中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版（经典实用）

1、中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 英语 第17课时九年级Units 78 （人教版）（人教版） 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 重点词汇 1.license/licence(n.)证；证件 2safety(n.)安全；安全性 3smoke(v./n.)冒烟；吸烟；烟 4cry(v.)哭；叫喊 5hug(v.)拥抱；搂抱 6lif

2、t(v./n.)举起；抬高；电梯 7hardworking(adj.)工作努力的；辛勤的 8awful(adj.)很坏的；讨厌的 9regret(v.)感到遗憾；懊悔 10chance(n.)机会；可能性 11educate(v.)教育；教导 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 12.manage(v.)完成(困难的事)；应付(困难局面) 13support(v./n.)支持 14enter(v.)进来；进去 15choice(n.)选择；挑选 16whose(adj./pron.)谁的 17attend(v.)出席

3、18valuable(adj.)贵重的；很有用的；宝贵的 19picnic(n.)野餐 20anybody(pron.)任何人 21prevent(v.)阻止；阻挠 22noise(n.)噪音 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 23.policeman(n.)男警察 24energy(n.)精力；力量 25outdoors(adv.)在户外；在野外 26sleepy(adj.)困倦的；瞌睡的 27land(v.)降落 28suit(n./v.)西服；套装；适合 29express(v.)表达；表示 30receive

4、(v.)接受；收到 31leader(n.)领导；领袖 32medical(adj.)医疗的；医学的 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 词汇拓展 1.safety(安全的)safe(危险的)dangerous(危险)danger 2badly(好)well(差的)bad(更差的)worse(最差的)worst 3poem(诗人)poet 4educate(教育)education(有教育的意义的)educational 5social(社会)society 6entrance(进来)enter 7choose(选择；

5、挑选)choice 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 8.who(谁的)whose 9value(贵重的)valuable 10somebody(任何人)anybody 11policeman(复数)policemen(女警察)policewoman(复数 )policewomen 12easy(担心的；不安的)uneasy 13outdoors(在室内)indoors 14sleep(困倦的；瞌睡的)sleepy 15receive(接受)accept 16lead(领导人)leader 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教

6、材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 重点短语 1.回嘴；顶嘴talk back 2避免接近；远离keepaway from 3自己做决定make ones own decision 4做兼职工作have a parttime job 5设法做某事manage to do sth. 6挡路；妨碍get in the way of 7 7在野餐at the picnic 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 8.参加音乐会attend a concert 9感到不安feel

7、uneasy 10追逐；追赶run after 11不但而且not onlybut also 12属于belong to 13同时；一起at the same time 1414用某种方式in a certain way 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 重点句型 1.Teenagers _ _ _ to choose their own clothes. 应该允许青少年选择他们自己的衣服。 2I _ _ sixteenyearolds should be allowed to drive. 我认为不应该允许十六岁的

8、青少年驾车。 3Teenagers are too young to _ _ _ _ 青少年太年轻不能够自己做决定。 4It _ _ Meis hair band. 它可能是梅的发带。 should be allowed dont think make their own decisions could be 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 5. _ _ _ we may be allowed to take photos if we dont _ _ _ ？你认为如果我们不使用闪光灯的话，会允许我们拍照吗？ 6I

9、t must _ _ Carla. 它一定属于卡拉。 7Im not sure，but it _ _ a dog. 我不确定，但是它不可能是一只狗。 8He might _ _ _ catch a bus to work. 他一定是在跑着赶公交车上班。 Do you thinkuse a flash belong to cant be be running to 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 一、根据句意及汉语提示写单词。 1The children have been sent to _(安全) 2People

10、 often help each other in our _ (社区) 3You have to make a _ (选择)between the two. 4You should learn to _ (应付)things by yourselves. 5She had to work hard to _ (支持)her family. 6The _ (噪音)on the street always makes me feel terrible. 7Please call the _(警察)for help when you are in trouble. 8There used to b

11、e lots of _(狼)in Inner Mongolia. 9The writer _(自己)is a rich man. 10I couldnt see a dog or anything else， _(也) safety community choice manage support noise policemen wolves himself either 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 二、从方框中选词并用其适当形式完成句子。 11I had a chance of _ to America las

12、t year. 12I should be allowed to make _ myself. 13I think I should be allowed to _ for myself. 14What will happen if you dont _? 15He was _ so much that he made great progress. going decision choose succeed trained 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 三、根据汉语完成句子，每空一词。 16请尽可能地多用英语交

13、流。 Please communicate in English _ _ _ _ 17周洋对滑雪是认真的，那是她唯一想做的事。 Zhou Yang _ _ _ skiing.Thats _ _ _ she wants to do. 18杰克的父母认为成为志愿者妨碍了他的学业。 Jacks parents believe that being a volunteer _ _ _ _of his schoolwork. 19不仅他是著名的设计师，他的父母也都是设计师。 _ _ he _ _ his parents _ great designers. 20森林可以阻止风把土壤吹走。 Forests

14、 can _ wind _ _ the earth away. as much as possible is serious aboutthe only thing gets in the way Not onlybut alsoare stop/preventfrom blowing 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 1. Teenagers should not be allowed to smoke.

15、(From：Unit 7/Section A) 不应该允许青少年吸烟。 allow的用法 【题组训练】 .单项选择。 1Dont smoke here，Dad.Smoking _ in public places. Oh，sorry.Ill stop right now. Aisnt allowed Barent allowed Cdoesnt allow 2You cant wear shoes inside this place.It _(2015，江西) Adoesnt allow Bisnt allowed Chasnt allowed Dwasnt allowed A B 中考英语总

16、复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 3Hurry up！Once the concert starts，nobody _ to enter the concert hall.(2014，泰安) Aallows Ballowed Cis allowed Dis allowing 4Look at the sign on the right! Oh，smoking _ here.(2014，孝感) Aisnt allowed Bdoesnt allow Cdidnt allow Dwasnt allow 5Why dont you

17、watch TV at home? Id love to，but my mother doesnt allow me _ that.(2015，呼和浩特) Ado Bdid Cto do Ddoing C A C 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 .根据括号内所给提示完成句子。 1Driving after drinking wine _ (not allow) in China.(2014 ，兰州) 2You have to be 18 years old before you are _ (允许) to driv

18、e a car. isnt allowed allowed 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 (1)allow意为“允许”，常用于以下短语： allow名词允许 allow sb.to do sth.允许某人做某事 allow doing sth.允许做某事 (2)allow sb.to do sth.的被动结构为：sb. be allowed to do sth.意为“某人 被允许做某事”，其情态动词的被动语态结构为：sb.shouldbe allowed，意为“某人应该被允许做某事”。 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教

19、材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 2. They see a woman with a camera.(From Unit 8/Section B)他们看见一 个带着相机的妇女。 with与without 【题组训练】 .单项选择。 1Dont go to school _ breakfast.Its a bad habit.(2015，福州) Aafter Bwith Cwithout 2The “teacherfree exam” means that students take their exams _ teachers.Studen

20、ts must be more honest.(2015，山西) Aagainst Bwithout Cthrough C B 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 3I dont know how to start a talk with Betty.She can sit all day long _ a word! Aby Bwith Cwithout 4Its impolite to talk _ your mouth full during a meal.(2014，佛山) Afor Cwith Cwithou

21、t 5_ my teachers help，I begin to catch up _ my classmates. AWith，to BUnder，with CWith，with DTo，to C B C 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 .根据汉语完成句子。 1没有空气和水就没有植物。 There is no plant _ water _ air. 2他经常不吃早饭就来上课。 He often comes to school _ _ Breakfast. 3我们应该和老师友好相处。(get onwith) We

22、 should get on _ _ our teachers. withoutor without breakfast well with 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 without为介词，意思是“没有；不带”，后常跟名词，代词或现在分词 ，其反义词为with，意思是“有，和一起”。 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 3. It must be Marys.(From：Unit 8/Section A)它一定是玛丽的。 情态动词表推

23、测 【题组训练】 1Harrys been driving all day.He _ be tired.(2015，杭州) Aneed Bcan Cshall Dmust 2Are the glasses Tims？(2015，长春) No，they _ be his.He doesnt wear glasses. Amust Bcan Ccant Dmustnt 3Nowadays all passengers _ go through safety check before they take a train. (2015，泰安) Acan Bmay Cmust Dwill D C C 中

24、考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 4You _ park here！Look at the sign，it says“No parking” Sorry，I didnt notice that sign just now.(2015，苏州) Awont Bneednt Cmustnt Dcouldnt 5Is the long haired man Bruce？(2014，聊城) No，it _ be him.Hes in New York now. Acant Bmustnt Cneednt Dmay not 6Hi

25、，Mike，I saw Jim in the zoo just now. It _ be him.He has gone to Beijing.(2014，凉山) Acant Bmust Cmustnt Dcan C A A 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 7The magazine _ be Lilys，for we can find her name on the cover.(2014，青岛) Amay Bmight Ccould Dmust 8Where are you going this month？(

26、2015，天津) We _ go to Xiamen，but were not sure. Aneednt Bmust Cmight Dmustnt D C 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 .根据汉语完成句子。 1这毛衣一定属于Mike. The sweater _ _ _ Mike. 2穿红色的妇女一定不是格林夫人。 The woman _ red _ be Mrs.Green. must belong to incant 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习

27、题课件 人教新目标版 情态动词表推测主要有以下几种情况： (1)在肯定句中可用must，could，may，might对现在的情况进行推测， 其中must表示完全肯定，could，may，might所表示的可能性依次递减。 must be意为“一定是”，could/may/might be意为“可能是”。 (2)can用来表示对现在情况的推测或判断时，只能用于疑问句或否定句 ，cant be意为“一定不是”。 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 4. Stonehenge，a rock circle，is not on

28、ly one of Britains most famous historical places but also one of its greatest mysteries.(From：Unit 8/Section B)巨石阵，一个石头圈，不仅是英国著名的历史圣地之一，而 且是其最神秘的事物之一。 not onlybut also 【题组训练】 .单项选择。 1Tim，how do your parents like pop music? _ my dad _ my mom likes it.They both prefer classical music.(2014，福州) AEither

29、，orBNeither，norCNot only，but also B 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 2Not only my friends but also I _ interested in football and Messi is our favorite star.(2014，内蒙古) Aare Bbe Cis Dam 3At school，we are taught _ knowledge _ how to behave well.(2015，青岛) Aneither，nor Bnot only，b

30、ut also Ceither，or Dnot，but D B 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 4To achieve a bright future，we should _ study hard _ keep in good health. I agree with you.(2014，昆明) Anot，but Bnot only，but also Cneither，nor Deither，or 5Do you like your new Tshirt？(2014，衡阳) Yes，not only I but a

31、lso my mother _ it. AlikesBlikeCdoesnt like B A 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 .根据汉语完成句子。 1咱们选Mike当班长怎么样？他不仅诚实，而且守信。(2014，北京) Shall we make Mike our monitor？He is _ 2李明不仅聪明而且勤奋。(2014，盐城) Li Ming is _ 3扬州园林(Yangzhou Gardens)不仅在中国出名，而且在全世界也很 有名。(2014，扬州) _ 4江南Style这首歌不仅在韩国而且在世

32、界其他地方也流行。 (2014，宿迁) The song Gangnam Style is popular _ in Korea _ in other parts of the world. not only honest，but also keeps his words not only clever but also hardworking Yangzhou Gardens are known not only in China but also in the world not onlybut also 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7

33、-8习题课件 人教新目标版 (1)not onlybut also是一个连词结构，意为“不但而且”，相 当于bothand，在句中连接并列成分，有时可以省略also，其反义短 语为neithernor。 (2)not onlybut also连接并列主语时，谓语动词遵循“就近原则”。 (3)not onlybut also连接两个分句，并且not only位于句首时，第一个 分句中的主语和谓语要部分倒装。 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Unit

34、s 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 5. a number of/the number of 【题组训练】 .单项选择。 1How many women doctors are there in your hospital? _ them _ over twenty.(2015，益阳) AA number of，are BThe number of，are CThe number of，is 2How many girls are there in your class? _ them _ more than fifteen.(2014，烟台) AA number of，are BThe num

35、ber of，are CA number of，is DThe number of，is C D 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 3_ the teachers in their school is about 200 and one fourth of them are _ teachers.(2014，黔东南) AA number of，women BA number of，woman CThe number of，women DThe number of，woman 4In our school librar

36、y there _ a number of books on science，and in these years the number of them _ growing larger and larger.(2015，内 江) Aare，is Bis，are Chave，are Dhas，is C A 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 .根据要求完成句子。 1男孩的数量是多少？ _ the _ of the boys? 2_(A/The) large number of students will visit t

37、he museum next Sunday. Whatsnumber A 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 短语意思 a number of许多的 the number of的数量；的号码 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 6. sleepy/asleep/sleeping/sleep 【题组训练】 .单项选择。 1Whats your biggest problem? I dont have enough time _ Asleepy B

38、sleeping Cto sleep Dasleep 2On Friday afternoon many students are often _ after a long week of classes. Asleep Bsleeping Csleepy Dasleep 3How hard the noise made it for us _！ Afell asleep Bfall asleep Cto fall asleep Dfalling asleep C C C 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 4The

39、little boy _ down on the ground and soon fell _. Alied，asleep Blay，sleep Claid，sleeping Dlay，asleep 5He was so _ that he fell _ quickly. Asleep，sleepy Bsleepy，asleep Csleepy，sleepy Dasleep，sleep D B 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 .根据汉语意思或提示完成句子。 1由于昨晚外面太吵，我们发现很难入睡。(2014，荆州)

40、Because it was too noisy outside last night，we all found it difficult _ _ _ 2这部电影太乏味了，以至于我看到一半就睡着了。 The movie was so boring that I _ _ half way through it. 3她通常十点睡觉。 She often _ _ _ at ten. 4David fell _ (sleep) in his class because he stayed up too late last night.(2014，泰州) 5Colors can change our m

41、oods and some may make us feel _ (sleep) (2014，宿迁) to fall asleep fell asleep goes to bed asleep sleepy 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 考点用法 sleepy 指人“困倦的或瞌睡的”状态，作表语时，意 为“困倦；想睡觉”，作定语时，意为“贪睡 的”。 asleep 表语形容词，意为“睡着的”，常用于短语 fall asleep，意为“睡着”。 sleeping 定语形容词，位于所修饰的名词之前，意为 “睡觉的”。

42、 sleep动词或名词，意为“睡觉；睡眠”。 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 备考跟踪训练 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 一、单项选择。 1Chinas Got Talent is _ interesting _ many people like watching it.(2015，孝感) Atoo，to Benough，to Cso，that Dsuch，that 2Mum，_ shall we have lunch? We wil

43、l have it when you dad _(2015，安顺) Awhen，returns Bwhere，will return Cwhere，returns Dwhen，will return C A 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 3The actions and words of celebrities(名人) can have a great _ because many people may follow them.So they should pay more attention to their

44、behavior and speech.(2015，东营) Achange Bsurprise Cprogress Dinfluence 4About _ of the earth _ covered with water，but we have less and less available fresh water. Athreefourth，is Bthreefourths，is Cthreefourth，are Dthreefourths，are D B 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 5Look，someo

45、ne left a book. Oh，yeahThis book _ be Kittys.Only she likes to read this kind of books. Acan Bmust Cmay Dmight 6We should _ our classmates because they are our friends. Acare about Blaugh at Clook like Dshout at 7We will certainly enter a good high school _ we work hard.(2015， 鄂州) Yes.Our dream will

46、 come true by working hard. Aas soon as Bas long as Cas far as Deven B A B 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 8Why are you so happy，Maria? Our class _ the volleyball match just now. Aagreed Bwon Clost Dlost to 9Some parents worry that their childrens hobbies may_their schoolwork

47、. Aget the way of Bget on the way of Cget by the way of Dget in the way of 10She _ live alone.But she _ living alone because she feels lonely. Aused to，doesnt used to Bis used to，was used to Cused to，is not used to Dwas used to，doesnt used to B D C 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教

48、新目标版 11In order to eat safely，I think we _ make some food by ourselves instead of buying some. Aused to Bprefer to Chad better Dare supposed to 12Its dangerous _ a close look at the tiger in the zoo. Afor us taking Bof us to take Cof us taking Dfor us to take 13Did you mend the radio yourself? No，I_

49、Because I dont know how to do it. Amended it Bget mended it Cgot it mended Dwill mend it D D C 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 14Nartin got the first prize in the match and we are all _ him. Apride of Bproud of Cpride in Dproud in 15Your coat looks very nice.Whats it made _？

50、Cotton，and it is made _ Wuhan. Afrom，in Bof，in Cfrom，on Dof，on B B 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 二、完形填空。(2014，宜宾) Sun Li，15，was not happy at school last month.It was not because she hated school.It was because of her_16_ Sun studies in a middle school in Hefei.Her school ha

51、s a _17_ rule about hair：no dyeing，no curly hair，boys should have a crew cut(平头)，and girls hair cannot hang past their ears. Sun and the girls in her class _18_the hairstyle.They call it “mushroom head” Suns story is not the_19_ one.In many schools in the country，there is also a hairstyle rule.Last

52、week，in a Beijing school，some students were even_20_ to cut their long hair. 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 Xu Xing is the headmaster of a Beijing school. Xu says the hair rule is there for a good_21_“Everyone needs to have a_22_ that matches his or her job，”says Li.“Those t

53、rendy(时髦的) hairstyles are for grownups.School is a_23_place.” While the hair rule may seem quite strict，teachers also have to_24_ it.“While students cant dye their hair，neither _25_ their teachers，” says Xu. 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 ( )16.A.study Bearring ChairDclothes

54、 ( )17.A.strict Bgrammar Cpersonal Dcultural ( )18.A.like Bhate Chave Dwear ( )19.A.soft Bold Conly Dsilly ( )20.A.allowed Bused Cstopped Dasked ( )21.A.history Bidea Cpoint Dreason ( )22.A.look Bsecret Ccold Dvoice ( )23.A.different Bsafe Csimple Dvacation ( )24.A.study Bcomplete Cobey Dcopy ( )25.

55、A.do Bcan Care Dshould C A B C D D A A C B 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 三、阅读理解。(2015，杭州) Are you shy？If you are，you are not alone.In fact，close to 50 percent of people are shy.Almost 80 percent of people feel shy at some point in their lives.These days，shyness is becoming

56、more and more common.Now， scientists are trying to understand shyness.They have some interesting ideas about why people are shy. Is it possible to be born shy？Many scientists say yes.They say 15 to 20 percent of babies behave shyly.These babies are a little quieter and more watchful than other babie

57、s.Interestingly，these shy babies usually have shy parents.As a result，scientists think that some shyness is genetic 中考英语总复习 第一轮 教材复习(考点精讲精练)第17课 时 九年级 Units 7-8习题课件 人教新目标版 Family size might cause people to be shy as well.Scientists at Harvard University studied shy children.They found that 66 percen

58、t of them had older brothers and sisters.As a result，they became shy.At the same time，children with no brothers and sisters may be shy as well.Growing up alone，they often play by themselves.They are not able to learn the same social skills as children from big families. You may also be shy because o

59、f where you were born.When scientists studied shyness in different countries，they found surprising differences.In Japan，most people said they were shy.But in Israel，only one of three people said so.What explains the difference？One scientist says the Japanese and Israelis have different opinions of f

60、ailure.In Japan，when people do not succeed，they feel bad about themselves.They blame(责备)themselves for their failure.In Israel，the opposite is true.Israelis often blame failure on outside reasons，such as family，teachers，friends，or bad luck.In Israel， freedom of opinion and risk taking are strongly s