Module+3++Unit+2++We+have+not+found+life+on+any+other+planets+yet 外研版英语八年级下册

Module3JourneytospaceUnit2Wehavenotfoundlifeonanyotherplanetsyet一、

核心单词名词1.环境

⁠2.系统；体系

⁠3.群；组

⁠4.宇宙

⁠5.光；光线；光亮

⁠形容词6.太阳的；与太阳有关

的

⁠7.(事情)办不到的；不可能

的

⁠代词8．那，那个

⁠9．没有一人；没有一个；一点儿也没有

⁠动词10.联系；交

流

⁠副词11.在远方

⁠environment

system

group

universe

light

solar

impossible

that

none

communicate

out

自主预习

二、

核心词块星系；(尤指)太阳系

⁠solarsystem

三、

核心句子1．

地球是颗行星，它围绕着太阳转。Theearthisaplanetandit

⁠thesun.2．

它们中没有一个有像地球这样的环境，因此科学家认为在它们上

面找不到生命。

⁠hasanenvironmentlikethatoftheearth,so

scientists

⁠theywillfindlifeonthem.3．

所以宇宙有多大？我们无从想象。So

istheuniverse?Itis

⁠.goes

around

None

of

them

do

not

think

how

large

impossible

to

imagine

4．

然而，还没有宇宙飞船能飞足够远，能到达银河系里的其他

恒星。However,nospaceshiphastravelled

⁠reachother

starsinourGalaxy.5．

Scientiststhinkthattherehasbeenlifeontheearthforhundreds

ofmillionsofyears.科学家认为地球上的生命已经延续了数亿年了。【仿写】已经有很多学生在学校门口等着了。

⁠

⁠far

enough

to

Therehavealreadybeenlotsofstudentswaitingattheschoolgate.

一、

快速阅读Unit2Act.2课文，为每个段落选择合适的主旨大意。Para.1:

Para.2:

Para.3:

Para.4:

Para.5:

⁠A.Scientists'questionsaboutlifeinspace.B.Spaceshipsscientistshavesent.C.Factsaboutlifeontheearthandotherplanets.D.ThesolarsystemandtheGalaxy.E.Howlargetheuniverseis.C

D

E

B

A

课文理解

二、

细读Unit2Act.2课文，完成下列各题。1．

Howlonghaslifebeenontheearthaccordingtoscientists?

⁠

⁠2．

Puttheminorder:small→large①theGalaxy②theplanet③thesolarsystem④theuniverse

⁠

Forhundredsofmillionsofyears.

②③①④

3．

Whydon'tscientiststhinktheywillfindlifeonotherplanets?

⁠

⁠4．

WhydidscientistssendspaceshipstoMars?

⁠

Becausenoneofthemhasanenvironmentlikethatoftheearth.

Totakephotos.

Scientiststhinkthattherehasbeenlifeontheearthfor

hundredsofmillionsofyears.科学家认为地球上的生命已经延续了数亿年

了。考点梳理

1．

Thereareaboutthree

⁠(thousand)studentsinour

school.（C）2.

Ourhometownisbecomingmoreandmorebeautiful.

Thousands

visitorscomehereonweekends.A．

withB．

inC．

ofD．

onthousand

C

Noneofthemhasanenvironmentlikethatoftheearth,so

scientistsdonotthinktheywillfindlifeonthem.它们中没有一个有地球这

样的环境，所以科学家认为他们不能在它们上面找到生命。单词/

词组含义指代对象用法none没有一

人；没有

一个；一

点儿也没

有既可以指人，也可以指

物；可指代可数名词复

数(三者或三者以上的人

或事物)，也可指代不可

数名词none后可接of短语。作主语

时，若指代可数名词复数，

谓语用单复数形式均可，若

代指不可数名词，谓语用单

数形式no

one没有一个

人仅用于指代人，不用于

指代事物noone后不接of短语。作主

语时，谓语动词用单数形式(1)辨析none与noone(2)environment的用法：(3)that作替代词时与one,it的区别：that特指与上文提到的事物同类的另一事物，一般指代不可数名词和可数名词单数。代替复数名词时用thoseInwinter,theweatherinBeijingiscolderthanthatinGuangzhou.冬季，北京的天气比广州的冷。one泛指与上文提到的事物同类的事物中的任何一个，一般指代可数名词单数，其复数形式为onesIsuggestyoutakeatent.Icanlendyouone.我建议你带个帐篷。我可以借给你一个。it特指上文提到的那一特定事物，可指代可数名词单数和不可数名词Iboughtanewcaryesterday,anditisgreat.昨天我买了辆新车，它棒极了。（

D

）3.—Thepapercuttingisprettylively.Whomadeit?—ItmustbeAmy.

ofusexceptherisabletodoit.A．

NooneB．

AnyoneC．

EveryoneD．

NoneD4．

Thelocalgovernmentispayingmoreattention

to

⁠(environment)protection.（B）5.

Afterthenewhigh-speedrailwaylinewasputintouse,

thetimeonthetripfromLianyungangtoQingdaonowismuchless

than

inthepast.A．

oneB．

thatC．

itD．

thoseenvironment/environmental

B

Itisimpossibletoimagine.你想象不到(宇宙有多大)。【拓展】possibleadj.可能存在的；可能发生的；可能的It'spossible(forsb./sth.)todosth.(对某人/物来说)做某事是可能的It'spossiblethat…

……是可能的6．

Itis

⁠(possible)tofinishthedifficulttaskinsucha

shorttimeonmyownunlessbothofusworktogether.7．

Hmm,Ireallythinkitisimpossibleforus

⁠(jump)over

theriver.impossible

tojump

However,nospaceshiphastravelledfarenoughtoreach

otherstarsinourGalaxy.然而，还没有宇宙飞船能飞足够远，能到达银河

系里的其他恒星。“形容词/副词＋enough(forsb./sth.)todosth.”意为“足够(某人/物)做

某事”。enough修饰形容词/副词，表示程度，要放在形容词/副词后边。

不定式短语作状语，表示结果。

【注意】“not＋形容词/副词＋enoughtodosth.”可与“too＋

形容词/

副词＋todosth.”互换，后者表示“太……而不能……”。8．

同义句转换Theiceistoothintobearyourweight.Theiceis

⁠bearyourweight.notthickenoughto

Whyhasnoonecommunicatedwithus?为什么没有人跟我

们联系？9．

TheInternetoffersspecialways

of

⁠(communicate)inourdailylife.10．

微信使人们之间的交流更加方便。WeChatmakesiteasierforpeopleto

⁠eachother.communication/communicating

communicatewith

Itistruethatscientistshavenotdiscoveredlifeonother

planetsintheuniverseyet,butsomescientistsbelievethattheywillfindit

someday.确实科学家还未曾在宇宙中的其他行星上发现生命，但一些科

学家相信总有一天他们会找到生命的。在“Itis＋形容词＋that…”句型中，It为形式主语，形容词作表语，

真正的主语为that引导的从句。引导主语从句的that仅仅起连接作用，没

有词义，也不在从句中作成分。It'sstrangethatheacceptedherinvitation.真是奇怪，他竟然接受了

她的邀请。11．

你现在就开始制定计划是很重要的。

⁠youstartmakingyourplanrightnow.It'simportantthat

一、

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示填写单词1．

(没有一个)oftheteacherslikethisnaughtyboyexceptMr

Wang.2．

Plantingmoretreeswillmakethe

(环境)much

cleanerandbetter.3．

Ithinkthatweshouldtrytouse

(太阳的)energybecauseit

isclean.None

environment

solar

课堂检测4．

Wearebadlyinneedofabettereducation

(系统)tohelp

childrengrowbetter.5．

Nooneknowsforsurehowmanyplanetsthereareinthe

u

⁠．6．

Itisi

⁠towalkontheice,becauseitistoothin.7．

It'ssodarkoutside—youcan'tevenseeasin

glerayofl

⁠．system

niversempossibleight二、

根据汉语提示完成句子，每空词数不限。1．

Asweallknow,themoon

(围绕……转动)

theearth.2．

—Doyouknowhowbigthe

(太阳系)is?

—Sorry,Ihavenoidea.goes/movesaround

solarsystem

3．

Therearedifferentplantsandanimals

(在地球上).4．

Thereare

(数百名)paintingsattheexhibition(展

览).

(两百个)workswerecreatedbyyoungartists.5．

Whendidtheearthcomeintobeing

(在宇宙中)?ontheearth

hundredsof

Twohundred

intheuniverse

三、

课文回顾：根据Unit2Act.2课文，完成下面的语法选择。Scientiststhinkthattherehasbeenlifeontheearthforhundredsof

millionsofyears.However,wehavenotfoundlifeonanyotherplanetsyet.Theearthisaplanetanditgoes

1thesun.Sevenotherplanetsdo

2

samething.Noneofthemhasanenvironmentlike

3oftheearth,so

scientistsdonotthinktheywillfindlifeonthem.Thesunanditsplanets

arecalledthesolarsystem.Andoursolarsystemisasmallpartofa

much

4groupofstarsandplanets,calledtheGalaxyortheMilky

Way.TherearebillionsofstarsintheGalaxy,

5oursunisonlyoneof

them.（B）1.

A.

with

B．

around

C．

over（A）2.

A.

the

B．

/

C．

a（C）3.

A.

one

B．

it

C．

that（B）4.

A.

large

B．

larger

C．

largest（B）5.

A.

or

B．

and

C．

butBACBBScientistshavealsodiscoveredmanyothergalaxiesintheuniverse.

6

theyareveryfaraway,theirlighthastotravelformanyyearstoreach

us.Howlargeistheuniverse?Itisimpossible

7．（B）6.

A.

Though

B．

Because

C．

While（A）7.

A.

toimagine

B．

imagining

C．

imaginedBAScientistshavesentspaceshipstotheplanetMarstotakephotos.They

haveevensentspaceshipstotraveloutsidethesolarsystem.However,no

spaceship

8farenoughtoreachotherstarsinourGalaxysofar.（C）8.

A.

travelsB．

travelledC．hastravelledCScientistshavealwaysaskedthequestions:withsomanystarsinthe

universe,are

9alone,oristherelifeoutthereinspace?Havetherebeen

visitorstotheearthfromotherplanets?Whyhasnoonecommunicated

withus?Wedonotknowtheanswers

10．（B）9.

A.

us

B．

we

C．

ourselves（C）10.

A.

too

B．

already

C．

yetBC一、根据句意及首字母提示填空。1.TheweatherinShanghaiishotterthant

⁠inBeijing.2.Therearethreepensonthedeskbutn

⁠ofthemismine.hat

one

3.(2023·金华中考改编)Doeslifesometimesseemtobefullof

i

problems?4.Westilldon’tknowhowmanygalaxiesthereareintheu

⁠.5.(2023·泰州中考改编)Mostneighboursgiveupthehabitofsquare

dancingtocreateaquietere

⁠forus.mpossible

niverse

nvironment

基础提能二、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空词数不限。1.科学家们认为地球上存在生命已经很长时间了。Scientiststhinkthat

⁠lifeontheearthforlong.2.(2023·山西中考改编)世界上数以百万计的动物受到虐待。

⁠intheworldarebadlytreated.therehasbeenMillionsofanimals3.你能告诉我一些关于太阳系的事情吗？Canyoutellmesomethingaboutthe

⁠？4.【提升题】我昨晚独自在家。

⁠5.【提升题】汤姆喜欢围着妈妈转。

⁠solarsystem

LastnightIwasaloneathome.

Tomlikeshangingaroundhismother.

Howbigisspace?Isthereanyonelivingoutthere?Manypeoplemayhave

alotof1

aboutspace.Tofindouttheanswers,menandwomenfromdifferent

countrieshavebecomeastronauts.OneofthemisYangLiwei.Hisspacetripon

15October,2003madeChinathe

2

countrytosendahumanintospace,afterRussiaandtheUnitedStates.⁠C三、完形填空（

C

）1.A.questionsB.answersC.suggestionsD.waysA（

C

）

2.A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourthDoyouwanttobeanastronautlikeYangLiwei?Inhis

3

⁠atBeijing

University,hetalkedabouthowtobecomeanastronaut.Herearesomeof

his

4

⁠.First,youmustlearnto5⁠modelsbecauseitteachesushowthings

work.It’susefultopractiseputtingdifferentmodelpartstogether.This6⁠

mayhelpyouunderstandthespaceshipbetter.（

D

）3.A.book

B.poster

C.project

D.speech（

C

）4.A.sentences

B.reports

C.suggestions

D.articles（

A

）5.A.build

B.collect

C.ride

D.protect（

C

）6.A.idea

B.centre

C.skill

D.interviewDCACSecond,youmustkeephealthyandstrong.Thetrainingforanastronautis

very

7

⁠.Astronautshavetogothroughdifficultandtiringtrainingbeforetheycanflyinspace.Eveninspace,they’llhavetoexercisetwohoursaday

becauseastronautsmayget

8

withoutgravity(重力).（

B

）7.A.easy

B.hard

C.amazing

D.unusual（

B

）8.A.strong

B.weak

C.heavy

D.boredBBThird,youmustlearnto

9

⁠aplane.Manyastronautsarepilotsbefore

theygointospace.TakeYangLiweiasanexample.Heflewmorethan200

differentkindsofplanesduringhiscareer.Itisadangerousjob,butvery

10

⁠.Attheendofhisspeech,hehopedthatthestudentscouldtakeawonderful

triptospaceinthenearfuture.（

C

）9.A.study

B.launch

C.fly

D.break（

D

）10.A.boring

B.unhappy

C.expensive

D.excitingCD四、(2023·邵阳中考改编)阅读理解B篇Areyoudreamingoffuturetravelstospace?Yourdreamwillcometrue

soon.It’sreportedthatpeoplewillhavean“out-of-the-world”experienceby

stayingatahotelhighabovetheearthin2027.ThehoteliscalledtheVoyagerSpaceStation(VSS).ItislikeaFerris

wheel(摩天轮).Therewillberooms,restaurants,bars,gyms,readingrooms

andscientificresearchlaboratories.It’seco-friendly(环保的)bygettingpower

fromthesun.Itwillhaveroomsforupto400people,likescientists,astronauts,

andevensomepeopletolivethereforalongtime.You’llpay5milliondollars

foreach3-daystay.Thehotelwillservetraditional“spacefood”

—likeicecream.You’re

goingtohavethetopchefs

makingreallygoodfood.Youcangoonspacewalks

toenjoythebeautyoftheearthandspace.Youcanenjoy32sunrisesand

sunsetseachday.“ThebuildingoftheVSSwillstartin2026andwelcomeitsfirstvisitors

in2027.Itwillbetheworld’sfirstspacehotel.We’retryingtomakepeople

realizethatthisgoldenageofspacetravelisjustaroundthecorner.It’scoming

fast,

”scientistssay.（

A

）1.WhatistheVoyagerSpaceStation?A.Aspacehotel.B.Aspacelaboratory.C.Akindofspacefood.D.Aspaceship.（

B

）2.Ifyoupay10milliondollars,howlongcanyoustayatthe

VoyagerSpaceStation?A.For3days.B.For6days.C.For9days.D.For6weeks.AB（

C

）3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“chefs”inthepassagemean?CA.Pilots.B.Astronauts.C.Cooks.D.Cookers.（

C

）4.Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?A.TheVoyagerSpaceStationcangetpowerfromthesun.B.Peoplecanenjoy32sunrisesandsunsetseachdayattheVoyagerSpace

Station.C.ThebuildingoftheVoyagerSpaceStationwillstartin2027.D.IttakesoneyeartobuildtheVoyagerSpaceStation.C（

A

）5.What’sthebes