《交际英语》第一册各章节习题-1.docVIP

BOOK ONE UNIT SIX: DESCRIBING PLACES WORD STUDY Words Ideas, Examples and Exercises gulf or bay desert canal valley peninsula strait or channel plateau mountain range waterfall island population large/small ~, a ~ of, in/as regards ~ people inhabitant area large /small ~, an ~ of, in/as regards ~, land ~ east, west, south, north be east of, to the east of, eastern, in the east of southeast, northeast, southwest, northwest be situated /located /lie thermometer temperature under/over 10(C, freezing / boiling point weather climate conditions it weather forecast weather report (BrE) the weather (infml) 1. words for geographical names Examples: (1) Life in a ______ is hard, because it is a large area of sand or rock with little or no water. (2) The Grand Canyon is a __________, an area of low land between mountains. (3) A ________ such as Arabia is an area of land with water around but connected to the mainland. When it is not connected to the mainland such as Sicily, it is referred to as an ______. (4) Malacca is a ______, a narrow part of water joining two larger areas of water. A ______ is also a narrow part of water, but it is a narrow part of the sea and it is almost surrounded by land. (5) An area of high flat land such as Tibet is a ________. (6) A ______ is part of a river where the water suddenly falls down over steep rocks. Niagara is a famous _____ in the world. (7) The Himalayas is a great __________ _______, a line of mountains connected to each other. (8) The Panama _______ (a man-made river) joins two oceans. 2. (the number of) people living in a place, country, city, etc. Examples: (1) China has the largest __________ in the world. A lot of p______ live in the few big cities. (2) India ranks second in the world as _____s population. It has more than one billion __________s. The ____________ is really too l_____. (3) Brazil has a p_______ __ 119,175,000. 3. the size of a place, country, city