Lesson 38 The World Is a Big Place 同步练习
A卷
一、单项选择
1. I have ________ Indian friend. We often keep in touch.
A. a B. an
C. the D. /
2. The price of oil has increased ________ 2 percent this year.
A. by B. to
C. in D. of
3. The twins are in different classes. One is in Class One and ________ is in Class Two.
A. another B. other
C. the other
4. Skimming is a kind of reading strategy. It means reading an article ________ to find the main idea without reading every word.
A. quickly B. carefully
C. clearly
5. She was with my husband for eight years ________.
A. in total B. at all
C. up to D. less than
6. Granny looked for her book________, but she couldn't find it.
A. somewhere B. everywhere
C. anywhere D. nowhere
7. There are more than 20 ________ books in our library.
A. thousands B. thousands of
C. thousand D. thousand of
8. The teacher__________many mistakes in my homework.
A. pointed up B. pointed out
C. looked up D. stood out
9. —Mum, ________ of my classmates ________ glasses.
—Oh, my God. You need to protect your eyes well.
A. three-fourths; wears B. three-fourth; wear
C. three-fourth; wears D. three-fourths; wear
10. —How often do I need to feed the dog?
—It ________ food every day, or it will be hungry.
A. must give B. must be give
C. must gave D. must be given
二、用所给单词的适当形式完成句子
11. Where are the__________(child)? I can't find them.
12. ________ (luck), the famous temple was not damaged in the earthquake. (中考·上海)
13. One__________(three) of the students in my class watched the program the Reader last night.
14. North America is the third ________ (large) continent.
15. They come from different ________ (part)of the world.
三、连词四、词语运用
The Earth is like a huge ball. Like the other seven ________21(planet), the Earth is moving around the sun. It's the third ________22 (near) one to the sun. It takes the Earth about 365 days ________23 (move) around the sun. At the same time, the Earth is going a________24 itself. If you ________25 (be)in space, you can see lots of white clouds over the s________26 of the Earth. Through the clouds, you can see the blue colour of the ________27 (ocean), and the brown colour of the land. About 70% of the Earth is covered ________28 water.
Why do we have day and night? When the half of the Earth is ________29 (face) the sun, it's daytime. As the Earth turns and this half is away ________30 the sun, night is coming. And it's daytime for the other half.
五、完形填空 (词数:约200;建议用时:6分钟)
Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the ________31 of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its ________32 is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm?Do you think that Iceland is white with ice?If you do, you are ________33.
Not many people live on the big island, Greenland. There ________34 more people in your hometown than in Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is ________35. Most of the island is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is ________36 than the world's tallest building. What ________37 Iceland?Is it colder than Greenland?No, it isn't. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice ________38 Greenland. It has a lot of hot springs(泉). They give out hot water and steam(水蒸气). The climate(气候)is not as ________39 as that in Greenland. And there are a lot ________40 people who live in Iceland.
31. A. east B. west C. north D. south
32. A. village B. name C. farm D. town
33. A. wrong B. clever C. right D. bright
34. A. must be B. are C. is D. be
35. A. yellow B. brown C. blue D. white
36. A. the highest B. high C. highest D. higher
37. A. of B. in C. about D. on
38. A. as B. like C. than D. to
39. A. warm B. cold C. hot D. cool
40. A. many B. much C. more D. most
答案
一、1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A
6. B 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. D
二、11. children 12. Luckily 13. third
14. largest 15. parts
三、16. Does the earth face a problem
17. What do you know about oceans
18. We must treat the earth well
19. It's impossible to live in some places
20. There are seven continents in the world
四、21. planets 22. nearest 23. to move
24. around 25. are 26. surface
27. oceans 28. with
29. facing 30. from
五、31. C 点拨:格陵兰岛位于欧洲北部。
32. B 33. A 34. A
35. D 点拨:联系上下文法。根据下文得知格陵兰岛大部分地区被冰所覆盖, 所以是白色的。故选D。
36. D 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. C
Lesson 38 The World Is a Big Place 同步练习
B卷
Ⅰ. 单项选择。
1. Chinese New Year ________ the Spring Festival. People often eat dumplings.
A. is called B. was called
C. calls D. called
2. ________ of the students in Class 6 have lunch at school.
A. Two fifth B. One thirds
C. Three fifth D. Three quarters
3. The waiter told me that free parking ________ for the hotel guests.
A. provides B. provided
C. will be provided D. was provided
4. There are 200 teachers in our school ________.
A. at last B. in all
C. more than D. in total
5. —Why does the earth look blue in space?
—Because most of the earth's surface ______ by ocean.
A. covers B. is covered
C. cover D. are covered
Ⅱ. 用方框中所给单词和短语的适当形式填空。
be covered with, billions of, point out, third, in total
6. I just have 10 yuan in my pocket ________________.
7. Every mother can ________________ their own children among so many children.
8. The mountain ____________ snow all year round.
9. There are ______________ stars in the sky.
10. Two ________ of the students in our class are boys.
Ⅲ. 连词成句。
11. one, of, Danny, cake, third, ate, the
_______________________________________________________.
12. easy, desert, it's, to, in, not, live, the
_______________________________________________________.
13. finish, next, you, the, doing, Sunday, will, work, by
_______________________________________________________?
14. Arctic, world, is, the, Ocean, smallest, in, the, the
_______________________________________________________.
15. earth, is, population, problem, a, our, increasing, for, the
_______________________________________________________.
Ⅳ. 完形填空。
When you travel to Italy, you must be surprised to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But __16__ does it lean (倾斜), do you know? It leans because of a mistake. It has leaned almost since the day the tower __17__.
In 1174, the people of Pisa, Italy wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be __18__ bell tower in Italy. The city also needed a bell tower because the church did not have __19__.
As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean. Builders tried to make the building __20__ by adding more floors, but they didn't stop the leaning. The Leaning Tower only got __21__.
It __22__ almost 180 years to finish the tower. Since then, the tower __23__ by one millimeter every year. __24__ 1990, it had leaned by about 4 meters to one side. If someone cannot figure out a way to save the tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa will __25__ in less than 200 years.
16. A. when B. where C. why D. who
17. A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built
18. A. more beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. most beautiful D. the most beautiful
19. A. one B. a C. that D. it
20. A. lean B. straight C. higher D. more beautiful
21. A. bad B. worse C. worst D. the worst
22. A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took
23. A. leans B. leaned C. has leaned D. is leaning
24. A. By B. In C. From D. During
25. A. turn down B. fall down C. write down D. put down
答案
Ⅰ. 1. A
2. D 点拨:考查分数表达。分数由基数词和序数词构成,分子用基数词,分母用序数词。分子大于1时,分母用复数,故选D。
3. D
4. D 点拨:at last最后;in all总之;more than超过;in total总共。由句意“在我们学校总共有200名教师。”可知选D。
5. B 点拨:由句意“——为什么在太空中地球看起来是蓝色的?——因为地球表面大部分被海洋覆盖着”可知应用被动语态,又因surface为不可数名词,故选B。
Ⅱ. 6. in total 7. point out 8. is covered with
9. billions of 10. thirds
Ⅲ. 11. Danny ate one third of the cake
12. It's not easy to live in the desert
13. Will you finish doing the work by next Sunday
14. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world
15. The increasing population is a problem for our earth
Ⅳ. 16~20: CCDAB 21~25: BDCAB