Unit 8
Part B
A Steady Job
Fred, a very conscientious worker, had one serious flaw: he was clumsy. The poor boy spoiled everything he did and for that reason could never keep a job. He'd had many jobs over the years but only for a few weeks at a time. For six months, Fred was out of employment. Finally, he got a job in a warehouse where many different types of home furnishings were stored. Fred's job was to unpack the merchandise newly arrived from the factory and put each item in its assigned place. The work was only temporary, but after so long with no employment at all it was better than nothing.
One morning Fred unpacked a large and quite fragile vase. He picked it up to carry across the warehouse. But he had only walked two steps and he tripped. There was a loud crash as the vase fell from Fred's hands and shattered into a thousand pieces.
Fred was called immediately to the manager's office, and he was sure he would be fired. The young man's spirits began to drop.
"I'll have to deduct something from your wages every week until the vase is paid for," the manager said sternly.
"How much is the vase worth?" Fred asked.
"$350."
A wide grin spread across the young man's face. "That's wonderful!" he shouted happily. "At last I have a steady job!"
Questions:
1. What does the story mainly tell us?
2. What can be inferred from the story?
3. Which of the following is not appropriate to describe Fred?
Part c
Mark Hill
Mark Hill is a traffic police officer in Watford, near London. He works on some of the busiest motorways in Britain, the M1 and the M25.
There are traffic police on duty twenty-four hours a day. There are three shifts, and each shift is eight hours. On average they have to deal with three to four accidents each shift. Here is Mark Hill talking about his job:
"We deal with anyone in the accident who is injured. That's the first thing. Then we have to clear the road and get the traffic moving again.
"Most accidents happen because people drive too fast -- especially when the roads are wet. Sometimes we get accidents that occur because drivers don't follow the rules. For example,
I've seen a number of cases of drivers overtaking on the left. This is illegal in Britain. If you want to overtake, you have to go into the fast lane on the right.
"Not everyone can use a motorway in Britain. People that ride a bicycle or a small motorbike are not allowed to use it.
"I like my job. I have a varied working day -- I never know what I'm going to do from one day to the next. And I meet all kinds of people. I don't think there's any other job that can give you that experience.
Questions:
1. Why do accidents sometimes happen according to the passage?
2. Which of the following is not true?
3. What can be inferred from the passage?
4. What should the traffic police do first of all in the event of an accident?
5. Why does Mar Hill like his job?
Unit 8 Why don't you get her a scarf？ 一．单项选择。 ( )1. What should I get my mom _______ her birthday? A. for B. on C. at D. in ( ) 2. Why don't you ________ a camera? That’s too che ap. A. got B. get C. gets D. gettin g ( ) 3. What’s the best gift John ________ ever received ? A. have B. has C. had D. having ( ) 4. When did Joe get his first gift? On his _______ __ birthday. A. six B. the six C. sixth D. the sixth ( ) 5. What a _________ boy! A. luck B. lucky C. luckily D. lucking ( ) 6 Who _________ the first gift to you? My mom. A. give B. gives C. gave D. giving ( ) 7. __________ are the most popular pets. A. Dog B. The Dog C. Dogs D. A do g ( ) 8. Dogs are _________ to people A. friendly B. friends C. friend
Unit 8-Conversation 1 Mark: Look, there's a careers fair on at the Examination Schools. Do you want to go Janet: What happens in a careers fair Mark:There are lots of different companies and they give you information about careers .advice, that kind of thing. Janet: OK, I'll come. You coming, Kate Kate: Yeah, sure. But I've already decided on my career. Mark: We know. You're going to be a brilliant lawyer. Kate: That's the plan — I'm off to a law firm soon as I get my degree. Janet: You're so lucky. I wish I knew what I wanted to do. Kate: Didn't you say something about teaching Janet: Yes, I'm thinking about it. I'm quite attracted to teaching. But I'm not really sure yet. Kate: Well, you've got lots of time. What about you, Mark What are your plans Mark: I'm going to row for England. Kate: Seriously Mark: No. Problem is, I think if you want to be successful, you've got to plan ahead— starting at the age of 12. Janet: So we're not doing very well. Mark: No. Kate: So Mark: Well ... I'm thinking of going into business management. It's a possibility. Janet: Really Mark: Yes. Kate: Hey, let's go to the Careers Fair. It might give you some ideas. Janet: It was very interesting, wasn't it You were having a long conversation with that man from the law firm. Kate: Yes. They said there's a possibility of a job placement as an intern over the summer. They're going to let me know about it. Janet: Fantastic! Unit 8-Conversation 2 Kate: You know that job placement I told you about — they've asked me to go for an interview. Janet: That's brilliant. When Kate: Two weeks' time ... Interviewer: So what made you decide to study law, Kate Kate: A number of reasons. Law interests me a lot. I've got a good brain, a good memory. And I'd certainly like to do some
Video Script------------------------------10.25 Pirates of the Internet It’s no secret that online piracy has decimated the music industry as millions of people stopped buying CDs and started stealing their favorite songs by downloading them from the internet. Now the hign-tech thieves are coming after Hollywood. Illegal downloading of full-length feature films is a relatively new phenomenon, but it’s becoming easier and easier to do. The people running America’s movie studios know that if they don’t do som ething----and fast---they could be in the same boat as the record companies. Correspodent: “What’s really at stake for the movie industry with all this privacy?” Chernin: “Well, I think, you know, ultimately, our absolute features.” Peter Chernin runs 20th Century Fox, one of the biggest studios in Hollywood. He knows the pirates of the Internet are gaining on him. Correspont: “Do you know how many movies are being downloaded today, in one day, in the United States?” Chernin: “I think it’s probably in the h undreds of thousands, if not millions.” Correspondent: “And it’s only going to grow.” Chernin: “It’s only going to grow. Somebody can put a perfect digital copy up on the internet. A perfect digital copy, all right. And with the click of mouse, send out a million copies all over the world, in an instant.” 5 And it’s all free. If that takes hold, kiss Hollywood goodbye. Chernin
人教版八年级下册unit8单元测试题 一、单项选择(每小题1分，共15分) ( 1. Japan is ________ island country. A. a B. the C. / D. an ( )2. — What is Jim doing? — He is waiting ________ his friends. A. for B. with C. on D. to ( )3. I have never got a letter from him ____________ he left. A. as soon as B. when C. ever since D. while ( )4. — May I borrow your pen? I can’t find mine. — Sorry, mine is broken. Maybe Tom can lend ________ to you. A. his B. this C. it D. ones ( )5. You can use an eraser to clean the ____ on the page. A. bamboo B. mark C. stress D. report ( )6. — ________ have you lived here? — For 20 years. A. How many B. How long C. How much D. How far ( )7. — Would you please ______ yourself to us? — OK. My name is Max and I’m from America. A. introduce B. enjoy C. record D. follow ( )8. — What do you think of the computer? —It’s very important in the ________ world. A. modern B. small C. wild D. ancient ( )9. I used to _______ a cup of coffee in the afternoon, but now I’m used to ______ tea. A. drinking; drink B. drink; drinking C. drink; drink D. drinking; drinking ( )10. —It’s already two o’clock. — We __________ hurry up, or we will miss the train. A. must B. may C. could D. can ( )11. — Is it an exciting book? — Yes, it’s__________ excitements. A. up to B. instead of C. full of D. at least ( )12. It’s very brave of you _______ the child from the big fire. A. save B. saved C. saving D. to save ( )13. — Lisa, have you finished your homework _______? — No, but I will finish it in half an hour.
Unit 8 Business Success Part I Getting ready Exercise B. Keys: 1. 90-149 pounds 2. 465 pounds 3. 240 pounds 4. 46 pounds 5. 835 pounds Tapescript: Hu Good morning. bert: Us Good morning. ugi: Hu Can I help you? bert: Us Er, thank you but I'm just looking at the moment. ugi: Hu Yes, please do. Have you come across our product before?
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朗文英语听说教程1 U n i t1听力原文 -CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1
Unit 1 Happiness Part 1 Teacher: Hi, good morning. Did you hear about the lottery winner last night The man won…what?… Two million dollars… Student: No, three. Teacher: Three million dollars? Three million. That's a lot of money isn't it Do you think that three million dollars would make you happy? … I'm asking you this because when you ask people what they need to be happy, many people will answer" more money!" We assume that money will make us happier. But is this true Will winning the lottery help you achieve happiness? Today we're going to look at the idea of happiness, at the psychology of happiness--what makes some people happier than others. We'll look at three personality factors that we find in happy people. To find out about these personality factors, psychologists talked to hundreds of people. Now, first, they asked the people how happy they felt--you know, from "very happy" to "not happy at all." Then they asked some more questions, They wanted to find out about people's personalities, such as their attitudes about life, and so on. They looked at the differences between happy people and unhappy people. They found three factors that are very important for achieving happiness. So…let's look at those factor s now. The first personality factor is that happy people are…satisfied with themselves. This means that they like themselves as they are, and they’re happy with what they have. Happy people may not like everything about their lives-they may be a little bit overweight, or may not have the best job, or may not live in a big, fancy house, but they don't need to change those things to be happy. They think more about the things they are satisfied with, not the changes they want to make. This feeling of happiness comes from the inside, not from something outside. Part 2 Teacher: So…happy people feel satisfied with themselves. On the other hand, unhappy people are often dissatisfied with themselves. They...uh...feel that something must change so they can be happy. They think if they lose some weight or
Test for Unit 8 （时间：120分钟，满分：120分） 听力部分（25分） Ⅰ.听句子，选择恰当的应答语。(每小题1分，共5分) ( )1.A.One cup. B.Two. C.Three bananas. ( )2.A.Yes, I do. B.Yes, I did. C.No, thanks.I’m full. ( )3.A.Yes, I could. B.Sure. C.Yes, please. ( )4.A.Thank you. B.That’s right. C.Good idea. ( )5.A.Only a little. B.Only a few. C.Few. Ⅱ.听短对话，选择正确的图片。(每小题1分，共5分) ( )6.What does the man like best? ( )7.What will they eat? ( )8.What does Helen usually eat for breakfast every day? ( )9.What don’t they have? ( )10.What did Frank eat just now? Ⅲ.听长对话，选择正确答案。(每小题1分，共5分) 听第一段对话，回答第11、12小题。 ( )11.What does the woman want to learn to make? A.Bread. B.Tomato salad. C.Turkey sandwiches. ( )12.What does the woman do at last? A.Add some tomato slices. B.Put another slice of bread on top. C.Add a teaspoon of relish. 听第二段对话，回答第13—15小题。 ( )13.What are they talking about? A.How to make a milk shake. B.How to make sandwiches. C.How to make fruit salad.
PEP六年级下册第一单元课本及活动手册听力原文 课本P5 Let’s try There are three elephants in a zoo.Father elephants is taller and older than Mother elephants.Mother elephants is smaller than Father elephants.She is stronger than her son.Son elephant is younger but taller than his mom and dad. Which picture is the son elephant? 课本P8 (1) How long is your pencil? My pencil is 15 cm. It’s 5 cm shorter thann yours. Circle the shorter pencil ,please. (2) Your schoolbag is bigger than mine! Yes, and i t’s heavier than yours, too. Circle the bigger and heavier schoolbag, please. P11 Let’s check (1) Man: I’m shorter but stronger. I often do sports on weekends. Who is the man? (2) Girl: I’m younger ,so I eat smaller apples. Who is the girl? (3) Man 1: How tall are you? Man 2: I’m 182 cm.
●Word power We’ll learn in this section some common suffixes that can be added to nouns or verbs to create adjectives. And also some vocabulary related to sales and marketing. Step 1: Brainstorming 1. Please think about the following questions: How are the following words formed? health (noun) healthy(adjective) interest (verb) interesting (adjective) An English word can have several derivatives. And please pay attention to the fact that many English words share the same root word, even though they have different meanings or parts of speech. Now here’s more example for you to better understand word formation. breath (n.) breathe (v.) breathless (adj.) act (v.) action (n.) actor (n.) actress (n.) activity (n.) possible (adj.) impossible (adj.) possibility (n.) possibly (adv.) friend (n.), friendly (adj.), friendless (adj.), friendship (n.), unfriendly (adj.) As you can see, many words are derived by adding suffixes or prefixes to the root words. Often you may come across unfamiliar words while reading, try to use knowledge of word formation to guess their meanings. Will you? And can you give more examples about word formation? 2. Shall we have a competition to see who can give more examples or create more words by adding suffixes or prefixes to the root words? 3. As we know, sometimes an English word can be made up of three parts: a prefix, a stem and a suffix. A stem is the main part of a word. A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word. A suffix is a group of letters placed at the end of a word. Both prefixes and suffixes modify the meaning of a word or change it into a different word group. The following is a table of common prefixes: Step 2: Learning about Word formation The basic part of any word is the root; to it, you can add a prefix at the beginning and/or a suffix at the end to change the meaning. For example, in the word "un flatter ing," the root is simply "flatter," while the prefix "un-" makes the word negative, and the suffix "-ing" changes it from a verb into an adjective (specifically, a participle). English itself does not use prefixes as heavily as it once did, but many English words come from Latin, which uses prefixes and suffixes (you can use the word affix to refer
Unit 8 My clothes 1. Listen and point. Mr Star: Come on children. Time for school. Stella: Ok, Dad. Simon: Stella, where are my grey trousers? Stella: They are under your toy box. Simon: Now, where are my socks? Stella: Your blue socks? They are in your shoes. Simon: And where are my shoes? Stella: Under the chair, Simon. Come on! Simon: Ok. Is that my green T-shirt next to the computer? Stella: Yes, it is. And your jacket’s next to the door. Simon: 2. Listen, point and repeat. T-shirt, skirt, socks, shoes, jacket, trousers 3. Say the chant. I’ve got blue trousers and a green T-shirt. I’ve got a brown jacket and a purple skirt. I’ve got red shoes and long pink socks. They’re on the floor, next to my box. 4. Listen and say the number. My favorite clothes are my grey skirt and my purple jacket. My favorite shoes are white.
Unit 1 Part I A 1. Oxford / commitment / academic record 2. oldest/ largest / reputation / research / science 3. first / Australia / 150 years / excels 4. excellence / / location 5. largest / 1883 / situated / 26,000 6. 1636 / enrollment / 18,500/ schools 7. awards / degrees / 20,000 8. located / 135 / third B 1.2,700 languages / 7,000 dialects / regional / pronunciation 2.official / language 3.One billion / 20 percent 4.Four hundred million / first / 600 million / second / foreign 5.500,000 words / Eighty percent / other 6.Eighty percent / computers
7.African country / same 8.1,000 / Africa 9.spaceship / 1977 / 55 / message / the United States C 1 – (a) 2 – ( c) 3 – ( d) 4 – (b ) All right, class. Today we’re going to be looking at different language learning styles. You may be surprised to find that there are different ways of going about learning languages, none of which is necessarily better than the others. Researchers have identified four basic learner “types”–the communicative learner, the analytical learner, the authority-oriented learner and the concrete learner. Communicative learners like to learn by watching and listening to native speakers. At home, they like to learn by watching TV and videos. They like to learn new words by hearing them. In class, they like to learn by having conversations. Now, concrete learners like to lean by playing games, by looking at pictures and videos in class, talking in pairs, and by listening to cassettes at home and school. Now, authority-oriented learners, on the other hand, like the teacher to explain everything. They like to write everything down in their
Unit 8单元测试卷 一根据句意及首字母提示完成单词 1.He can’t wait to o_____ the box to see what present it is. 2.He usually d _____to work, but sometimes he takes a bus. 3.We didn’t go swimming yesterday. I____,we went hiking. 4.She s____an English song for us at the party last Sunday. 5.He didn’t m_____what happened to him in the letter. 6.I want to give a _____（特殊的）gift to my father for his birthday. 7.The computer is the best gift Tony has ever _____(收到) 8.Whom shall we _________(挑选) as our team leader? 9.More than twenty singers ________(参加) in the contest. 10.The program _______(建议) ways for students to communicate with their parents. 11. Mr Li told his little son to answer teachers' questions __________(有礼貌). 12. It's ________________(危险) to swim alone in the river. 13. --I want to report a traffic ___________(事故). --Yes，go ahead. 14. --I thought I'd buy James a new bike for his birthday. --That's a _____________(精彩) idea. 15. Harbin is in the ______________(东北) of China. 二单项选择.( ) 1. _______ should I get Mary for her birthday? A. How B. When C. Where D. What ( ) 2. How about ______ to a concert tonight? A. go B. to go C. going D. to going ( )3. I got the gift _____ my ______ birthday. A. on, ten B. on, tenth C. at, ten D. by, tenth ( ) 4. She lives ______ but she doesn’t feel _______. A. alone, lonely B. alone, alone B. C. lonely, alone D. lonely, lonely ( ) 5. They have ____ eight-year-old child _____Ted. A. an, names B. an, named C. a, name D. a, named ( ) 6. Xiaoli doesn’t work ____ Maomao. A. as harder as B. as hard as C. so harder as D. so hardly as ( ) 7. Our English teacher was ill. So Mr Wang gave us a lesson _____ her. A. instead B. instead of C. beside D. except ( ) 8. I think the story is too hard for the boy________. A. read B. to be read C. to read D. reading ( ) 9. ______ working as a doctor, he also writes novels in his spare time. A. Beside B. Except C. Expect D. Besides ( ) 10. “What about seeing movies?”“_____. I’m tired of staying at home.”
新目标英语八年级下Unit8单元测试题及答案（含听力原文） Test for Unit 8 （时间：120分钟，满分：120分） 听力部分（25 分） I .听句子，选择最佳答语。（5分） ( )1.A.Sure.Here you are. B . It's an En glish book. C . It's mine. ( )2.A.Yes , I did. B . No , I have n't. C . It's great! ( )3.A. Pop music is my favorite. B . I like liste ning to music. C . Music can help me relax. ( )4.A .I read it in the library. B . I have read it before. C . It's in terest ing. ( )5.A.Yes , I will. B .No , I don't like it. C . Yes , it's The Eagles. n .听短对话及问题，选择正确答案。 （5分） ( )6.A.Tom Sawyer. B . Harry Potter. C .Robinson Crusoe. ( )7.A.French. B . English. C . German. ( )8.A.8: 15. B . 8: 00. C . 7: 45. ( )9.A.Becausehe had a bad cold and had to seethe doctor. B. Because he felt cold and went to buy a coat. C. Because he had to go to see his sister. ( )10.A.At school. B . In the hotel. C . At home. 川.听长对话，选择正确答案。(5分) 听第一段对话，回答第 11 - 12小题。 ( )11.What is comi ng? A . National Day. B . The teacher's birthday. C . Teachers' Day. ( )12.What will they buy? A . Some flowers. B . A new CD. C . A bag. 听第二段对话，回答第 13- 15小题。 ( )13.What is the girl worryi ng about? A . She can't invite her friends to the party. B . She can't go to her frien d's party. C . She can't find a good place for the Than ksgiv ing dinner. ( )14.How long will the party last? A . For four hours. B . For five hours. C . For six hours. ( )15.Who can help the girl? A . The boy. B . Kevin. C . The boy's father.