1.almost

2.quarter

3.right away

4.be able to

5.century

6.Sunday

7.fly

8.hardly

9.a few

10.huge

a.very big

b.can

c.some

d.at once

e.fifteen minutes

f.go by air

g.almost not

h.the first day of the week

i.100 years

j.nearly

A. Match the two columns

B.Fill in the blanks with the proper word, The firs

t letter is given.

1.O______people can also break world records.

2.Shanghai is l______ in the east of China.

3.You should t_____ your turn in line for the bus.

4.What do you want to be in the f______?

5.Many l_____ begin falling from the trees when fall comes.

B.Fill in the blanks with the proper word, The firs

t letter is given.

6.My mother usually makes a l______ of things she wants

before going shopping.

7.The river is about 100 metres w_____.

8.My box is 35 kilos. can you l______ it?

9.I’m too tired. I can’t go any f______.

10.I met a lot of old friends at the party. I didn’t see a__

____ new there.

C. Complete the passage with the proper word

s. It was ____ six o’clock in the evening. Li Ming was

watching TV at home when the door bell rang. Li Ming

opened the door and saw four men carrying a ____box.

His father followed them. The box was about 1.6 metre

s _____,as tall as Li Ming. It was 1.7 metres ___and 60 c

entimetres w__. Li Ming wondered what it was. His fat

her said, “Happy birthday, Li Ming!

Here is a __ for you.” What was it ? Can you guess?

Find the answer in the next unit.

Grammar in use

1.In Miss Liu’s class, Li Ming’s handwriting is good. Wa

ng Mei’s handwriting is___ than Li Ming’s. Zhang Hong’

s handwriting is___ ___ of the three.

2.Which city is ____from Beijing,Tokyo or Toronto?

3.Mount Qomalangma is ___ ___mountain in the world.

4.Their playground is two times as__as ours.

5.The elephant is ____than the sheep.

Complete the following dialogue

Li Ming: It’s Sunday tomorrow. What are you

going to do?

Wu Dong: Oh, I’m going to watch a football

match. It’s between Korea and China.

Li: Wonderful ! I really hope we’ll win

this time._________

Wu: At three o’clock in the afternoon. I

have two tickets here. I can let you have

one.___________________

Li: Of course I do. But I can’t. We are going to

have a basketball match tomorrow afternoon.

Wu: What a pity!__________________.

Li: A team from No.2 Middle School.

Wu: ______________________.

Li: In our school.

Wu: Good luck to you and your team then.

Li: Thank you. Goodbye !

Wu: bye!

Expressing happiness

How wonderful/nice !

That’s lovely/great/wonderful !

I’m so happy.

It’s well done.

I’m pleased to know that.

词 尾 变 化 原级 比较级 最高级

单音节词在词尾加 -er( 比较级 ) 或 -est( 最高级 ) 以字母 e 接尾的词加 r 或 st

Tall hard large wide

以重读闭音节结尾的词末尾只有一个辅音字母应双写辅音字母再加 er 或 est

Big hot thin fat wet

以辅音字母 +y 结尾的词变为 i 再加 er, 或est

Happy dry early

少数以 er,ow 结尾的双音节词可加 er 或 est

Narrow clever

多音节词和多数双音节词在其前面加 more 和 most

difficult popular

slowly

1. 规则变化taller harder larger wider

tallest hardest largest widest

bigger hotter fatter wetter

biggest hottest fattest wettest

happier drier earlier

happiest driest earliest

narrower cleverer

narrowest cleverest

more difficult more popularmore slowly

most difficult most popularMost slowly

2 、不规则变化原级goodwell

badill

manymuch

littlefar

old

比较级 最高级 说明巧记：特殊形式比较级共有三对二合一坏病两多并两好little 意思不是小一分为二有两个一是老来二是远

better best

worse worst

less

more most

farther/further

older

least farthest/furthest

oldest

3 、形容词，副词比较等级的用法

等级原级

句 型1 、 as+ 原级 +as

2 、 not + so/as + 原级 + as

例 句She is as kind as her mot

her.

Lucy didn’t do it so/as well as you.

比较级

比较级 + than He is taller than Li Lei.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter.

最高级

the+ 最高级 +of /in She is the tallest one in her class.

4. 使用形容词比较级时

(1) 在形容词比较级前可用 much , a little ; even

等来修饰，表示程度。

(2) 可用“比较级形式 +than any other + 单数名 词来表达最高级的意思 He is taller than any other student in t

he school 。

注意

(3) 可用 “ the + 比较级形式 +of the two…” 来表达 两者之间的比较。如 :He is the better of the two . 他是两人中较好的。

(4) 可用“比较级形式 +and+ 比较级形式”来表达 “越来越”的意思 , 表示本身程度的改变 , 其动 词经常使用 grow ,

get, become , 如 :It’s spring now, It gets warmer and war

mer .(5) 可用“ the + 比较级形式， the + 比较级形式” 来表达 “越…就越…”的意思。如 :the more, the better 。

5. 使用形容词最高级时

(1) 可用“ one of +the 最高级形式 + 名词复数”表示“最…… 之一”。如 :Shanghai is one of the most beautif

ul cities . 上海是最美的城市之一。

(2) 用 “ the + 形容词最高级形式 +in 接单数名词”或用“ the + 形容词最高级形式 +of 接复数名词或表示复数的代词”。如 :Who is the tallest in the class? Who is the tall

est of the students?

注意

（二）

1. I think Yao Ming, the famous basketball player , will be

____ new star in NBA.

A.hot B. hotter C. hottest D. the hottest

2. In our city it’s ____ in July ,but it is even ____ in Augu

st.

A.hotter hottest B. hot hot

C. hotter hot D. hot hotter

3. Hainan is a very large Island .It is the second ______ isl

and in china

A.large B. larger C. largest D. most largest

4. An elephant is ____ than a tiger.

A.heavy B. very heavy

C. the heaviest D. heavier

D

D

C

D

5. A horse is ______ than a dog.

A. much heavy B. more heavier

C. much heavier

6. Emma always makes a lot of mistakes . She is _____

A. care B. careful

C. carefully D. careless

7. Which subject is _____ , physics or chemistry ?

A. interesting B. most interesting

C. more interesting D. the most interesting

C

D

C

8. He is ___ enough to carry the heavy box.

A. strong B. stronger

C. much stronger D. the strongest

9. Li lei often talks ___ but does _____, so everyone says

he is a good boy.

A. less more B. few much

C. more little D. little many

10. When the famous singer started to sing , everyone

began to shout very ____.

A. Loudly B. loud

C. heavily D. high

A

A

A

习作实践

　 在暑期生活中，每个人几乎都参观过自己喜欢的地方，即使没有如愿以偿，也会对你想去的地方有很深的了解．现在请你以导游的身份向你的游客介绍一下他们即将参观的城市 ( 你最想参观的地方 ). 不少于 60 词．

　　提示： 1. 下一站到哪个城市参观．

　　　　　 2. 那个城市的自然情况．

3. 有哪些地方值得游客去参观．

佳作赏析

Ladies and gentlemen,

I am your guide today, we are going to visit Guili

n. I’d like to tell you something about Guilin before we

arrive. Guilin is in the north of Guangxi.

The population of the city is over six hundred tho

usand.

Guilin is famous for its beautiful scenery in the worl

d. The hills are green and the water is clear. the environ

ment there is clean and tidy. Every year a lot of visitors

go there. You can see the scenes of the Li River by bo

at. You can visit the scenes spots in the city on free bu

ses. I hope you will enjoy yourselves in Guilin.