Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world? 一、单项选择 ( )1. —________the population of China? —It’s about 1.4 billion. A.How many is B. How’s C. What’s ( )2. Amy wears sunglasses to ______ her eyes from the sun on hot summer days. A. stop B. protect C. serve ( )3. The classroom is ______. A. ten meters long B. ten meter long C. ten-meter long ( )4. —Do you know _______ Yao Ming is? —Maybe 2.26 meters, but I’m not sure. A. how old B. how tall C. how far ( )5. _______ I remember, he bought a new computer in the supermarket. A. As far as B. As long as C. As well as ( )6. Zhaozhou Bridge is one of ________ stone bridge in the world. A. oldest B. older C. the oldest ( )7. —Let’s go to another restaurant instead. —It’s not necessary. The food here is ______than before. A. less delicious B. more delicious C. much delicious ( )8. Our country now has ______ high-speed rail network in the world. A. longer B. longest C. the longest ( )9. Baseball is more popular than ______ sport in the city. A. the others B. any other C. some ( )10. It is very hard for us to _________ air when we reach the top of the mountain. A. take in B. take up C. take off 二、完形填空 The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6, 300 kilometers 11 . It is often 12 “Ten- -thousand-Li Great Wall”. It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world. The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk 13 . Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall 14 stones and bricks （砖） . There are huge stones on 15 side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out. There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall. Once upon 16 time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies（敌人）in the watch-towers day and night. They made 17 on the towers to 18 each other when the enemies came. Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in 19 . Every year 20 people come to visit it form all over the world. ( )11.A. wide B. tall C. long ( )12.A. calling B. called C. call ( )13.A. side by side B. one by one C. one after another ( )14.A. was made of B. was made from C. was made in ( )15.A. both B. all C. each ( )16.A. an B. a C. the ( ( ( ( )17. A. fire )18. A. speak )19.A. Asia )20.A. thousand B. a kite B. talk B. the world B. a few thousand C. C. C. C. thousands of a tell face Europe 三、阅读理解 Langshan Mountain, lying in Xinning County, is about 500 kilometers away from Changsha. It is one of China's National Geological Parks and is famous for its special Danxia landform (丹霞地 貌). Covering an area of 108 square kilometers, Langshan Mountain has rich natural scenery and lots of tourism resources (资源). There are more than 60 scenic spots (景点) in Langshan Mountain, among which the most famous are Tianyi Lane (天一巷), Chili Peak (辣椒峰), Bajiao Stronghold (八角寨) and so on. On August 2nd, 2010, Langshan Mountain was recorded in the World Heritage List ( 世界遗产 名录) and became China's eighth world natural heritage. If you would like to visit Langshan Mountain, you can take a bus from Shaoyang South Station to Xinning County. It will take you about 2 hours and the price of the bus ticket is 54 yuan each adult. Then you can take a taxi to Langshan Mountain. The best time to visit Langshan Mountain is from March to October. 21. Langshan Mountain lies in ________. A. Xinshao County B. Xinning County C. Longhui County 22. How many scenic spots are there in Langshan Mountain? A. More than 60. B. Less than 60. C. About 16. 23. Langshan Mountain became China's ________ world natural heritage in 2010. A. sixth B. seventh C. eighth 24. You can take ________ to Langshan Mountain from Xinning County. A. a train B. a plane C. a taxi 25. The best time for you to visit Langshan Mountain is ________. A. in December B. in May C. in February 四、任务型阅读 Hawaii (夏威夷) has always been a magic name to people who like traveling. People from all over the world dream of seeing the beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. It’s always one of their dreams to watch the sun going down. The sun drops like a ball of bright fire into the sea, and it drops so quickly that you can even see it move. About two thousand years ago, the first people went to Hawaii in a very small boat. They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees. But it was difficult for people to go to Hawaii at that time. And there were no big hotels like the o