五、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
It's the tallest peak on earth. Here, you can see snowy mountains shine under
1. blue sky. You can take a breath of the freshest air. Welcome to Mount Qomolangma!
It stands on the border 2. Nepal and China. Mount Qomolangma is part of the Himalayan Mountains. It is 8,848.86 metres tall, reaching into the sky
3. high as airplanes fly.
Every year, hundreds of climbers from all over the world come here. The first two people to reach the top 4. (are)Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal. They 5. (make)history by climbing the mountain in 1953.
The weather there is always very cold and 6. (wind). There is snow everywhere. The wind 7. (blow)all year long. In winter, the 8. (low)temperature can reach -60℃. There is very little oxygen on the mountain. Not many 9. (animal)can live there, although you can see some yaks(牦牛). Yaks have long hair to keep them warm. They are very strong and able
10. (walk)on narrow paths. People call yaks "the ships of the highland".

五、1. the 2. between 3. as 4. were 5. made
6. windy 7. blows 8. lowest 9. animals
10. to walk

【分析】本题为语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、时态、词性转换等语法知识逐一分析每个空格。解题思路：1. 修饰单数可数名词且表特指时用定冠词；2. 表示两者之间的固定介词搭配；3. 同级比较的固定结构；4. 根据时间状语判断动词时态，结合主语单复数确定be动词形式；5. 根据时间状语确定动词过去式；6. 与形容词并列需用名词的形容词形式；7. 根据主语的人称和数确定动词的第三人称单数形式；8. 表示“最低的”需用形容词最高级；9. many后接可数名词复数；10. 固定搭配be able to do sth需用动词不定式。
【解析】1. 此处特指珠穆朗玛峰的蓝天，故填定冠词the；2. 固定搭配between...and...表示“在……和……之间”，符合“尼泊尔和中国的边境”的语境，故填between；3. 固定结构as...as...意为“和……一样”，此处表示“和飞机飞行一样高”，故填as；4. 句中时间为1953年，是过去的时间，主语the first two people为复数，故be动词用were；5. 时间状语in 1953表过去，需用一般过去时，make的过去式为made，故填made；6. 与形容词cold并列描述天气，需用wind的形容词形式windy，故填windy；7. 主语the wind为第三人称单数，且描述客观情况用一般现在时，故动词用blows；8. 此处表示“最低的温度”，需用形容词low的最高级lowest，故填lowest；9. many后接可数名词复数，animal的复数为animals，故填animals；10. 固定搭配be able to do sth意为“能够做某事”，故填to walk。
【答案】1. the 2. between 3. as 4. were 5. made 6. windy 7. blows 8. lowest 9. animals 10. to walk
【知识点】冠词用法、介词搭配、动词时态
【点评】本题围绕珠穆朗玛峰的介绍，考查初中英语核心语法点，包括冠词、介词、时态、词性转换等，难度适中，需结合语境和语法规则解题，是典型的基础语法填空题。
【难度系数】0.6

读后词汇拓展❶ 猜出第五大题中画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思,并收入自己的小词典。
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读后词汇拓展
adj. 狭窄的