1 Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases in the box. There’s one extra word or phrase. 选择方框中恰当的单词或短语填空。有一个单词或短语是多余的。
with your own eyes history museum popular
Mountain forest such as national
Welcome to Xinjiang — a (1) place among travellers
This is a nice place with beautiful nature (2) Kanas Lake. Beside the lake, there is a large area of spruce (云杉). When autumn arrives, the (3) shows off (炫耀) different colours of gold, deep red, and dark green.

Have you read Journey to the West (《西游记》)? Then you can’t miss the Flaming (火焰) (4) — a special sandstone area.
Kashi Old Town has a (5) of 100 years. There are many old buildings. It’s just like a (6) . You can learn a lot about its past there.

Travellers can visit the desert on camels (骆驼), enjoy the nature and history along the Silk Road. Come and see (7) .

(1) popular
(2) such as
(3) forest
(4) Mountain
(5) history
(6) museum
(7) with your own eyes

【分析】本题为选词填空题，需结合短文语境、词汇含义及固定搭配，从方框词汇中选择恰当词汇填空，注意有一个多余词汇。解题思路：先通读全文，明确每个空格所需的词性或语义；再逐一分析每个空格的语境，匹配方框词汇，排除多余项（本题多余词汇为national），最终确定每个空的答案。
【解析】首先，方框内词汇为：with your own eyes、history museum、popular、Mountain、forest、such as、national（多余项为national）。然后逐个分析空格：
1. 第(1)空：空格修饰名词place，需形容词，“popular（受欢迎的）”符合“在旅行者中受欢迎的地方”的语境；
2. 第(2)空：空格后是举例Kanas Lake，需表举例的短语，“such as（例如）”符合；
3. 第(3)空：前文提到湖旁有云杉，结合“展示不同颜色”的描述，“forest（森林）”符合；
4. 第(4)空：“火焰山”的英文是Flaming Mountain，故填“Mountain”；
5. 第(5)空：空格后接“100 years”，需名词，“history（历史）”符合“有100年历史”的语境；
6. 第(6)空：前文提到有老建筑、能了解过去，“museum（博物馆）”符合“就像一个博物馆”的描述；
7. 第(7)空：空格在see后，需表方式的短语，“with your own eyes（亲眼）”符合“亲眼看看”的语境。
【答案】(1) popular (2) such as (3) forest (4) Mountain (5) history (6) museum (7) with your own eyes
【知识点】选词填空、词汇运用
【点评】本题考查英语选词填空，需结合语境匹配词汇，难度适中，学生需掌握常见词汇含义及固定搭配。
【难度系数】0.5