辽宁省东港市小甸子中学九年级英语全册 Unit 2 I used

Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark Reading

【Warm up】

美好的初中生活即将结束，毕业之际，你想对你的母校和老师说点什么呢？

【Get ready】

【Go for it】

下决心(做）尽可能…… _______________________

放弃(做) 注意

即使令某人惊讶的是

对…感到惊讶为…而自豪

【Grammar focus】

1. as as possible = as...as _____ ____ 尽可能地…

-请尽快给我写信。

-我们应该尽可能多地练习口语。

2. even though (even if), though (although)尽管，即使，引导从句。

-尽管已经很晚了，他还继续工作。

, he went on working.

-即使我们不再年轻，也不要放弃自己的梦想。

we are young, . *wh atever, whoever, wherever, whenever, however等也引导让步状语从句。

-不管你去哪儿，都不要忘记家乡。

-无论天气多么冷，他从不停止锻炼。

【Speed-up】

( ) 1.They were too tired, so they stopped to have a rest .

A. ten minute’s

B. ten-minute

C. ten minutes’

D. ten-minutes

( ) 2. Linda’s life is than before .

A. much difficult

B. more harder

C. much more harder

D. much harder

( ) 3. His mother looked after him .

A. as good as possible

B. as well as she can

C. as well as she could

D. as better as possible

( ) 4. -Don’t play with the knife, ______ you’l l cut your hand.

-Sorry, I ______ .

A. so, can’t

B. and, won’t

C. but, mustn’t

D. or, won’t

( ) 5. Lei Feng is no longer living, his spi rit of serving the people

lives on.

A. Because

B. If

C. Even if

D. When

( ) 6. Smoking is bad for your health. You’d better .

A. give up it

B. give it up

C. give it away

D. give it back

( ) 7.--How long you in this city?

--Since 2003.

A. did, live

B. have, live

C. have, lived.

D. are, living

( ) 8. ---Do you often see her ?

--- No , she lives in Japan, so I _______see her .

A often

B hardly ever

C always

D ever

( ) 9. Her son ____ _____ coke, but now he ______ __ milk.

A. used to drink, is used to drinking

B. used to drinking, drinks

C. is used to drinking, used to drink

D. is us ed to drink, is drinking ( ) 10. They thought necessary for Martin to talk with his mother.

A that

B it

C it’s

D this

( ) 11. He hardly ever has time for concerts, ______ he ?

A does

B has

C doesn’t

D hasn’t

( ) 12.-Do you know two years ago?

-In Blue Bird Computer Company.

A. what did Sally do

B. what Sally did

C. where Sally worked

D. where d id Sally work

翻译句子：

1.我妈妈让我放弃弹钢琴。My mother asks me __________________________________.

2.直到上周五他才动身去上海。 last Friday.

3.我们的生活比以前幸福多了。Ou r life than before.

4.尽可能多读英语。

5.这辆车太贵他买不起。

6.我英语说得不如你好。

短文填空：

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e die problem he but talk so good interest be difficult

easy

Martin is a fifteen–year–old boy. He used to 1. a “problem

child ”,but a recent conversation changed his life. He didn’t use to gi ve his mother many 2. . However, after his father’s 3._____ a few years ago, Martin’s life became much 4.______ . His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education . To do this , she had to work , 5. she was often not at home .

His mother looked after him as 6._______ as she could . Unluckily , Martin still caused problems for 7.______ and his family . He was not 8.______ in study and he often got into trouble with the police . Luckily ,his mother was very patient and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end ,she made a difficult 9._______ :