《Have you ever entered a competition》是外研版中学八年级上学期Module 2 Experience 的第一单元。Module 2以Experiences为话题, 将Tony 和Lingling准备参加报纸举办的竞赛并赢得去伦敦旅游的机会作为导入，让学生在听、说、读、写技能训练的过程中学会通过正确使用现在完成时询问并讨论有关经验、经历的话题，并能根据课文以及所给出的提示，结合自己的实际，写一篇有关自己经历的短文。Unit 1以Have you ever entered a competition为话题， 通过听、读、说的技能训练让学生学会如何运用现在完成时讨论和询问自己和他人的经历。本节课所需课时为1课时，本节课需45分钟。

你的父母对你管教得严吗？在家里，他们是否给你订了许多规矩？请你写一篇70词左右的短文来描述一下你在家里要遵守的规定，以及你对这些规定的看法。

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　(D)

Suppose you are in an airplane flying over the fields of Japan, when you look down, the land is like a big checkerboard (方格图案). You see what seems to be wide steps around the sides of mountains. The wide steps are green fields. From the air, these fields look like great green stairways.

Japan is a small country. All of the land would not fill California. Yet she has almost half as many people as in the whole Unites States.

Much of Japan is covered by mountains. Only a small part of her land can be used to grow crops. The Japanese farmer only looks after very bit of his land. Even the mountains must be farmed. The Japanese farmer grows rice in little fields called “paddies”. These paddies are cut like stair steps down the mountains. Low walls of earth divide the paddies. Rice grows in the water held by these walls.

Hundreds of years ago, Japan looked very different. That was before her farmers gave Japan a new face.

Answer the following questions according to the passage.

1. From the air, what do the fields of Japan look like?

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2. What Japanese farmers grow in paddies?

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3. How big is Japan?

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4. What is the main idea of the passage?

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5. When did Japan look very different?

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　(C)

Fred joined the army when he was eighteen. Four years later he left the army and came back to his hometown. He found a job in a transport company. There he drove a taxi. He was kind to the passengers and drove carefully. So people liked to take his taxi and he got a lot of money.

One evening Fred took a passenger to the railway station. When he was returning, a man stopped him in front of a bar. It was difficult for him to get into the taxi. Fred was going to help him but he got in himself. He started to drive the taxi to a hotel which the man wanted to. Before long he found the man was taking off his clothes slowly.

“What are you doing behind, sir?” Fred asked in surprise. “We haven’t got to the hotel.”

“Why didn’t you tell me about it earlier?” the man said angrily. “I took off my shoes at the door.”

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.

Fred became a soldier at the age of eighteen. When he was ________ years old, he (2) ________ to his hometown. He (3) ________ in a transport company as a taxi driver. People liked to take his taxi.

One evening after returning from the railway station, a man took his taxi. On the way to the hotel which the man wanted to, the man began to take off his clothes. When Fred told him that they hadn’t still arrived at the hotel, the man was very (4) ________, because he thought that Fred had told him about it too (5) ________.　

　(B)

Dick was a clever college student, but his parents were poor, so he had to work after class and during his holiday to get enough money for his studies.

　　 One summer he got a job in a butcher’s shop during the daytime，and another in a hospital at night. In that shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that the butcher often left him to do all the things while the butcher went into the room behind the shop to do the accounts. In the hospital, of course, Dick was told to do only the easiest job. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another.

　　 Both in the butcher’s shop and in the hospital, Dick had to wear white clothes. One evening in the hospital, Dick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the operating-room. The woman already felt frightened when she thought about the operation. When she saw Dick coming to her, she felt even more frightened.

　 “No! No!”she cried. “Not my butcher! 1 won’t let my butcher operate on me!” With the words, she fainted away.

　　 Choose the best answer.

1. Dick had to work after class and during his holidays because ______.

　 A. his parents to told him to make more friends

　 B. he wanted to became a rich man

　 C. he couldn’t go on with his studies without enough money

　2. One summer Dick ______.

　 A. wanted to become not only a butcher but also a doctor

　 B. got two different jobs at two places

　 C. worked only during the daytime

3. In the hospital, Dick’s job was ______.

　 A. to take care of the wounded students

　 B. to carry the sick people from one place to another

　 C. to find out what was wrong with the sick people

4. When the woman saw Dick ______.

　 A. she was so frightened that she fainted away

　 B. she came back to life

　 C. she was quite pleased

5. Which of the following is true?

A. Dick was an unknown doctor.

B. Dick was a butcher and he studies at a college in the evening.

C. When the woman saw Dick, she thought he was going to operate on her.

(A)

How do you feel when you get up in the morning? Happy and energetic or tired and weak? Do you often wake up with a headache? Well, if the answer is yes, take Dr. Talbot’s advice and start feeling better.

Get up and move. If you hate feeling tired and unhappy, you should start exercising. Try jogging, swimming or cycling. When you exercise, our body produces special chemicals that give us energy and make us feel happier. That’s exercising, too.

Eat healthily. You should eat three balanced meals every day and you should not eat too much fast food. If you need some extra energy throughout the day, make an energy drink. Mix together fresh pineapple juice and low-fat milk. It tastes great!

Go out and enjoy nature. The smell of flowers will make you feel happy. Even the smell of your favorite food can change the way you feel!

Wake your body up. When you have a shower, change the temperature of the water from hot to cold and back to hot again. You’ll feel the difference.

Laugh! You should laugh for, at least, three minutes, three times a day. It will make you feel great!

Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.

1. It’s good for us to take chemicals that give us energy.

2. We should eat fast food three times a day.

3. Fresh pineapple juice with low-fat milk gives us energy.

4. When you take a shower, you’d better change the temperature of the water.

5. We should laugh at least three times a week.

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

What does “getting along with your teacher” mean, anyway? “Getting along” means you and your teacher have a relationship that 　　1　 　for both of you, and that you both get what you 　　2　 　from the relationship. For your teacher, he or she wants to make 　　3　 　you are careful, being respectful and polite, and 　　4　 　your best to learn. For you, you 　　5　 　a teacher who respects you, answers your questions, and tries to 　　6　 　you learn. You can get along with your teacher and learn without being friends with him or her, although it’s 　　7　 　if that happens.

In every school, kids say some teachers are too 　　8　 　or serious, but don’t judge a teacher 　　9　 　you are in his or her class and can see for yourself. Most of time, your teacher is on your 　10　 . And a teacher who’s strict may be someone who 　　11　 　to do his or her job well-teaching you the 　　12　 　you should learn. It’s also 　　13　 　to remember that making mistakes is a 　　14　 　of learning. By pointing out your mistakes and helping you 　　15　 　them, a teacher is teaching you.

1. A. works　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. offers　　　　　　　　　　　 C. looks

2. A. hate　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. agree　　　　　　　　　　　 C. need

3. A. right　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. sure　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. able

4. A. trying　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. making　　　　　　　　　　 C. taking

5. A. become　　　　　　　　　　　 B. refuse　　　　　　　　　　　 C. want

6. A. encourage　　　　　　　　　　 B. help　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. ask

7. A. well　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. wrong　　　　　　　　　　　 C. nice

8. A. brave　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. strict　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. strange

9. A. until　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. since　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. when

10. A. place　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. team　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. side

11. A. expects　　　　　　　　　　　 B. fails　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. allows

12. A. homework　　　　　　　　 B. subject　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. example

13. A. successful　　　　　　　　　 B. possible　　　　　　　　　　 C. important

14. A. part　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. piece　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. chance　

15. A. practice　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. receive　　　　　　　　　　 C. correct

5. His wife died of cancer last week.　

　(B) Choose the proper choices from the box to complete the dialogue.

A: (1) _______

B: I’m not sure what I’ll do.

A: You really should go to college. (2) _______

B: I don’t like studying.

A: (3) _______

B: Playing the piano. I want to be a pianist.

A: (4) _______ You can’t be a professional pianist unless you are very good.

B: (5) _______

4. Why do you think Zheng He is famous?

3. When was the People’s Republic of China founded?