外研版 (新标准)八年级上册Module 2 My home town and my country综合与测试达标测试

这是一份外研版 (新标准)八年级上册Module 2 My home town and my country综合与测试达标测试，共18页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完型填空，阅读单选，完成句子，句型转换，材料作文等内容，欢迎下载使用。

班级 姓名 学号 分数
Module 2 My home town and my country
（时间：100分钟，满分：100分）
第一部分 选择题
一、单项选择(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
1．I’d like to hold our next meeting _________ June 23rd. Is that OK for you?
A．in B．at C．on D．of
2．Heilongjiang is _________ the north of China.
A．in B．on C．to D．for
3．The old building became famous _________.
A．in 1980s B．in the 1980 C．in the 1980s D．in a 1980
4．There are many places _________ for your holiday.
A．visit B．to visit C．visiting D．to visiting
5．Hong Kong is _________ busier than Jinan.
A．very B．much C．too D．little
6．— The temperature is 30℃ today. I prefer staying in to going out.
— It will be _________ tomorrow. The temperature will reach 35℃.
A．colder B．hotter C．hottest D．coldest
7．Remember to _________ your photo tomorrow.
A．bring B．take C．taking D．bringing
8．You can see _________ university at the end of the street.
A．a B．an C．any D．/
9．It's reported that there are more than 300 ________ smokers (吸烟者) in China, nearly a third of all the smokers in the world.
A．million B．millions C．million of D．millions of
10．The population of Tianjin is ________ than ________ Beijing.
A．smaller; of B．smaller; that of
C．less; / D．less; that of
11．Which city has _________ population, Qingdao, Shanghai or Jinan?
A．the biggest B．the largest C．the most D．the fewest
12．-- I think English is math.            -- Yes, I think so.
A．much important than B．so important as
C．as important as D．as more important as
13．There are about five _________ people in this city.
A．million B．millions C．millions of D．million of
14．Which country has the second _________ population in the world?
A．most B．more C．largest D．larger
15．Many people go to Hong Kong _________ things.
A．buying B．to buy C．buy D．buys
二、完型填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Suzhou is my hometown. This beautiful city is in Jiangsu province. ___16___ it is not as big as Beijing, everyone in China knows this beautiful place. People ___17___ it as “Venice of the East (东方威尼斯)”.
Suzhou has a long history. There are many ancient Chinese ___18___ in Suzhou. Now, these beautiful gardens are becoming famous tourist places in Suzhou.
In the past 30 years my hometown has ___19___ rapidly in many ways. The biggest change I have found is the ___20___ . On the one hand, many people here don’t live in the ___21___   houses anymore. They have moved into the new high buildings and are enjoying a comfortable life. On the other hand, nowadays builders have ___22___ thousands of modern buildings of different styles. I think this change is ___23___ because it has made Suzhou become more modern and more beautiful.
To be honest, everything has changed ___24___ my hometown. I think you should think about ____25____ the beautiful city. I’m sure you will love it.
16．A．Although B．Because C．If D．Unless
17．A．check B．accept C．control D．regard
18．A．gardens B．towers C．pictures D．walls
19．A．collected B．searched C．changed D．moved
20．A．people B．environment C．pollution D．food
21．A．expensive B．cheap C．new D．old
22．A．set up B．given away C．given out D．cleaned up
23．A．dangerous B．great C．strange D．bad
24．A．to B．for C．about D．in
25．A．protecting B．holding C．visiting D．achieving
三、阅读单选(本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分)
A
The Netherlands（荷兰）is the magical land of tulips（郁金香）and windmills（风车）. The tulips bloom（开花）from March to May. The Netherlands is famous as the largest flower selling country in the world.
Keukenhof
Keukenhof is the most famous and largest flower park in the world. Will you visit the Netherlands in spring? Then be sure to visit Keukenhof. You will see the beautiful tulips and other famous flowers in the Netherlands.
Singel Bloemenmarket
Rain or shine , this famous floating（漂浮的）flower market in Amsterdam is filled with colorful fresh flowers from Monday to Sunday. Though the best months are March, April or May, the floating flower market is a great place to find tulips at any time of the year.
Schiedam
Schiedam is the best choice if you want to see the largest windmills in the world. They are up to 33 meters.
Zaanse Schans
Zaanse Schans is also a good place you should visit. About 250 years ago, over 800 windmills made the first industrial（工业的）area in the world. It produces paint, paper and so on. Today it’s an open-air conservation area（自然保护区）and museum.
26．The Netherlands is ________ selling country in the world.
A．the largest flower B．the largest windmill C．the smallest flower
27．If you visit Keukenhof in spring , you can enjoy ________.
A．tulips and other flowers B．windmills C．plants
28．You can see tulips ________ in the floating flower market.
A．March B．at any time of the year C．April or May
29．The largest windmills in the world is in ________.
A．Amsterdam B．Zaanse Schans C．Schiedam
30．We know Zaanse Schans ________.
A．has few visitors each year B．doesn’t have any windmills C．has over 800 windmills
B
Dear Peter,
I know that you are coming to Hefei next week. Welcome to my home. Let me tell you the way to my house. You will live in Changjiang Hotel on Changjiang Street, won’t you? OK! Changjiang Street is a famous and busy street in our city. You can start from your hotel and go straight along Tongcheng Street. You pass two small streets: Hongxing Street and Lujiang Street. When you see an overbridge (高架桥), please turn right and go along Huangcheng Street. It’s an old street, but it’s clean. There’s a big park on the street. It’s beautiful and clean. When you get to Jinzhai Street, please turn left and go along it. You will pass Wuhu Street and Tunxi Street. Then you can see a KFC on your right. There’s a supermarket across from the KFC and my house is near the supermarket. There’s a pay phone in front of the KFC．You can call me there and I will go to meet you.        
I hope you will have a good trip.
Yours,
Li Li
31．Where will Peter live in Hefei?
A．Li Li’s room. B．Changjiang Hotel. C．Anhui Hotel. D．His friend’s house.
32．How is Changjiang Street by Li Li’s words?
A．It’s beautiful. B．It’s famous. C．It’s old. D．It’s famous and busy.
33．How many streets are mentioned (提及) in this letter?
A．6. B．7. C．8. D．9.
34．How is the park?
A．It’s old but it’s clean. B．It’s on Tongcheng Street.
C．It’s beautiful and clean. D．It’s quiet and dirty.
35．Where’s the KFC?
A．It’s near Li Li’s home. B．It’s across from the pay phone.
C．It’s in front of the supermarket. D．It’s between the supermarket and the pay phone.
C
When I was in Chengdu, I saw teahouses on the streets. There is a saying: China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China.
The service in the teahouses is really friendly. When you go into a teahouse, the waiters or waitress greet you with smiles on their faces and with teapots and cups in their hands. After you sit down, they set the cups on the table and pour the tea into the cups.
People who go to teahouses are not really thirsty. They pay 20 yuan to go to a teahouse and will sit there all day long to talk with each other. These days, more and more people go to teahouses for business talks. Some teahouses also have performances, such as story-telling and Sichuan Opera.
36．According to the passage, Chengdu has ________ in the world.
A．the best tea B．the best teahouses C．the worst tea D．the cheapest teahouses
37．What does the writer think of the service in the teahouses?
A．It’s very friendly. B．It’s so-so (一般). C．It’s bad. D．It’s unfriendly.
38．What does the underlined word “greet” means in the second paragraph (段落)?
A．打电话 B．照顾 C．欢迎 D．哭泣
39．From the passage, we can learn that ________.
A．every teahouse has performances
B．there are many teahouses in Chengdu.
C．only the waitresses make tea in the teahouses
D．young people don’t like going to the teahouses
40．What’s the best title for the passage?
A．The Price of Teahouses B．China Has Great Teahouses
C．Performances in Teahouses D．Teahouses in Chengdu
第二部分 课本知识应用
四．单词填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
根据所给汉语或首字母提示完成单词
41．There are a lot of ________（小山）in my home town.
42．China has the largest p_________ among the countries of the world.
43．The bridge is about ten metres w_________.
44．— How many people are there in this city?
— There are around one ________（百万）.
45．The earth is bigger ________（比）the moon.
用括号内单词的恰当形式填空。
46．This black bag is __________ (big) than that white one.
47．Lucy, remember _________ (bring) your history and Chinese books tomorrow.
48．Tony is much ___________ (strong) than his brother.
49．I’d like ___________ (have) a picnic with my friends this weekend.
50．English is as ____________ (important) as Chinese, I think.
五、完成句子(本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)
51．纽约的建筑比上海的高。
The buildings in New York _______ _______ than those in Shanghai.
52．上海有2000多万人口。
Shanghai _______a _______of over 20 million.
53．哈尔滨在中国的北方。
Harbin is _______ ________ ______of China.
54．北京是中国的首都。
Beijing is _______ _______ ______China.
55．广州的冬天比成都暖和。
In winter Guangzhou is _______ _______Chengdu.
六、句型转换(本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)
56．Dalian has a population of 5.9 million.（对画线部分提问）
________ the ________ of Dalian?
57．Lily is tall. Betty is taller.（合并为一句）
Betty is ________ ________ Lily.
58．My sister is fatter than me.（改为同义句）
I am ________ ________ my sister.
59．The river is over 30 metres wide.（对画线部分提问）
________ ________ is the river?
60．China has 1.3 billion people. America has 0.3 billion people.（合并为一句）
The ________ of China is ________ ________ that of America.
七、材料作文(本大题共15分)
61．请用英语写一篇短文，介绍一下你的家乡，词数80左右。
内容提示：
1. 我的家乡是个历史悠久的城市；
2. 多年前我们也曾拥有蓝天和白云，而在过去的数年中这一切发生了很大变化；
3. 一些问题逐渐出现，比如大气污染、水污染等，人们的健康状况不如以前；
4. 我们应该……
注意事项：
1. 短文须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2. 第4要点须展开合理想象，内容适当发挥。
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参考答案：
1．C
【解析】
句意：我想在六月二十三日举办咱们的下一场会议，对你来说这时间好吗？
本题考查时间介词，A. in 在，加一段时间；B. at 在，加时间点；C. on 在，加具体某一天；D. of… ……的，表示从属。根据“June 23rd”为具体某一天，故选C。
【点睛】
本题考查介词加时间，介词表示时间点用at，表示时间点和时刻，表示较短暂的一段时间；介词加具体的日子用on，可表示特定的早上下午晚上；介词加一段时间用in，也可表示在一段时间之后。注意区分这几个介词之间的区别。
2．A
【解析】
句意：黑龙江在中国北部。
本题考查地点介词。A. in 在，表示“在范围内”；B. on 在，表示“接壤”；C. to 位于，表示“范围外”；D. for 为了。根据黑龙江在中国内部，故选A。
3．C
【解析】
句意：这栋老建筑在二十世纪八十年代出名。
本题考查年代的表达，表示“在二十世纪八十年代”用“in the 1980s”或者“in the 1980's”。A. in 1980s 缺少定冠词the；B. in the 1980数字缺少s；C. in the 1980s 正确；D. in a 1980 错误表达。故选C。
4．B
【解析】
句意：假期有许多地方可以参观。
A. visit 参观，动词原形；B. to visit 参观，不定式；C. visiting 参观，现在分词；D. to visiting   参观，to为介词。本题中不定式做定语，意为：假期要参观的地方，故选B。
5．B
【解析】
句意：香港比济南要繁忙得多。
A. very 非常；B. much 许多；C. too 太；D. little 几乎不。根据“busier than”可知，空格处填修饰形容词比较级的词，故选B。
6．B
【解析】
句意：——今天的温度是30℃。相比出去，我更喜欢待在家里。——明天会更热，温度会达到35℃。
A. colder 更冷；B. hotter 更热；C. hottest 最热；D. coldest 最冷。根据今天30度，明天35度可知，明天会更热；只有今天和明天进行比较，故选比较级，而不是最高级，选B。
7．A
【解析】
句意：记得明天带来你的照片。
A. bring 带来，动词原形；B. take 带着，动词原形；C. taking 带着，动名词；D. bringing 带来，动名词。根据“remember to do sth.或remember doing sth.”固定用法，排除C和D。再由“记得带来照片”，可知是“带来”而不是“带着”，故选A。
8．A
【解析】
句意：你能在街道末尾看到一所大学。
本题考查冠词。A. a 泛指一（个、座、所……），加辅音音素；B. an 泛指一（个、座、所……），加元音音素；C. any 任何；D. 不填。 根据“看到一所大学”，表示泛指“一所”，再由university首字母发音为辅音音素，故选A。
【点睛】
本题考查不定冠词a和an之间的区别，首先明确不定冠词表示泛指，翻译为“一（个）”，a加辅音音素，an加元音音素。这并不是看单词的首字母，而是看发音，学生们请务必弄清楚这一点。
9．A
【解析】
句意：据报道，中国有超过300万的吸烟者，将近世界所有吸烟者的三分之一。
million百万；前面有具体的数字时，用单数形式，后面不加of。故答案为A。
10．B
【解析】
句意：天津的人口比北京的小。考查形容词比较级和代词辨析题。small小的，主要指的是“尺寸”、“重量”等，词的本身不带任何感情色彩，只是表示not big, not large；little比较抽象，表示"小巧的""小而可爱的"，含有更多情感。that指代不可数名词或者可数名词单数，后面有of所有格修饰，表示特指。本句population 人口，需用small（er）修饰；后面再次提到则用that指代，of Beijing做其后置定语。根据句意语境，可知选B。
11．B
【解析】
句意：哪一所城市人口最多，青岛、上海还是济南？
A. the biggest 最大的；B. the largest 最大的；C. the most 最多的；D. the fewest 最少的。根据“population”，表示人口多用large修饰少用small，故选B。
12．C
【解析】
句意：-我认为英语和数学一样重要。 -我也这么认为。
两者比较用比较级。important 的比较级是“more important”；much可以修饰比较级，但不构成比较级。not as/so…as…（不像……一样的……）。指前方不像后方一样，中间加形容词或副词的原级。形容词用来修饰名词，或用作表语。根据句意及结构，故选C。
13．A
【解析】
句意：这个城市有大约五百万人。
million 百万；hundred, million,billion这些词，在前面有数字的时候应该保持单数。故选A。
【点睛】
本题考查million的用法，million 百万，（一）、数词+million时，无论是几，million都用原形，后加可数名词复数，即“数词+million+可数名词复数”；（二）、当million+of时，million变成millions，即“millions of+可数名词复数”表示“数以百万计的”。
14．C
【解析】
句意：世界上哪个国家有第二大人口？
A. most 最多的；B. more 更多的；C. largest 最大的；D. larger 更大的。根据“population”，表示“人口多”用large修饰，排除A和B；再由the+序数词+形容词最高级+名词，表示“第几……的”，故选C。
15．B
【解析】
句意：许多人去香港买东西。
A. buying 买，现在分词；B. to buy 买，不定式；C. buy 买。动词原形；D. buys 买，一般现在时第三人称单数。根据去香港是为了买东西，不定式做目的状语，故选B。
16．A
17．D
18．A
19．C
20．B
21．D
22．A
23．B
24．D
25．C
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。介绍了作者的家乡——苏州，包括家乡的历史以及巨大的变化。
16．
句意：尽管不像北京那么大，但是中国的每个人都知道这个美丽的地方。
Although尽管；Because因为；If如果；Unless除非。根据本句“...it is not as big as Beijing, everyone in China knows this beautiful place.”可知，前后是让步关系，尽管不像北京那么大，但是人们都知道这里。故选A。
17．
句意：人们把它当做“东方威尼斯”。
check核对；accept接受；control控制；regard把……当做。根据本句“People…it as ‘Venice of the East’.”可知，人们把它当做“东方威尼斯”。regard…as…“把……当做……”，故选D。
18．
句意：在苏州有许多中国古代花园。
gardens花园；towers塔；pictures图片；walls墙。根据后一句“Now, these beautiful gardens are becoming famous tourist places in Suzhou.”可知，这些漂亮的花园现在成为苏州著名的旅游地方。所以前一句提到的应该是：花园。故选A。
19．
句意：在过去的30年，我的家乡在很多方面都发生了快速地变化。
collected收集；searched搜集；changed改变；moved移动。根据后一句“The biggest change I have found is the…”可知，最大的变化是……，所以前一句应该是提到了关键词：变化。故选C。
20．
句意：我发现的最大变化就是环境。
people人；environment环境；pollution污染；food食物。根据后两句“On the one hand, many people here don’t live in the…houses anymore. They have moved into the new high buildings and are enjoying a comfortable life.”可知，人们搬进高楼大厦享受舒适生活，所有居住环境发生了改变。故选B。
21．
句意：一方面，人们不再居住在老房子里了。
expensive贵的；cheap便宜的；new新的；old旧的。根据本句以及后一句“On the one hand, many people here don’t live in the…houses anymore. They have moved into the new high buildings and are enjoying a comfortable life.”可知，人们搬去新的高楼大厦了，不再住在老房子里了。故选D。
22．
句意：另一个方面，现在的建筑者建立了上千种现在建筑的不同造型。
set up建立；given away赠送；given out分发；cleaned up清扫。根据本句“On the other hand, nowadays builders have…thousands of modern buildings of different styles.”可知，许多建筑工人已经建筑了许多不同风格的现代建筑。故选A。
23．
句意：我认为这个改变是很棒的，因为这让苏州变得越来越现代和漂亮。
dangerous危险的；great棒极了；strange奇怪的；bad坏的。根据本题所在句“I think this change is…become more modern and more beautiful.”可知，改变是好的，因为让苏州变得越来越好。故选B。
24．
句意：诚实地讲，所有的事情都在我的家乡发生了变化。
to朝……向；for为了；about关于；in在……里。根据本题所在句“To be honest, everything has changed…my hometown.”可知，在我的家乡，in my hometown。故填D。
25．
句意：我认为你应该考虑来这个漂亮的城市旅游。
protecting保护；holding举办；visiting拜访，参观；achieving实现。根据本句以及后一句“I think you should think about…the beautiful city. I’m sure you will love it.”可知，你会爱上这座城市的，说明你应该来这里旅行。故选C。
26．A
27．A
28．B
29．C
30．C
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要介绍了荷兰的四个旅游景点。
26．
细节理解题。根据“The Netherlands is famous as the largest flower selling country in the world”可知，荷兰是世界上最大的花卉销售国，故选A。
27．
细节理解题。根据“Will you visit the Netherlands in spring? Then be sure to visit Keukenhof. You will see the beautiful tulips and other famous flowers in the Netherlands”可知，可以看到美丽的郁金香和其他著名的花卉，故选A。
28．
细节理解题。根据“the floating flower market is a great place to find tulips at any time of the year”可知，一年四季，水上花卉市场都是寻找郁金香的好地方，故选B。
29．
细节理解题。根据“Schiedam is the best choice if you want to see the largest windmills in the world”可知，斯奇丹有世界上最大的风车，故选C。
30．
细节理解题。根据“About 250 years ago, over 800 windmills made the first industrial（工业的）area in the world”可知，那有800多个风车，故选C。
31．B
32．D
33．C
34．C
35．A
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇应用文。文章是Li Li写给Peter的关于如何找到他家的一封信。
31．
细节理解题。根据第一段“You will live in Changjiang Hotel…”可知，在合肥时Peter会住在Changjiang Hotel。故选B。
32．
细节理解题。根据第一段“Changjiang Street is a famous and busy street in our city.”可知，Changjiang街道是一个既著名又繁忙的街道。故选D。
33．
推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文提及的街道包括“Changjiang Street”、“Tongcheng Street”、“Hongxing Street”、“Lujiang Street”、“Huangcheng Street”、“Jinzhai Street”、“Wuhu Street”和“Tunxi Street”，一共8条街道。故选C。
34．
细节理解题。根据第一段“There’s a big park on the street. It’s beautiful and clean. ”可知，作者认为这个公园又漂亮又干净。故选C。
35．
推理判断题。根据第一段“Then you can see a KFC on your right. There’s a supermarket across from the KFC and my house is near the supermarket.”可知，作者的家在超市的附近，而KFC在超市的对面，由此可知KFC也在作者家的附近。故选A。
36．B
37．A
38．C
39．B
40．D
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了中国成都的茶馆。
36．
细节理解题。根据第一段“China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China.”可知，中国有世界上最好的茶馆，成都有中国最好的茶馆。故选B。
37．
细节理解题。根据第二段“The service in the teahouses is really friendly.”可知，茶馆的服务非常友好。故选A。
38．
词句猜测题。根据“When you go into a teahouse, the waiters or waitress greet you with smiles on their faces and with teapots and cups in their hands”可知，当你走进茶馆时，服务员脸上带着微笑，手里拿着茶壶和杯子，这是在向顾客打招呼。可见， “greet”是打招呼的意思。故选C。
39．
推理判断题。根据“These days, more and more people go to teahouses for business talks”可知，如今，去茶馆谈生意的人越来越多了。可推知，在成都有许多的茶馆。故选B。
40．
最佳标题题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了中国成都的茶馆。故选D。
41．hills
42．population
43．wide
44．million
45．than
【解析】
41．句意：我的家乡有许多小山。
此句是There be结构。There are +可数名词复数+其它；hill小山，复数形式hills。故答案：hills。
42．句意：中国是世界上人口最多的国家
population人口，人数，一般看作单数；表示人口的多少用large, small等修饰，the largest population最多的人口。故答案：population。
43．句意：这座桥大约十米宽
“基数词+度量单位+形容词” 表计量，如：two metres long两米长，ten metres wide十米宽。故答案：wide   。
44．句意：——这个城市有多少人？——大约一百万。
hundred, thousand, million这些词与具体数字连用时，“2不”即不加s，不加of；这些词不与具体数字连用时，“2加”即加s，加of。one一，具体数字，one million一百万。故答案：million。
45．句意：地球比月亮大。
句中bigger是形容词比较级；than比，是比较级的标志词。故答案：than。
46．bigger
47．to bring
48．stronger
49．to have
50．important
【解析】
46．bigger
句意：这个黑色的袋子比那个白色的更大。根据than可知此处用big的比较级，故为bigger。
47．to bring
句意：露西，记得明天带你的历史书和语文书来。remember to do sth记得做某事，故为动词不定式to bring。
48．stronger
句意：托尼比他的哥哥更强壮。根据much可知此处用strong的比较级，故为stronger。
49．to have
句意：这个周末我想要和朋友一起野餐。would like to do sth想要做某事，故为to have .
50．important
句意：我认为英语和汉语一样重要。as+形容词/副词的原级+as“和……一样……”，此处作为系动词is的表语，故用形容词，故为important。
【点睛】
根据句意，结合词性，短语，句型，时态，语态和主谓一致，用所给单词的正确形式填空。例如小题2，句意：露西，记得明天带你的历史书和语文书来。remember to do sth记得做某事，故为动词不定式to bring。
51．     are     taller
52．     has     population
53．     in     the     north
54．     the     capital     of
55．     warmer     than
【解析】
51．这是一个比较级的句子，为系表结构，句子的主语The buildings为名词复数形式，be动词用are，建筑物高一般用形容词tall来修饰，故答案为(1). are   (2). taller 。
52．population“人口”，是一个集合名词，无复数形式；主语Shanghai是第三人称单数形式，谓语动词用have的三单形式has。故答案为(1). has       (2). population 。
53．in the north of在……的北部，是内部的北部（范围内）。to the north of在……以北（不在范围内）。哈尔滨在中国的范围内，使用in the north of。故答案为(1). in   (2). the   (3). north 。
54．the capital of…意思是“……的首都（省会）”。故答案为(1). the   (2). capital   (3). of 。
55．此句是一个比较级的句子，比较的是两地的气温，需要用到连词than，warm“暖和的”，比较级warmer。故答案为(1). warmer     (2). than。
56．     What’s     population
57．     taller     than
58．     thinner     than
59．     How     wide
60．     population     larger     than
【解析】
56．划线部分表示人口的数量，故询问大连有多少人口；“What’s the population of +某地.”用来询问某地有多少人口。故答案：(1). What’s       (2). population   。
57．根据原句“Lily is tall. Betty is taller. 莉莉高。贝蒂更高。”可知，贝蒂比莉莉高。than比，比较级的标志词；tall比较级taller。故答案：(1). taller       (2). than。
58．根据原句“My sister is fatter than me. 我姐姐比我胖。”可知，我比我姐姐瘦。than比，比较级的标志词；thin比较级thinner。故答案：(1). thinner       (2). than   。
59．划线部分表示河的宽度，故询问河有多宽；how wide多宽，句首单词how要大写。故答案：(1). How       (2). wide。
60．根据原句“China has 1.3 billion people. America has 0.3 billion people.”可知，中国的人口比美国的人口多。population人口，人数，一般看作单数； the population of+某地，表示某地的人口；than比，比较级的标志词；表示人口多用large修饰，large比较级larger。故答案：(1). population     (2). larger     (3). than。
61．例文
My hometown is a city with a long history. We had a blue sky and white clouds many years ago. But it has changed a lot in the past few years. There have been some problems, such as air pollution and water pollution. People aren’t as healthy as before. Therefore, we should take action to protect the environment. On one hand, we shouldn’t cut down trees or kill wild animals. On the other hand, we must make waste water clean. Only in these ways can we make it possible to make our city more beautiful.
【解析】
1.题干解读：该题目属于材料作文写作，要求按照所给的要点提示写一篇短文，介绍你的家乡。注意写作时要点要齐全，同时也可进行合理而又紧扣主题的发挥。
2.写作指导：本文应该用第一、三人称来叙述；时态采用一般现在时；写作时，注意承接上文，根据要点提示具体介绍我的家乡发生的变化，出现的问题，以及我们应该做的事；文中一定要包含题干中列出的所有要点；可以运用一些短语和常用句型为文章增添色彩；注意单词书写的准确度，语法运用的准确度，上下文注意连接的流畅度，以及逻辑合理。