八年级下册英语Unit 1 Section A-2课时作业.docx

Unit 1 When was he bom? Section A-2Exercising:L短语.辍学1 .想方设法做某事.对感兴趣2 .太以至于不能.期盼/预料做某事3 .全世界.出生在一个农民家庭II.根据句意及首字母提示补全单词1.1 will try every m to get into a good senior high school.2. Zhang Yimou is one of the most famous d in China.3. N Day is on October 1st.4.1 can also speak French and English b Chinese.5. The boy is i in maths.III.根据汉语意思完成英语句子.他出生于一个教师之家。He a teacher's family.1 .医生们正想尽一切方法救这个男孩。The doctors aresave the boy.2 .这些孩子因为家庭贫穷而辍学。The children school because their familiesare poor.3 .这个男孩太小了，不能骑自行车。The boy is ride a bike.4 .二十岁时，他开始为国家队效力。He began to a national team20.5 .救援近在咫尺。Help was.IV.句型转换He played soccer every afternoon last year.（改为否认句）He soccer every afternoon last year.1. She did her homework last night.（改为一般疑问句）She homework last night?2. His brother became a waiter when he was 20 yeans old.（对画线局部提 问）his brother a waiter?3. It will take them about five years to build the high-speed rail way.（同义 句转换）They will about five years in the high-speed railway.4. They started to learn English when they were in Grade Three.（同义句 转换）They started when they were in Grade Three.v.阅读理解Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and over 1, 200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent（专禾ll权）in 1868 for a vote recorder.Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.1. How often did Edison make a new invention?A. About every fourteen days.B. About every seven days.C. About once a week.D. About twice a week.2. The underlined word “ fired“ in the passage means "gave somebody a jobA. set fire to somebodylet somebody downB. forced somebody to leave his jobEdison considered his deafness as.A. something bada gift from GodB. a kind of abilitya disadvantage3. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?A. Edison had only 8 hours' rest each day after his deafness.B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.C. Edison had his first job in 1869.D. Edisonfs inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life.4. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The function of the electric light.B. Edison and his experiments.C. The importance of inventions.D. The whole life of Edison.答案I.1. drop out of schooltry every means to do sth.2. become/be interested intoo.to.3. expect to do sth.4. all over the worldbe bom into a farmer's familyIL.means 2. directors 3. National 4. besides 5. interestedIII. .was bom into 2. trying every means to 3. drop out of 4. too young to 5.play for; at the age of 6. at handIV. .didn't play 2. Did; do her 3. When did; become 4. spend;building 5. learning English1. A 2.D3.B4.C5.D