What should I get my sister?

Why don’t you get a camera?

That’s too expensive.

How about some tennis balls?

They’re too cheap.

What about a watch?

That’s too personal.

Why don’t you buy a scarf?

That’s not interesting enough.

Sentences from the passage (重点句讲解)

◆ Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts.

每个人都喜欢礼物。有些孩子觉得他们得到的礼物太少。

enough 的用法：

1) adj 足够的

I'm sure there is enough space for all these desks.

我保证有足够的地方放下这些办公桌。

Two male people are quite enough for the job.

有两个男人干这件事就够了。

2) pron 足够，充足

We have enough to do. 我们有足够的事要做。

Enough is as good as a feast. (谚)知足常乐。

Enough has been said on this topic. 关于这个题目说得已够多的了。

3) adv 充足，足够

warm enough to swim 暖和得足可以游泳

The champion ran well enough but she would have set up another world record indeed if she had tried harder.

冠军的确跑得相当快,不过要是她再努力一些,就会再次创造一个世界记录。

It is light enough to play chess. 要下棋这样的光线还是够亮的。

They know well enough what we mean. 他们当然懂得我们的意思。

◆People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.

人们没必要花太多的钱。相反，做一顿饭就够了。

spend 的用法：

1)花钱；付款

spend money/time on sth. 在……花钱/时间

I spent five yuan on this book. 这本书我花了五块钱

He doesn't spend much time on his homework .

他花在作业上的时间不多。

How much money do you spend each week? 你每星期花多少钱？

2)花时间；度过

spend time doing sth. 花费时间做某事

I spent an hour reading.

我花了一小时读书。

Now more and more city adults spend their leisure time trying to improve themselves at school or college.

现在城市里越来越多的成年人利用业余时间到学校或大学去深造。

◆The contest was important to help the speaking of English in China.

这次竞赛对于英语在中国的普及起了重要作用。

◆Jason Subler, a writer for 21st Century newspaper, said that although some people can sing quickly and easily, singing songs well in English doesn’t guarantee fluent speaking.

21世纪英文报记者Jason Subler说，尽管有些人唱得又快又轻松，可是英文歌唱得好并不能保证英文就说得流利。

【同步达纲练习】

Ⅰ．单项选择。

( ) 1. I have no money ___ me.

A. with B. without

C. to D. on

( ) 2. I bought a present for her, ___ she didn’t like it.

A. and B. but

C. so D. for

( ) 3. ___ can live without air.

A. Nobody B. Anybody

C. Somebody D. Everybody

( ) 4. “___ do you fly to Japan to see your son?” “Once a year.”

A. How long B. When

C. How many D. How often

( ) 5. You think foreign languages are more important than science. But I really can’t agree ___ you.

A. to B. at

C. with D. for

( ) 6. He has taught ___ for two years.

A. him B. his

C. himself D. he

( ) 7. You look tired. You’d better ___ to bed earlier.

A. to go B. go

C. went D. going

( ) 8. The suit was ___ expensive that he could not buy it.

A. too B. so

C. very D. such

( ) 9. The man lay on the road. Luckily, he was not ___ hurt.

A. bad B. badly

C. hardly D. serious

( ) 10. He is getting on well ___ his neighbors.

A. with B. for

C. to D. by

( ) 11. Which subject do you like ___, English or maths?

A. the most B. the best

C. better D. well

( ) 12. My grandma ___ for half a year.

A. has been dead B. was dead

C. has died D. died

( ) 13. ___ of the boys dances well.

A. Some B. All

C. Neither D. Both

( ) 14. I’m sorry. I have ___ you waiting for a long time.

A. kept B. told

C. made D. let

( ) 15. She ___ to the Great Wall several times.

A. goes B. has gone

C. went D. has been

( ) 16. My son grows bigger and bigger; he can wash himself and get ___.

A. dressed B. to dress

C. dressing D. dress

( ) 17. -- How long have you ___ here?

-- About four years.

A. come B. gone

C. left D. worked

( ) 18. Peter ___ three dollars for the lost book.

A. spent B. cost

C. took D. paid

( ) 19. ___ they will arrive in Beijing? In a week.

A. How many B. How often

C. How much D. How soon

( ) 20. Lin Tao ran faster than ___ in his class.

A. other B. the other boy

C. any other boy D. another boy

Ⅱ．用所给动词的正确形式填空。

1．Must we ________ the work at once? (start)

2．Where ________ our English teacher? (be)

She ________ with some students over there. (talk)

3．His work ________ at half past five. (finish)

4．What ________ your brother ________ in the USA? (do)

5．What time ________ Mr. Read ________ lunch every day? (have)

6．I ________ the washing tomorrow. (do)

7．We _________ any classes next week. (not have)

8．They all like to ________ me Bob. (call)

9．They are beginning ________ the apples. (pick)

10．I want to go to the city ___ Shanghai. (call)

Ⅲ．阅读理解。

( A )

In almost every big university in the United States football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer.

Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points. This is called a touch—down. It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.

Each university wants its team to win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell for their favorite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders come on the field to help the people yell more. They dance and jump while they yell.

Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1st, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on television.

( ) 1. In American football players can ___.

A．only kick the ball

B．only throw the ball

C．only carry the ball

D．kick, throw and carry the ball

( ) 2. If a team wants to get points, it has to move the ball ___.

A. 10 yards B. to the other end

C. 40 yards D. away from its own end

( ) 3. Who are dancing and jumping while they yell?

A．The cheerleaders.

B．All those who are watching the game.

C．The winners.

D．The players of both sides.

( ) 4. Most teams play games in ___.

A. spring B. summer

C. autumn D. winter

( ) 5. When do the best teams play again?

A. At Christmas. B. Before the season ends.

C. On New Year’s Day D. On the last day of season

( B )

Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer. They became dropouts.

It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’ work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends—they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world.

Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and things in the school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.

( ) 1. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．The Trouble in Japanese Schools

B．The Problems of Japanese Students

C．The Pressures of the Students in Japan

D．Education in Japan

( ) 2. “Dropouts” are those who ___.

A．make troubles in and out of schools

B．go about or stay home instead of being at school

C．try hard but always fail in the exams

D．lose hope and give up some of their subjects

( ) 3. Why do Japanese students work very hard at school and feel unhappy?

A．They want to find a good job.

B．They want to pass exams.

C．They’re under pressure from their parents.

D．They’re not clever enough.

( ) 4. Failure in examinations cause students to ___.

A．chop out of school

B．quarrel with their parents

C．go to schools opening on weekends

D．have their parents lose hope

( ) 5. According to the passage, it’s necessary to teach students ___.

A．how to study well

B．how to get on with others

C．to show love and care for others

D．all above

Ⅳ．完型填空。

Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four parts, 1 a part. You can have days 2 more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and 3 with more of fewer than seven days.

Your ship goes into 4 time part every day if you make a five-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean. As you go into each part, the time 5 one hour. Traveling west, you 6 your clock back; traveling east, you let it ahead. Each day of your journey has 7 twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you 8 the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day 9 . When you go across the line, you change your calendar one 10 day, back or ahead.

( ) 1．A．four hours B．two hours C．half an hour D．one hour

( ) 2．A．between B．with C．for D．at

( ) 3．A．years B．months C．seasons D．weeks

( ) 4．A．a different B．the same C．an interesting D．a moving

( ) 5．A．turns B．changes C．has D．makes

( ) 6．A．take B．give C．put D．set

( ) 7．A．neither B．not C．either D．never

( ) 8．A．cross B．get C．catch D．touch

( ) 9．A．lasts B．begins C．follows D．breaks

( ) 10.A．all B．more C．full D．less

参考答案

【同步达纲练习】

Ⅰ．单项选择。

1-5 ABADC 6-10 CBBBA 11-15 CACAD 16-20 ADDDC

Ⅱ．用所给动词的正确形式填空。

1. start 2. is , is talking 3. finishes 4. does, do 5. does, have 6. am going to do 7. aren’t going to have 8. call 9. to pick 10. called

Ⅲ．阅读理解。

( A ) DBACC ( B )DBCAD

Ⅳ．完型填空。

1-5 DBDAB 6-10 DCABC