Unit 4 Then and Now 词汇与语言知识专项练习2026-2027学年沪教五四制版八年级英语上册
8A Unit 4 Then and Now
Vocabulary & Language Knowledge 词汇与语言知识专项练习
一、根据音标写出单词
- /ˈmeməri/ ____________________
- /trʌk/ ____________________
- /ˈhaɪweɪ/ ____________________
- /teɪp/ ____________________
- /ˈpleɪə(r)/ ____________________
- /rəʊl/ ____________________
- /ˈsentʃəri/ ____________________
- /ˈdekeɪd/ ____________________
- /ˈkʌntrisaɪd/ ____________________
- /ˈhiːtə(r)/ ____________________
二、用括号内所给单词的适当形式完成句子
- The __________________ of public transport has made it much easier for people to travel around the city. (develop)
- The rapid __________________ of cities created both new chances and new problems. (grow)
- Child workers could receive severe __________________ for even small mistakes. (punish)
- Children from __________________ families usually had better chances to go to school. (wealth)
- In some crowded areas, the streets were dirty and __________________. (smell)
- The city has changed __________________ over the past fifty years. (dramatic)
- Before public transport became common, most workers __________________ travelled far from home. (rare)
- Life in overcrowded houses could be very __________________. (pleasant)
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- As transport improved, many new __________________ appeared around railway stations. (business)
- Housing __________________ gradually improved as the city developed. (condition)
三、选择合适的动词或短语完成句子，必要时使用其适当形式。有两项多余。
belong to borrow burn keep warm play music
result in transport travel by air used to write by hand
- Before emails became common, people often __________________ letters.
- This old radio __________________ my great-grandfather, so our family wants to keep it.
- Harry wants to __________________ his father’s old cassette player for the school exhibition.
- Nowadays, ships, planes and other vehicles __________________ goods over long distances.
- In the past, many families __________________ wood because they had no electric heating.
- On cold winter nights, people lit fires to __________________.
- Dirty air and polluted water could __________________ serious health problems.
- Children __________________ learn together in small one-room schools.
四、根据中文功能提示补全对话
Harry is looking through some old things with his great-grandma.
Harry: Great-grandma, what’s this thick book?
Great-grandma: It’s an old phone book. It has people’s names, addresses and phone numbers.
Harry: 1. ________________________________________________?（表示惊讶）
- ________________________________________________?（询问人们过去用它做什么）
Great-grandma: We used it to look up phone numbers before making calls.
Harry: 3. ________________________________________________!（表示这件事很难想象）
- ________________________________________________?（询问曾祖母过去是否经常使用它）
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Great-grandma: Yes. We used it quite often. There were no smartphones then.
Harry: 5. ________________________________________________?（询问现在人们是否还使用电话簿）
Great-grandma: Not very often. Smartphones can do the job much more easily.
Harry: 6. ________________________________________________!（对生活发生如此大的变化表示难以置信）
五、根据中文意思补全英文句子
- 如今，重庆已经成为一座现代化的大城市。
________________________________, Chongqing has become a modern city.
- 我的老磁带播放机已经不能用了。
My old cassette player doesn’t work ________________________________________________.
- 技术进步使旅行和交流方便了许多。
________________________________ has made travel and communication much easier.
- 19世纪，普通人的生活也发生了巨大变化。
The lives of __________________________________ also changed greatly in the 19th century.
- 当时并不是所有孩子都能接受教育。
Not all children could __________________________________ at that time.
- 一些孩子还被鼓励学习音乐和外语。
Some children were also encouraged to learn music and __________________________________.
- 如今，来自世界各地的游客来到重庆并享受他们在这里的时光。
Today, tourists from all over the world come to Chongqing and __________________________________.
- 人们把磁带放进机器里，然后音乐就播放出来了。
People put the cassette __________________________________, and then the music played.
六、选择最恰当的答案
- In the past, ordinary people ______ travelled far from home because transport was slow and expensive.
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