Wonders of the World ( Exercises )

★ 派生词

1. wonder (n.) → wonderful (a.)

2. Egypt (n.)→ Egyptian ( a.)

3. death (n.)→ die (v.)→dead (a.)→ dying (a.) → deadly (a.)

4. cover (v.)　→ discover (v.) →discovery ( n.)

5. weigh (v.) →weight (n.)

6. without (prep.) → with (prep.)

7. protect( v.) →protection (n.)

8. alive (a.) → live (v.) →living (a.)→ life (n.)

9. length ( n. )→ long (a.)

10. height (n.)→ high (a.)

11. deep(a.)→ depth (n.)

12. wind (n.)→ windy(a.)

13. add ( v.) → addition (n.)

14. India (n.) → Indian (a.)

15. wise (a.) → wisdom (n.)

16. attraction (n.)→ attract (v. )→attractive(a.)

17. final (a.)→ finally (ad.)

★ Choose the only one mistake in each sentence and correct:

( ) 2. May I ask your daughter any questions, please? Yes, please.

A B C D

( ) 3. What was the date yesterday? It’s July 22.

A B C D

( ) 4. You’d better not to go there this afternoon.

A B C D

( ) 5. The baby was born on the 22th of April, 1981.

A B C D

( ) 6. The bag isn’t empty, isn’t it? No, it’s full of air.

A B C D

( ) 7. There are over one thousands of people in the concert.

A B C D

( ) 8. There is an “l” in the word “lord”, isn’t it?

A B C D

( ) 9. Jenny’s trousers are red, but this pair of trousers are green.

A B C D

( ) 10. There is no coffee and juice in the bottle. It’s empty.

A B C D

★Fill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms:

1, The Golden Gate Bridge is about 8981 feet in . (long)

2, Jack’s grandmother has been for about 10 years. (death)

3, The Great Wall is one of the of the world. (wonderful)

4, How did the ancient build the pyramids without any machines. (Egypt)

5, The great wall is the symbol of the of the ancient Chinese. (wise)

6, The built pyramids about five thousand years ago. (Egypt)

7, The artist became famous after his . (die)

8, This table is four long. (foot)

9, John got up late this morning. He hurried to school breakfast. (with)

10. All the here are priceless because they are our national treasures.(exhibition)

11. I gave Bob a traditional Chinese painting. He was very to me. (thank)

12. A: Thank you very much for showing me around your new house.

B: It’s a . (please)

13. This dictionary is much _______ (thick) than that one.

★Fill in the blanks with the verbs in their proper forms:

1. The children (reach) Shanghai safely yesterday evening.

2. (pass) me the pen, please.

3. The shop assistant (serve) the customers very well every day.

4. My parents (visit) the museum if it is fine tomorrow.

5. Jane (draw) four nice pictures since last month.

6. In the ancient Egypt, the kings wanted (keep) their bodies after they died.

7. Our school (cover) an area of fifty thousand square metres.

8. Tim (work) out the difficult problem and he is very happy.

9. You’d better (not go) shopping now. It’s raining very hard.

10. I saw Mary (do) her maths exercises in the classroom just now.

★Choose the best answer:

1. A: Excuse me . Is there a park here?

B: _______________.

A: Thank you all the same.

A. Yes, there is. B. No, there isn’t.

C. Yes, it’s over there. D. Sorry, I don’t know.

2. We have _________ breakfast at ________ beginning of _______ day.

A. / , a, / B. the, /, a C. a, the, / D. /, the, the

3. Of the three books, one is red, ________ two are black.

A. another B. other C. the other D. others

4. It’s a fine day! How about ______ out for a walk?

A. go B. to go C. going D. goes

5. He rain into the fire ______ the girl.

A. saving B. to save C. saves D. saved

6. Please be careful later on, _______?

A. shall we B. don’t you C. aren’t you D. will you

7. Where did he work _______ he came to this company?

A. after B. before C. for D. if

8. Look! The light is on. He must be at home, _______ he?

A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. isn’t D. doesn’t

9. Beijing is ________ biggest cities in China.

A. one of the B. the first C. the second D. second

10. A: Whose book is this?

B: It’s _________, and ________ is on the desk.

A. my…his B. I…he C. mine…his D. my…he

★ Rewrite the sentences as required:

1. This stone is 2.5 meters wide.(划线提问)

is this stone?

2. The new watch cost me 200 yuan.(划线提问)

did the new watch cost you?

3. The CN Tower is 553.33 meters in height.(划线提问)

is the CN Tower?

4. She bought a new pen last Friday. (保原)

She a new pen since last Friday.

5. I went to bed after I finished my lessons. (保原)

I go to bed I finished my lessons.

6. It took thousands of people twenty years to build the great Pyramid. (保原)

Thousands of people twenty years the Great Pyramid.

7. The Great Pyramid is 449 feet high now, but it was higher before. (保原)

The Great Pyramid is 449 feet high now, but it be higher.

8. The refrigerator is 1.8 metress high, 0.6 metres long and 0.5 metres wide. (划线提问)

is the refrigerator?

9. The thieves have stolen the treasures from the pyramids. (反意)

The thieves have stolen the treasures from the pyramids, ?

Choose the best answer:

2. nothing can stop me writing this book.

A. Almost B. Nearly C. About D. More than

3. 146.25 is read as (读作) .

A. one hundred and forty-six point twenty-five

B. one hundred and forty-six point two five

C. one four six point two five

D. one hundred and forty-six point twenty-five

4. The Great Pyramid is made over 23 000 000 blocks of .

A. up…stones B. of…stone

C. up of…stone D. up for…stones

5. It used to .

A. be a 500-metre-high tower B. was 500 metres high

C. be 500-metre in height D. a 500-metre-high-tower

6. does each of the stones weigh?

A. How many B. how heavy C. How big D. How much

7. students visited the Moden Art Exhibition yesterday afternoon.

A. Three thousands B. Thousand of C. About thousands D. Three thousand

8. How long did the ancient Chinese the Great Wall?

A. work for B. spend C. work on D. take

9. The boy put the newspapers into a bag in order to them the rain.

A. protect…from B. kept…from

C. protect…out of D. stop…in

10. France is European country.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

11. This morning I got up so late that I hurried school without breakfast.

A. to B. off C. away D. up

12. Once man wanted to go across river by boat.

A. a…the…a B. a…a…the C. a…a…/ D. a…/…/

13. There are about two students in Grade One.

A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundred of D. hundreds of

14. The Great Pyramid is one of the seven ancient of the world.

A. wonder B. wonders C. wonderful D. wonderfully

15. The Great Pyramid over 2,3000,000 blocks of stone.

A. makes up of B. made up of C. is making up of D. is made up of

16. Windows can protect us strong wind.

A. for B. of C. from D. to

17. Mary used to like playing violin, but now she likes playing basketball.

A. /…/ B. a…/ C. an…/ D. a…an

18. Wang Hai is university student. He studies at Fudan University.

A. /…/ B. a…/ C. an…/ D. a…an

19. Neither of the girls to Qingdao before.

A. have gone B. have been C. has gone D. has been

20. When I her in the hall, she was playing the piano.

A. see B. saw C. will see D. was seeing

21. I’ll go with you as soon as I my homework.

A. will finish B. finished C. finish D. finishes

22. Since he came here last year, we happy.

A. are B. have been C. will be D. were

23. Peter the work in a week.

A. have finished B. finishes C. is finishing D. will finish

24. A: I come here tonight?

B: No, you needn’t.

A. May B. Can C. Must D. will

1. The Great Wall of China is the largest earth work in the world.

2. The main part of the wall is as long as the distance between Moscow and London.

3. The Great Wall started as separate walls between 7th and 5th centuries BC.

4. Qin Shihuang ordered his people to connect the separate walls.

5. The Great Wall was 6,400 kilometres in length before the Ming Dynasty.

6. The Great Wall shows the power of the ancient Chinese people.

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