牛津英语七年级下册七单元有关沙漠与老人选择填空专练附答案解析

摘要：15. During the young man's trip, he met some difficulties, ______ he remembered what the old man had told him.

牛津英语七年级下册第七单元有关沙漠与老人选择填空专练

一、选择填空（共40题）

1. The old man has lived in the desert ______ many years.

A. since B. for C. in D. at

2. It's very difficult to grow plants in the desert because there is not enough ______.

A. sunshine B. sand C. water D. air

3. The old man decided to ______ trees in the desert to stop the sand moving.

A. buy B. sell C. plant D. cut

4. He gets up early every day ______ he can start his work in the desert on time.

A. so that B. because C. although D. but

5. Many young trees died ______ the bad soil and little water in the desert at first.

A. because of B. because C. since D. as

6. The old man tried different ways to find the trees that were suitable ______ the desert environment.

A. of B. with C. for D. to

7. After years of hard work, there is a small ______ in the desert now.

A. river B. forest C. lake D. mountain

8. The local government noticed the old man's great work and decided to ______ him.

A. punish B. stop C. help D. laugh at

9. They sent more people and provided more water and ______ to help the old man.

A. tools B. saplings C. food D. clothes

10. More and more young people in the villages ______ the old man in his tree - planting work.

A. joined B. took part in C. attended D. joined in

11. The old man knows a lot of knowledge ______ desert plants and animals.

A. about B. of C. with D. for

12. A young man came to visit the old man because he was going to ______ a trip in the desert.

A. take B. make C. go D. have

13. The young man ______ the old man could give him some useful information about the desert.

A. hoped B. expected C. wished D. wanted

14. The old man told the young man to take enough water and food, and also ______ him to take a map and a compass.

A. advised B. suggested C. made D. let

15. During the young man's trip, he met some difficulties, ______ he remembered what the old man had told him.

A. and B. so C. but D. or

16. He used the map and compass to find his way, and he found water according to the signs of certain plants just as the old man ______ said.

A. has B. had C. have D. having

17. Finally, the young man returned safely. He was very grateful ______ the old man.

A. for B. to C. at D. with

18. He also ______ the importance of the old man's knowledge.

A. realized B. knew C. understood D. learned

19. An old man named John has a special job in the desert. He is a ______ observer.

A. weather B. animal C. plant D. star

20. Every day, he gets up early and starts his work. He checks the ______ of the desert.

A. color B. size C. temperature D. shape

21. He records the wind direction and speed, and also writes down the amount of rainfall, ______ it seldom rains in the desert.

A. because B. although C. if D. when

22. To do his job well, John has to live a ______ life in the desert.

A. rich B. simple C. colorful D. busy

23. He doesn't have many ______ facilities in the desert.

A. old B. modern C. big D. small

24. But he doesn't mind. He loves his job and thinks it is ______.

A. boring B. tiring C. meaningless D. meaningful

25. He hopes that his work can make a ______ to people's life in the desert area.

A. difference B. decision C. plan D. mistake

26. The desert is a very ______ place, but some animals can still live there.

A. dry B. wet C. cold D. hot

27. Some desert animals can live with very little ______.

A. food B. water C. air D. sunlight

28. In the hot daytime, some desert animals hide ______ the stones.

A. on B. under C. in D. behind

29. When the temperature ______ at night, they come out to look for food.

A. rises B. falls C. goes D. comes

30. If you want to go to the desert, you must take enough ______ with you.

A. money B. clothes C. water D. books

31. The old man always ______ his work in the desert carefully.

A. do B. does C. did D. doing

32. He has ______ a lot of time and energy into the tree - planting work in the desert.

A. put B. spent C. taken D. cost

33. The small forest in the desert is a great ______ of his hard work.

A. result B. reason C. way D. problem

34. The local people are proud ______ the old man's contribution to the desert.

A. with B. of C. for D. at

35. The young man who went to the desert has a new ______ about the desert now.

A. idea B. dream C. story D. picture

36. He wants to tell more people ______ the importance of protecting the desert environment.

A. with B. for C. about D. at

37. The old man's spirit encourages the young people ______ more to protect the environment.

A. do B. to do C. doing D. did

38. The desert is a special place and we should try our best ______ it.

A. protect B. to protect C. protecting D. protected

39. The work in the desert is very hard, ______ the old man never gives up.

A. and B. but C. or D. so

40. We all hope that one day the desert will become a ______ place with more green plants.

A. beautiful B. ugly C. dirty D. poor

二、答案与解析

1. 答案：B

解析：“for + 时间段”表示动作持续的时间，“since + 时间点”，此句中“many years”是时间段，所以用for。

2. 答案：C

解析：沙漠中很难种植植物是因为缺水，sunshine阳光；sand沙子；water水；air空气，根据常识选C。

3. 答案：C

解析：为了阻止沙漠化，老人决定种树，plant trees种树，buy买；sell卖；cut砍，所以选C。

4. 答案：A

解析：so that引导目的状语从句，表示“以便，为了” ，他早起是为了能按时开始工作，because因为；although尽管；but但是，所以选A。

5. 答案：A

解析：because of后跟名词短语，because，since，as都引导从句，“the bad soil and little water”是名词短语，所以用because of。

6. 答案：C

解析：be suitable for是固定短语，表示“适合……” ，所以选C。

7. 答案：B

解析：经过多年努力，沙漠里有了一片小森林，river河流；forest森林；lake湖泊；mountain山，所以选B。

8. 答案：C

解析：政府注意到老人的伟大工作，决定帮助他，punish惩罚；stop停止；help帮助；laugh at嘲笑，所以选C。

9. 答案：B

解析：种树需要水和树苗，tools工具；saplings树苗；food食物；clothes衣服，所以选B。

10. 答案：A

解析：join sb. in sth.表示“和某人一起做某事” ，take part in参加（活动）；attend参加（会议等）；join in参加（活动），这里是和老人一起种树，所以用joined。

11. 答案：A

解析：关于沙漠动植物的知识，用knowledge about，所以选A。

12. 答案：A

解析：take a trip是固定短语，表示“去旅行” ，所以选A。

13. 答案：B

解析：expect sb. to do sth.期望某人做某事，hope不能接sb. to do sth.；wish希望，通常表示不太可能实现的愿望；want想要，want sb. to do sth.想要某人做某事，根据语境选B。

14. 答案：A

解析：advise sb. to do sth.建议某人做某事，suggest后面接动词 - ing形式或that从句；make和let后面接不带to的不定式作宾语补足语，所以选A。

15. 答案：C

解析：遇到困难但是记得老人说的话，前后是转折关系，用but，and和；so所以；or或者，所以选C。

16. 答案：B

解析：老人说的话发生在年轻人旅行找到水之前，是过去的过去，用过去完成时had said ，所以选B。

17. 答案：B

解析：be grateful to sb.对某人感激，所以选B。

18. 答案：A

解析：realize意识到，know知道；understand理解；learn学习，这里表示意识到老人知识的重要性，所以选A。

19. 答案：A

解析：根据后文“He checks the 20 of the desert, records the wind direction and speed, and also writes down the amount of rainfall”可知他是气象观察员，weather天气；animal动物；plant植物；star星星，所以选A。

20. 答案：C

解析：气象观察员要检查沙漠的温度，color颜色；size尺寸；temperature温度；shape形状，所以选C。

21. 答案：B

解析：虽然沙漠很少下雨，但他还是记录降雨量，although尽管；because因为；if如果；when当……时候，所以选B。

22. 答案：B

解析：为了做好工作，他在沙漠里过着简单的生活，rich富裕的；simple简单的；colorful多彩的；busy忙碌的，所以选B。

23. 答案：B

解析：他在沙漠里没有很多现代化设施，old旧的；modern现代化的；big大的；small小的，所以选B。

24. 答案：D

解析：他热爱工作，觉得工作有意义，boring无聊的；tiring累人的；meaningless无意义的；meaningful有意义的，所以选D。

25. 答案：A

解析：make a difference有影响，起作用；make a decision做决定；make a plan制定计划；make a mistake犯错误，他希望工作对沙漠地区人们的生活有影响，所以选A。

26. 答案：A

解析：沙漠是非常干燥的地方，dry干燥的；wet潮湿的；cold冷的；hot热的，根据常识选A。

27. 答案：B

解析：一些沙漠动物能靠很少的水生存，food食物；water水；air空气；sunlight阳光，根据沙漠环境选B。

28. 答案：B

解析：在炎热的白天，一些沙漠动物藏在石头下面，under在……下面；on在……上面；in在……里面；behind在……后面，所以选B。

29. 答案：B

解析：晚上温度下降时，它们出来觅食，rise上升；fall下降；go去；come来，所以选B。

30. 答案：C

解析：去沙漠必须带足够的水，money钱；clothes衣服；water水；books书，根据沙漠环境选C。

31. 答案：B

解析：always是一般现在时的标志词，主语是the old man第三人称单数，所以谓语动词用does。

32. 答案：A

解析：put... into...把……投入…… ，这里表示把很多时间和精力投入到植树工作中，spend花费，主语是人，常用结构spend time/money (in) doing sth. ；take花费，常用it takes sb. some time to do sth. ；cost花费，主语是物，所以选A。

33. 答案：A

解析：小森林是他努力工作的结果，result结果；reason原因；way方法；problem问题，所以选A。

34. 答案：B

解析：be proud of为……感到骄傲，所以选B。

35. 答案：A

解析：去过沙漠后，年轻人对沙漠有了新的看法，idea想法，看法；dream梦想；story故事；picture图片，所以选A。

36. 答案：C

解析：tell sb. about sth.告诉某人关于某事，所以选C。

37. 答案：B

解析：encourage sb. to do sth.鼓励某人做某事，所以选B。

38. 答案：B

解析：try one's best to do sth.尽某人最大努力做某事，所以选B。