Unit 5 What’s the highest mountain in the world？
I. 单项选择。
1．The baby is about 52 centimeters tall _______ birth．
A．in B．at C．on D．for
2．The young man is _______ more famous than his father．
A．a lot B．many C．pretty D．quite
3．We shouldn’t _______ the trees in order to protect the environment．
A．write down B．put down C．take down D．cut down
4．The boy was badly ill．He had to drop out of school becau of _______．
A．darkness B．illness C．history D．excitement
5．I can e some children _______ basketball on the playground now．
A．play B．played C．playing D．to play
6．—Do you know the ______ of the stone?
—Yes．It ______ about 200 kilos．
A．weight；weighs B．weights；weighs
C．weigh；weighs D．weigh；weights
7．The fans shouted with ______ when they saw the famous singer．
A．exciting B．excited C．excite D．excitement
8．I think the best way to ______ us against illness is to exerci more．
A．protect B．stop C．take D．have
9．The Great Wall is one of ______ man-made objects in the world．
A．famous B．more famous C．the most famous D．the famous
10．He ud his ______ money to buy a book．
A．remain B．remained C．remains D．remaining
11．_____ is the population of the city?
A．What B．How much C．How many D．How big
12．The _____ book has so many pages．I can’t finish reading it in a few days．
A．wide B．deep C．thick D．difficult
13．Work hard and I am sure you can succeed ______ the report by six clock．
A．finish B．to finish C．finishing D．to finishing
14．—Do his pets ______ the cat?
—Yes．He has three pet cats _______ this one．
A．include；include B．include；including
C．including；including D．including；include
15．For most people，it’s very difficult to _______ air on the top of Qomolangma．
A．take out B．take off C．take up D．take in
II. 完形填空。
My parents took me to Japan when I was little. I lived there for five years. ___1___I came back, my Japane was very good. “Can I do something uful with my Japane?” I asked mylf. Then, one day last spring, I got a good opportunity(机会). Everyone was afraid of SARS, so I stayed at home with ___2___to do. My father brought me a Japane book. “Why don’t you translate(翻译)it into Chine? It will be better than ___3___computer games all day.” I promid (许诺) to do 2000 words each day. But ___4___I found it was hard to keep the promi. One day in May, the weather was beautiful. But I couldn’t go out. Tho 2000 words were still ___5___me. After translating
only three pages, I already lost interest in the book. I looked at it for a long time. But I couldn’t make mylf turn the pages. How I ___6___I could just go outside and play football with my friends! I counted the words again and again. I just wanted to give up. I felt as if two people were fighting ___7___my mind. One said, “Don’t give up! Keep working hard and you’ll do well!”But then the other one said, “Go and play! It will be more ___8___than translating. Do your work tomorrow. I stood up and would ___9___the computer. But then I remembered ___10___my parents had told me: “Whatever you do, don’t stop halfway. ” So I sat down and went on with it.
1. A. Becau B. Until C. Since D. When
2. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
3. A. be played B. playing C. played D. plays
4. A. just then B. right now C. soon D. suddenly
5. A. talking to B. looking at C. smiling at D. waiting for
6. A. thought B. felt C. wished D. decided
7. A. in B. with C. about D. for
8. A. fun B. important C. uful D. dangerous
9. A. turn on B. turn off C. open D. clo
10. A. how B. where C. which D. what
