【知识点详解】
1. **词组互译**：在学习英语的过程中，掌握词汇的中文对应是基础。例如，"my ideal school"指的是“我理想中的学校”，"八年级学生"是"Grade 8 student"，"a reading week"是“阅读周”，"drive sb.to school"意为“开车送某人去学校”，"talk to each other"表示“互相交谈”，"在好友俱乐部"是"at the Friends Club"，"during lunch time"指“午餐时间”，"as well"则常用来表示“也”。
2. **一周两次**："twice a week"，这是一个频率副词，用于描述做某事的频次。
3. **help sb. with sth.**：这个短语意味着“帮助某人做某事”，是日常交流中常用的表达。
4. **Cook healthy and tasty meals**：“烹饪健康美味的饭菜”，强调了饮食的营养与口感。
5. **用所给词的适当形式填空**：
- "Home Economics is one of my favourite **subjects** (科目)."
- "I could cook food for **myself** (我自己) when I was ten years old."
- "Li Lei is in the **eighth** (第八) grade at No.1 Middle School."
- "Jim is one of my **favorite singers** (最喜欢的歌手). I love his songs very much."
- "I'm sure you need a **balanced** (均衡的) diet if you want to be stronger."
- "Do you speak **British** (英式) English or American English?"
- "I don’t know the **meaning** (含义) of the word ‘elevator’."
- "We can use **different** (不同的) words to mean the same things."
- "Who read the **most** (最多) books in your class during the Reading Week?"
- "We spend a lot of time **writing** (写) our composition every Saturday."
6. **选择填空**：
- (C) "My father enjoys **listening to** light music." 动词enjoy后接动名词形式。
- (B) "Tom, which year are you **in**?" 表示在哪个年级用介词in。
- (C) "My mother often **cooks fish for us**." 动词后跟双宾语时，直接宾语（fish）在前，间接宾语（us）在后。
- (D) "The boy spends too much time **playing** computer games." spend + 时间 + doing sth. 是固定搭配。
- (A) "Please remember to **bring** me your dictionary next time." 记得下次把字典带来，用bring表示“带来”。
- (A) "Is your mother good at **doing some shopping**?" be good at 后接动名词，表示擅长做某事。
这些练习题涵盖了词汇、语法、句型等多个方面，对于学习者来说，是一个综合性的练习，有助于提升英语的实际运用能力。
