Unit 4 Wild animals 1

8A Unit4 单元测试A卷I．根据句意及首字母补全下列单词，使句子完整(10分)1．The food s good but tastes terrible．2．Look !Many f are still working in the field though(虽然)it is raining．3．I like travelling by train，it’s s and cheap．4．After you finish the trip to Beijing，write an English r ．5．Protecting f means giving wild animals lots of place to live in．6．When autumn is coming, 1 turn yellow and fall down．7．Some s are poisonous so we had better not be close to them．8．If you often t dogs，they can do many things for you．9．The Chinese government is taking many actions to p all kinds of wild animals．10．When we have trouble in learning English，our teacher always e us to do it well．Ⅱ．单项选择(15分)( )1．一Who is Lily over there?一Her English teacher．A．talk at B．talking at C．talk to D．talking to( )2．If my parents free tomorrow，we for a picnic．A．are；go B．are；will go C．will be；will go D．will be；go( )3．My mother is ill and I have to stay at home and her．A．1ook for B．1ook after C．1ook at D．1ook like( )4．It’s difficult us English well．A．to；to learn B．for；for learning C．to；to learning D．for；to learn ( )5．We should encourage the children hard．A．work B．working C．to work D．worked( )6．If a bear is ，it people．A．in dangerous；attacks B．in danger；attacksC．in danger；attack D．in dangerous：attack( )7．The panda started outside her home when she was four months old．A．to go B．going C．go D．goes( )8．The number of wild animals is smaller and smaller．We must help them ．Hunters shouldn’t them．A．survived；killed B．survive；killC．to survive；to kill D．survive；killing( )9．If we don’t ，there will be no bears in the world．A．take some action B．take any actionC．to take any action D．take some actions( )10．There are more than in the concert．A．five thousands students B．five thousand studentC．five thousand students D．five thousands studentⅢ．根据汉语意思完成下列句子, 每空一词(15分)1．你的食物看起来很美味。

江苏省宿迁市宿豫区2012年秋八年级英语上册《Unit 4 Wild animals》教案1 牛津版Teaching-contents:1 Learn some new words and one or two phrases.2 Get the main idea about the text.3 Get to know the growth of the giant pandasTeaching –aims:Knowledge aims: Teach them some new words and phrases in the text and practice using them in daily lifeAbility aims: Let the students get some information about giant pandas, and learn more about them.Emotional aims: Educate the students to love giant pandas and protect them better. Important and difficult teaching points:1 Learn more knowledge about the giant pandas. For example: where they live, how they grow up and what they eat ……?2 Grasp the new words and phrases and their usages.Teaching –tools:Tape-recorder, teaching picturesTeaching procedures:Step one : Free talkT: Boys and girls, I want to be friends with you. Do you like to make friends with me?S: Yes, we do.T: That’s good! As your friend, I want to know more about you. Then do you like watching TV?S: Yes, we do.T: Then have you ever seen the colorful programmes on New Year’s Eve on TV?S Yes, we have.T: Then have you ever heard “Tuantuan” and “Yuanyuan”?S: Yes, we have.T: Then can you tell me anything about them?SA: They are giant pandasSB: They will go to Taiwan..SC: Their favorite food is ‘竹笋’.T: That’s great! ‘竹笋’ in English is bamboo shoot. (learn this word)Do you want to know more about them? Do you want to see them with your own eyes? S: Yes, we do.T: Ok, now I will show you some pictures about themStep two: ReportShow the students some pictures about Tuantuan and Yuanyuan.T: You see, they are very happy, and they are very lovely. Do you want to know more about the giant pandas?S: Yes, we do.T: Ok, now I will give you a short report about the giant pandas. (the teacher asks one of the students to act as the reporter )Report：picture 1picture 2 picture 3Giant pandas live happily at Wolong giant panda research in Sichuan Province August 27, 2005. It is reported that two pandas will likely be sent to Taiwan as early as June next year. [newsphoto]SA: My drear friends, I am a reporter from Wolong in Sichuan. In my hometown, there are many giant pandas. They are very lovely. I will show you more pictures here. Followme! Look at picture 1, the giant pandas are playing with each other. They are very happy.Oh! Look at picture2, four giant pandas line up to drink water. How cute they are! What about picture 3? A giant panda is chatting with a beautiful lady happily. He looks like a cool boy.Ok if you want to know more, please come to my hometown. Let’s love the pandas and protect them together!T: Thanks so much, you are an excellent reporter and a good tour guider.Step three: presentationT: (point to the three pictures) well, boys and girls. The giant pandas here are very safe, right?S: Yes, they are.The teacher presents the word and read safeT: why are they safe here? Where is it?S: I don’t know.T: ok, don’t worry. Let me tell you. They are in the safe place. It is Wolong reserve. The workers here will look after them and protect them. Clear?S: Yes, we are clear.The teacher presents the words and read Wolong reserve protectT: But if they are out of the reserve, will they still be safe?S: I t’s hard to say. They will meet some bad people.T: Yes, then they will be in danger.The teacher presents the phrase and learn to use be in dangerT: If they are in danger, what should we do?S: We should protect them.T: You are all good children. Then when you are in danger, who will protect you? S: Our parents, our teachers, our friends and we can protect us ourselves.T: Yes, you are very clever and so brave. Then can you tell me where the giant pandas live, in the river or in the forest?The teacher presents the word and read forest S: They live in the forest.T: But if there isn’t any forest any more, then where will the giant pandas live? S: They can live in the zoo. The zookeeper will look after them well.T: Great! That’s a good idea, but if they want to live in the wild place, and there is no forest, then they will have nowhere to live. It’s hard for them to survive in the wild.The teacher presents the phrase and teach them learn to usenowhere to live hard to surviveT: Who can make a sentence with these two phrases?S: Our parents, our teachers and our friends love us, protect us and help us. If all of them leave us, we will have nowhere to live and feel hard to survive.T: Excellent! Then who will make the giant pandas in danger? Look at the following pictures:The teacher presents the words following hunt(er) farmerT: Can you say anything about the pictures?S: The hunters hunt the animals and the animals die. The farmers cut the trees and the trees become less and less.T: Yes, when we see these, are you happy?S: No, we aren’t.T: Me too, I am very sad.The teacher presents the word sad sadlyT: I think we can take some actions to make things better.The teacher presents the phrase and learn to use take some actionsT: What actions can we take? What would you say to the hunters and the farmers? SA: Please stop hunting the animals and stop cutting the trees.SB: Please protect the animals and the forest as you protect your child.T: You are right. We can them to stop doing this.The teacher presents the word and learn encourageT: When our friends meet trouble, we should encourage them, right?S: Yes, we should.T: Ok, boys and girls. Let’s say something happy. I have a friend---Xi Wang. She is very lovely. She is a panda, do you want to know her?S: Yes, we are very glad to know her.T: Ok, let’s listen the story of Xi Wang.Step Four: ListeningListen to the tape-recorder and then do some simple questions.True or False( ) 1 Xi Wang means ‘hope’.( ) 2 Unlike a little baby, when she was born , she didn’t drink her mother’s milk. ( ) 3 The giant pandas live in the mountain.( ) 4. The hunters will kill the giant pandas for their fur.( ) 5 We should encourage the hunters and the farmers to protect the giant pandas like us.Step Five: ReadingLet the students read the whole text quickly and then put the following pictures in correct order according to the growth of Xi Wang.(2) (1) (4) (3) (5) (6)Step Six: PracticeRead the text again and then fill in the blanks. （paper exercise）The growth of Xi WangWhen she was ____, she weighed just ______ grams.When she was 10 _____ old, she looked like a____ ____.When she was 4 ____, she was about ____ grams and started to ____ _____ her home.When she was __ months, she began to eat ______shoots and leaves.When she was ____ months, she weighed ____ kilograms.When she was ____ months, she started to ___ ____ herself.Then do the exercises on page 57.Step Seven: AssignmentGet some information about other wild animals like this. They may get on line and read some books or magazines and so on. Next lesson, the teacher will ask some students to do some report about other wild animals.Teaching design:The growth of Xi Wang New words When she was ____, she weighed just ______ grams.bamboo shootWhen she was 10 _____ old, she looked like a____safe (be in) dangerreserve protectWhen she was 4 ____, she was about ____ grams and forestStart to ____ _____ her home. farmerWhen she was __ months, she began to eat ______shootsAnd leaves. hunter furWhen she was ____ months,she weighed ____ kilograms. nowhere to liveWhen she was ____ months,she started to ___ ____ herself. hard to survivesad sadlytake some actions encourage。

living in grassland
running fast
black and white stripes
big
usually living alone the king of the animals
Wild animals
tiger lion giant pandas
Food
bamboo leaves milk bamboo shoots
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(A) 1. If camels don’t have three eyelids, 2. If fish are not moving, 3. If a kangaroo’s tail is off the ground, 4. If male wolves know there is danger, 5. If tigers are hungry, (B) a. they protect their families. b. it cannot jump. c. it’s dangerous to live in the desert. d. they attack people. e. they are sleeping.
We should protect the animals.
Homework Each student makes a poster about how to protect the animals
Unit Four Wild animals Checkout
strong
fur living in the North Pole
long tail Australia pocket
lovely small eating nuts

Main clause ‘because’ Clause of reason
Xi Wang had because her mother had
to look after
another baby.
herself
Using because of
1 All the people cheered because of the wonderful show.
2 She has poor eyesight because she does too much homework. She has poor eyesight ________ ___ ____ ______ __________.
Homework
1 Remember how to use conditional sentences to talk about possible situations.
2 Remember the use of ‘because’ & ‘because of’.
3 Do some additional exercises.
Additional exercises
一、用 ‘because’ 或 ‘because of’ 填空。
1 I didn’t go to the zoo __________ the hot weather.
2 I didn’t go to the zoo last week __________ bad weather.
3 Daniel wears glasses __________ too much computer work.
二、将下列句子改为同义句。
1 I didn’t go hiking because of the heavy rain. I didn’t go hiking ________ ___ _______ ________.