I．词语练习

　A）用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

　　1. In one minute, 174 ______were born in the world (baby).

　　2.If the population of the world still grows fast, there will be only 　　______(stand) room on the earth.

　　3.At the beginning of the ______(twenty)century, the world's population was 　　about 1,700 million.

　　4. Our country is becoming _________and _________(strong).

　　5. America is a _________(develop)country.

　B）根据句意，在空格中填入适当的词。

　　6. One hundred is called a _________.

　　7. France and Germany are ________ countries.

　　8. The population of the world is still ________ today.

　　9. ________ about 600 years, there will be standing room only on the earth.

　　10. I m sure you'll have a good time ________ your stay in China.

　C) 找出一外与句子划线部分意思相同或相近的词或词组的选项。

　　11.We have to wait for the train hour after hour.

　　　　A. for two hours      B. for many hours     C. for a while     D. for a moment

　　12.What a strong wind! It goes on and on for three days.

　　　　A. starts       B. finishes     C. lasts      D. comes

　　13. The world's population was about 1,700 million at the beginning of the 　　　　twentieth century.

　　　　A. a hundred year    B. hundreds years  

　　　　C. hundred of years    D. a hundred years

　　14. There is enough space from sixty people.

　　　　A. room      B. rooms     C. place     D. house

　　l5. During the next hour, over l0, 440 more babies will be born on the 　　　　earth.

　　　　A. almost     B. nearly   C. more than    D. less than

II．单项选择

　　1. That city has ______ population.

　　　　A. a little   B. a few    C. a small    D. much

　　2. _____ is the population of Japan, do you know?

　　　　A. How many   B. How much    C. Which   D. What

　　3. What ______ in one hundred years?

　　　　A. happened    B. will be happened    C. will happen    D. happen

　　4. Fish can't live ______ water.

　　　　A. with     B. at     C. without     D. on

　　5. I'm not ______ at English as he is.

　　　　A. as good    B. as well   C. good as    D. better

　　6. You can borrow ______ book here if you will return it on time.

　　　　A. other      B. some     C. any     D. several

　　7. ______ the beginning _____ the new term students usually work very hard

　　　　A. In/of       B. In/in     C. At/in     D. At/of

　　8. They are becoming ___________.

　　　　A. beautifuler and beautifuler   B. more beautiful and more beautiful

　　　　C. beautiful and beautiful       D. more and more beautiful

　　9. China and India are ______ countries.

　　　　A. develop   B. developed  C. developing   D. to develop

　　10. China has the ___________ population in the world.

　　　　A. smallest    B. largest    C. most     D. more

　　11. Is there ______room for me to stand in?

　　　　A. a      B. an     C. the      D./

　　12. My parents couldn't decide whether they ______ send me to a private 　　　　　school next year.

　　　　A. will     B. would     C. were     D. has to

　　13. Would you like to read the text as ______ as you can?

　　　　A. quickly   B. quick    C. faster   D. quicker

　　14. They were made to work hour ______ hour.

　　　　A. by     B. to     C. in      D. after

　　15. The population problem ______the greatest one of the world today.

　　　　A. may    B. maybe    C. may be     D. be

　　16.—What are you going to do ______?

　　　—I've no idea.

　　　　A. last     B. next     C. following    D. before

　　17. Can you find out the answer ______this question?

　　　　A. in      B. to     C. on      D. at

　　18. During the last three years my hometown ______ very quickly.

　　　　A .have changed    B. has changed    C. changed     D. changes

　　19. I don't know if he ______. If he ______, I'll let you know.

　　　　A. comes, comes       B. will come, will come

　　　　C. will come, comes    D. comes, will come

　　20. How do you say 6,281,000,000 in English?

　　　　A. Six million, two hundred and eighty-one million.

　　　　B. Six million and two hundred and eight-one thousand.

　　　　C. Six billion, two hundred and eight-one million.

　　　　D. Six billion, two hundred and eight-one millions.

　　21. Many scientists thought that there ______ enough space for men to live 　　　　in.

　　　　A. wouldn't be          B. wouldn't have

　　　　C. weren't going to be    D. wasn't going to have

　　22.The paper of this book is not _______.

　　　　A. enough good      B. well enough    

　　　　C. good enough       D. enough well

　　23.The bridge is about ______ long.

　　　　A. five hundred metre       B. five hundred metres   

　　　　C. five hundreds metres    D. five hundred of metres

　　24.The number of the students in our class ______56.

　　　　A. are        B. were       C. is       D. am

　　25.–Basketball is the most popular game in America.

　　　 –_______.

　　　　A. So does it      B. So it does      C. So is it      D. So it is

III．句型转换

　A）同义句转换，每空一词。

　　1. “Can I borrow your bike?” he asked me.

　　He asked me ______ ______ could lend the bike to him.

　　2. The door is too small. The tall man can't go through it.

　　The door is not ______ enough ______ the tall man to go through.

　　3. What's the population of India?

　　 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ in India?

　　4. Lily was born on June 10,1986, so was Mary.

　　 ______Lily ______Mary were born on June 10,1986.

　　5. What does “satellite” mean?

　　What do you ______ ______ “satellite”?

　　6. You came to school late yesterday. I came to school late, too.

　　You came to school late yesterday. ______ _____ I.

　B) 根据要求改写下列各句。

　　7. Mr. Smith told me not to wait at the bus stop. （改为被动语态）

　　I _______ ______ _______ to wait at the bus stop.

　　8. The population of Germany is about seventy-eight million.（就划线部分提问）

　　______ ______ the population of Germany?

　　9.Do you know? When will he be back?（将上述两句合并成含宾语从句的复合句）

　　Do you know ______ he ______be back?

IV．补全对话

　A）填入所缺单词，使对话完整与通顺。

　　A: Could you ___1___ me your geography（地理）book?

　　B: ___2___. ___3___ you are.

　　A: ___4___you. We have just learned Unit 20. It tells us something ___5__ the world's population. I want to know ___6___ about ___7___.

　　B: I’m not ____8___it now.

　　A: Thank you very much.

　　B: ___9___ at ___10___.

　B）从方框内七个句子中，选择五个句子完成对话。

　　John, Peter and Mark are brothers. Their father has a new car, and they clean it for him in turns. It has just rained, and the car is very dirty. John is looking at it, and he is talking to Peter.

　　John: The car hasn't been cleaned for a few days.

　　Peter:   1  . It is very dirty.

　　John: Someone should clean it today.

　　Peter: Mark should clean it.   2  .

　　John: No, he cleaned it last time. It’s your turn.

　　Peter:   3     I always clean it after you,

　　John: Oh, dear, is it really my turn? But   4  .

　　Peter: Clean it now. Only lazy people leave today's work to tomorrow.

　　John:   5   .

Peter & Mark: You are even lazier.

　　A. No, it hasn't.    B. Yes, it hasn't.

　　C. It's my turn.    D. It's his turn.

　　E. Then I'll clean it the day after tomorrow.

　　F. I'll clean it tomorrow.    G. No, it isn't my turn.

V．完形填空

　　London in the seventeenth century was one of the most beautiful cities in Europe of the time. There   1   many important buildings and one or two famous theatres (剧院) . There was also one large bridge   2   the River Thames.

　　3  , most of Londoners lived in   4   wood houses in the streets. There were   5   drains(下水道), so people   6   their dirty water and rubbish into the streets. It was   7  .

　　    8   September 2nd, 1666, at about three o'clock in the morning, a   9  suddenly started in a shop. There was a strong   10   and the fire went   11   from one street to the   12   .

　　The fire lasted(持续) for three   13   and destroyed 13,200 homes and many other important   14   . This was the   15   of the old city of London.

　　1. A. are         B. have      C. were       D. had

　　2. A. though      B. in        C. on         D. across

　　3. A. Because    B. However   C .Everywhere  D. Still

　　4. A. strong      B. huge      C. small       D. modern

　　5. A. no         B. many     C. several      D. all kinds of

　　6. A. threw      B. put       C. carried       D. used

　　7. A. instructive   B. interesting   C. difficult    D. dangerous

　　8. A. During     B. On       C. In           D. About

　　9. A. fire        B. shout     C. play         D. programme

　　10. A. rain      B. snow      C. wind        D. force　

　　11. A. hurriedly  B. quickly    C. suddenly     D. slowly

　　12. A. other     B. another    C. next         D. one

　　13. A. days     B. years      C. minutes       D. hours

　　14. A. brides    B. theatres    C. buildings      D. cities

　　15. A. beginning  B. middle   C. whole         D. end

VI．阅读理解

A

　　Peru(秘鲁)is the fifth largest Latin American country with a population of 14430000. Almost half of these people live in the city areas(地区). Around Lima, there were 20% of the total (总数) population in 1961. The population here grew faster than anywhere else and in another 35 years reaches 1 /3 of the total population.

　　About 45% of the people are Indians and 50% are white or mixed（混合人种）and the others are Asians, Negroes(黑人)or people from other countries.

　　In island areas, only about half of the people can read and write, but at the places near the sea, 2/3 of the population can read and write.

　　1. Which of the following is true?

　　A. Four countries are larger than Peru in Latin America.

　　B. Peru is the largest in the five of Latin American countries.

　　C. Latin is the fifth largest country in North America.

　　D. Five countries are larger than Peru in Latin America.

　　2. How many Peruvians(秘鲁人)live in the country area?

　　A. 14430000   B. 7215000     C. 4810000       D. 2886000

　　3. By the year 1996, the population in Lima was possibly ________.

　　A. 2886000   B. 7215000   C. 4810000    D. none of the above

　　4. In the past 35 years, the population in Lima has grown faster than　

　　A. any place in Peru    B. any other place in Peru

　　C. any place in Latin America   D. any other place in the world

　　5. People living along the sea are possibly ________.

　　A. better educated (教育)   B. worse educated

　　C. poorer in reading       D. better at reading but not writing

B

　　Life in the twenty-first century will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?

　　The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them

　　will live longer than people live now.

　　Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least (至少) one in

　　every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

　　People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. Travelling will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

　　There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day. Instead they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.

　　Work in the future(未来) will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots(机器人). Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

　　6. There will be ______ in the future.

　　A. small population B. few changes C. more people D. few people

　　7. In the future the computer will be ______.

　　A. much bigger and few people will use it

　　B. much smaller and more useful

　　C. smaller and not many people will use it

　　D. bigger and a lot of people will use it

　　8. In the future more people ______.

　　A. will go to other countries for holidays   B. will study at school

　　C. will go earlier                        D. will work for many hours

　　9. People will prefer ______ to ______ in the future.

　　A. fruit and vegetables, meat    B. meat, fruit and vegetable

　　C. fruit and meat, vegetable     D. meat and vegetables, fruit

　　10. The robots will ______ in the future.

　　A. do the dangerous work      B. do all the work

　　C. do only housework          D. do the easy work for people

VII. 书面表达

下面是一则书面通知，内容要点如下：

　　1．今天下午2点半来自一中的王老师给同学们作一场关于世界人口知识的报告。

　　2．地点：本校操场。

　　3．请同学们2点钟自带椅子和笔记本在操场集合。

　　4．会场要保持安静。

　　5．请准时参加，不要迟到。

按照上述内容，完成下面通知，每空一词。

NOTICE（通知）

　　Mr. Wang ___1___ No. 1 Middle School will ___2___ us a talk ___3___ half past two this afternoon. He will talk about something ___4___ the world's population. We'll ___5___on the school playground at two ___6____. ___7___ should ___8___ his own（自己的）chair and notebook（笔记本）. During the lecture（演讲）we should keep ____9___. ___10____ be late.

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