Great idea!(第一单元)

1.Read and Listen

A:1G 2F 3H 4B 5C 6E 7D 8A

C:Text l: windscreen wipers Text 2:chewing gum Text 3:mouse trap

Text 4:dishwasher Text 5: roller skates

D:1 He liked the taste and added something to it to make it even nicer.

2 He sold it to a big company.

3 Hotels and large restaurants bought it.

4 Because the canals weren't frozen and he couldn't travel along them on ice skates.

2.Grammar

B:Text l: was raining

Text 2:was trying;was thinking;was working

Text3: Atkinson was looking at

Text 5: was looking at; was thinking

B:Positive: was; were Negative: wasn't Question: Was; Were

Short answer: was; wasn't; were; were; weren't Answers

C:2 were playing 3 was sitting 4 was writing 5 was dreaming

D:1 B: was waiting; was buying

2 A:were you talking B:was telling

3 A: Were his parents living B: were living; was working

4 A: Were you watching B:was reading

5 A: were you having B:were talking

6 A: Were you playing B:wasn't playing;was doing

7 A:were they wearing B:weren't wearing;were wearing

6.Grammar

B:past continuous;past simple

C:1 was working; was checking; were thinking

2 looked; was going; were thinking; knew

3 looked; saw; was holding 

D:simple;continuous

E:2 was running:fell

3 were playing arrived

4 was having:had

7. Read

A:1 A flying machine.

2 No, young people invent things too.

B:2 d 3 a 4 b

8.Vocabulary

A:2 received 3 arrived 4 received

B:2 got to school 3 was getting wet 4 got angry

Culture in mind

9.Read and listen

B:2 The history of listening to music

C:1 In the mid 1920s because the radio became more popular.

2 They were made of aluminium foil and people could listen to them only a few times before the foil broke.

3 Gramophones used flat vinyl disks to hold music,phonographs used cylinders.

4 They could listen to music while they were travelling, doing sports or going for walks.

D:1 popular 2 disappear 3 a few times 4 similar 5 a disc jockey


11. Write



A:1 Velcro, George de Mestral


2 Because it helps fasten clothes, shoes,etc. and it's quick and easy to use.


3 He was walking in the woods and he got lots of burrs stuck on his clothes.


B:1A 2 C 3 B