### 课时要点敲黑板
1. surprise n. 惊奇，诧异
① to one's surprise 令某人惊奇的是
② in surprise 惊讶地
③ surprised 形容词，意为“吃惊的”；surprising 形容词，意为“令人惊讶的”。
注意：surprised 多用于修饰人，surprising 多用于修饰事物。
eg: I was surprised at the surprising news.
我对那条令人惊讶的消息感到很吃惊。
2. My father is in his fifties.
我爸爸五十多岁。
①“in one's＋数词复数”是固定短语，表示“在某人几十岁时”。
eg: He became a professor in his thirties.
他在三十多岁时当了教授。
②“in the＋数词复数”可表示在某个年代。
eg: It was in the 1960s, and things were hard for the farmers.
那是在 20 世纪 60 年代，形势对农民来说很艰难。
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### 教材要点巩固练

一、根据首字母及汉语提示完成句子
1. It's u__________（不寻常的）for Dave to be late.
2. His father died of c__________（癌症）ten years ago.
3. Mary looked out of the window in s__________（惊讶）.
4. What was your most important piece of r__________（研究）?
5. There aren't any fruits or vegetables l__________（剩下的）in the fridge. Can you go and buy some?

nusual
; ancer
; urprise
; esearch
; eft

二、用所给单词的适当形式填空
6. Millie seemed ______ (be) a little stressed from time to time.
7. When I think of my little cat's ______ (die), I always feel sad.
8. His mother is so poor that she can't afford ______ (buy) him a new computer.
9. The person who has influenced me ______ (much) is my mother.
10. You shouldn't be ______ (surprise) that he didn't come.

to be
; death
; to buy
; most
; surprised

一、完形填空
Since your last birthday, a lot of things have changed. For one, you're much smarter than you were last year.
$But there might be some other changes—ones that you weren't \underline{\quad1\quad}. You feel awkward（$尴尬的）because your body is changing. You're getting pimples（粉刺$）and you don't know \underline{\quad2\quad} to do about it.$
$All of these are happening because you're going \underline{\quad3\quad} a period called puberty（$青春期$）. Your body is beginning to \underline{\quad4\quad}. You're moving from a kid to an adult—growing up.$
$But growing up doesn't only mean \underline{\quad5\quad} changes. You're changing on the inside too. Changes bring \underline{\quad6\quad}. While you deal with these changes, you may feel confused and get angry easily.$
$You care a lot about your \underline{\quad7\quad}. You may be having feelings about a certain boy or girl. You worry so much about school that you can't sleep at night. You find it really sad that your parents are always trying to make \underline{\quad8\quad} for you.$
$Maybe you feel like you need to be in more control of your life. Yes, growing up is a time of changing feelings and different ways of \underline{\quad9\quad}.$
$Growing up is never easy to do. But remember that you're not \underline{\quad10\quad}. Everybody goes through it. And in the end, these experiences will make you become a special person: your grown-up self.$
1. A. afraid of B. surprised at
C. excited at D. ready for
2. A. who B. when
C. what D. how
3. A. over B. past
C. into D. through
4. A. develop B. improve
C. complete D. control
5. A. physical B. mental
C. amazing D. healthy
6. A. fun B. problems
C. questions D. course
7. A. lessons B. looks
C. friends D. ideas
8. A. decisions B. trouble
C. changes D. differences
9. A. studying B. growing
C. dealing D. thinking
10. A. young B. worried
C. alone D. afraid