（外研社）初中二年级 上册

广东 张佳望

English Book 2

Unit 3 Language in use .

Journey to space

Module 3

Language practice

1. Have you heard the

latest news ?

2. Some scientists have sent a

spacecraft .

3. And have the astronauts

discovered life on Mars ?

4. But astronauts have already

been to the moon .

5. We have been to the moon .

6. Scientists think that there

has been life on Earth for

millions of yours .

7. We haven’t found life on

other planets yet .

8. Scientists have discovered many

other galaxies in the universe .

9. They are a long way and their

light has travelled for many

years to reach us .

10. Scientists have sent lots of spacecraft

to look at other planets in our solar

system .

11. Some spacecraft have gone beyond

the solar system .

12. No one has discovered any life in

space yet .

现在完成时 :

表示过去发生或完成的某一动作 ,

对现在造成的影响或结果。其构成： have (has) + 过去分词。

Grammar

egg ：Have you read that story ？你读过那个故事吗？

I have bought two apples ． 我买了两个苹果。The plane has arrived .

飞机已经来了。I've been to Beijing three times.

我去过北京三次。

常与现在完成时连用的几个副词：already， just， ever， yet， nev

er 等。 already， just 多用于肯定句中， ever， yet， never 多用于疑问句和否定句中。

eg ：I have already finished my

homework ．我已经做完家庭作业了。 He has just had his meal ．他刚吃过饭。

Have you ever sung this English

song ？你曾唱过这首英文歌吗？ They haven‘t started yet ．他们还没有动身。 We have never heard of it ．我们从来没有听说过这件事。

I‘ve just been to the post office.

我刚才去邮局了。 Have you ever been to Hangzhou?

你曾经去过杭州吗？Mary has never been to the Great

Wall.

玛丽从未去过长城。

Put the words in the correct place

in each sentence .

Astronauts have been to the moon

. ( already )

Astronauts have already been to

the moon .

1. The haven’t been to Mars . ( yet )

__________________________

2. Many astronauts have visited the

space station . ( already )

___________________________

_______________________

The haven’t been to Mars yet .

Many astronauts have already

visited the space station .

3. The spacecraft has reached Mars .

( just )

____________________________

__________

4. We’ve known that there isn’t any

life on the moon . ( already )

___________________________

__________________

The spacecraft has just reached

Mars .

We’ve already known that there

isn’t any life on the moon

5. We have started to look at other

planets . ( just )

____________________________

_________________

6. The space shuttle has returned from

a visit to the space station .( just )

____________________________

___________________________ .

We have just started to look at

other planets

The space shuttle has just returned

from a visit to the space station

Put the words in order to make

sentences .

1. we / just / TV / programme / on / a

/ watch / have / .

_____________________________

_____ .We have just watched a programme

on TV

2. on / discovered / yet / life / they /

Mars / haven’t / .

___________________________

_________

3. already / astronauts / landed /

moon / on / the / have /.

____________________________

_________

They haven’t discovered life on

mars yet .

Astronauts have already landed on

the moon .

Look at these sentences .

The astronauts have gone to the space

station .

They’ve gone there , but they haven’t

come back .

The astronauts have been to the space

station .

They went there and they came

back .

Now choose the correct words .1. Astronauts have been / gone to

the moon and returned safely .

_________________________

_________________________

2. The spacecraft

has been / gone into

space . It won’t return .

____________________________

____________________________

__________________________

3. The space shuttle has been / gone to

the space station . It will come back

tomorrow .

_____________________________

_____________________________

__________________

4. The space shuttle has been / gone to

the space station . It brought back

two astronauts .

_____________________________

_____________________________

__________________

Complete the sentences with the

expressions in the box .

1. A spacecraft _______________ to

Mars . It’s coming back to Earth

next year .

have / has been have / has gone

2. Lots of astronauts _____________

to the space station . They found it

very interesting .

3. Some American astronauts

________________ to the moon

several times .

4. A British astronaut______________

to the space station . He’ll come

back in January .

Complete the passage with the correct

form of the verbs .

Nicky: I’ve just (1)_______ ( see ) a

great TV programme about

space. Did you know that

scientists have (2)_______

(discover ) water on Mars ?

Bill: No ! Really ? That’s very

interesting. (3)_______ they

_______ ( try ) to find life on

Mars ?

Nicky: Well, they’re looking for life but

they (4)_______ ( not find )

anything yet.

Bill: They’ve already (5)_______

( find ) that there’s no life on

the moon.

Nicky: Yes, that’s right. So far there’s

only life on Earth.

Dear Diary,

I’ve (1)___________ finished

reading a great book at school. I

already been haven’t just never

read written yet

Complete the passage with the

words in the box.

haven’t (2)___________ anything as

good as that for a long time ! It is a

book about the solar system. It is so

good that I’ve (3)___________ asked

the library to keep the next book for

me ! In the book, it says that

astronauts have (4)________ to Mars

and

even to Jupiter. I’ve (5)__________

read that before ! I think they’re

keeping it secret ！ I (6)__________ met anyone famous

in my life but I hope one day I’ll

meet a real astronaut. I’ve

(7)___________ to NASA to ask

them for more information about

astronauts and space. I hope they

write back. They haven’t

(8)___________ , but I’m sure they

will soon.Best wishes,

Mary

Listen to this interview and choose

the correct answers.

(1) The astronaut joined NASA

________.

a) four years ago

b) six years ago

c) seven years ago

(2) The astronaut has flown in a

spacecraft ________.

a) once

b) three times

c) four times

(3) The astronaut has been to the

space station ________.

a) once

b) twice

c) ten times

(4) The astronaut has been seen

________.

a) the Earth from the space

station

b) the moon from the space

station

c) the Earth from the moon

(5) When he was on the space station

the astronaut thought about his

family ________

a) all the time

b) several times

c) from time to time

solar systemMilky Way

SPACE

mission

unmanned

space shuttle

astronaut

explore

discover find galaxy spacecraft

space station

Around the world

Planets and daysEuropean languages use the

names of the planets for days of

the week. For example, in

English, Saturday is named after

the planet Saturn, the sixth planet

from the Sun. Sunday is the day

of the Sun, a traditional day of

rest. Monday gets its name from

the moon and is the day of the

moon.

1.as …as “ ”意思是 和．．．一样 ， 中间用形容词或副词的原级。eg:

Tom is as tall as I.汤姆和我一样高 as…as 的否定结构可用 not as /so…

as “ ”意思是 ．．．不如．．． 。

Important and difficult points

eg:

Jack is not as /so clever as his sister .

杰克不如他姐姐聪明。She does not sing so/as well as Peng

Liyuan.

她唱得不如彭丽媛好。

2. It was so good that I’ve already

asked the library to keep the next

book for me !

它（这本书）是那么好以至于我已经请求图书室为我保留下一本了！

本句是“ so… that” 句型，基本结构： so+adj.(adv)+that 从句其中so 跟形容词或副词的原级， that

引导的是一个结果状语从句， eg:

Bob is so tall that he can almost

reach the ceiling. 鲍勃个子那么高，他几乎够得着天花板。

He ran so quickly that we couldn’t

catch up with him.

他跑得飞快 , 我们跟不上他 .

Web. Ex. 9, 10 &11

Homework

Making a poster about space travel

1. Choose a subject , for

example ,the first moon

landing ,or China’s first manned

space travel. Look for some

photos and information about it .

2. Write captions for the photos

and use the information to write

a paragraph .

3. Give your poster a title . Put it

somewhere for everyone to see.