The population problem may be the　 1　 one of the world today． The world’s population is growing　 2　 ． Two thousand years ago, there were only 250 million people　 3 　the earth． Four hundred years ago, the number was　 4　 500 million． But at the beginning of the　 5　 century, the world’s population was about 1,700 million． In 1970, this number was 3,600 million． In 1990, the number was five billion． A　 6　 report says that the world population will　 7　 six billion by the end of the 20th century． This is just ten　 8　 after it　 9　 five billion． People say that by the year 2010,　 10　 may be seven billion．

　 (　 )1．A. great　 B. greater　 C. greatest　 D. greating

　 (　 )2．A. faster and faster　　　 B. fast and fast

　　　 C. fastest and fastest　　　 D. faster and fast

　(　 )3．A. in　　　 B. on　　　 C. at　　　　 D. for

　(　 )4．A. nearly　　 B. more　　 C. almost　　 D. over

　(　 )5．A. twenty　 B. twelve　 C. twentieth　 D. twelfth

　(　 )6．A. USA　　 B. UN　　 C. PRC　　 D. PLA

　(　 )7．A. past　　　 B. pass　　 C. passed　　 D. passes

　(　 )8．A. weeks　　 B. months　 C. seasons　 D. years

　(　 )9．A. get　　　 B. gets　　 C. reached　 D. reach

　(　 )10. A. this　　　 B. its　　　 C. one　　　 D. it

5. Last Sunday night my friend Tom came to see me. (对划线部分提问)

　 _____ did your friend Tom _____ to see you?

4. He says the bus has already gone . (把主句变为一般过去时态)

　 He _____ the bus _____already gone.

3. What’s the population of china? (变为同义句)

　 _____ _____ is the number of people in china?

2. To understand what he is saying is too difficult. (变为同义句)

　 _____ _____ too difficult to understand what he is saying.

1. I don’t like this shirt because it is too thin for me.　 (变为同义句)

　 I _____ ______ this shirt because it isn’t large enough for me.

10. A person who _____ (speak) English is standing with some children in the street.

9. The boy might _____ (become) a good scientist in the future.

8. English _____(speak) in the world widely.

7. It _____ (be) so hard that we couldn’t see the way to our school clearly.