Unit 8 Countries around the World Lesson 47 The U.K. and Australia
一、单选题
1.We can see many ______ in Australia. They can jump high and far.
A.lions B.kangaroos C.pandas D.beavers
2.They are good basketball players. Let one of them _______ with us.
A.to play B.play C.plays D.playing
3.—______
—It's Canberra.
A. What day is it today
B. What's the capital city of Australia
C. Where is Australia
D. What's the weather like
4.Your coat is _______ colour _______ your trousers.
A. same; as B. the same; for C. same; like D. the same; as
5.A lion is one of the ________.
A.building B.buildings C.animal D.animals
6.I like ________ dress as your sister's.
A.the same B.different C.same D.a different
7.Australia is ________ of the U.K., but ________ of the U.S.
A.southeast; southwest
B.southeast; northwest
C.northwest; southwest
D.northeast; southeast
8.People in Australia speak ________.
A.Chinese B.French C.Japanese D.English
9.Mike's watch is ________ price ________ his brother's.
A.same; as B.the same; as
C.same; like D.the same; like
10.—________ is Australia's flag
—It's blue and the stars are white.
A.How B.What colour C.Where D.What
二、连词成句
11.of, national, the U.S., the, bald eagle, animal, is, the (.)
____ _
12.the U.S., north, of, is, Canada (.)
____ _
13.a, clock, Big Ben, England, famous, is, in
__________________________________.
14.are, national, the U. K.'s, animals, lions
__________________________________.
15.Australia, what's, of, the, capital
___________________________
三、词语运用。根据短文内容及所给提示,在文中空白处填入一个正确的单词
I'm Mary. I'm from China. I live ①______ the U.S. with my parents now because my dad ②______ (work) here. I'm in a new school now. My new classmates are ③______ (friend) to me. They help me do many things. I teach ④______ (they) Chinese and they teach me English. I have three good friends now. Lisa is from India. Her hair is curly and black. She dances very ⑤w______. She can cook Indian food. John is from England. He is 1.8 ⑥______ tall. He sings very well. Lily is from New York. She ⑦______ (look) cute. She likes to read books on weekends. After school, we often help ⑧______ (clean) the cars in the street. Then we go home. At night, we do our ⑨______ (homework). On weekends, we do some sports. Then we help in the ⑩h______. We look after the sick children there. They are happy to see us. We often bring gifts for them. We make the gifts on weekends. I feel happy every day.
四、阅读理解
Do you know Big Ben Big Ben is not a name of a man. It is the name of a big clock in London.
London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces (面), so you can read the time on every face of Big Ben. Each face is the size of a bus. The hands are about four metres long. It is about the size of two people standing on the top of each other.
If you go to London, you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament(国会大厦).There you can find Big Ben sitting on the top of the clock tower. You can hear it and see it. The big clock makes big noise "ding dong, ding dong", as it goes every fifteen minutes.
The clock was named after(以……的名字命名) a big man. He was Sir Benjiamin Hill. This man built(建造) a lot of things in London many years ago.
1.完成句子
Big Ben is the name of a _______.
2.完成句子
The hands of the clock are about _______ long.
3.根据短文回答问题
Can the clock make big noise
____ ___
4.根据短文回答问题
Who built Big Ben
____ _
5.把画线句子译成汉语
____ _
答案以及解析
一、单选题
1.答案:B
解析:句意:我们在澳大利亚能看见许多袋鼠。它们跳得又高又远。lion狮子; kangaroo袋鼠; panda熊猫; beaver海狸。袋鼠是澳大利亚的国家动物并且擅长跳跃。故选B。
2.答案:B
解析:句意:他们是优秀的篮球运动员。让其中的一个人和我们玩吧。one of意为"……之一",后接可数名词复数,接单数谓语。Let意为"让",后接动词原形。故选B。
3.答案:B
解析:句意:—澳大利亚的首都是哪里?—堪培拉。根据答语"堪培拉"可知问的是澳大利亚的首都。故选B。
4.答案:D
解析:句意:你的外套的颜色和你的裤子的颜色一样。 the same...as...意为"和……一样的……"。故选D。
5.答案:D
解析:根据one of...以及lion可知,这里要选择动物的复数形式,故D正确。
6.答案:A
解析:本题句意为:我喜欢一条裙子,和你妹妹那条一模一样。the same...as 意为“与……一样”,故A正确。
7.答案:A
8.答案:D
9.答案:B
10.答案:B
二、连词成句
11.答案:The eagle is the national animal of the U.S.
12.答案:Canada is north of the U.S.
13.答案:Big Ben is a famous clock in England
14.答案:Lions are the U.K.'s national animal
15.答案:What's the capital of Australia
三、短文填空
答案:①in ②works ③friendly ④them ⑤well ⑥metres ⑦looks ⑧clean ⑨homework ⑩hospital
解析:①句意:我和我父母现在住在美国,因为我爸爸在这儿工作。live in意为"住在"。
②因为主语 my dad属于第三人称单数,所以用单数谓语。
③句意:我的新同学们对我很友好。 be friendly to sb.意为"对某人友好"。
④句意:我教他们汉语,他们教我英语。动词后面用代词宾格。they的宾格是 them。
⑤句意:她跳舞非常好。well用作副词,修饰动词。
⑥句意:他高1.8米。 metre的复数形式是 metres。
⑦句意:她看上去很可爱。主语属于第三人称单数,所以用looks。
⑧句意:在放学后,我们经常在街上帮助清洁车。help (to) do sth.意为"帮助做某事"。
⑨句意:我们在晚上做作业。 homework意为"作业",属于不可数名词。
⑩句意:然后我们在医院里帮忙。根据后句"我们在那儿照顾生病的孩子们"可知填 hospital。
四、阅读理解
答案:1. big clock/clock
2. 4/four metres
3. Yes, it can.
4. Sir Benjiamin Hill.
5.钟有四面,所以你能在大本钟的每一面看到时间。
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