初中英语人教新目标 (Go for it) 版八年级下册Section A课时作业

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?

Section A (grammar focus-4c)课后练习

一、阅读Grammar Focus, 完成下列句子。

1. 世界上最高的山脉是哪一座？珠穆朗玛。

—What’s                mountain in the world?

—Qomolangma.

2. 珠穆朗玛有多高？它有8,844.43 米高。它比任何一座山都要高。

—               is Qomolangma?

— It’s 8,844.43 meters high. It’s                any other mountain.

3. 世界上最深的咸水湖是哪一个？里海是所有的咸水湖中最深的。

—               the deepest salt lake in the world?

— The Caspian Sea is                              the salt lakes.

4. 你知道中国是世界上最古老的的国家之一吗？是的，我知道。它比美国古老多了。

—Did you know that China is                                   in the world?

—Yes, I did. It’s                         the US.

二、用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. This book is as　　　　(interesting) as that one. 

2. Mount Tai is a lot　　　　 (high) than any other mountain in Shandong. 

3. Qomolangma is the 　　　　(high) mountain in the world. 

4. The weather in Fujian is 　　　　(warm) than that in Jilin in winter. 

5. Miss Li is the 　　　　(popular) teacher of all. 

三、句型转换。

1. This is a 5,000-meter-long river.(同义句转换)

This river is 5,000 　　　　　　　　. 

2. She is the tallest student in her class.(同义句转换)

She is 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 student in her class. 

3. The population of Qingdao is more than 9 million.(对画线部分提问) 

　　　　　　　　the population of Qingdao? 

4. Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world.(对画线部分提问)

　　　　　　　　the highest mountain in the world? 

5. Jack doesn’t play basketball as well as Tom.(同义句转换)

Tom plays basketball 　　　　　　　　Jack. 

四、单项选择

1. The United Kingdom __________ Northern Ireland and Wales.

A. include    B. including    C. includes

2.—Zhen He was a Ming Dynasty explorer that we Chinese people are proud of.

—I agree with you. He even succeeded __________ sailing to the east coast of Africa.

A. in    B. on    C. too

3. When the tourists first go to Tibet, they might find it hard to __________ air.

A. take in    B. take out    C. take away

4. As long as all the Chinese people pull together, our China Dream will __________.

A. come true    B. come out    C. come up

5. The Yangtze River is __________ river in China. It’s a little __________ than the Yellow River.

A. longest; longer    B. the longest; the longer    C. the longest; longer

五、阅读理解

Go on a road trip? Check out these roadside attractions and museums.

World’s Largest Ball of Paint

In 1977, Michael Carmichael created the biggest ball of paint. Starting with a baseball as the center, he painted layer (层) after layer. After over 20,000 layers of paint, the ball weighs over 1,100 pounds. Visitors can paint the balls themselves and become part of history.

Dinosaur Park

The land can be found outside Rapid City. On a hill overlooking the city, dinosaurs made out of brightly painted concrete (混凝土) stand guard. The park was built as a work project in 1916 by Debbie Sardone. The five dinosaurs are life-sized and can be seen from miles away.

The Museum of Dirt

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johanson. Labeled glass bottles contain dirt from the Great Wall of China and sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Johanson has collected material from the Amazon River and from Times Square after a New Year’s Eve celebration, lava (火山岩) from Mt Fuji in Japan and shells from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia Best of all, visiting this museum is free.

Paper House

Ellis Stenman built a two-room house almost completely out of newspapers in 1922. At that time, “recycling” wasn’t even a word yet. The house was framed (框起来) with wood, but the walls were made of 215 layers of newspapers. The furniture was also made of newspapers. In all, it used about 100,000 newspapers.

1. If you want to paint the balls, you can visit __________.

A. Paper House    B. Dinosaur Park     C. World’s Largest Ball of Paint

2. The five dinosaurs in Dinosaur Park can be seen from miles away because __________.

A. they were built on a hill

B. they were built outside Rapid City

C. they were made out of brightly painted concrete

3. __________ is free for visitors.

A. Paper House     B. Dinosaur Park     C. The Museum of Dirt

4. Paper house was created by __________.

A. Glenn Johanson     B. Elis Stenman     C. Michael Carmichael

5. You can see __________ from Times Square after a New Year’s Eve celebration in the Museum of Dirt.

A. material    B. shells    C. sand

参考答案

一、1. the highest  2. How high; higher than   3. Which is; the deepest of all 

4. one of the oldest countries; much older than

二.1.interesting　2.higher2.higher　 3.tallest　 4.warmer  5.most popular

三. 1.meters long　 2. taller than any other　 3. What is　

4. What is　    5. better than

四.1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. C

五. 阅读理解：C C C B A