六、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式
Do you know Stonehenge? It's one of Britain's most famous historical 1. (place). Every year many people visit it. People like to go to this place as they want to see the sunrise 2. the longest day of the year.
Different people have different ideas about Stonehenge. Some historians believe Stonehenge was a temple, 3. historian Paul Stoker thinks this can't be true because Stonehenge 4. (build) many centuries ago. Other people believe the stones were used to keep people 5. (health). No one is sure 6. Stonehenge was used for, but most agree that the position of the stones must be for 7. special purpose. People might build it 8. (respect) ancestors.
Stonehenge was built 9. (slow) over a long period of time. Most historians believe it must be almost 5,000 years old. The stones are so big and heavy 10. no one knows how the builders built it, but we do know they must have been hard-working and great planners.
读后词汇拓展 猜出画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思,并收入自己的小词典。
balanced

1. places 2. on 3. but 4. was built
5. healthy 6. what 7. a 8. to respect
9. slowly 10. that
读后词汇拓展
adj. 平衡的

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合名词复数规则、介词用法、连词逻辑、被动语态、形容词搭配、宾语从句引导词、冠词、不定式表目的、副词修饰动词、固定句型等知识点解题：1. one of后接可数名词复数；2. 具体某天前用介词on；3. 前后句转折用but；4. Stonehenge是过去被建造，用一般过去时被动；5. keep sb+形容词表状态；6. 宾语从句缺宾语用what；7. 泛指“一个特殊目的”用a；8. 不定式表建造的目的；9. 副词修饰动词built；10. so...that...固定句型。词汇拓展需判断balanced的词性和词义。
【解析】
1. 考查名词复数：one of+形容词最高级+可数名词复数，故填places；
2. 考查介词：具体某一天前用介词on，故填on；
3. 考查连词：前后句为转折关系，故填but；
4. 考查一般过去时被动语态：Stonehenge与build是被动关系，时间为过去，故填was built；
5. 考查形容词：keep sb+形容词表示“使某人保持某种状态”，故填healthy；
6. 考查宾语从句引导词：从句中作used for的宾语，指事物，故填what；
7. 考查冠词：表泛指“一个特殊目的”，用不定冠词a，故填a；
8. 考查不定式作目的状语：表建造的目的，故填to respect；
9. 考查副词：修饰动词built，用副词形式，故填slowly；
10. 考查固定句型so...that...，表示“如此...以至于...”，故填that；
读后词汇拓展：balanced为形容词，意为“平衡的”。
【答案】
1. places 2. on 3. but 4. was built 5. healthy 6. what 7. a 8. to respect 9. slowly 10. that
读后词汇拓展：adj. 平衡的
【知识点】
英语语法基础、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】
本题考查英语基础语法与常用搭配，涵盖名词、介词、连词、时态语态等核心知识点，侧重基础应用，难度适中，适合中等水平学生作答。
【难度系数】
0.7