初中英语---unit12重点短语：1. by the time 在……之前2. be full of 充满3. give . . . a lift 捎（某人）一程4. go off 响铃5. rush out 冲出6. wake up 醒来 wake sb. up 叫醒某人7. at least 至少；反正 8. be about to do sth. 将要做某事9. go on 发生；向前走 10. stare at 盯着……看11. in disbelief 怀疑地 12. in line with . . . (与……)成一排13. turn into 变成 14. jump out of 从……跳下15. show up 赶到；露面 16. by the end of 在（某时间点）以前17. get dressed 穿衣服 18. stay up 熬夜19. April Fool's Day 愚人节 20. Costume party 化妆舞会21. sell out 卖光 22. take place 发生23. play jokes on sb. 和某人开玩笑 24. play a trick on sb. 捉弄某人25. end up doing sth. 结果是（做）…；以（做）…而告终 end up with sth. 以某事结束26. get married to 和……结婚 27. police officer 警官28. run out of 用光；耗完重点句型:1. Life is full of the unexpected. 生活充满了意外。
2. By the time I got outside, the bus had already left.当我到外面的时候，公共汽车已经离开了。
by the time 在……以前（常引导表示过去的时间状语从句，主句常用过去完成时。
）by now 表示“到现在为止”，通常与现在完成时连用。
By now I have collected 200 dolls.3. When I got to school, I realized I had left my backpack at home.当我到达学校时，我才意识到我把书包落在家里了。
4. My alarm clock didn't go off! 我的闹钟没有响！5. Luckily, Carl's dad saw me on the street and gave me a lift in his car.幸运的是,卡尔的老爸在街上看到我，就捎了我一程。
6. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. 当我正要上楼,这时我决定先去买杯咖啡。
7. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office.我去了我最喜欢的咖啡店，虽然它在我办公室东边两个街区以外。
8. Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party. 上周五晚上，我朋友邀请我参加他的生日聚会。
9. After an hour, the other kids showed up... 一小时后，其他的孩子们都来了...10. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. 它发生在每年的四月一日，这一天许多人互相之间搞恶作剧开玩笑。
11. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy buy as much as spaghetti as they could.很多人赶到当地的超市抢购意大利面条，能买多少就买多少。
12. Many April Fool's jokes may end up being not very funny. 许多愚人节玩笑的结局并不是那么有趣。
13. He asked her to marry him. 他向她求婚。
14. How did you feel about this day 这一天，你觉得如何How do you feel about…（= What do you think of… = How do you like…）你认为……怎么样/你怎样看待……（用于询问对方对事物的观点或看法。
）语法重点过去完成时态一、用法：表示在过去某一时间或动作之前已经发生或完成了的动作或状态，即“过去的过去”。
二、构成：had+ 过去分词 had not（hadn't ） + 过去分词三、时间状语：by the end of, by the time / when / before＋从句（一般过去时）基础练习用括号里所给词的适当形式填空。
1. When Tim get back home, he started to realize that the thief __ ______ (come) to his house.2. By the time I received the letter, I ____________ (tell) the con tent of it.3. When I was born, I _____ (cry) heavily the first time in my li fe.按要求改写句子1. The bus had left by the time I got there.（改为否定句）The bus_______ ________by the time I got there.2. He has already had breakfast. (改为一般疑问句) ________ he had breakfast __________3. The story was very interesting. I could never forget it. (合并为一句)The story was____________interesting___________ I could never forge t it.4. She said, “I have read the book.”(改为同义句)She said that ________ ________ read the book.5. The box is so heavy that he can’t carry it. (改为同义句)The box is __________heavy for him __________carry.the time he arrived, the train had left.（对划线部分提问）________ ________ the train __________had never been to China before last year.(完成反意疑问句)Susan had never been to China before last year，______ ________Unit12练习题一、单选( )1. France is _______ European country; Japan is_______ Asian c ountry.A. an; theB. a; aC. a; anD. an; an( )2. Lee_____ all night in order to watch the football match b etween France and Italy.A. put upB. stayed upC. got upD. showed up( )3. I am looking for a house. I’d like _______ with a garde n.A. oneB. itC. thatD. th is( )4. －When was David born－He was born _____ June 12，1989.A. AtB. inC. onD. for( )5. _______ hard work it is!A. HowB. WhatC. What aD. What an( )6. When I got to school, the English class had been on______5 minutes.A.at lastB. at leastC. before l ongD. long before( )7. —Why was he late for school yesterday—He overslept. By the time he got to the bus stop, the bus _____ a lready _____.A. was; leavingB. has; leftC. would; leaveD. had; left( )8. When they opened the door, I _______ go out to have a w alk..about to about to to to ( )9. “Could we finish such kind of work in two days”Vivian asked me _____.surprise disbelief silencefear( )10. The little boy ______me a few minutes before his mother showed up.A. stares atB. has stared atC. looks atD. had stared at( ) the school bell _____, all the students had entered the cla ssroom.A. went into out away D. went off( ) I got to the cinema, all the tickets __________ .A. are selling sold C. are sold outD. had been sold out( )13. The old couple ______ for 50 years before 2010.A. got marriedB. have been marriedC. had marr ied been married( )14. The little boy is _____ lovely _____ everyone likes him .A. such; thatB. too; toC. so; thatD. too; that( ) ---I realized I had lost my wallet on my way to school.A. What did you think of happened to youdid you go to school did you play the joke二.完形填空Last summer, I went to visit my cousin. My dad was --1--when my aunt called him. He left his cigarette(香烟) on the table so he could continue smoking it when he came back.My cousin --2-- the cigarette to check it out. She asked me if I had ever smoked before. “ No way.” I answered and --3--the cigarette on the ground. Just then, my dad came back and looked for his cigarette.“Where is my cigarette” he asked. I knew that this was the moment of truth and began to -4-I told my dad that I couldn’t believe he liked smoking. I was sure he knew how --5--it was, so why did he do it He said that he started when he was a teenager. Now he was so addicted(上瘾的)that he couldn’t stop.Then I remembered a --6-- I saw on TV. There was a lady who was so addicted to cigarettes that she’d gotten really --7--. But she still couldn’t stop smoking. The doctors had to cut a hole in her throat for her to --8--, and she was still smokingthrough the hole! How terrible! Standing in front of my dad, I began to cry. What if that happened to himEver since that day, I think my dad has tried to --9--smoking. I’m still telling him how much I love him and don’t want to lose him because of smoking. I know one thing: I’ll --10--smoke. I want to live for a long time. I don’t want to be sick or out of control of my life.( ). sleeping B. smoking C. cooking( ) B. hung up C. picked up( ) B. found C. watched( ) C. explain( )( )( )( )( )( )三、阅读理解Every morning, the newspaper chief editor(主编) holds a meeting with the reporters. Theydiscuss the main events(事件) of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get downto work. They telephone peop-le and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper’s own libr ary to look up anyinformation that they need. This is called “doing one’s homework”.At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day’spaper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start workin g at once on the important new one. They must find out the new in formation as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is pu t together at the newsdesk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if someth ing more important happens late in the day. Other editorsread the stories which the reporters have written and make any neces sary changes.Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing(印刷) the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing mac hines. The newspapers are then delivered(发送) by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latestnewspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.( )1. What is the work in a newspaper office likeA. Interesting and confusingB. Important and patient.C. Particular and necessary.D. Fast an d busy.( )2. According to the passage, the right order for a reporter’s work is ____________.a. writing storiesb. doing interviewsc. joining in a discussiond. doing homeworke. handing stories to the editorA. cbadeB. cdeabC. cbdaeD. cadbe( )3. The front page contents(内容) are decided by ___________.A. the importance of the eventsB. how well the stories ar e writtenC. the knowledge of the chief editorD. whether th ey are the latest( )4. Word editors’work is to ____________.A. help the chief editor with the morning discussionB. decide when and how the papers can be printedC. read the stories and make necessary changesD. get together information from reporters and photographers( )5. The best title for this passage is “____________”.A. How a newspaper is producedB. How newspapers are del iveredC. What kind of papers readers likeD. Whose work is more important完成对话A: Hi, Jack. You look upset. What happenedB: I _____________ with my mother this morning and I’m really sad now.A: For whatB: I like playing soccer. I was a star player in primary school. Now our school isorganizing a soccer team and plan to join it. But my mother _____________. I talked back to her and she was very angry.A: Why didn’t she allow you to join itB: She says she is worried about my safety and health. You know I _______________seriously broke my right leg when I was playing soccer three years ago.A: Yes, I remember. So you should understand her.B: I _______________talking back to her, but I don’t think she should ________________my life. Although I used to get injured, it doesn’t mean I must keep away from the sport ______________. Everybody has a hobby or a dream, and I hope she can allow me to make a choice myself.A: So you want to be a football player in the futureB: Yes. But if my mother doesn’t allow me to play it, how can I have a chance to achieve my dreamA: I think maybe your mother doesn’t know it is your dream. She thinks you just want to play it for fun. If you tell her about it, she may agree. As parents, they always_____________ their children’s decision.B: I hope so. And I think parents should let their children make their own decisions from young. In this case, they will be more _______________ after they enter society. A: You’re right in some way. But we also need their guide as we are young. Sometimes we can’t ______________our own lives without them.B: You’re right. I’ll say sorry to my mother and tell her my own opinions.A: Good. I think she will understand you. For you she wants only the ________________. you should know it.B: Yes. Thank you very much.十二选十bad choice examine finally invite keeplie movement regret slow successful twoA big company wanted to find someone to work for it. Lots of young college students came to ask for the job, but only a small part of them was left. And this time, the company didn’t plan _______________ the right persons as usual.Here came the day when they took the _________________ interview. A big box full of papers was placed on the way to the interview room, and a few papers were ___________around the box.The first student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. “ Who puts this box in the middle of the road” the student said to himself, but he did not try _________________the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.The second student came along and did the same thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained about the box but none of them moved it away. Some students behaved even _________. They walked on the papers and left without having a look at the things on the ground.Half an hour later, a thin young man with glasses came. He was also among those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking ______________, he stopped and began to pick up the papers and put them into the box. Then he moved the box to the side ______________. To his great surprise, he found a(n) _______________under the box. On it were the following words, “ Congratulations, young man! You are the right person we are looking for! Would you like to join us”The young man ________________in passing the interview without entering the interview room.The other students ________________for not picking up the papers but it was too late. Sometimes, you see, helping others is helping yourself.11111111Practice makes perfect! 11。