题目内容
-- How far is it from here to your home?
--- It’s about ____________.
A.five minute walk B.five minutes’ walk
C.five minute walks D.five minutes’ walks
B
【解析】
试题分析:句意:从这儿到你家有多远?——步行大约五分钟。结合语境可知本句用复数名词minutes的所有格,walk为不可数名词,没有复数形式,故选B。
考点:名词所有格及名词的数
点评:英语中名词有可数名词与不可数名词之分,可数名词又有单复数之分,当可数名词的数量不是一个时,要变成复数形式,其构成规则也比较复杂,需要不断总结记忆。不可数名词大多是一些物质名词和抽象名词,没有数的变化,需要注意的是,一些在汉语中明显可数的名词,在英语中往往不可数,也需要加以总结,注意了解中西文化的差别,不能以中式思维思考英语问题。

--- It’s about ten _____ walk.
A.minute’s | B.minute | C.minutes’ | D.minutes |
Hello! I’m Sandy .I’m a Grade 8 students.I study at a secondy school .Now let me tell you about my school life. I get up at 6:15 a.m.Then I have my breakfast at six thirty. I go to school by bus .My home is about five kilometers away.from school.This often takes me 20 minutes.The first school begins at eight every morning.I usually have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon.Each class lasts 45 minutes .I have lunch at school .I often eat rice ,meat and many vegetables.Then I can sleep about half an hour.After class, I play volleyball or football with my classmates.School is over and I go home.I spend an hour on my homework .I watch TV for half an hour .
【小题1】What time does Sandy get up every day ?
A.6:15 a.m | B.6:15 p. m | C.6:30 a. m | D.7 a.m |
A.On foot | B.on a bike | C.By car | D.By bus |
A.5 meter. | B.5 kilometers. | C.15miles. | D.15kilometers |
A.20minutes. | B.20seconds. | C.20hours. | D.20days. |
A.2 | B.4 | C.6 | D.8 |
You either have it, or you don’t-a sense of direction. But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map while others can lose themselves in the next street?
Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use it, we lose it.
“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around,” says Jim Martland, research director of the project. “However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills.”
Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:
If you are using a map, turn it so that it relates to(与……有联系) the way you are facing.
If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree-something easy to recognize. Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.
Simplify(简化) the way for finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or wells in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as towerblocks or hills which can help to find out where you are.
Now you will never get lost again!
【小题1】Children have the ability to find the way around when they are ______ years old.
A.5 | B.6 | C.7 | D.8 |
A.Tower blocks. | B.Hills. | C.Wells. | D.Bikes. |
A.To give special importance to something. |
B.To express thanks for somebody. |
C.To understand or become aware of a fact. |
D.To admire somebody. |
A.some babies are born with a sense of direction |
B.people learn a sense of direction as they grow older |
C.people never lose their sense of direction |
D.everybody has a sense of direction from birth |
A.A research on direction. |
B.A sense of direction. |
C.People’s ability of finding the way. |
D.Scientists’ research on skills. |