1 . 语法填空

On September 3 last year, the city     1     (hit) by severe floods. By 9 pm that day, several temples built hundreds of years ago     2    (destroy). Later it was reported that dozens of people were injured and scores of cars     3     (wash) away by the floods. The government called on everyone to fight the disaster actively and soon the flood     4     (bring) under control.

2 . 补全对话
Tour Guide: OK, everyone. We have arrived at the Tian’anmen Square,     1    (中国最大的广场之一).
Tourist A: Forgive me for asking, but what’s that?
Tour Guide: That is     2    (著名的天安门). It was originally built as a place where some important ceremonies were held by emperors.
Tourist B: Yes. It is really a grand building, and I know that     3    (现在一些重要活动也在这里举办).
Tour Guide: That’s right. It, as a part of Forbidden City, has been     4    (被列为一处世界文化遗产). It can be seen as a symbol of our country.
Tourist A: That’s really amazing!

3 . 语法填空

Sarek national park is really a       1    (fascinate) hidden natural treasure in Europe. As it lies above the Arctic Circle,     2     in summer the sun never sets, telling exact time is impossible. After vast sheets of ice     3    (melt), reindeer and the Sami people arrived one after another and made this territory their home. In order     4    (keep) the land in its natural state, all new development     5     (ban)within park boundaries. Even if most Sami live     6     modern life just like their neighbours, every spring, a small number of them still enjoy their     7    (tradition). As a hiker, I have     8     (adopt) some of their habits. Although the journey will be full of sweat and hard work,     9    (be) in such a beautiful and wild place makes me feel     10     (bless)to be alive.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Imagine mountains     1     (wrap)in silver water, turning bright green     2     growing rice and becoming flash gold and then they     3    (cover) in sheets of white frost. These are the     4    (colour) of the Longji Rice Terraces. The work on the terraces took hundreds of years until its     5     (complete) in the early Qing Dynasty. The reasons why people go to so much trouble     6     (turn) the entire mountains into terraces are as follows: having few large flat land, holding more rainwater and preventing the soil from     7     (wash) away. It is along these waterways     8     rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. The water heated by the sun is turned     9     vapour and then the vapour forms clouds from     10     rain falls down.

5 . 语法填空

Every autumn, millions of the North American monarch butterflies manage     1     (travel) around 4, 000 kilometres south and find their way to places     2     they will spend the winter.

A team of scientists     3     (lead) by Professor Eli Shlizerman at the University of Washington     4     (find) that the monarch is able to tell the time of day and then uses its eyes to measure the position of the sun. These two pieces of information allow the butterfly to determine the way to go.

The solution to the mystery of the monarch’s     5     (amaze) ability comes at a time when its population     6     (crash) by as much as 90 per cent in the last few years.     7     (sad), human activity is the main reason why the number of monarch butterflies is falling.

    8     research on the monarch’s behaviour has however led     9     a greater awareness of this creature. The more we know about this lovely creature, the     10     (great) the chance it will survive.