【正文】 Three men went up in a balloon（氣球）. They started early in London. The headman was Ted, and the other two men were Davy and Emilio. 1 Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope （繩子）, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So 2 . It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand. After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres, and 3 . The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men’s basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. 4 , but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice. At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing。 （3）通過語篇標(biāo)記進(jìn)行預(yù)測 （4）語篇標(biāo)記包括關(guān)聯(lián)詞、轉(zhuǎn)換詞也包括其他關(guān)鍵詞。解題時先跳過空格，通讀完形填空的短文，了解全篇的內(nèi)容和要旨。動筆時要瞻前顧后、通篇考慮、先易后難。 2. 選詞填空題：該題型的特點是把抽出的詞打亂順序，不按原文順序排列，放在短文前面或后面的方框內(nèi)，有時還增加幾個文外的詞，要求考生從中選出適當(dāng)?shù)脑~以正確的形式填入短文空格內(nèi)。 If it __________ tomorrow, we ___________. 3. 如果你經(jīng)常聽英文歌，你將會喜歡英語的。 was cooking 5. was having。 學(xué)習(xí)向別人提建議的幾種句式： （1）I think you should… （2）Well, you could… （3）Maybe you should … （4）Why don’t you…? （5）What about doing sth.? （6）You’d better do sth. ★★練一練★★ 用should或shouldn’t填空 1. I can’t sleep the night before exams. You ______ take a warm shower before you go to bed. 2. Good friends ______ argue each other. 3. There is little milk in the glass. We _______ buy some. 4. They didn’t invite you? Maybe you ______ be friendlier. 5. I am a little bit overweight. So I think I _______ do exercises every day. 答案：1. should 2. shouldn’t 3. should 4. should 5. should（三）過去進(jìn)行時 過去進(jìn)行時表示過去某一點時間正在進(jìn)行的動作或者過去某一段時間內(nèi)一直進(jìn)行的動作。Practice makes perfect!新目標(biāo)八年級上冊 英語語法知識點精講+練習(xí)（一）一般將來時 一般將來時表示將來某個時間要發(fā)生的動作或者存在的狀態(tài)。 1. 構(gòu)成 was /were + doing，例如： I was watching TV at 9 o’clock last night. at 9 o’clock last night是時間點 They were playing football all afternoon. all afternoon是時間段 2. 過去進(jìn)行時的標(biāo)志詞 at 8 o’clock last night, this time yesterday等。 called（四）間接引語形成步驟： （1）不要逗號，冒號，引號 （2）要考慮到人稱的變化（人稱的變化與漢語是一致的） （3）要考慮時態(tài)的變化 （4）要考慮時間狀語、地點狀語和語示代詞的變化。 If you often ________, you _________________. 答案： 1. If you go to the party, you will have a good time 2. If it rains tomorrow, we won’t go to the piic 3. If you often listen to English songs, you’ll like English 二. 完形填空特點及解題思路（一）題型分類與特點 完形填空試題是在給出的一篇短文中有目的地拿掉若干個詞，留下一些空格，要求考生借助短文保留的部分，從所給的短文整體出發(fā)，在正確理解短文意思的基礎(chǔ)上，根據(jù)句子和句子間的內(nèi)在聯(lián)系、詞的用法和習(xí)慣搭配等，用適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或詞語填空，使補全后的短文意思通順、前后連貫、結(jié)構(gòu)完整。（A） Jack wanted to ask for two days off, 1 he had only learnt the phrase （短語）“have a day off”. He 2 , then he had an idea. “Grandmother is ill. May I have a day off, 3 ? ”he asked the teacher. “Of course, you can. ”replied （答復(fù)）the teacher at once. After a while, the boy came to 4 at the teacher’s door. “May I have a day off 5 ? ”The teacher was very surprised, “Didn’t you 6 it just now? ”“Yes, sir. But I can’t be here 7 , either. ”The teacher understood him and could not help 8 . Then he said with a smile, “Why didn’t you say‘May I have two days off? ’”The boy answered quickly 9 a loud voice. “But you only 10 us‘have a day off! ’”（ ）1. A. but B. and C. or D. for（ ）2. A. thought hardly B. thought hard