Unit   1   Encyclopaedias

1. I Choose the proper word from the bracket to compiete the sentence.(选词填空)

1. The littie boy comes from______.(French; France)
2. The______ of the experiment gave us a lot of confidence. (succeed;success)

II.Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空)

1. Are there any_______between the two Disneyland Parks?
2. The old woman was too tired to go any ______(far).
3. “You must stop _____(complain)about that ,”The husband said to his wife.
4. Does life _____on other pianets?(existence)
5. Is it ____(true)?Tell me_____(true)about the _____(true).
6. My grandmother ______down to pray when my grandfather was ill.(kneei)
7. What language do you speak when you talk to ______?(France)
8. She is thin and pale ,_____other healhy girls.
9. The iron ball doesn’t fall down as ____ as the balloon.(gentle)

III.Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)

（  ）1.You must make your new house clean and safe _____you move in .

A.because    B.when   C.before   D.until
（  ） 2.I’m sorry I’m late again because I ____ catch the early bus.

A.don’t   B.didn’t    C.won’t   D.shan’t
（  ）3.My little sister received______birthday cayds last year.

Afourteenth  B.fourth   C.forty    D.forties
（  ）4.When she was 22years old ,her dream to a theather ______.

A.came true    B.come true    C.came  real    D.come  real 
（  ）5.I thought he ______to see hie mother if he _____time.

A.will go…has     B.will go….will have    C.would go …would have     D.would go …had
（  ）6.You’d better _______the information in the encyclopedia.

A.look up     B.to look it up     C.look it up     Dto look up
（  ）7.We have _____a tram_____through the bright.

Aseen…run.     B.seen…running    C.saw…run     D.saw…running
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（  ）8 None but a doctor and a nurse _____there when we left.

A.is     B. are    C. was    D.were
（  ）9 Many people have have tried ,but ______of them get good scores in the GRE test.

A.few     B. quite a few    C. many    D. anｙ

(   )10.I don’t know if it _____or not tomorrow.

A.will snow   B. snows  C. has snowed   D.is snowing

(   )11.He was sixty-eight . In two years he ______ seventy.

1. was going to be  B.would be  C.had been  D.will be

(   )12.It’s important for us _____the balance of nature , so we should protect the forest.

A.to break   B. keeping   C.breakingf   D.TOkeep

(   )13.We brought _____ English-Chinese dictionaries.

A. us   B. ours   C. ourselves   D.to us

(   )14.Tom _____ for more than a week.

1. has left  B. has gone away C.went away  D.has been away

(   )15.Ann is so careful that she goes over her exercises to ______ there are no mistakes.

A.look for   B.make  sure  C.find out  D.think about

(    )16.My uncle prefers ______ to ______ .

1. making model cars ; making model ships
2. make  model cars ; make  model ships
3. to  make  model cars ; to  make  model ships
4. making model cars ; make   model ships

(    )17.Often students are ______ busy with schoolwork _____ care about people around them .

A.so ; as to   B. too;to   C.so;that    D.such ;that

(    )18.He told me that the sun _____in the east.

A. rises   B.raises  C.rose  Draised

(    )19.The baby is sleeping .You’d better ____ the radio a little .

A.to turn off   B.turn off   C.to turn down  D.turn down

（    ）20.—How far is it from your school to your home ?----It’s_____walk.

A. half anhour  B.an hour  C.half an hour’s   D.half an hours’

(     )21.Sorry , I _____ the book at home .

A.forgot   B. left   C. lost   D.took

(     )22.Wei Fang is only six ,but she speaks English ______ her mother.

A.as good as  B.as better as  C.as  well  as   D. as  best  as

(     )23.Jim,_____ her brother ,_____ to be dressed up as Aladdin .

1. dislike;unlikes  B.unlike;unlikes C. .unlike; .dislikes  D. dislike; dislikes

（     ）24.Do  you know who French _____ well _____ with at eight yesterday?

A.he is talking  B.was  he talking   C. he was talking D. is he talking

(    )25.I don’t think ____ to solve the problem.

A.it’s difficult   B.is not to be difficult  C.it to be not difficult  D.it  be  difficult

(    )26. By  the time he was ten , Edison ____ experiment in chemistry.

1. had already done  B.already had done  C.was aleady doing  D.aleady did

(    )27.---_____ all your things , Tom !I hate them here and there .---Ok.Mom.

A.Put up    B.Put on   C.Put down   D.Put away

III.Rewrite the following sentences as required.(根据要求改写句子)

1. Hurry up ,or you’ll miss the early train.(保持原句意思)

If you ______ hurry up , you ____ miss the early train.

2. He picked up his bag and hurried off. .(保持原句意思)

He picked up his bag and _____ in a _____ .。

3. The  weather in Thailand is very hot (对划线部分提问)

_____ the weather ______ in Thailand?

4.I won’t go with my brother . He thinks,(连成一个含有宾语的复合句)

He ______ _______ I_______ go with my brother .

4. Jim is weak in Chinese.(改为否定句)

Jim_____ ______ ________ Chinese.

5. My friend went to Beijing last year . She is still in Beijing now.(合并成一句)

My friend ______ ______ ______ Beijing ______ last year.

6. The classroom is 40 squares meters . That classroom is 40 squares meters,too. (合并成一句)

The classroom is ______ ______ _______ as that one.