Unit8

HaveyoureadTreasureIslandyet?;Newwords;HaveyouheardofRobinsonCrusoe?;Trytofindthesentencesusingthewords.;Readthepassage.Thenanswerthequestions.;Correctthesentences.;

2.Fridaymadeasmallboat.

3.Robinsonusedtheshiptobuildhishouse.;5.Fridaysawsomemarksofanotherman’sfeetonthebeach.

6.Robinsontriedtokillthetwomen.

;Readthepassageagain.Findwordsthathavethesemeanings.;Readandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.;1.TellTorF.;;WhatdidRobinsonfindafewweeksago?;3.WhatdidRobinsondoforFriday?;三者或三者以上相比，表示最高程度时，用“the+最高级”的结构表示。这种句式一般常有表示比较范围的介词短语。例如：

ZhangHuaisthetallestofthethree.

Heworks(the)hardestinhisclass.;2.最高级可被序数词以及much，byfar，nearly，almost，bynomeans，notquite，notreally，nothinglike等词语所修饰。例如：

Thishatisbyfar／much／nearly／almost／notnearly／bynomeans／notquite／nothinglikethebiggest.Howmuchdidthesecondmostexpensivehatcoat?;3.表示“最高程度”的形容词，如excellent，extreme，perfect等，没有最高级，也不能用比较级。

4.形容词最高级修饰作表语或介词宾语的名词、代词时，被修饰的词往往省略。

e.g.Heisthetallest(boy)inhisclass.

5.作状语的副词最高级前可以不加定冠词。

e.g.Ofalltheboyshecame(the)earliest.;Exercises;4.—Whichis____seasoninBeijing?

—Ithinkit’sautumn.

A.goodB.betterC.bestD.thebest

5.—Whichis____,thesun,themoonortheearth?

—Themoonis.

smallB.smaller

C.smallestD.thesmallest;6.IstudyEnglishas____asmybrother.

A.hardB.harderC.hardest

7.Whichis____,abicycleoracomputer?

A.expensiveB.moreexpensive

C.themostexpensive

8.TheYellowRiverisoneof______riversinChina.

A.longB.longerC.thelongest