英语八年级（下）Ｕｎｉｔ １～Ｕｎｉｔ ３知识要点与中考考点链接

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Unit1

【知识要点1】 There will only be one country.

【要点分析】 在There be句型中，表示一般将来时态时，要用There will be ... 或There is going to be ...。

【中考链接】 There _______ thousands of volunteers serving in Beijing in August, 2008. (2008云南昆明)

A. will have B. are going to have

C. are D. will be

【知识要点2】 Will people use money in 100 years?

【要点分析】 介词in后面接表示一段时间的词语时，一般要与将来时连用。

【中考链接】 I hear that he will be back _____ two weeks time. (2008广东省)

A. at B. in C. after D. for

【知识要点3】 There will be fewer people.

There will be less free time.

【要点分析】 less是little的比较级，修饰不可数名词；fewer是few的比较级，修饰可数名词的复数形式。

【中考链接】 —If there are ______ people driving, there will be ______ air pollution.

—Yes, the air will be fresher. （2008湖北咸宁） A. less; less B. less; fewer

C. fewer; fewer D. fewer; less

【知识要点4】 At the weekends, Ill be able to dress more casually.

【要点分析】 dress作“穿”讲，意思是“穿衣”，后面不能接表示衣服的词，但后面可接人作宾语。而wear与put on作“穿、戴”讲时，后面要接表示衣服的词，不可接人。

【中考链接】 —Can you _______ your little brother? Im busy now.

—OK. Ill do it right now. （2008湖北咸宁）

A. wear B. put on C. dress D. in

【知识要点5】 There are many famous predictions that never came true.

【要点分析】 come true是一个固定短语，意思是“实现；达到”。

【中考链接】 根据汉语意思完成英语句子。每空限填一词。（2008甘肃兰州）

我希望去观看2008年北京奥运会，现在我的梦想实现了。

I wish to watch the 2008 Beijing Olympics. My dream has __________ _________ now.

【知识要点6】 However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.

【要点分析】 hundred与基数词连用时，要用单数形式；用复数形式时，后面要加of，前面不用数词。

【中考链接】 The man also wrote __________ of beautiful pieces of music for the orchestra. (2008天津市)

A. hundred B. six hundred

C. a hundred D. hundreds

【知识要点7】 After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings.

【要点分析】 look for的意思是“寻找”，强调“找”的过程。

【中考链接】 My little dog is lost. All of my friends are helping me _______ it. (2008吉林省)

A. look at B. look for

C. look after D. look like

【知识要点8】 That may not seem possible now, ...

【要点分析】 seem是一个不及物动词，意思是“好像、似乎”，后面可接形容词、名词、不定式等；也可用于It seems that +从句。

【中考链接】 She seems to be worried now.（ 同义句转换 ）

_________ seems that she _________ worried now. （2008四川自贡）

Keys:1~4 DBDC 5.come true 6.D 7.B 8.It;is

Unit2

【知识要点1】 Whats wrong? / Whats the matter, Peter?

【要点分析】 当询问某人发生了什么事时， 常用Whats wrong? 或 Whats the matter?，后面都可接with sb.。

【中考链接】 根据中文意思完成句子。

王芳还没来，她怎么了？（2008北京市）

Wang Fang hasnt come yet. __________________________________ her?

【知识要点2】 I need to get some money to pay for summer camp.

【要点分析】 pay作“付款”讲时，常与for连用，一般用“人”来作主语。

【中考链接】 根据汉语提示，结合句子意思，在横线上写出恰当的单词或词组。

From now on, you have to ____________ (付钱) plastic bags when you are shopping. (2008湖北省十堰市）

【知识要点3】 No, he doesnt have any money, either.

【要点分析】 either作“也”讲时，一般用于否定句中；too, also作“也”讲时，用在肯定句或疑问句中。

【中考链接】 —I havent seen Bob for a long time.

—I havent seen him, _______. (2008四川成都)

A. too B. either C. instead

【知识要点4】 Shes really nice, and we get on well, ...

【要点分析】 短语get on的意思是“相处”，表示“与某人相处”时，后面与介词with连用。get on with 与get along with所表示的意思相同。

【中考链接】 根据括号内的汉语和句末括号内的英语单词提示完成句子。（2008湖北荆州）

I dont know __________(他与……相处得怎样) with the others now. (get)

【知识要点5】 The tired children dont get home until 7 pm.

【要点分析】 until的意思是“直到……为止”，可用作介词或连词；还可与not构成not ... until ...，意思是“直到……才……”。

【中考链接】 —Hurry up. The bus is coming.

—Wait a minute. Dont cross the street __________ the traffic lights are green. (2008安徽省)

A. after B. until C. while D. since

【知识要点6】 ... they might find it difficult to plan things for themselves.

【要点分析】 代词it可代替动词不定式作形式宾语。

【中考链接】 I find _________ very important to learn English well because it is an international language now. （2008甘肃嘉峪关）

A. it B. its C. that D. this

Keys:1.What's wrong/the mater with 2.pay for 3.B 4.how he is getting on/along 5.B 6.A

Unit3

【知识要点1】 I was in front of the library.

【要点分析】 in front of的意思是“在……前面”，与before意思相同。

【中考链接】 词语释义：

There is a tall tree in front of the house. (2007海南省)

A. behind B. before C. beside

【知识要点2】 What was the girl doing when the UFO took off?

【要点分析】 短语动词take off有“起飞”的意思。

【中考链接】 The plane from Shanghai to Paris will _________ in an hour. (2008上海市)

A. take up B. take away

C. take out D. take off

【知识要点3】 While the girl was shopping, the alien got out.

【要点分析】 while是一个连词，意思是“当……时候；在……之时”，用来引导时间状语从句，一般表示一段较长的时间或过程，强调主句和从句的动词同时发生。

【中考链接】 —Mary, turn off the water ________ you are brushing your teeth.

—Sorry, Ill do it at once. (2008贵州贵阳)

A. until B. while C. during

【知识要点4】 What were you doing at nine

oclock last Sunday morning?

【要点分析】 过去进行时由“was/were + v-ing”构成，表示在过去某一时刻或某一段时间正在进行的动作，要与表示过去的时间状语连用。

【中考链接】 —Were you at home at 9 oclock last night?

—Yes, I _________ a shower at that time. (2008吉林省)

A. took B. was taking

C. was taken D. am taking

【知识要点5】 Dr Martin Luther Kings murder took place about thirty years ago, ...

【要点分析】 take place的意思是“发生”，指“发生事先计划或预想到的事情”。

【中考链接】 根据括号内的汉语和句末括号内的英语单词提示完成句子。（2008湖北荆州）

Great changes __________(发生了) in my hometown these years.(take)

【知识要点6】 Not all events in history are as terrible as this, of course.

【要点分析】 as ... as的意思是“……与……一样”，as ... as中间要用形容词或副词的原级。

【中考链接】 Jack is a careless boy. He doesnt write as _________ as Mary. ( 2008广东清远)

A. careful B. more carefully

C. carefully D. more careful

Keys:1.B 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.have taken place 6.C