一、从课本中找到对应的英文词组,完成练习
1. 地球的表面 ______
2. 在白天炎热 ______
3. 通常被岩石覆盖 ______
4. 世界的陆地面积 ______

1. the earth's surface 2. be hot during the day 3. be usually covered with rocks 4. the world's land area

二、从课文中找到对应的英文句子,完成练习
1. 平原开阔而平坦。______
2. 嗯,它长约6,300千米,而且它流经了不同的地貌。Well, it's ______, and it ______.
3. 它发源于青海省的群山之间,并一路奔流到中国东海。It rises in the mountains of Qinghai Province and ______.

1. Plains are open and flat. 2. about 6,300 kilometres long; runs through different landscapes 3. runs all the way to the East China Sea

一、根据句意、中文释义和音标提示,写出句中所缺单词
1. Strong wind from the ______ (沙漠) often brings a lot of sand.
2. As the moon ______ (上升), everything is lit by the moonlight.
3. After a long walk, we found a large ______ (平坦的) rock to sit on.
4. I dream of having a nice house with windows facing the ______ (/ 'əʊʃn/).
5. As we know, 70% of our planet's ______ (/ 'ɜːfɪs/) is covered with water.

1. desert 2. rises 3. flat 4. ocean 5. surface

二、用方框中所给单词和词组的正确形式填空,补全对话
as long as as well next to rise side
Sally: Hello, John. Could you tell me more about the Yangtze River?
John: Of course. It is the third longest river in the world, (1) ______ the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America.
Sally: I remember it (2) ______ in Qinghai Province, right?
John: Yes. It is (3) ______ 6,397 kilometres and runs eastward into the East China Sea. It is also a “north - south” dividing line (分界线) in China.
Sally: So the geographical (地理的) environments of the two (4) ______ must be quite different.
John: Yes, you are right. In fact, the Yangtze River is important to China's history, culture and economics (经济) (5) ______. There are many modern cities along it, like Chongqing, Wuhan and Shanghai.

1. next to 2. rises 3. as long as 4. sides 5. as well