Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world 单元达标题-2024-2025学年初中英语人教版八年级下册

Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world

一、单项选择

1．I’ll let you borrow my storybook on one ________ — you lend your bicycle to me.

A．relation B．opinion C．decision D．condition

2．—Is this tree 500 years old?

—Yes, it’s really a (n) _______ tree.

A．normal B．lonely C．ancient D．broken

3．—You finally passed the driving test, right?

—Yes. Thanks to you, I _______.

A．succeeded B．understood C．charged D．returned

4．Stephen Hawking has _______great success as a scientist.

A．allowed B．achieved C．practiced D．promised

5．She wanted to try her best to solve the problem, _______ many people think it is impossible to make it.

A．as if B．even though C．so that D．ever since

6．If you have any question, please _______ to ask me.

A．lie down B．wake up C．feel free D．fall asleep

7．—Do you know which country has the largest _______ in the world?

—Of course it is China.

A．land B．water C．population D．gold

8．— I ________ nearly 75 kg now. Is it because I eat too much junk food?

— I am afraid it is. If you want to keep fit, you’d better lose weight（减肥）.

A．take B．weigh C．force D．protect

9．—What’s ________ mountain in the world?

—Qomolangma. It is 8848. 86 meters high according to the latest report.

A．higher B．highest C．the highest D．high

10．—The Great Wall runs about 21, 200 kilometres.

—Wow! ________.

A．It's OK B．Good idea C．That's amazing D．You are welcome

 二、完形填空

Have you ever heard of Mount K2 (乔戈里峰)? It is known as Savage Mountain because many people used to die or get hurt while     11     it.

K2 is the second highest mountain in the world after court Qomolangma. People never climb Mount K2 in     12    . Both storms and cold weather make it     13     to climb this mountain during that time. K2 is famous as one of the most     14     mountains to climb. It is known by different     15     such as Chogori, Ketu and Mount Godwin-Austen. The name Chogori     16     “the king of mountains”. This mountain lies between the border (边界) of Pakistan and China.

A part of the mountain lies in Pakistan. The other     17     of the mountain lies in Xinjiang, China. Thomas Montgomerie did the first survey of Mount K2 and measured (测量) its height. He named the     18     K2, where “K” stood for Kechu. K2 was the second mountain listed, so the name     19     the number “2”. The best timed climb K2 is between April and October. It     20     at least 3 weeks to complete the climbing.

11．A．climbing B．walking C．swimming D．moving

12．A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter

13．A．important B．impossible C．silent D．amazing

14．A．difficult B．easy C．interesting D．sleepy

15．A．names B．places C．mountains D．trees

16．A．listens B．shows C．calls D．means

17．A．side B．part C．joy D．nature

18．A．mountain B．people C．river D．protection

19．A．completed B．included C．provided D．depended

20．A．spends B．joins C．takes D．goes

  三、阅读理解

A river is a flowing（流动的）, moving stream of water. Usually a river feeds water into an ocean, lake, pond, or even another river. Rivers can differ in size and there is no strict rule on how big a flow of water must be to be called as a river. Here are the five longest rivers in the world.

The Nile RiverThe Nile River is 4,135 miles long. It is located in the continent of Africa, mostly in the countries of Egypt and Sudan. It flows

	north into the Mediterranean Sea.
	The Amazon RiverThe Amazon River is 3,980 miles long. It is located in the continent of South America and flows through several countries including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. It ends at the Atlantic Ocean.
	The Yangtze RiverLocated in China, the Yangtze River is 3,917 miles long and flows into the East China Sea.
	The Mississippi River and the Missouri RiverThe river system of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River is the longest river system in North America at 3,902 miles. It flows south into the Gulf of Mexico.
	The Yenisei RiverThe Yenisei River starts in Mongolia and flows through Russia to the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean. It’s 3,445 miles long.

There are 76 rivers in the world over 1,000 miles long. A lot of people think that rivers always flow south, but 4 of the 10 longest rivers in the world flow north. The United States alone has around 3.5 million miles of rivers. Four of the top 10 longest rivers flow through China at some point.

21．The Nile River is _________ longer than the Yangtze River.

A．155 miles B．218 miles C．233 miles D．690 miles

22．Which is the second longest river in the world?

A．The Nile River. B．The Mississippi River. 

C．The Yangtze River.D．The Amazon River.

23．The Mississippi River ends at _________.

A．the Mediterranean Sea B．the East China Sea

C．the Gulf of Mexico D．the Arctic Ocean

24．According to the passage, how many rivers are there in the world over 1,000 miles long?

A．10. B．76. C．4. D．35.