七、 阅读理解：

Scientists are trying to make the deserts () into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.

Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things t o the earth.

Some places on the earth don ’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.

1. Deserts ______________.

A. get very little rain

B. never have any plants or animals in them

C. can all be turned into good land in the future

D. both A and C

2. Small green plants are very important to day places because ______________.

A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier

B. they don’t let the wind blow the earth away

C. they hold the water

D. A, B and C

3. Land is becoming desert little b y little because ______________.

A. plants can’t grow there

B. there’s not enough rain

C. people are doing bad things to the earth.

D. scientists know little about desert

4. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Scientists know how to change land into good land.

B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land.

C. If scientists can bring water to the desert, people can live there.

D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.

5. After reading this, we learn that ______________.

A. plant can keep dry land from becoming desert.

B. it is good to get rid of (清除) the grass in the desert

C. all places without much rain will become deserts

D. it is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow grass

A 50-year-old American officer (官员) came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said, “boys and girls, I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?”

No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in front put up his small dirty hand. “Good boy! Please answer me, dear.” Said the officer.

With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, “if you speak long enough, we won’t have maths and biology (生物学) lessons this morning.”

1. The old man came back to school ______________.

A. to listen to a talk

B. to have lessons

C. to give a talk

D. to see his children

2. The officer studied in this school when he was __________ ____.

A. fifty B. ten C. twenty D. children

3. The children were ____________ before.

A. as good as B. as well as

C. as happy as D. much happier than

4. The short boy in the front ______________.

A. didn’t understand the question and answer it

B. told the truth

C. wanted to make others laugh

D. wanted to make the officer angry

5. After reading the last part of the story, we know that ______________.

A. the short bo y liked the talk very much

B. all the children likee the talk

C. the short boy didn’t studying his lessons

D. some of the children liked to listen to a funny story

八、写作

那只叫Bob的狗是Simon的。Simon虽然整天忙于学习， 但仍然花了许多时间陪Bob。Simon知道如何照顾好一只狗。他一天喂它三次。有时还带它出去散步。Bob就像Simon的兄弟。Simon很喜欢这只狗。(80词左右)

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牛津英语7B Unit5-6 单元检测答案

笔试部分：

一、 用所给词的适当形式填空：

1. easily; 2. differences; 3. interested; 4. busier; 5. lovely; 6. mice; 7. to sneeze; 8. stronger, theirs; 9. bring

二、 单项选择:

CCDBB DBDBC

三、下列句子中各有一处错误，请指出并改正：

1. A doesn’t do 2. D got to 3. B ought to 4. B be afraid of 5. B careful

6. D different 7. C because of 8. D needn’t 9. A What 10. A Don’t

四、 句型转换：

1. instead of going

2. didn’t forget to

3. for asking

4. is necessary for;to

5. What should everyone do?

6. What an ; how lovely

五、 完成句子：

1. practices playing; rains

2. take turns to clean

3. keep; away from

4. it; interesting to; tongues

5. careless, last, ought to; more careful

六、 完型填空：

ACDBC BADCD

七、 阅读理解：

DDCBA CBDBC