三、语法填空
根据短文内容，填写所缺单词或用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思完整。
The Great Pyramid（金字塔）of Giza is one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. It 1. （build）more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt. It is so popular that millions of tourists from around the world come to visit it every year. In Egypt there are about 100 pyramids and the Great Pyramid is the 2. （large）one among them. It lies on the west bank 3. life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. That is why 4. （they）dead bodies were buried on the west bank of the Nile.
You can hardly imagine how huge the Great Pyramid is. It has over 2 million blocks. Some blocks are as heavy as five school buses. 5. they were heavy, the ancient workers were able 6. （put）a block into the pyramid every three minutes.
Those workers, Egyptian men and women, worked in teams. Different teams had different tasks. There 7. （be）so many different teams to make sure that the pyramid was built 8. （perfect）and no stone was in the wrong position.
But how did the Egyptians move those heavy stones to the top easily 9. any modern machines? No one knows for sure. Many things about the Great Pyramid still remain 10. mystery.

1. was built
2. largest
3. of
4. their
5. Although/Though
6. to put
7. were
8. perfectly
9. without
10. a

1. 第一空：主语It指代金字塔，和动词build是被动关系，时间状语more than 4,000 years ago表明时态为一般过去时，一般过去时被动语态结构为was/were+过去分词，主语it是单数，故填was built。
2. 第二空：空格前有定冠词the，范围是在埃及约100座金字塔之中，需要用形容词最高级，large的最高级是largest，表示“最大的”。
3. 第三空：固定结构the west bank of... 表示“……的一侧/西岸”，符合句意逻辑，故填of。
4. 第四空：空格后是名词短语dead bodies，需要用形容词性物主代词修饰名词，主格they对应的形容词性物主代词是their。
5. 第五空：前后句是让步逻辑关系，意为“尽管石块很重，古代的工人们仍然可以每三分钟将一块石块安放到位”，句首首字母大写，故填Although/Though。
6. 第六空：固定搭配be able to do sth. 意为“能够做某事”，后接动词不定式，故填to put。
7. 第七空：there be句型遵循就近原则，后面的名词teams是复数，描述建造金字塔的过往事件用一般过去时，故be动词填were。
8. 第八空：空格处修饰动词built，需要用副词作状语，形容词perfect对应的副词形式是perfectly。
9. 第九空：句意为“但是埃及人是如何在没有任何现代机器的情况下轻松将这些沉重的石块运到顶部的？”，表示“没有”的含义，填介词without。
10. 第十空：mystery是可数名词单数，此处表示“一个谜”，发音以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a，构成固定搭配remain a mystery，意为“仍然是一个谜”。

四、阅读表达
Long ago, there was a monster called “Nian”. At the end of winters, he often appeared in a village and ate the animals and villagers. The monster seemed very strong and nobody could fight him. So the villagers had to hide in the mountains to keep themselves safe.
One day, a smart old man came to the village. He told an old woman how to scare Nian away. That evening when Nian arrived at the village, he saw only the old woman's house was bright. Nian got close to the house. Suddenly, he heard the noise of firecrackers(鞭炮). The monster felt afraid and jumped. And then he found the house was covered in red paper. This scared him even more and he ran out of the village quickly. When the other villagers returned, they saw that the old woman didn't die.
The villagers later learned that Nian was afraid of red colour and loud noises. They decided to put up red couplets(对联), set off firecrackers and stay up late when it was time for Nian's visit at the end of winter. That is the legend(传说) of how the Spring Festival celebration began.
1～2 题根据短文补全句子，3～4 题回答问题。
1. At the of winters, he often in a village and ate the animals and villagers.
2. So the had to in the mountains to keep themselves safe.
3. From whom did the old woman know the way to scare Nian away?

4. What was Nian afraid of?

1. end; appeared
2. villagers; hide
3. A smart old man.
4. Red colour and loud noises.

1. 定位原文第一段第二句"At the end of winters, he often appeared in a village and ate the animals and villagers"，可以直接提取对应空格的答案。
2. 定位原文第一段最后一句"So the villagers had to hide in the mountains to keep themselves safe"，可以直接提取对应空格的答案。
3. 定位原文第二段第一句"One day, a smart old man came to the village. He told an old woman how to scare Nian away"，可知是一位聪明的老人告诉老妇人驱赶年兽的方法。
4. 定位原文第三段第一句"The villagers later learned that Nian was afraid of red colour and loud noises"，可以直接得到年兽害怕的事物。