Unit 13 The world’s population
一． 用if 或whether填空。
1. I want to know ___________________ you can come.
2. Please tell me __________________ or not you can come .
3. I’m not sure _________________ it will rain or not.
4. I’m thinking of ______________ he’ll come.
5. I don’t know _________________ I should go or not.
6. I can’t decide _________________ to go or stay .
二． 用population或people填空。
1. How many ______________ are there in the city ?
2. What’s the __________________ of the city ?
3. The ___ of this country is about fifty million .
A. people B. man C. persons D. population
三． 用hardly或hard填空。
1. She spoke so quietly that I could ___________ hear her .
2. We study ____________ for the people .
3. The Chinese people are working _____________ to make our country more and more beautiful .
四． 翻译下列句子。
1. 她宁愿和我们一道去，而不愿留下。______________________ _______________________________________________ .
2. 双胞胎姐妹宁可在学校里看书也不愿去参加晚会。
__________________________________________________ ________________________________ .
3. It’s raining heavily outside, so we ___ to stay at home watching TV ___ go out to watch the game.
A. would, rather than B. had better, than C. prefer, rather than
D. shall, than
五．单项填空。
1. ___ is the population of China ? It’s about 1.3 billion. And it’s growing ___ .
A. How much, hours after hours B. How many, hours after hours
C. How large, hour after hour D. How big, hour after hour
2. The students in my school are twice as ___ as ___ in No. 5.
A. many, that B. much, that C. many, those D. much, those
3. He promised us that he ___ early but he hasn’t arrived yet .
A. will be B. has been C. was hasn’t D. would be
4. The Clarks will come back to Chongqing ___ .
A. after three day’s time B. in three day’s time
C. after three days D. in three days’ time
5. Do you know that Great Britain has ___ population of 59 million?
A. a B. the C. an D. ／
6. You ___ a used car ___ as little as 500 dollars last month.
A. paid, of B. bought, for C. spent, for D. cost, to
7. It is said that the population of the world may be seven billion __.
A. by 2010 year B. in the 2010 C. by the year 2010
D. in 2010 year
8. We prefer ___ at the party rather than __ .
A. to sing, dance B. sing, dance C. to sing, dancing
D. sing, to dancing
9. Each person will have one half ___ one square ___ of space to live in .
A. to, metres B. till, metres C. and, metre D. to, metre
10. I know eight ___ five ___ forty .
A. multiply, is B. multiplied by, is C. multiply, are
D. multiplied by, are
11. The population of Australia is ___ than ___ Japan .
A. large, that of B. smaller, that of C. large, ／ D. smaller,／
12. There is enough space to ___ the earth now .
A. live on B. live in C. live on in D. live in on
13. He said he ___ , and so he did .
A. had come B. would come C. will come D. had come
14. His passage ___ a few words.
A. closed B. ended with C. began D. began from
六．翻译下列短语或句子。
1. 使慢下来 ____________________________________
2. 世界上最大的挑战 __________________________________
3. 20世纪初期 ________________________________________
4. 地球上只有站的地方。_________________________________ _______________________________ .
5. 增长得越来越快 ___________________________________
七.单项填空。
1. Mike wants to know if ___ a picnic tomorrow . Yes. But if it is ___, We’ll visit the museum instead .
A. you have, will rain B. you will have, will rain
C. you will have, rains D. will you have, rains
2. Could you tell me ___ ?
A. where would we meet B. where shall we meet
C. where we shall meet D. where are we going to meet
3. Pardon? I ___ hear you .
A. don’t B. didn’t C. can’t D. won’t
4. My work is ___ done . I’ll be right with you .
A. hour after hour B. now and then C. more or less
D. more and more
5. When I got to her home, I was told that she ___ to Shanghai .
A. went B. has gone C. had been D. had gone
6. He said he ___, and so he did.
A. would come B. had come C. will come D. had came
7. The police ___ busy searching for the thief after the bank was broken into .
A. is B. are C. was D. were
8. It’s very kind ___ invite me .
A. from you to B. of you to C. by you to D. with you to
9. ___ have you known her ?
A. How long time B. How long C. How much time
D. How much
10. I work ___ I can .
A. so hard as B. as hard as C. so hardly as D. as hardly as
11. The problem is ___ we can finish the work within such a short time.
A. how B. when C. why D. that
12. It was ___ that we felt tired when we arrived .
A. a so long travel B. a such long travel C. such a long journey
D. so a long journey
13. ___ repeat the question ?
A. Shall I B. Will I C. Would you like me
D. Do you want to me
14. Let me get a chair for ___ .
A. your sitting on B. you to sit on C. your sitting down
D. you to sit on
答案
1. whether/if whether whether whether whether whether
2. people population D
3. hardly hard hard
4. She preferred to go with us rather than <to> stay behind. The twins sisters prefer to do some reading at chool rather than go to the party. C
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6. slow down the greatest challenge of the world at the beginning of the 20th century There will be standing room only on the earth grow faster and faster
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