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外研八年级上
Module 9 Population
Unit 2 Arnwick was a city with a population of 10,000,000.
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一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示填空
1. How many p are there in the school?
2. I travelled to Hainan last winter. The l people were friendly to me.
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3. —Ruby, could you please help me s these problems?
—With pleasure, but still half are left for you to do by yourself.
4. [2024 青岛期中] Ben needs lots of money to buy a _________ (公寓) in the city centre.
5. He has to walk to school when there’s no bus _____________ (服务) .
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二、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
6. We should the pressure ________ (压力) of teenagers’ schoolwork.
create, reduce, lucky, enjoy, close to, take, mention
【点拨】情态动词should 后接动词原形, 故填reduce。
reduce
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7. [2024 上海闵行区期末] My friend Eric can play the guitar upside down. How ___________ he is!
create, reduce, lucky, enjoy, close to, take, mention
【点拨】题干为感叹句, 由How 可知设空处应用形容词。故填creative。
creative
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8. Speaking of Macao, it is necessary ______________ lotus flowers (莲花) .
create, reduce, lucky, enjoy, close to, take, mention
【点拨】题干为“It’s+adj. +to do sth.”结构, 故填to mention。
to mention
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9. Going to school by bus usually ________ me 10 minutes.
create, reduce, lucky, enjoy, close to, take, mention
【点拨】本题主语为动名词短语, 谓语动词应用第三人称单数。故填takes。
takes
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10. Yesterday we went sightseeing. It was a sunny and ____________ day.
create, reduce, lucky, enjoy, close to, take, mention
【点拨】设空处应填形容词作定语修饰day, 故填enjoyable。
enjoyable
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11. __________, she was not injured in the accident.
create, reduce, lucky, enjoy, close to, take, mention
【点拨】句意: 幸运的是, 她在事故中没有受伤。 luckily 副词, 意为“幸运的是; 幸运地”, 符合题意。故填Luckily。
Luckily
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12. She lives ________ the bus station, so she goes to work by bus.
create, reduce, lucky, enjoy, close to, take, mention
【点拨】close to 意为“离……近”, 符合题意。故填close to。
close to
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三、单项选择
13. —The air pollution there is becoming worse and worse.
—That’s right. But the government is trying to ______ this problem.
A. solve B. plan
C. answer D. discover
【点拨】solve 解决; plan 计划; answer 回答; discover 发现。根据语境可知此处表示政府在努力解决问题, 应使用solve。
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14. The street is dirty and there is too much ________ on it.
A. traffic B. cars
C. noise D. rubbish
【点拨】句意: 这条街太脏, 有太多的垃圾在街道上。故选D。
D
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15. She is making a great effort _______ English well because she is going to study abroad.
A. learn B. to learn
C. learning D. learns
【点拨】根据make an effort to do sth. 的固定搭配可知答案, 该短语的含义是“努力做某事”。
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16. [2024 重庆外国语学校期中改编] Grace often gets nervous before she gives a speech ________.
A. in public B. in total
C. in common D. in person
【点拨】句意: Grace 在她在公共场所演讲前经常紧张。in public 在公共场所; in total 总计; in common 共有; in person 亲自。根据句意可知, in public 符合题意。
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17. —Peter is going to ________ the restaurant.
—Maybe because few people go there to have meals.
A. lift up B. look up
C. write down D. close down
【点拨】根据答语“或许因为几乎没有人去那里吃饭” 可推断, Peter 打算“关闭”这家饭店, close down 符合题意。
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四、根据汉语意思完成句子
18. 我们都需要一个更好的居住环境。
We all need a ________ ________ environment.
better living
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19. 我们必须尽力满足顾客的需求。
We must try our best to ________ ________ ________ ________ the customer.
meet the needs
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20. 几乎在中国的每一个城市, 共享单车能使人们自由地到处旅行又无污染。
In almost every city in China, shared bikes can make people travel around freely ________ __________.
without pollution
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21. 我会努力帮你解决这个问题的。
I will make ________ ________ ________ ________ you to solve this problem.
an effort to help
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22. 这个女孩很安静。她总是静静地坐在那儿读书。
The girl is very ________. She always sits there ________ and reads a book.
quiet quietly
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五、完形填空
City life is cool, but is country life cooler?
More people in Britain want to live 23 the country, and this is causing problems in the countryside.
23. A. in B. on C. at D. to
【点拨】live in the country 为固定搭配, 意为“居住在乡村”。故选A。
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The 24 of British cities has been falling for years.
24. A. number B. trouble
C. population D. pollution
【点拨】根据下文中“But Britain’s total population is still growing. (但英国的总人口一直在增长) ”可知空格处应填population。
C
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Cities like Liverpool and Glasgow have 25 about 30 percent (百分比) of their population in 30 years.
25. A. increased B. dropped
C. lost D. saved
【点拨】increased 增加; dropped 下降; lost 失去; saved 节省。由上句“英国的城市多年来人口下降”可推知句意“像利物浦和格拉斯哥这样的城市30 年来减少了大约30% 的人口”, 故选C。
C
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But Britain’s total (全部的) population is still growing. 26 are the people going? Answer: to the country.
26. A. What B. When C. How D. Where
【点拨】由后句“Answer: to the country.”可知上句询问地点, 故选D。
D
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Small villages are becoming more popular. People have more space and most houses have gardens. But 27 there are growing.
27. A. problems B. houses
C. cars D. schools
【点拨】结合后文可知, 后文列举的均是乡村人口增多带来的“问题”。故选A。
A
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Lots of people want to live in the country and work in the 28 , so they are traveling long distances (距离) each day to go to work. Lots of young people feel that life in the country is boring, as well.
28. A. country B. cities C. villages D. forests
【点拨】由空格前“Lots of people want to live in the country...”及后句“所以他们每天都要长途跋涉去上班。”可知, 他们工作的地点在“城市”。故选B。
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Little villages now have traffic problems in the morning, just like big cities! And they are getting 29 .
29. A. better B. worse C. harder D. easier
【点拨】由And 可推知句意“并且这些问题正变得更糟糕”, 故选B。
B
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Another problem is that parts of the countryside are starting to 30 .
30. A. appear B. disappear C. agree D. disagree
【点拨】由下文“人们似乎把城市中的问题带到了乡村”推知句意: 部分乡村地区开始消失。故选B。
B
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People seem to be bringing their problems from the cities to the countryside they now 31 .
31. A. wish for B. reach for
C. work in D. live in
【点拨】空处为定语从句谓语, 由先行词 the countryside 可知选live in。故选D。
D
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On some days, air pollution can be a big problem in large parts of southern England, not just in London. Crime (犯罪活动) has become a serious (严重 的) problem in these places.
Perhaps there is hope for the future. Soon, Britain’s population will stop rising. In 100 years, there will be 32 people in Britain than today—perhaps two million less.
32. A. fewer B. few C. less D. little
【点拨】由最后一句“perhaps two million less(可能少200 万) ”可推知句意: 100 年后, 英国的人口将会比今天少。people 为集合名词表示复数概念, 故用fewer。
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