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八下英语第五单元知识点一、重点短语

1. make sure 确信;确认 2. beat against... 拍打… …

3. fall asleep 进人梦乡;睡着 4. die down 逐渐变弱;逐渐消失

5. wake up 醒来 6. in a mess 一团糟

7. break.. . apart 使……分离 8. in times of difficulty 在困难的时候

9. at the time of 当.......时候 10. go off (闹钟)发出响声

11. take a hot shower 洗热水澡 12. miss the bus 错过公交车

13. pick up 接电话 14. bring... together 使……靠拢

15. in the area 在这个地区 16. miss the event 错过这个事件

17. by the side of the road 在路边 18. the Animal Helpline 动物保护热线

19. walk by 走路经过 20. make one’s way to. 在某人去……的路上

21. hear the news 听到这个消息

22., important events in history 历史上的重大事件 23., for example 例如

24., be killed 被杀害 25., over 50 5 0多(岁)

26. a school pupil 一个小学生 27. on the radio 通过广播

28., in silence 沉默;无声 29., more recently 最近地;新近

30., the World Trade Center 世贸中心 31., take down 拆除;摧毁

32., have meaning to 对……有意义 33., remember doing sth. 记得做过某事

34., at first 首先;最初

八下英语第五单元知识点二、重点句型与语法

1.过去进行时 过去进行时态

⑴ 用法：①过去某个时间正在发生的动作

He was cooking at six last night. 昨天晚上六点，他正在做饭。

②过去某段时间正在发生的动作

I was staying here from March to May last year. 去年从3月到5月，我一直呆在这里。

⑵与过去进行时连用的时间状语，常见的有 at nine last night/at that

⑶ 过去进行时的构成：waswere +现在分词

⑷ 过去进行时的四个基本句型

肯定句 He was cooking at six last night.

两回答 Yes,he was. /No, he wasn’t.

特殊疑问句 What was he doing at six last night?

⑸ 过去进行时的固定句型

Jim was reading when the teacher came in. 当老师进来的时候，吉姆正在读书。 Jim was reading while Kate was watching TV. 在凯特正在看电视的同时，吉姆正在读书。 Jim came in while Kate was watching TV. 在凯特正在看电视的时候，吉姆进来了。

(6)比较

He watched TV last night.(过去时间last night, 用一般过去时)

He was watching TV at nine last night. (过去时间last night+点时间at nine, 用过去进行时)

八下英语第五单元知识点习题

(一)单项选择

1. After my alarm clock every morning , I get up and get dressed .

A turns on

B turns off

C goes on

D goes off

2.Thank you very much ,I can’t pass the test your help .

A with

B because of

C because

D without

3. — Look! The cat ______ from the tree. — Yes.It ______ the tree just now.

A. is jumping down; climbed up

B. is jumping down; is climbing up

C. jumps down; was climbing up

D. jumps down; climbed

4. What were you doing ________ last Sunday morning?

A. at B. in C. over D. /

5. While I was at the ________, I heard a nurse ________ Davy’s name.

A. doctors’; call

B. doctor’s; to call

C. doctor’s; calling

D. doctors’; called

6. The boy with two dogs ________ in the yard when the earthquake hit the city.

A. is playing

B. are playing

C. were playing

D. was playing

7. My father was reading a newspaper while my mother ________ dinner.

A. is cookin

g B. cooks

C. was cooking

D. will cook

8.All the students were sleeping _______they heard a man _______“help”. A.when; shouting

B.while; to shout

C.when; to shout

D.while; shouted 9 The rainstorm came while Ann ________ her purse in the classroom.

A. was looking for

B. looked for

C. is looking at

D. looks at

10. “They are filling the bags with clothes.” means they’re ________

A putting their clothes away

B. putting their clothes into the bags

C. putting down their clothes

D. putting on their clothes

(二)根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.We were climbing up the mountain when it began to rain ___________(heavy).

2.Ben didn’t fall asleep until the wind ___________(die down)at around 3:00 a.m.

3.He had a fight with his best friend, and they walked home in__________ (silent).

4.I was too tired and still sleeping when my alarm ___________( go off).

5.Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the ____________(true) about the event