_comfortable__ (comfortable) place in the world.

Ⅲ.按要求完成下列各题

1．Jack walks_to work every day. (对画线部分提问)

__How__ __does__ Jack __go__ to work every day?

2．Her friend lives the farthest from school. (改为反义句)

Her friend lives __the__ __closest__ __to__ school.

3．Xiaoming is the tallest boy in his class. (改为同义句)

Xiaoming is __taller__ than __any__ __other__ __boy__ in his class. 4．Jenny often goes to work by taxi.(改为同义句)

Jenny often __takes__ __a__ __taxi__ to work.

Ⅳ.根据汉语意思完成句子

1. 在上学的路上，他遇到了王老师。

__On__ __his___ __way__ to school, he met Mr Wang.

2. 今天早晨赵军上学迟到了。

Zhao Jun __was__ __late__ __for__ school this morning.

3. 这些苹果有一点儿便宜，你可以多买一些。

The apples are __a__ __bit__ cheap and you can buy more.

4. 我和徐刚一样骑自行车上学。

I ride a bike to school, __the__ __same__ __as__ Xu Gang.

5. 小心！杯子里的水非常烫。

__Be__ __careful__！ The water in the cup is very hot.

Ⅰ.单项填空

( ) 1.Tom usually goes to school ________ foot or

________ a bike.

A. on; by B．by; on

C. on; on

D. by; by

[解析] C on foot意为“步行”； on a bike＝by bike意为“骑自行车”。

( )2.Dave happened ________ Mr Chen at the school gate yesterday.