Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals Section A 作业练习 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级上册

Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals Section A What can plants and animals do? 第1课时 [(1a-1d) & Pronunciation] 教材要点回归(夯实基础) . 用所给单词的适当形式填空 1. All of us were happy when we heard the _ (amaze) news. 2. Here are three boxes. They are Tom’s, John’s and Joan’s. And John’s is the _ (heavy) of all. 3. The Yangtze River is the _ (long) river in our country. 4. Lu Xun is one of the _ (great) writers in China. 5. The man has about five _ (million) fans on the Internet. . 根据汉语意思完成句子 6.(学科融合)蓝鲸是世界上最大的动物。 The blue whale is _ _ animal in the world. 7. 哪种动物跑得最快? _ animal runs _ _? 8. 它是花园里最漂亮的花。 It is _ _ _ flower in the garden. 9. 我完全同意你(的观点)。 I completely _ _ you. 10. 他们正在写一篇关于野生植物的报告。 They _ _ a report about wild plants. 语音专练 . 根据所给的音标提示写出所缺的单词 11. There will be heavy _ /re n/ today. 12. I’m _ /gl d/ to see you here. 13. Mike loves to eat _ /bred/ for breakfast. 14. The boy was very tired, so he sat on the _ /gr s/ to have a rest. 15. I have to _ /ste / at home this afternoon. 知识综合运用(提升能力) . 补全对话 根据对话内容,从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Hello, Grace! What are you doing? B: Hi, Li Hua! I’m looking at the animal pictures. 16. _ I like them very much. A: Me, too. 17. _ Now, the number of pandas is growing again. And people are protecting them. B: I see. But some other animals aren’t so lucky as pandas. 18. _ A: That is because people killed them for their meat or fur and destroyed(破坏) their living places. B: 19. _ A: No. We must try our best to protect them. B: 20. _ A: We should make new laws, plant more trees and stop pollution. 选项: A. What should we do? B. Twenty years ago, they were nearly extinct(灭绝的). C. Is it too late to save animals? D. Look at the lovely pandas. E. The zoo is a place to protect animals. F. Now most of them are already extinct. G. What are your problems? . 阅读理解 Pumpkins like the sun but also need to have moist soil(湿润的土壤). At the start of June, it was warm and sunny in the UK. The pumpkins could start to grow well. Then, in July, it rained a lot. It had been the wettest July in the UK since 2009. “The wet weather made it perfect for growing pumpkins,” said Steve Whitworth. He works at Oakley Farms in the UK. Because of the wet weather, the pumpkins in the UK are bigger this year. A man from Berkshire in southern England grew a pumpkin of 636.8 kilograms. It was so big that people needed to use a truck to move it. PUMPKIN FACTS - People need patience to grow pumpkins! It takes 120 days for a pumpkin to be ready to pick. - You can eat all the parts of a pumpkin, including the seeds(种子), skin(外皮), leaves and flowers. - There is 90 per cent water in pumpkins. - There are about 45 different kinds of pumpkins, and they can also be in different colours like orange, red, yellow and green. ( )21. _ is a perfect season for growing pumpkins in the UK. A. Spring B. Summer C. Autumn D. Winter ( )22. The underlined word “It” refers to “_”. A. a pumpkin B. a man C. a farm D. a truck ( )23. What does the underlined word “patience” mean in Chinese? A. 耐心 B. 自信 C. 勇气 D. 勤劳 ( )24. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. It takes about 4 months for a pumpkin to be ready to pick. B. Most pumpkins can be in orange, white, yellow and black. C. We can eat all the parts of a pumpkin except the skin. D. There is 10 per cent water in pumpkins. ( )25. Where is this passage probably from? A. An art book. B. A history book. C. A science book. D. A music book. Unit 4 Section A 第2课时 (2a-2e) 教材要点回归(夯实基础) . 根据句意和汉语提示写出所缺的单词 1. The panda lives on _ (竹子). 2. This English song is _ (广受欢迎的) among young people. 3. My father wants to buy some gardening _ (工具). 4. Close your eyes and imagine you are in a _ (森林). 5. These are the _ (幼苗) of tomatoes. You should be careful with them. . 用所给单词的适当形式填空 6. There are some beautiful _ (paint) on the wall. I like the second one. 7. When we entered the cafe, a waiter _ (appear) and put the menu on our table. 8. I think the car is the most _ (use) thing in our life. It can help us to get to a new place easily. 9. He is a good person and we all admire(钦佩) him for his _ (good). 10. (2024 包头)—Which do you think is the safest car colour? Is it a bright colour like red? —No, it’s _ (actual) white! If you drive a white car, there will be fewer accidents. . 从方框中选出合适的短语,并用其适当形式填空 feel free, one day, last year, folding fan, be interested in 11. William is an Australian boy. He hopes to visit the Great Wall _. 12. Li Ting and her parents went to Hangzhou and visited the West Lake _. 13. The boy _ making models when he was young. 14. I bought a _ for my grandmother as a birthday present. 15. You can _ to ask me any questions if you want to know more about the club. . 根据汉语意思完成句子 16. 王琳是我们班最勤奋的学生之一。 Wang Lin is one of _ _ _ students in our class. 17. 他会用木头来做椅子。 He can _ wood _ _ chairs. 18.(文化意识)熊猫和长城都是中国的象征。 Both pandas and the Great Wall are _ _ China. 19. 孩子们似乎知道那边正在发生的事情。 The children _ _ know what is happening over there. 20. 你能告诉我你为什么想加入我们吗? Can you tell me _ you _ to join us? 知识综合运用(提升能力) . 完形填空 Many people think plants are quiet. They can’t talk. They can’t walk. And they can’t think like us. 21. _, they are wrong. A new TV show 22. _ us a new look at plants. It shows the lives of plants and how plants 23. _. Plants compete against each other to live. In the rainforests, different kinds of plants race for 24. _. Only 2% of the sunlight gets to the forest floor. Some plants spread(展开) their big 25. _ to reach light. Some trees may give out something to protect(保护) 26. _. Plants also help each other. Water is very important in deserts. If a tree finds 27. _ in deserts, it will share it with other plants. If a tomato plant gets a leaf disease(疾病), it can tell other plants around it to be careful because it wants the other plants to be 28. _. The TV show not only makes us amazed at the plant world but also tells us that plants are 29. _. Plants are the needs of all life. They give food and 30. _ to animals and humans. It’s time to look after wild plants. ( )21. A. Finally B. Actually C. Usually D. Especially ( )22. A. describes B. gives C. spares D. collects ( )23. A. send B. rise C. work D. breathe ( )24. A. sunlight B. time C. rain D. water ( )25. A. flowers B. legs C. arms D. leaves ( )26. A. ourselves B. themselves C. himself D. itself ( )27. A. water B. food C. animals D. plants ( )28. A. weak B. short C. healthy D. tall ( )29. A. boring B. bad C. easy D. important ( )30. A. milk B. air C. money D. surprise . 短文填空 从方框中选择适当的单词,并用其正确形式填空,使短文完整、通顺(每词限用一次)。 forest, colour, feed, because, quick, from, same, appear, face, safe Do you know why different animals or insects have their own 31. _? Because they can use different colours to keep themselves 32. _. Some birds 33. _ on insects, but it’s not easy for them to catch locusts(蝗虫). Why? It is because locusts change the colours together with the change of the colours of the crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. When crops are brown, locusts change to the 34. _ colour. Some other insects have to 35. _ only at night. It is because they have colours different 36. _ plants and birds can find them easily and eat them. If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colouring is to protect animals. Tigers, lions and other animals move quietly through 37. _. The small animals cannot find them 38. _ they have the colours much like those of the trees and grass. In the sea, there’s a kind of fish with a soft body. It is not strong at all, but it can send out black liquid(液体) when it 39. _ danger. While the liquid spreads over, its enemies can’t find it. And it 40. _ swims away. That’s why we can still see it in the sea. 词汇积累 1. compete /k m pi t/ v. _ 2. spread /spred/ v. _ 3. desert / dez t/ n. _ 4. enemy / en mi/ n. _ Unit 4 Section A 第3课时 (Grammar Focus) 语法专题精讲 形容词和副词的最高级 - 用法:表示三者或三者以上(人或事物)的比较。 - 规则变化: - 直接在词尾加-est:longest - 以不发音的字母e结尾的,在词尾加-st:nicest; latest - 以“辅音字母+y”结尾的,变y为i,再加-est:easiest; happiest - 以单个辅音字母结尾的重读闭音节单词,双写结尾的辅音字母,再加-est:biggest; hottest; thinnest - 多音节或部分双音节的形容词和副词:在词前加most构成肯定意义的最高级(most expensive 最贵的);在词前加least构成否定意义的最高级(least expensive 最便宜的) - 不规则变化:需要单独记忆。常见的有:bad, bad, ill worst; many, much most; good, well best; far farther/farthest; old oldest/eldest; little least - 巧记口诀:坏和病,多和好;一个远来一个老,little是少不是小。 - 常用句型: - the+最高级+in/of短语:Jim is the tallest boy in his class. 吉姆是他班上个子最高的男孩。 - Which/Who+谓语+最高级, A, B or C?:Who runs fastest, Bob, Mike or Nick? 谁跑得最快,鲍勃、迈克还是尼克? - one of+the+最高级+名词复数:China is one of the oldest countries in the world. 中国是世界上最古老的国家之一。 - the+序数词+最高级+名词单数:The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. 黄河是中国的第二长河。 - the+最高级+名词+(that)从句:It’s the funniest movie (that) I have ever seen. 它是我看过的最滑稽的电影。 - 比较级表达最高级含义: - 比较级+than any other+名词单数:He is taller than any other boy in his class. 他比他班里的其他任何一个男孩都高。(同义句:He is taller than the other boys in his class. 他比他班里的其他男孩都高。) - 比较级+than the other+名词复数 - 注意:形容词最高级前需加the;副词最高级前可省略the 语法专题精练(强化语法) . 用所给单词的适当形式填空 1. Movie Time is one of the _ (large) cinemas in our city. 2. (2024 包头) When Helen won a prize in the English competition, she believed she was the _ (happy) girl in the world. 3. This restaurant has the _ (good) service of the three. 4. Paul played basketball the _ (bad) in the game yesterday. 5. —Which is _ (interesting) subject for you, maths, science or English? —English. I like it very much. . 单项选择 ( )6. (2025 北京丰台区期末) I think table tennis is _ sport of all in China. A. popular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular ( )7. (2025 云南大理期末) As we know, the Yellow River is the second _ river in China. It’s called “Mother River” of China. A. longest B. longer C. long D. much long ( )8. (2024 北京) What a lovely reading room! It’s one of _ in our school. A. nice B. nicer C. nicest D. the nicest ( )9. (2024 河北) Jianshe Road is the _ road in our city, especially around 8:00 a.m. A. busier B. busiest C. wider D. widest ( )10. (2024 龙东) Li Lei is the _ of the three boys. He always helps us. A. friendly B. more friendly C. most friendly . 按要求完成下列各题,每空一词 11. Town Cinema is the biggest cinema in town.(改为同义句) Town Cinema is _ _ _ _ cinema in town. 12. Lucy is the best student in her class.(改为同义句) Lucy is _ than _ _ students in her class. 13. Her brother is very outgoing.(用 in his class 改写为含最高级的句子) Her brother is _ _ _ in his class. 14. Green Street is the longest street in town.(改为同义句) Green Street is _ than _ _ street in town. 15. Town Cinema is the best movie theatre in town.(对画线部分提问) _ _ the best movie theatre in town? 教材要点回归(夯实基础) . 根据句意和汉语提示写出所缺的单词 16.(学科融合)The elephant is the largest living _ (陆地) animal. 17. The bird has two large _ (翅膀) and it can fly very fast. 18. My mother grows some _ (玫瑰) in the garden. 19. The girl wanted to catch some _ (蝴蝶) but she couldn’t. 20. —How much does the pig _ (有……重)? —About 100 kg. 知识综合运用(提升能力) . 语法填空 阅读下面的短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 Do you know elephants? They are one of the 21. _ (big) animals in the world. An elephant has got a long 22. _ big nose. It is called a trunk. The elephant can use its trunk 23. _ (do) many things. Its trunk is like a hand. With its trunk, an elephant can pick 24. _ a big tree. Elephants also have big ears and ivory. Some elephants can work for people. In India, elephants live with people and they help people 25. _ (carry) heavy things. People are 26. _ (friend) to them. Elephants have 27. _ (feel) like people. If an elephant dies, 28. _ (it) family members will feel sad. Some people go into 29. _ (elephant) houses. If the elephants don’t like them, they will drive them out of their houses. Animals are our friends. But elephants are 30. _ danger. We should try our best to help them. 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $$