八年级英语下册
Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
重点短语
1. make sure 确信;确认
2. beat against... 拍打… …
3. fall asleep 进人梦乡；睡着
4. die down 逐渐变弱；逐渐消失
5. wake up 醒来
6. in a mess 一团糟
7. break.. . apart 使……分离
8. in times of difficulty 在困难的时候
9. at the time of 当.......时候
10. go off (闹钟)发出响声
11. take a hot shower 洗热水澡
12. miss the bus 错过公交车
13. pick up 接电话
14. bring... together 使……靠拢
15. in the area 在这个地区
16. miss the event 错过这个事件
17. by the side of the road 在路边
18. the Animal Helpline 动物保护热线19. walk by 走路经过
20. make one’s way to. ?. 在某人去……的路上
21. hear the news 听到这个消息
22., important events in history 历史上的重大事件
23., for example 例如
24., be killed 被杀害
25., over 50 5 0多(岁）
26. a school pupil 一个小学生
27. on the radio 通过广播
28., in silence 沉默;无声
29., more recently 最近地;新近
30., the World Trade Center 世贸中心
31., take down 拆除;摧毁
32., have meaning to 对……有意义
33., remember doing sth. 记得做过某事
34., at first 首先;最初
二、重点句型
1. — What were you doing at eight last night?
昨晚8 点你在干什么？
— I was taking a shower.
我在洗淋浴。
2. When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom
make dinner.
当开始下雨的时候，本正在帮他妈妈做晚饭。
3. — What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping?
琳达在睡觉的时候，珍妮正在干什么？
— While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping
Mary with her homework.
琳达在睡觉的时候，珍妮正在帮玛丽做作业。
随堂练习
一、用所给动词的适当形式填空：
1.“What ________ you ________ (do) at seven yesterday evening?”“I ______ (watch) TV at that time.”“And what ______ you _______ (do) after that?”“I _______ (do) some reading.”
2. It _______ (take) me three weeks to finish reading this book. It’s really an interesting book.
3. The headmaster said the meeting ________ (begin) at half past two on
Tuesday afternoon.
4. Li Ping ________ (go) to Tianjin this morning. He said that his parents ________ (meet) him at the railway station.
5. Jack told his wife that he ________ (find) a better job.
6. Mike’s sister said Mike _______ (go) out and _______ (be) back at seven.
7. The newsreel ________ (be) on for ten minutes when we got to the cinema.
8. When they ________ (hurry) to the station, the train ________ (leave).
9. I’ll tell him about it as soon as he ________ (come) back.
10. Do you know which film they _______ (talk) about now?
11. I _______ (let) you have the book as soon as I _______ (finish) it.
12. _______ you ________ (hear) from her recently?
13. How many English films _______you _______ (see) by the end of last month?
14. Can you tell me what you _______ (think) about?
二、选择题。
1. I ______ a meal when you _____ me.
A. cooked, were ringing
B. was cooking, rang
C. was cooking, were ringing
D. cooked, rang
2. He said he _____ to draw a plane on the blackboard at that time.
A. tries
B. tried
C. was trying
D. will try
3. While she ______ TV, she ______ a sound outside the room.
A. was watching, was hearing
B.watched, was hearing
C. watched, heard
D.was watching, heard
4. They _____ a football game from 7 to 9 last night.
A. were watching
B. watch
C. watched
D. are watching
5. What book ____ you ______ when I ____ you at four yesterday afternoon?
A. did, read, was seeing
B. did, read, saw D. were, reading, saw D. were, reading, was seeing
6. It was Friday evening. Mr and Mrs. Green _____ ready to fly to England.
A. are getting
B. get
C. were getting
D. got
7. Lei Feng _____ always _____ of others when he ______ in the army.
A. is, thinking, was
B. was, thinking, is
C. did, think, is
D. was, thinking, was
8. A girl ______ my pen fall off the table when she _____ me.
A. saw, passed
B. was seeing, passed
C. was seeing, passed
D. was seeing, was passing
9. We ____ for Tom at ten last Sunday. He often kept us ______.
A. were waiting, waiting
B. were waiting, wait
C. waited, waiting
D. waited, wait
10. He ____ his father on the farm the whole afternoon last Saturday.
A. helps
B. would help
C. was helping
D. is helping
11. While mother _______ some washing, I _____ a kite for Kate.
A. did, made
B. was doing, made
C. was doing, was making
D. did, was making
12. “______ you angry then?” “they ______ too much noise.”
A. are, were making
B. were, were making
C. are, made
D. were, made
13. He ____ some cooking at that time, so _____ me
A. did, heard
B. did, didn’t hear
C. was doing, heard
D. was doing, didn’t h ear
14. This time yesterday jack _____ his bike. He _____ TV
A. repaired, didn’t watch
B. was repairing, watched
C. repaired, watched
D. was repairing, wasn’t watching
15. His parents wanted to know how he _____ on with his new classmates.
A. was getting
B. gets
C. is getting
D. will get
16.Eddie was sleeping ________Millie was reading a magazine .
A until
B while C. before D after
17. Were you in the supermarket _____you heard a strange sound ?
A when B. while C. then D. which
18.I can;t speak English well , and LiLei can’t _____
A. too
B. also
C. as well
D.either
19.Could you _______ the ball on the ground for me ?
A put up B. put away C.take up D.pick up
20.There are many people downstairs . What do you think _____?
A to happen B. happening C.is happened D. has happened
三、句型转换
32.the interesting book is about a boy . His name is Harry Potter (合成一句) The interesting book is about _______ _____ _______ Harry Potter .
33.My parents were watching TV . I was doing my homework (用while 连成一句)
________________________________________________________________ .
34.The girl was talking with her friends when the accident happened .（对划线部分提问）
________ ________ the girl _________ when the accident happened ?
35.My son played computer games yesterday . (用at 7 yesterday evening 改写句子)
四、When和while
1、when 和while 来填空。
(1)We were talking _____ the teacher came into the classroom.
(2)I was doing my homework _____ my mother was cooking in the kitchen.
(3) _____ the boy was walking in the street, a UFO landed in front of him.
(4)_____ I saw the boy, he was talking on the phone.
2、用所给词的适当形式填空。
(1) Bob ____(play)computer games while his sister was doing homework.
(2) what ____ your parents ____ （do） at 8 o?clock yesterday evening?
(3) What _____ (happen) in the shop?
(4) The plane _____（ land）the minutes ago.
(5) What were you doing when you ____ ( hear) the news?
3. 汉译英
(1) Lucy 和Lily昨天下午从3点到4点在游泳。
Lucy and Lily ______ ________ from 3:00 to 4:00 yesterday afternoon.
(2) 当Mr Cook到家时，他正在听收音机。
When Mr Cook got home, his son ______ ______ to the radio
(3) 当李雷在吃早饭时，吉姆进来了。
While Li Lei ______ ______________, Jim came in.