If you have ever done rock climbing, you will know that it is not a very easy sport. Indoor and outdoor rock climbing both need practice. What most people don’t know is that rock climbing is one of the sports that depend on your body and mind（意志）.

To climb successfully, one must use wonderful skills. One of the important rules is to always have three parts of your body on the rock face. Another important rule is that your arms only hold you close to the rock face while your legs are pushing you up, the closer you are to the rock face, the easier it is to climb.

Rock climbing is a wonderful sport. Once you start to learn how to climb, you’ll find more fun. People who like games such as chess playing or problem-solving may love rock climbing, because they are nearly the same in the way of thinking. For anyone who wants to get into beautiful shape, rock climbing is a fun and good way. Anyone who enjoys a difficult game and loves the outdoors should think of taking rock climbing as a new hobby.

1. ( ) When did rock climbing become a sport?

A. In 1900. B. Early in the 1900s. C. In the middle of the 1900s. D. Late in the 1900s.

2. ( ) The chess players may like rock climbing because_________.

A.they’d like to get into beautiful shape B.it is more interesting than chess playing C.it is like chess playing in the way of thinking D.they really like to do sports

3. ( ) Who should think of taking rock climbing as a new hobby?

A. People who enjoy indoor activities. B. People who enjoy music.

C. People who enjoy a difficult game and love the outdoors. D. People who love dancing.

4. ( ) What does rock climbing depend on?

A. It depends on your brain. B. It depends on your hobby.

C. It depends on your interests. D. It depends on your body and mind.

5. ( ) What can we learn from the passage?

A. Rock climbing is a kind of indoor and outdoor activity. B. Rock climbing is a very easy sport. C. When you climb, your arms push you up.

D. The closer you are to the rock face, the more difficult it is to climb.

Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet?

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重点短语:

full of hurry up science fiction country music ever since one another belong to finish doing sth. fight over millions of

语言知识归纳：

4. 现在完成时 (1) 用法：

① 表示过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响或结果。 I have posted the photos. 我已经把这些照片邮寄了。 ② 表示过去发生的动作及状态一直持续到现在。 He has studied English for three years. (2) 现在完成时的构成及其变化构成

have / has + 动词的过去分词。其中have/has为助动词，没有实际意义，可缩写。 Mike has = Mike’s they have = they’ve (3) 现在完成时常用的时间状语

already, just, ever, yet, for two years, since 1995, so far, in the last few years 【例题】( ) -Did you borrow the comic book from the library?

-Yes. I _____ it for three days. I’ll return it this afternoon. A.borrowed B.kept C.have borrowed D.have kept ( ) -Hello, may I speak to Miss. Wang?

-Sorry, she isn’t in. She____the office. A.has been to B.has gone to C.has been away ( ) -I’ve got the final Harry Potter book.

-You will love it. I ____it twice already.

A.am reading B.have read C.was reading D.will read

3. I’ve already finished reading it! finish doing sth. 完成做某事

They finished doing the work last week.

6. Who else is on my island? else意为“其他的”

主要用在疑问词who, whose, what, where, when及不定代词somebody, anybody, nobody, someone, anyone, something, anything, nothing后面。 -What else do you want? -Nothing else. other也作“其他的”讲，但用法不同 other是形容词，修饰名词，并放在名词前 When are the other boys arrive?

另外other还可修饰代词one或one’s。

This story is more interesting than the other one. 【例题】用else或other填空。

(1) What _______can you see in the picture? (2) Where are the _______boys?

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(3) Give me the ________pencil, not this one. (4) Whom ________would you do it with?

7. ...but not about belonging to a group. ……但不是关于属于一个集体。 belong to意为“属于”，后接宾语，不用于进行时态和被动语态。 This book belongs to me, but that one belongs to Mary. The new pen belongs to me. The honor belongs to Tom.

7. Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet. have been to... 去过……

【辨析】have been to与have gone to

have been to+地名，表示“某人曾经到过某地”，现在已经不在那个地方了（回来了）。

have gone to 表示“已经去了某地”，还没有回来，可能在那里或在途中。不能与段时间连用。 John isn’t here. Where has he gone?

He has been to many places since he came to China.

【例题】( )A number of tourists_____Yangzhou many times because it is such a beautiful city. A.have been to B.has been to C.has gone to D.have gone to

6. How does it make them feel?

make为使役动词，后跟不带to的不定式作宾语补足语 即make sb. do sth.

My mother often makes me clean the room. make后跟复合宾语的类型 ① make + 宾语 + 名词

Most pop singers make music their career. ② make + 宾语 + 形容词

What he did makes his mother happy. ③ make + 宾语 + 过去分词

Can you make yourself understood?

7. Have you introduced this singer to others? introduce sb. to sb. 把某人介绍给某人 introduce oneself 做自我介绍

课堂练习题

一、单项选择题

1. ( )-How much did the company donate to build the school library? -About three____yuan.

A.million B.millions C.millions of

4. ( ) ____！There is only five minutes.

A. Look up B. Get up C. Hurry up

5. ( )- _________ -It’s fantastic.

A. What’s the movie about? B. What’s the movie like? C. Have you seen the movie?

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10. ( ) Mr. Smith has ______to do today.

A. other nothing B.nothing other C.nothing else

11. ( )Look, there are several_______ in the middle of the lake.

A.land B.lands C.pieces of land

12. ( )All the students ran______the playground after class.

A.of B.in C.towards

7. ( ) Mary has read a lot of books about Chinese history ____.

A.ever since 2010 B.ever since three years C.ever since he has come to China

8. ( ) The toy bear on the bed____Linda.

A.is belongs to B.is belonging to C.belongs to

11. ( ) I’m sure she will be one of ____ in the world.

A.faster runner B.the fastest runner C.the fastest runners

11. ( ) We _____learning physics last year and we_____a lot about it already.

A.started; learned B.started; have learned C.have started; have learned

13. ( ) -Why is Mr. Yang still in the teacher’s office? -Maybe he_____his work yet.

A.doesn’t finish B.hasn’t finished C.haven’t finished

12. ( )-When _____you _____Shanghai? -Tomorrow afternoon.

A.will; get in B.did; arrive at C.will; arrive in

13. ( )He was badly ill in hospital. So he ____many lessons.

A.caught B.missed C.lost

14. ( )I don’t know when we will_____home.

A.return back B.return back to C.return to

15. ( ) ____your name on the paper and you can get a magazine.

A. Cut down B. Turn down C. Put down

16. ( ) We can talk with friends on the Internet______it’s easier and cheaper.

A.though B.as C.but

17. ( )If you do things ____, usually you can’t do them well.

A.in a hurry B.from now on C.just now

二．阅读理解。

When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”

Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, ut this time nobody came to help me.

In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.

1. ( ) When he was young, the writer liked to_______.

A.play with his brother B.help his mother cook

C.play jokes on people D.go swimming with his friends

2. ( ) What happened when the writer was playing with his brother?

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