1、12-1同步检测.根据句意及首字母提示补全单词1Do the q_ and find out how much you know about the UK.2What are the p_ called in England?3There are several d_in our company.4Who r_the UK，the Prime Minister or the Queen?5Can you name the c_cities of the countries of the UK?答案：1.quiz 2.provinces 3.departments 4.rules 5.capit
2、al.根据汉语提示完成句子1How many countries does the UK _(组成)?2How long does it take to fly _ Beijing _ (从到) London Heathrow Airport?3Read on and _(找到，弄清) more about the UK.4You know _(许多；大量) already.5England can be _(分成)three main areas.答案：1.consist of 2.from，to 3.find out 4.a lot 5.divided into.易混辨析1用 consis
3、t of/be made up of/be made of/make up填空Up to 70% of your total body weight_water.The whole huge building seemed to_iron.Women_40% of the prison population in this area.2选词填空：divide/separateA narrow strait_North America from Asia.The world is_into seven continents.Children，_the cake into four parts a
4、nd then you each will get one.答案：1.is made up of/consists of be made of make up 2.separates divided divide.用适当的介词或副词填空1I dont know Mr. Smith, but I know _him.2The artist is known _ all in America.3It is known _ an ancient city.4I didnt know him _ his twin brother.答案：1.of 2.to 3.as 4.from.根据汉语意思完成句子2
5、1你一定是弄错了。You _ _ mistaken.2八国联盟包括世界上最富裕的八个国家。The Group of Eight _ _ the eight richest countries in the world.3他们最终达成了一致。They _ _ _at last.4说出英国五个重要城市的名字。_ five important cities in the United Kingdom.答案：1.must be 2.consists of 3.reached an agreement4Name.阅读理解阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。AT
6、he year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet(彗星)is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.On 17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earths atmosphere with a massive explosion.About half of the piece
7、 is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole.The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 500 kilometers an hour.
8、 Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet land in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pac
9、ific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north wont escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the w
10、orld fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun wont be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.3Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinos
11、aurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldnt live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?1What i
12、s mainly described in the passage?AA historic discovery.BAn event of imagination.CA research on space.DA scientific adventure.答案：B 文章描述了人类在 2094年可能会遭遇的灾难。这些事情只是一种想象，故选 B项。2When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes_ _.Aan earthquake Bdamages to citiesCan Earth explosion Dhuge waves答案：D
13、根据文章第二段第四句“Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole.” 可知答案应为 D项。3Why cant the northern half of the earth escape for long?ABecause the land is covered with water.BBecause the light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth.CBecause people there can not live at the temperature of z
14、ero.DBecause wars break out among countries.答案：B 文章第三段中提到，南半球数以万计的人已经死了，而北半球也逃脱不了这种厄运。因为太阳多年照不到地球，地球上的温度几乎降到了零度。植物遭到了破坏，食物缺乏，导致战争，故 B项表述正确。4By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove_ _.Aanimals could not live in the cold climateBwhat happened 65 million years ago was an invented
15、storyCthe human beings will die out in 2094Dthe Earth could be hit by other objects in space答案：D 分析第四段内容可知，作者举恐龙这一例子是为了说明地球很有可能再次遭遇袭击。B4Some people are pessimistic(悲观的) when they think about the future. They say that, a hundred years from now, we will have used most of the earths resources. We will
16、have polluted our seas badly, and be unable to eat fish from them. We will have made the air so dirty that we will need to wear masks.The worlds population will have doubled, and we will have used all the countryside for housing; there will be no farmland left.Other people believe that Man adapts ve
17、ry easily. They have a different idea of the future. However, in their views, will people be living in a hundred years time?One architect(建筑师) believes that Man will move off the land. He suggests that the city of the future will be a huge, pyramidshaped building, which will be floating on the surfa
18、ce of the sea. About 5,000 families will be living there, and the building will contain shops and schools as well as homes.By living on the sea, we will give the farmers more land to grow crops.As for oil, people will no longer need it: we will be heating our homes with power from the sun. And we wi
19、ll not be short of minerals, because there are plenty under our oceans. At the moment, we do not have the technology to get them out. But, in a hundred years time，the optimists(乐观主义者) say, the new sea cities will be using these resources.What will be in the shops in the year 3000? What will people b
20、e wearing? How will people be traveling?Scientists who make predictions about the future suggest that, by the year 3000, shops will no longer exist. Computers will have replaced them; and people will order goods from home.People will be wearing very light, thin clothes. By this time, scientists will
21、 have invented a fabric that keeps us cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather.As for travel, the experts say that most people will be using public transport. Electric cars will be traveling through the streets day and night. Anybody will be able to stop one and use it.An interesting picture! Un
22、fortunately, we will not be there to see if these predictions come true.5Pessimists believe that in the future_.Athe seas and oceans will be full of houses5Bwell have used up all the resourcesCwe will not have enough fish to eat from the seasDwe will have polluted the air so badly that it will be im
23、possible for us to breath答案：D 由文章第一段第四句“We will have made.to wear masks.”可知，悲观的人认为一百年之后，因为空气受到严重污染，人们必须要戴着面具，故 D项正确。A 项是一位建筑师的假想；B 项应为大部分资源被用完而非全部；C 项应为鱼因污染而不能食用。6Optimists suggest that_.Aall the land will be too polluted to be cropped onBpyramids will be most commonlyused housesCpeople will be usin
24、g the power from the sun instead of oilDwe will be short of materials even though we get them from under the oceans答案：C 由文章第四段第一句可知，人们将不再使用石油，而是利用太阳能来取暖。7Scientists have made the predictions EXCEPT_.Aelectric cars will be going along the streets continuouslyBthe resources under the oceans will never be used upCpeople will order goods from homeDpeople wont suffer from cold any longer答案：B 文章最后四段是科学家的推测。倒数第二段第二句提到日夜运作的电车；倒数第四段末句提到人们将在家中订购物品；倒数第三段末句提到新发明的纤维使我们冬暖夏凉；只有 B项文中未提及。
