人教版八年级英语下册-unit5-单元知识点与练习

Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

一、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、重点句型与语法： 1.过去进行时 过去进行时态

⑴ 用法：⑴过去某个时间正在发生的动作

He was cooking at six last night. 昨天晚上六点，他正在做饭。

⑴过去某段时间正在发生的动作

I was staying here from March to May last year. 去年从 3 月到 5 月，我一直呆在这 里。

⑴ 与 过 去 进 行 时 连 用 的 时 间 状 语 ， 常 见 的 有 at nine last night/at that

time=then/at this time yesterday/ 或有 when the teacher came in/ while he was reading 的提示

⑴ 过去进行时的构成：was\\were +现在分词 ⑴ 过去进行时的四个基本句型 肯定句 He was cooking at six last night. 否定句 He was not cooking at six last night. 一般疑问句 Was he cooking at six last night? 两回答 Yes,he was. /No, he wasn’t.

特殊疑问句 What was he doing at six last night? ⑴ 过去进行时的固定句型

Jim was reading when the teacher came in. 当老师进来的时候，吉姆正在读书 。

Jim was reading while Kate was watching TV. 在凯特正在看电视的同时，吉姆正在读书。 Jim came in while Kate was watching TV. 在凯特正在看电视的时候，吉姆进来了。 ⑴比较

He watched TV last night.（过去时间 last night, 用一般过去时）

He was watching TV at nine last night. (过去时间 last night+点时间 at nine, 用过去进行时) 【2013 浙江杭州】Sally took a photo of her friends while they _____ computer games.

A. play B. are playing C. have played D. were playing

at the time of 在...... 的时候（常用于过去进行时） rainstorm n 暴风雨 raincoat 雨衣 raindrop 雨滴

2. My alarm didn’t go off so I ___ up late. 我的闹钟没有响，因此我 ____晚了。 【解析 1】alarm n 闹钟 an alarm clock 一个闹钟 【解析 2】go off 发出响声, (闹钟)闹响，离开 The alarm went off just now. 刚才警钟响了 【短语】go over 复习 go away 离开 go by (时间)过去 go for a walk 出去散步

go fishing/shopping/skating/swimming 去钓鱼/去买东西/去溜冰/去游泳

3.I ____ for the bus when it began to rain heavily. 当天开始下大雨的时候我__ 公交

车。

【解析】heavily adv 在很大程度上

heavy adj. 沉重的 How heavy are you? heavily adv 沉重地 The army lost heavily.

形容风大的时候常用 strong/hard, 形容雨雪下得大的时候用 heavily/hard

4. I ___ to the bus stop but I still missed the bus. 我____ 向公共汽车站但还是错 过了公共汽车。 【解析】miss

v.⑴错过 (后接名词、代词或动车 ing） Be quick! Or you will miss the early bus. ⑴想念；思念 I miss you.

n. ⑴ 用于姓名或姓之前，是对未婚女子的称呼，但首字母要大写，“小姐；女生” 5.I called at seven and you didn’t pick up. 我七点钟给你打电话，你没有接。 【解析】pick up 接电话

接电话 Tom, I called you, but you didn’t pick up

pick up 捡起；拾起 I pick up a wallet on my way home

（开车）接某人 I will pick you up at the station 学到；获得 He was picking up the skills quickly.

6. That’s strange. 真奇怪.

【解析】strange adj. 奇怪的 →strangely adv 奇怪地 →stranger n 陌生人

be strange to 对……感到陌生

奇怪的 strange It’s strange that she came to the party. 陌生的 He stands in a stranger street.

7. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 外面没有一丝光亮，让人感觉这是 在午夜。

【解析 1】with + n +adv ，在句中做伴随状语

with +n +adj. She can see stars in the dark sky with the window open

【解析 2】feel like doing sth = would like/want to do sth 想要做某事

I feel like _______ (catch) a clod today.

8. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area. 电视新闻报 道，这个地区有一场大暴雨。

【解析】report v 报道 → reporter n 记者

make a report 做报告 weather report 天气预报 give a report 作报告 It’s reported that… 据报道 I want to be a ___________(report) when I grow up.

9. so ,when the rainstorm suddenly came, what were you doing? 那么，当暴风雨 突然来临的时候，你正在做什么呢？

10. I see. I called again at eight and you didn’t answer then either. 我八点钟又给 你打电话，你也没有接。

【解析 1】I see . 我知道了。（表示通过别人提醒而明白、了解） ( ) —It’s bad for your eyes to read in the sun.

— _____. A. I’m OK B. I don’t know C. I’m sorry D. I see 【拓展】 see sb. do sth 看到某人做某事

see sb. doing sth 看到某人正在做某事

【解析 2】either 也

【辨析】also /too/as well/ either

(1) also 也，用于肯定句句中，用在实义动词之前，系动词、助动词、情态 动词之后。

(2) too 也，用于肯定句句末

(3) either 也，通常放于否定句末

11. Ben’s dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was

本的爸爸正在把木头块搭 making sure the flashlights and radio were working.

在窗户上面，而他的妈妈正在确保手电筒和收音机能正常使用。 make sure 确信；确保

make sure to do sthPlease make sure to turn off the computer when you leave.

make sure of Do you know the time of the train? You’d better make sure of it. work 运转；发挥作用 The madicine doesn’t work. 【拓展】work 有三个意思很容易弄混： ⑴ 表示“工作”，是不可数名词：

He has too much work to do. 他要做的工作太多。

work →worker

⑴ 表示“著作”或“作品”，是可数名词，但多用复数： He has read many of Hemingway’s works.

⑴ 表示“工厂”，只用复数形式，但可表示单数意义：

The glass works（=factory) is [are] near the station. 玻璃工厂在车站附近。 12. Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily

against the windows. 当雨点开始重重地打在窗户上的时候，本正在帮助他的妈 妈做晚饭。

【解析 1】.beat 与 win 辨析

beat 比赛、竞争对手（如人 或球队等） 

战争 

获胜，赢得   奖杯、奖牌

win 

比赛、游戏

 

13.【解析】 happen 发生；碰巧（指偶然性发生）

(1) happen v “发生”没有被动语态，主语是物，强调某事发生的偶然性 a. sth. happen to sb. 某事发生在某人身上

What happened to you?=What was wrong with him? b. sb. happen to do sth. 某人碰巧做某事

She happened ________(be) out when we called. (2)take place 发生，指事情有计划有安排地发生 The sports meeting took place in our school last week. (3) It happened that…碰巧

14.【解析】 make one’s way to … 在某人去……的路上 （当后接地点副词时，应省略介词 to）

15. 【解析】 the rest of … “其余的，剩下的” ,

做主语时，其谓语动词的数要与 the rest of 修饰的名词一致。

The rest of meat goes bad.

The rest of workers are still working hard. 三．练习题

（一）单项选择

( )1. After my alarm clock every morning , I get up and get dressed .

A turns on B turns off C goes on D goes off

( )2.Thank you very much ,I can’t pass the test your help .

A with B because of C because D without

( )3. — Look! The cat ______ from the tree.

— Yes.It ______ the tree just now. A. is jumping down; climbed up B. is jumping down; is climbing up C. jumps down; was climbing up D. jumps down; climbed

( )4. What were you doing ________ last Sunday morning?

A. at B. in C. over D. /

( )5. While I was at the ________, I heard a nurse ________ Davy’s name.

A. doctors’; call B. doctor’s; to call C. doctor’s; calling D. doctors’; called

( )6. The boy with two dogs ________ in the yard when the earthquake hit the city.

A. is playing B. are playing C. were playing D. was playing

( )7. My father was reading a newspaper while my mother ________ dinner.

A. is cooking B. cooks C. was cooking D. will cook

( )8.All the students were sleeping _______they heard a man _______“help”.

A.when; shouting B.while; to shout C.when; to shout D.while; shouted

( )9 The rainstorm came while Ann ________ her purse in the classroom.

A. was looking for B. looked for C. is looking at D. looks at

( )10. “They are filling the bags with clothes.” means they’re ________

A putting their clothes away B. putting their clothes into the bags C. putting down their clothes D. putting on their clothes

（二）根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.We were climbing up the mountain when it began to rain ___________(heavy). 2.Ben didn’t fall asleep until the wind ___________(die down)at around 3:00 a.m. 3.He had a fight with his best friend, and they walked home in__________ (silent). 4.I was too tired and still sleeping when my alarm ___________( go off).

5.Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the ____________(true) about the event