一、根据句意及汉语提示填写单词
1. The (立方的)metre is a unit of volume.
2. The river is about 500 (英里)long.
3. There is a small (池塘)in the garden.
4. The sound of the (瀑布)is very loud but wonderful.
5. The movie was so (吓人的)that I couldn't sleep well.

一、1. cubic 2. miles 3. pool 4. waterfall 5. scary

二、在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1. This book is (interesting)than that one.
2. She runs (fast)than her brother.
3. Who is (tall)in your class?
4. Which is (far), the park or the zoo?
5. He is one of the (amazing)singers I have ever heard.
6. The (loud)you speak, the more clearly they can hear you.
7. The Yangtze River is (long)than the Yellow River.
8. The old library had total area of only 500 square metres.

二、1. more interesting 2. faster 3. the tallest 4. farther 5. most amazing 6. louder 7. longer 8. a

三、句子翻译
1. 维多利亚瀑布是世界上最令人惊叹的瀑布之一。

2. 当我们离瀑布越来越近时，水声变得越来越大。

3. 撒哈拉沙漠大约有 900 万平方千米。

4. 马里亚纳海沟大约有 11 000 米深。

5. 珠穆朗玛峰仍然在不断长高。

三、1. Victoria Falls is one of the most amazing waterfalls in the world.
2. As we got closer and closer to the waterfall, the noise of the water became louder and louder.
3. The Sahara Desert is about 9,000,000 square kilometres in size.
4. The Mariana Trench is about 11,000 metres deep.
5. Mount Qomolangma is still growing taller.

一、语篇填空
My hometown is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(高原). The geography here is 1. (amaze). It is famous for the world's highest mountain. But this area is also full 2. the most amazing colours in nature.
The colour white 3. (meet)your eyes all around. The clouds are clean and soft, like our white sheep. The mountains shine 4. (bright)under the sun, like white lotus flowers.
The lovely blue of the sky always gives me 5. calm feeling. It is like a great sea above the plateau, and words can't show my love for the rivers and lakes. There are a hundred kinds of blue in the water.
Our grasslands, forests and fields are all green. Green is my favourite colour because it means hope and is the colour of life. 6. green is not just the colour of nature now. Trains are running through the plateau. They are this beautiful colour too.
The plateau is 7. (quiet)than the big cities. We have fewer 8. (shop)and restaurants. But we have the best presents from nature. In my heart, it's better than any other place. I'm glad 9. (say)that I'm from one of the 10. (beautiful)places in the world.

一、1. amazing 2. of 3. meets 4. brightly 5. a 6. But 7. quieter 8. shops 9. to say 10. most beautiful