Unit 10 The world around us
a. am b. is c. are d. will be
12. without electricity human life _____ quite different today.
a. is b. will be c. would have been d. would be
13. many doctors and nurses are devoting themselves to _____ sars.
a. fighting against b. fight against c. be fighting against d. fight with
14. i did _____ i could _____ the blind child.
a. that, take care of b. what, to take care of
c. all, take care of d. everything, take care of
15. _____ of farmland has been used for building.
a. a large number b. a large amount c. the amount d. the number
ii. 完形填空
we often hear people saying that the world is getting smaller. they do not (1) mean that
the world is getting smaller,(2).what they mean is that with (3) means of transport, we can now (4) every part of the world very (5).we can cross from new york to paris in (6) than hours on a plane, and helicopters can now be used to explore (探索) mountains and valleys that were (7) to explore on foot. there used to be a time when many (8) of the world had never been seen or visited by foreigners. the great forest in brazil is so (9) that in some places it is (10) to walk through them. mt.jolmo lungma, the world's highest mountain was for (11) thought to be too dangerous (12) .but in 1953 a new zealander called edmurd hillary with his nepalese (13),tenzing reached the top of mt.jolmo lungma, and now (14) huge machines ,roads are being cut through the forest of brazil.(15) there was a time when the world was very small. two thousand and three hundred years ago the egyptians and the greeks thought that the world (16) as it does on this old map. they thought the world was flat and that (17) it was the ocean. then man began to use ships to explore the world. they found that (18) they sailed further away from their home continents, the world became (19).and they (20) new countries and continents that they did not (21).as they built bigger and bigger (22),they were able to sail further and further away. so they have to make new (23) to show the countries they found. today there are (24) undiscovered countries left to be put on the map, but there are many new worlds to discover out in (25).
( ) 1. a. surely b. really c. commonly d. clearly
( ) 2.a.of course b. for example c. in fact d. in all
( ) 3.a.strange b. expensive c. old d. modern
( ) 4.a.see b. know c. reach d. call
( ) 5.a.quickly b. slowly c. directly d. freely
( ) 6.a.more b. less c. faster d. longer
( ) 7.a.pleasant b. necessary c. painful d. difficult