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III Complete the passage with words and phrases below.
trip go to the beach have a good time go swimming
a little a lot of take a trip
I 1.
trip go to the beach have a good time go swimming
a little a lot of take a trip
I 1.
take a trip
in Xiamen with my family. We stay there for one week. At first, we 2. go to the beach
. The beach is wonderful and we play volleyball there. We live in a building near the beach. The building has a nice swimming pool. The weather is hot, so we 3. go swimming
. We have breakfast and lunch in a restaurant. The food is very nice. We have 4. a lot of
fruit. We also take a bus to a mountain. The bus 5. trip
is relaxing. The mountain is very beautiful. The next day, we go shopping for clothes and the clothes are 6. a little
expensive. But the people there are very kind. We really 7. have a good time
. I plan to go there again.答案
take a trip
go to the beach
go swimming
a lot of
trip
a little
have a good time
IV Read the passage and complete the following tasks.
1 There is little rain in the desert. Because deserts are so dry, they have no “quilt” to help stop the soil from going away. As a result, they may get very hot during the day with the sun shining, but don’t hold the heat overnight. Many deserts can quickly get cold once the sun goes down. Some deserts can reach temperatures of over 100 degrees F (华氏度) during the day and then drop below freezing (32 degrees F) during the night.
2 The largest hot and dry desert in the world is the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. The Sahara is a sandy desert with great sand hills. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa. Other large deserts include the Arabian Desert in the Middle East, the Gobi Desert in Northern China and Mongolia, and the Kalahari Desert in Africa.
3 Animals that live in the desert are also used to needing little water. Many get all the water they need from the food they eat. Other animals keep water so that they can use it later. The camel stores up fat in its hump while other animals keep something they need in their tails.
4 Only certain types of plants can live in the terrible environment of the desert. You won’t see a lot of tall trees with leaves in the desert because most plants should keep water in their roots or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
5 Now deserts cover around 20% of the world’s land, and they are growing. This is called desertification and is caused by different reasons including human activities. The Sahara Desert is growing larger and larger each year. What should we do with it?
Match the heading with the paragraphs.
1. Paragraph 1 (
2. Paragraph 2 (
3. Paragraph 3 (
4. Paragraph 4 (
5. Paragraph 5 (
Answer the following questions.
6. How is the weather during the night in the desert?
7. How large is the Sahara Desert?
8. Where does the camel store up fat?
9. Why won’t we see a lot of tall trees with leaves in the desert?
10. What is desertification?
1 There is little rain in the desert. Because deserts are so dry, they have no “quilt” to help stop the soil from going away. As a result, they may get very hot during the day with the sun shining, but don’t hold the heat overnight. Many deserts can quickly get cold once the sun goes down. Some deserts can reach temperatures of over 100 degrees F (华氏度) during the day and then drop below freezing (32 degrees F) during the night.
2 The largest hot and dry desert in the world is the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. The Sahara is a sandy desert with great sand hills. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa. Other large deserts include the Arabian Desert in the Middle East, the Gobi Desert in Northern China and Mongolia, and the Kalahari Desert in Africa.
3 Animals that live in the desert are also used to needing little water. Many get all the water they need from the food they eat. Other animals keep water so that they can use it later. The camel stores up fat in its hump while other animals keep something they need in their tails.
4 Only certain types of plants can live in the terrible environment of the desert. You won’t see a lot of tall trees with leaves in the desert because most plants should keep water in their roots or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
5 Now deserts cover around 20% of the world’s land, and they are growing. This is called desertification and is caused by different reasons including human activities. The Sahara Desert is growing larger and larger each year. What should we do with it?
Match the heading with the paragraphs.
1. Paragraph 1 (
C
)2. Paragraph 2 (
E
)3. Paragraph 3 (
D
)4. Paragraph 4 (
B
)5. Paragraph 5 (
A
)Answer the following questions.
6. How is the weather during the night in the desert?
It can quickly get cold and may drop below freezing (32 degrees F).
7. How large is the Sahara Desert?
It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa.
8. Where does the camel store up fat?
In its hump.
9. Why won’t we see a lot of tall trees with leaves in the desert?
Because most plants should keep water in their roots or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
10. What is desertification?
It is that deserts are growing.
答案
1. C
2. E
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. It can quickly get cold and may drop below freezing (32 degrees F).
7. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa.
8. In its hump.
9. Because most plants should keep water in their roots or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
10. It is that deserts are growing.
2. E
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. It can quickly get cold and may drop below freezing (32 degrees F).
7. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa.
8. In its hump.
9. Because most plants should keep water in their roots or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
10. It is that deserts are growing.
