六、短文填空。(共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 分)
请认真阅读下面短文，填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
It's 2050. The Earth is 1. ______ (die), and moving to Mars seems to be the only way out for humans. A team of American astronauts begin to search on Mars. This is 2. ______ the movie *Red Planet* begins with. 3. ______ (know)as the “Red Planet”, Mars is the favourite of writers and filmmakers.
Mars is the 4. (four)planet from the Sun. It is the only rocky planet whose surface can be seen from the Earth.
The surface of Mars is more like the Earth than any other 5. (planet). It is farther from the Sun than the Earth, 6. temperatures on Mars are much lower. Plants and animals cannot live on Mars now. But many scientists still believe that such life may have been on Mars since long ago.
7. 6th August, 1996, researchers announced that they had found signs of Martian life in a meteorite, which 8. (fall)to the Earth about 13,000 years ago. Now, some scientists still don't accept that there may be life on Mars. People may not be sure about life on Mars until a sample of life is 9. (bring)back. Some 10. (far)researches are being done in many countries.

1. dying
2. what
3. Known
4. fourth
5. planet
6. so
7. On
8. fell
9. brought
10. further

七、根据中文完成下列句子。(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
1. (2025·扬州模拟)当你犯错误时，不要害怕被嘲笑。
When you .
2. (2025·扬州模拟)因为大雪，游客们被迫缩短了航程。
Tourists .
3. (2025·扬州模拟)你能告诉我什么时候开展课外活动吗？

4. (2025·扬州阶段练习)总的来说，这名乘客比起别人有很多优势。

5. (2024·南通模拟预测)飞机起飞时正下着大雨。

1. make mistakes, don't be afraid of being laughed at
2. were forced to shorten their journey because of the heavy snow
3. Can you tell me when the after-school activities will be held
4. In general, this passenger has many advantages compared with others
5. It was raining heavily when the plane took off