习题精选（二）
I．词语练习
A）用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.Inoneminute,174______werebornintheworld(baby).
2.Ifthepopulationoftheworldstillgrowsfast,therewillbeonly______(stand)roomontheearth.
3.Atthebeginningofthe______(twenty)century,theworld’spopulationwasabout1,700million.
4.Ourcountryisbecoming_________and_________(strong).
5.Americaisa_________(develop)country.
B）根据句意，在空格中填入适当的词。
6.Onehundrediscalleda_________.
7.FranceandGermanyare________countries.
8.Thepopulationoftheworldisstill________today.
9.________about600years,therewillbestandingroomonlyontheearth.
10.Imsureyou’llhaveagoodtime________yourstayinChina.
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.Wehavetowaitforthetrainhourafterhour.
A.fortwohoursB.formanyhoursC.forawhileD.foramoment
12.Whatastrongwind!Itgoesonandonforthreedays.
A.startsB.finishesC.lastsD.comes
13.Theworld'spopulationwasabout1,700millionatthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury.
A.ahundredyearB.hundredsyearsC.hundredofyearsD.ahundredyears
14.Thereisenoughspacefromsixtypeople.
A.roomB.roomsC.placeD.house
l5.Duringthenexthour,overl0,440morebabieswillbebornontheearth.
A.almostB.nearlyC.morethanD.lessthan
参考答案：1.babies2.standing3.twentieth4.Stronger,stronger5.developed6.century7.developed8.growing9.In10.during11.B12.C13.D14.A15.C
II．单项选择
1.Thatcityhas______population.
A.alittleB.afewC.asmallD.much
2._____isthepopulationofJapan,doyouknow?
A.HowmanyB.HowmuchC.WhichD.What
3.What______inonehundredyears?
A.happenedB.willbehappenedC.willhappenD.happen
4.Fishcan'tlive______water.
A.withB.atC.withoutD.on
5.I’mnot______atEnglishasheis.
A.asgoodB.aswellC.goodasD.better
6.Youcanborrow______bookhereifyouwillreturnitontime.
A.otherB.someC.anyD.several
7.______thebeginning_____thenewtermstudentsusuallyworkveryhard
A.In/ofB.In/inC.At/inD.At/of
8.Theyarebecoming___________.
A.beautifulerandbeautifulerB.morebeautifulandmorebeautiful
C.beautifulandbeautifulD.moreandmorebeautiful
9.ChinaandIndiaare______countries.
A.developB.developedC.developingD.todevelop
10.Chinahasthe___________populationintheworld.
A.smallestB.largestC.mostD.more
11.Isthere______roomformetostandin?
A.aB.anC.theD./
12.Myparentscouldn’tdecidewhetherthey______sendmetoaprivateschoolnextyear.
A.willB.wouldC.wereD.hasto
13.Wouldyouliketoreadthetextas______asyoucan?
A.quicklyB.quickC.fasterD.quicker
14.Theyweremadetoworkhour______hour.
A.byB.toC.inD.after
15.Thepopulationproblem______thegreat
estoneoftheworldtoday.
A.mayB.maybeC.maybeD.be
16.—Whatareyougoingtodo______?
—I'venoidea.
A.lastB.nextC.followingD.before
17.Canyoufindouttheanswer______thisquestion?
A.inB.toC.onD.at
18.Duringthelastthreeyearsmyhometown______veryquickly.
A.havechangedB.haschangedC.changedD.changes
19.Idon'tknowifhe______.Ifhe______,I’llletyouknow.
A.comes,comesB.willcome,willcome
C.willcome,comesD.comes,willcome
20.Howdoyousay6,281,000,000inEnglish?
A.Sixmillion,twohundredandeighty-onemillion.
B.Sixmillionandtwohundredandeight-onethousand.
C.Sixbillion,twohundredandeight-onemillion.
D.Sixbillion,twohundredandeight-onemillions.
21.Manyscientiststhoughtthatthere______enoughspaceformentolivein.
A.wouldn'tbeB.wouldn'thave
C.weren'tgoingtobeD.wasn'tgoingtohave
22.Thepaperofthisbookisnot_______.
A.enoughgoodB.wellenoughC.goodenoughD.enoughwell
23.Thebridgeisabout______long.
A.fivehundredmetreB.fivehundredmetres
C.fivehundredsmetresD.fivehundredofmetres
24.Thenumberofthestudentsinourclass______56.
A.areB.wereC.isD.am
25.–BasketballisthemostpopulargameinAmerica.
–_______.
A.SodoesitB.SoitdoesC.SoisitD.Soitis
参考答案：
1.C2.D3.C4.C5.A6.C7.D8.D9.C10.B11.D12.B13.A14.D15.C16.B17.B18.B19.C20.C21.A22.C23.B24.C25.D
III．句型转换
A）同义句转换，每空一词。
1.“CanIborrowyourbike?”heaskedme.
Heaskedme____________couldlendthebiketohim.
2.Thedooristoosmall.Thetallmancan’tgothroughit.
Thedoorisnot______enough______thetallmantogothrough.
3.What'sthepopulationofIndia?
____________________inIndia?
4.LilywasbornonJune10,1986,sowasMary.
______Lily______MarywerebornonJune10,1986.
5.Whatdoes“satellite”mean?
Whatdoyou____________“satellite”?
6.Youcametoschoollateyesterday.Icametoschoollate,too.
Youcametoschoollateyesterday.___________I.
B)根据要求改写下列各句。
7.Mr.Smithtoldmenottowaitatthebusstop.（改为被动语态）
I____________________towaitatthebusstop.
8.ThepopulationofGermanyisaboutseventy-eightmillion.（就划线部分提问）
____________thepopulationofGermany?
9.Doyouknow?Whenwillhebeback?（将上述两句合并成含宾语从句的复合句）
Doyouknow______he______beback?
参考答案：
1.if/whether,I2.big,for3.How,many,people,are,there4.Both,and5.meanby6.So,did7.wastoldnot8.Whatis9.when,will
IV．补全对话
A）填入所缺单词，使对话完整与通顺。
A:Couldyou___1___meyourgeography（地理）book?
B:___2___.___3___youare.
A:___4___you.WehavejustlearnedUnit20.Ittellsussomething___5__theworld’spopulation.Iwanttoknow___6___about___7___.
B:I’mnot____8___itnow.
A:Thankyouverymuch.
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,PeterandMarkarebrothers.Theirfatherhasanewcar,andtheycleanitforhiminturns.Ithasjustrained,andthecarisverydirty.Johnislookingatit,andheistalkingtoPeter.
John:Thecarhasn'tbeencleanedforafewdays.
Peter:1.Itisverydirty.
John:Someoneshouldcleanittoday.
Peter:Markshouldcleanit.2.
John:No,hecleaneditlasttime.It’syourturn.
Peter:3Ialwayscleanitafteryou,
John:Oh,dear,isitreallymyturn?But4.
Peter:Cleanitnow.Onlylazypeopleleavetoday'sworktotomorrow.
John:5.
Peter&Mark:Youareevenlazier.
A.No,ithasn't.B.Yes,ithasn't.
C.It'smyturn.D.It'shisturn.
E.ThenI'llcleanitthedayaftertomorrow.
F.I'llcleanittomorrow.G.No,itisn'tmyturn.
参考答案：
A)1.lend2.Certainly/Sure3.Here4.Thank5.about6.more7.it8.using9.Not10.all
B)1-5ADGFE
V．完形填空
LondonintheseventeenthcenturywasoneofthemostbeautifulcitiesinEuropeofthetime.There1manyimportantbuildingsandoneortwofamoustheatres(剧院).Therewasalsoonelargebridge2theRiverThames.
3,mostofLondonerslivedin4woodhousesinthestreets.Therewere5drains(下水道),sopeople6theirdirtywaterandrubbishintothestreets.Itwas7.
8September2nd,1666,ataboutthreeo'clockinthemorning,a9suddenlystartedinashop.Therewasastrong10andthefirewent11fromonestreettothe12.
Thefirelasted(持续)forthree13anddestroyed13,200homesandmanyotherimportant14.Thiswasthe15oftheoldcityofLondon.
1.A.areB.haveC.wereD.had
2.A.thoughB.inC.onD.across
3.A.BecauseB.HoweverC.EverywhereD.Still
4.A.strongB.hugeC.smallD.modern
5.A.noB.manyC.severalD.allkindsof
6.A.threwB.putC.carriedD.used
7.A.instructiveB.interestingC.difficultD.dangerous
8.A.DuringB.OnC.InD.About
9.A.fireB.shoutC.playD.programme
10.A.rainB.snowC.windD.force
11.A.hurriedlyB.quicklyC.suddenlyD.slowly
12.A.otherB.anotherC.nextD.one
13.A.daysB.yearsC.minutesD.hours
14.A.bridesB.theatresC.buildingsD.cities
15.A.beginningB.middleC.wholeD.end
参考答案：
1.C2.D3.B4.C5.A6.A7.D8.B9.A10.C11.B12.C13.A14.C15.D
VI．阅读理解
（A）
Peru(秘鲁)isthefifthlargestLatinAmericancountrywithapopulationof14430000.Almosthalfofthesepeopleliveinthecityareas(地区).AroundLima,therewere20%ofthetotal(总数)populationin1961.Thepopulationheregrewfasterthananywhereelseandinanother35yearsreaches1/3ofthetotalpopulation.
About45%ofthepeopleareIndiansand50%arewhiteormixed（混合人种）andtheothersareAsians,Negroes(黑人)orpeoplefromothercountries.
Inislandareas,onlyabouthalfofthepeoplecanreadandwrite,butattheplaces
nearthesea,2/3ofthepopulationcanreadandwrite.
1.Whichofthefollowingistrue?
A.FourcountriesarelargerthanPeruinLatinAmerica.
B.PeruisthelargestinthefiveofLatinAmericancountries.
C.LatinisthefifthlargestcountryinNorthAmerica.
D.FivecountriesarelargerthanPeruinLatinAmerica.
2.HowmanyPeruvians(秘鲁人)liveinthecountryarea?
A.14430000B.7215000C.4810000D.2886000
3.Bytheyear1996,thepopulationinLimawaspossibly________.
A.2886000B.7215000C.4810000D.noneoftheabove
4.Inthepast35years,thepopulationinLimahasgrownfasterthan
A.anyplaceinPeruB.anyotherplaceinPeru
C.anyplaceinLatinAmericaD.anyotherplaceintheworld
5.Peoplelivingalongtheseaarepossibly________.
A.bettereducated(教育)B.worseeducated
C.poorerinreadingD.betteratreadingbutnotwriting
（B）
Lifeinthetwenty-firstcenturywillbeverydifferentfromlifetoday.Betweenthenandnowmanychangeswilltakeplace,butwhatwillthechangesbe?
Thepopulationisgrowingfast.Therewillbemanypeopleintheworldandmostofthem
willlivelongerthanpeoplelivenow.
Computerswillbemuchsmallerandmoreuseful,andtherewillbeatleast(至少)onein
everyhome.Andcomputerstudieswillbeoneoftheimportantsubjectsinschoolthen.
Peoplewillworkfewerhoursthantheydonowandtheywillhavemorefreetimeforsports,watchingTVandtravelling.Travellingwillbemucheasierandcheaper.Andmanymorepeoplewillgotoothercountriesforholidays.
Therewillbechangesinourfood,too.Maybenoonewilleatmeateveryday.Insteadtheyeatmorefruitandvegetables.Maybepeoplewillbehealthier.
Workinthefuture(未来)willbedifferent,too.Dangerousandhardworkcanbedonebyrobots(机器人).Becauseofthis,manypeoplewillnothaveenoughworktodo.Thiswillbeaproblem.
6.Therewillbe______inthefuture.
A.smallpopulationB.fewchangesC.morepeopleD.fewpeople
7.Inthefuturethecomputerwillbe______.
A.muchbiggerandfewpeoplewilluseit
B.muchsmallerandmoreuseful
C.smallerandnotmanypeoplewilluseit
D.biggerandalotofpeoplewilluseit
8.Inthefuturemorepeople______.
A.willgotoothercountriesforholidaysB.willstudyatschool
C.willgoearlierD.willworkformanyhours
9.Peoplewillprefer______to______inthefuture.
A.fruitandvegetables,meatB.meat,fruitandvegetable
C.fruitandmeat,vegetableD.meatandvegetables,fruit
10.Therobotswill______inthefuture.
A.dothedangerousworkB.doallthework
C.doonlyhouseworkD.dotheeasyworkforpeople
参考答案：
1.A2.B3.C4.B5.C6.C7.B8.A9.A10.A
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.1MiddleSchoolwill___2___usatalk___3___halfpasttwothisafternoon.Hewilltalkabout
something___4___theworld'spopulation.We'll___5___ontheschoolplaygroundattwo___6____.___7___should___8___hisown（自己的）chairandnotebook（笔记本）.Duringthelecture（演讲）weshouldkeep____9___.___10____belate.
参考答案：
1.from2.give3.at4.about5.meet6.o'clock7.Everyone/Everybody8.take9.quiet10.Don't