第十三节 八年级(下)Unit 7 Unit 8,考 点 聚 焦,【考点1】China has the biggest population in the world. 中国是世界上人口最多的国家。 【解析】population意为“人口；人口数量”。表示“人口多或少”时，要用large / great或small，而不用much或little。问“某地的人口数量有多少”通常用疑问词what / how large。the population of意为“地方的人口”。,【演练】 ( )1. Whats the _ of the city today? About 5 million. A. pollution B. number C. person D. population ( )2. The population of Chengdu is _ than that of Shanghai. A. larger B. fewer C. small D. bigger,D,A,( )3. _ the population of China? Its about 1.3 billion. A. Whats B. How many is C. How much is D. How old ( )4. The worlds population is growing _ and there is _ land and water for growing rice. A. more; less B. larger; fewer C. larger; less D. more; fewer,A,C,【考点2】Its 8,844.43 meters high. 它高8 844.43米。 【解析】基数词名词形容词(long / wide / high / deep / away / old等)意为“多长/宽/高/深/远/大”，在句中作表语或后置定语。“基数词连字符可数名词单数/形容词”相当于形容词，意为“长/宽/高/深/远/大的”，用作前置定语。,【演练】 ( )1. Last year，three hundred English teachers took part in the _ English Training. A. two-month B. two-months C. two months D. two month ( )2. How long is the bridge? Its _. A. 300-meter-long B. 300-meters long C. 300 meters long D. 300 meter long,A,C,( )3. Teenagers should have at least _ sleep in the evening. A. eight hours B. eight-hours C. eight hours D. eight ( )4. The old bridge in town is _ long. A. 150-meters B. 150-meter C. 150 meters D. 150 meter,C,C,( )5. Think about it, hes just _ boy. A. an 11-year-old B. an 11 years old C. a 11-year-old D. an 11-years old,A,【考点3】Every time she is in the library，Sally looks at the many books she hasnt read yet and she cant wait to read them！每次在图书馆，当萨利看到那些她没有读过的书的时候，她总是迫不及待地去读它们。 【解析】该句型用以表达迫切去做某事。cant wait to do sth. 意为“迫不及待做某事”；wait for意为“等候”；wait to do sth. 意为“等着做某事”。cant help doing sth. 意为“情不自禁做某事”。,【演练】 ( )1. Jenny，I hear there will be an art club in our school. Wonderful! I cant wait to _ it. A. repeat B. repeating C. joining D. join ( )2. When I got to the bus stop, I missed the early bus and had to _ the next one. A. give up B. keep off C. call off D. wait for,D,D,( )3. You look worried. Whats wrong? I went for a job interview yesterday and I _ the result. A. waited for B. was waiting for C. am waiting for D. will wait for ( )4. I cant wait _ my gift box! I know! Im waiting for you _ it. A. to open; to open B. to opening; for C. open; open D. opening; to open,C,A,( )5. I know its not healthy, but I cant help _. A. to smoke B. smoke C. smoking D. smokes,C,【考点4】Ever since then, she has been a fan of American country music. 从那以后，她成了一名美国乡村音乐爱好者。 【解析】ever since意为“自从以来”。 ever since 作连词时，相当于since，ever起强调作用，主句常用现在完成时。,【演练】 ( )1. I met Lucy in the primary school and we have been close friends _. A. as usual B. again and again C. sooner or later D. ever since ( )2. I havent heard from him _ last year. A. when B. as C. for D. since,D,D,( )3. This medicine _ millions of peoples lives ever since it was put into use. A. is saving B. will save C. has saved D. had saved ( )4. My mother _ a good example for me since I was young. A. was B. has been C. will be D. is,C,B,【考点5】The number of records he has sold. 他的唱片的销售数量。 【解析】the number of意为“的数目”，后接可数名词复数或代词，其后的谓语动词用单数。a number of意为“大量的；许多”，后接可数名词复数，其后的谓语动词用复数。后者的number前可用形容词large,great,small等修饰。,【演练】 ( )1. A great number of new factories _ been set up in my hometown. A. have B. has C. having D. had ( )2. The number of the students in our school _ risen this year. A. having B. has C. had D. having,A,B,( )3. How many women teachers are there in your school? _ them _ two hundred. A. The number of; reaches B. The number of; reach C. A number of; reaches D. A number of; reach,A,( )4. In our school library there _ a number of books on science, and in these years the number of them _ growing larger and larger. A. are; is B. is; are C. have; are D. has; is,A,( )5. A number of students in this school _ from Hunan Province. Let me count. The number of those students _ about 40. A. comes; is B. comes;are C. come; are D. come; is,D,