Section A 第三课时 (3a -4c)

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.

人教版 九年级下册

一、单项选择

1.--Why were you late this morning?   --My alarm clock didn’t _____, so I overslept.    A. go by     B. go on     C. go off     D. go down2. When I got to the cinema, the movie ____ for  five minutes.   A. began    B. had begun   C. had been on D. has been on  

C

C

3. She will be a nurse ____ she graduates from the school.   

A. by the time    B. at this time  

C. at that time   D. at a time

4. I ___ this morning and missed the early

bus.  

  A. overslept   B. slept   

C. held    D. caught 

A

A

5. --Is his grandmother still ____ ?   

--Yes, she is 102 years old!    

A. live   B. living  

C. alive   D. lively

6. I didn’t believe he could drive ____ he 

told me.  

A. once  B. while 

C. since  D. till   

B

D

7.--Mark, you look so tired.   --Oh, I worked ____ it was 12 o’clock last  night.       A. unless   B. after    C. till    D. as 8. Teachers are often compared to _____  candles.   A. burnt     B. is burning   C. burns    D. burning  

C

D

9. Miss Lee didn’t ____ our party because she  forgot.   A. show up   B. come up   C. get up    D. take up 10. If you must go, at least wait ____ the rain  stops.   A. unless   B. till   C. before   D. for  

A

B

11. I don’t like vegetables ____ they are good  for my health.    A. because   B. even though   C. after all   D. so that  12. Hurry up, Tom! The train is _____ to start.    A. about  B. with  C. for  D. at

B

A

13. -- Boys and girls! Please ____ your  compositions after class.   -- Oh, my God! I ____ it at home.   A. hand in; forgot    B. hand in; left    C. hand out; forgot    D. hand out; left14. Ice is not often seen here in winter as the  temperature normally stays ____ zero.  A. up   B. down   C. above   D. below

B

C

block n.街区

worker n.工作者；工人

stare v.盯着看；凝视

disbelief n.不信；怀疑

above adv.在上面；向上面

burn v.着火；燃烧

airport n.机场

west adv. 向西；朝西adj. 向西的；西部的 n. 西；西方

east west southnorth

+ern

1. Which two events does the writer mention?

2. How did the writer end up missing both

events?

3a3a

Read the passage and answer the questions.

1.Which two events does the writer mention?

The writer mentions the September 11 attack in New York and the earthquake in New Zealand.

2. How did the writer end up missing both events?

The writer went to get a coffee first and was not in the office when the plane hit the World Trade Center. He/she had over slept and missed his/her flight, so he/she is able to avoid the earthquake.

Incident Date Place

How did the writer end up missing both events?

1

2

The World

Trade Center

was hit by

a plane

September

11,2001In New

York

He decided to get a

coffee first from a

coffee place two

blocks away.

Earthquake February 22,2011

In New

Zealand

He missed his plane

to New Zealand.

I get an apple from the plate.

She loves in the east of the city.

1.lost:_______________________________

______________________________

2.west:______________________________

_

______________________________

3b3b

Find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words blow. Then write a sentence with each word.

The sun is shining above my head.

The dog is still alive.

The glass is full of water.

3.below:_______________________________

_______________________________

4.dead:________________________________

________________________________

5.empty:_______________________________

_______________________________

arrive at

stare in disbelief take off

unexpected burn above

alive till/until

be about to even though

3c3c

Retell one of the events to your partner. Use these words and phrases to help you.

GrammarFocus

When I go to school, I realized that I had left my backpack at home.

By the time I got back to school, the bell had rung.

Before I got to the bus stop, the bus had already left.

I was about to go up to my office when I decided to get a coffee first.

As I was waiting in line with the other office workers, I heard a loud sound.

________________________________________________________________________________

1.Tim went into the bathroom.

Mary got up.

By the time Mary got up ， Tim had already gone into the bathroom.

4a4a

Make sentences using by the time or before.

2. The coffee became cold.

I put cream in the coffee.

Before the coffee become cold, I had put cream in the it.________________________________________________________________________________

3.The teacher collected

the math homework. I got to school.

________________________________________________________________________________By the time I got to school, the teacher had collected the math homework.

4.I completed the

work for my boss. The workday ended.

Before the workday ended, I had completed the work for my boss.________________________________________________________________________________

5.The movie started. I arrived at the cinema.

________________________________________________________________________________By the time I arrived, the movie had started.

6.My mother finished

making the apple pie.

I got home from my language course.

By the time I got home, my mother had finished making the apple pie.

________________________________________________________________________________

rush out forget arrive at

go into show up find out1.By the time I arrived at the party,

everyone else __________ already______.

2.When he put the noodles into a bowl, he

realized he _____________to add the green

beans.

had showed up

had forgotten

4b4b

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.

3.By the time my mother came back from the market, I ______already __________the door to go for my piano lesson.4.Before she got to the airport, she ________ _________about the earthquake.5.When she _____________the movie theatre, she remembered she had forgotten to feed her dog.6.Before she got a chance to say goodbye, he_____________the building.

had rushed out

had found out

had arrived at

had went into

4c4c

Write two true statements and one false statement about your day yesterday. Then ask your classmates to guess the false statement.

1.By the time I left for school in the morning,

_______________________________________

2.By the end of the school day, _____________

_______________________________________

3.By dinner time, I ____________________

_____________________________________

3. below:______ ________________________________________

4. dead :______ ________________________________________________________________________________

5. empty:_____ ________________________________________________________________________________

There was a large bird flying above us.above

His family was so happy to hear that he was still alive.

alive

fullThe train was so full that I couldn’t get on at all.

1. Life is Full of the Unexpected

unexpected 作形容词，意为“想不到的；料不到的；意外的”。如： Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the cit

y. 市中心有这样的美景真是出乎意料。The announcement was not entirely unexpected . 这个通告并非完全出乎意料。She was put in a fluster by the unexpected guests. 不速之客的到来弄得她很慌张。

Language points

2. We started in disbelief at the black smoke rising ab

ove the burning building.

(1) start作动词 “，意为 开始” ， started是过去式。如： John then unlocked the front door and I started

to follow him up the stairs...

约翰接着打开前门，我开始跟他上楼。It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the gar

den... 苏珊娜是从 1956 年开始修建这个花园的。She started cleaning the kitchen.她开始打扫厨房。

Language points

(2) disbelief 作名词，表示“不相信；怀疑”。如： He stared at me in disbelief .

他满腹疑惑地盯着我。The film version requires greater suspension of disb

elief than the book. 与原书比起来，电影版需要带给观众更多的悬念。 It left us reeling with disbelief.

它让我们感到心烦意乱，难以置信。

Language points

above ， on, over 的用法

above

over

on

(3) above 作介词，意为“（表示程度）超过；（表示等级）在…之上；（表示位置）在…上方”。如： The glider was soaring above the valley. 那架滑翔机在山谷上空滑翔。The temperature has been above the average recently.

近来的气温一直比平均温度高。

Language points

above 作副词，意为“在上面； 以上； 上述 ”。

如： We are fascinated by the stars twinkling above.

天空中闪烁的星星让我们陶醉着。

Seen from above, the fields looked like a geometrical

pattern. 从上面往下看，那些农田像是几何图案。

Language points

3. show up 出席；露面

show up 为动词短语，意为“出席；露面”。

如： My brother said he would come. Why didn’t he

show up? 我哥哥说他会来的。为什么还没到？

Language points

1. 飞机就要起飞了。 The plane ____ about ____ _____ _____.

2. 不用盯着他看。 Don't ______ ______ him.

3. 他直到 7 点钟才能到机场。 He didn't get to ______ ______ ______ 7:00

a.m.

is to take off

stare at

the airport until

stare in disbelief take o unexpected ff burn above alive till/until arrive at be about to even though

3c Retell one of the events to your partner. Use these words and phrases to help you.

e.g. On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my ...

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