新目标人教版英语八年级下册unit5 知识点+练习题

v. 点亮light a candle

9.report v. 报道，公布 n. 报告，汇报 ~er 记者 10.begin to do ; begin doing 11.beat 和win

beat后面接比赛中的对手或者敌人 win后面接奖品，名誉，财产等 against 逆着 He swam against the river. 反对We are for peace and against war. 撞击He hit against a tree. 倚着 He stood against the tree. fall asleep和be asleep

sleep v./n. 睡觉 asleep adj. 睡着 fall asleep强调入睡的动作 be asleep强调入睡的状态

14.die down 逐渐变弱，逐渐消失bring down 降低；击败火势减弱cut down砍倒 15.rise 和 raise

rise升起，主语自身移动到较高位置 raise举起，主语发出的动作作用于其他事物 realize, recognize, know

realize意识到，理解I didn’t realize how late it was. recognize认出，辨别出 I recognized his voice. know知道，了解 I know she was against us.

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burn down completely, entirely, totally, fully completely十分；完全地 entirely完全，强调一个整体 totally强调数量上的完全 fully程度最深最彻底

silence n.沉默；无声 silent adj.沉默的；无声的 silently adv.静静地 in silence = silently recently = lately = recent + ly date 和day

date 日期；某件事情发生的年月日 What’s the date today? day日子 What day is it today?

at first 与at the beginning同义，表示起初，与后来发生的事相对照 first of all与first同义，表示首先，说明顺序，后面常接next，then等。

truth n.真实真理 指人或事而言 reality n.真实，实在 指某事物的确存在 true adj.真正的 与假对应 real adj.客观存在的；真实的 与无对应 23. match n. 比赛；火柴v.观看；匹配 【活学活用】

A bomb ________ in the theater.

went off B. took off C. put off D.paid off 2.The chairman _____from his chair.

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A. raise B. raised C. rised D. rose

3. The Lakers _____ The Rockets by a big score. A.beat B. to win C. beated D.winning 4.The fire ______, so we put more coal on it.

A. died down B. went down C. cut down D.brought down 5.My four-year-old daughter was _____ on the sofa. A. sleep B. asleep C. slept

6.This morning I ____some new restaurants on the Internet for I wanted to take Mia to a nice restaurant for her birthday. A. picked up B. looked up C. cleaned up D.gave up 7.All I had to do was to follow him in ____. A. silent B. silence C. silently 8.- What’s the ______today? - It’s August 8th A. date B. day C. A&B

9.I don’t believe the _____of the story. A. reality B. real C. truth D.true 10.Does he ______his mistake? A.recognize B. realize C. learn Step2 Important sentences

I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily. 1) begin v. (began) 开始

e.g. I’ll begin whenever you’re ready. 你什么时候准备好我就开

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始。

常用的句型： begin to do与begin doing

一般来说，begin to do和begin doing可以互换，但在以下三种情况下，用to do。

I. 主语不是指人，而是it等。 如：It began to rain.

II. begin后接表示心理活动的词。如：begin to know还有believe, wonder, think 等词。

III. begin本身是ing形式，为避免重复后接to do。 即：beginning to do 2. So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, … suddenly adv. 突然；忽然

e.g. I suddenly remembered that I hadn’t locked the door. 我忽然想起没有锁门。

3.I called at seven and you didn

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t pick up. pick up(=pick up the phone) 接电话 pick up 还有以下含义： 1) 拾起；抱起

e.g. The children picked up many sea shells at the seashore. 孩子们在海边捡到许多贝壳。 Pick that book up. 把那本书拣起来。 2) 搭载

e.g. The car stopped to pick me up. 汽车停下来接我。 4.Ben’s dad was putting pieces of wppd over the windows

while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. 1) 此句中的连词while的意思是 “当……的时候；和……同时”，while还可以表示“而；然而；但”之意，用来说明和强调两种事情或

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