五、短文填空
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范畴:人与自然 主题:生态特征 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:7分钟 评价: /10
根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词,使短文意思完整,每空一词。
The Yellow River is China's second longest river. It's about 5,400 kilometres long across China. The river gets its 1. n from its yellow-brown colour. It starts in the mountains of Qinghai Province and runs all the way to the Bohai Sea. It travels through high mountains, 2. d deserts, and green forests.
The river is 3. h to humans, animals and plants. People can 4. u its water for drinking after it's cleaned. The land along the river is also very good for 5. g crops. Many fish and birds live in and near it too.
However, the river is also powerful. When it 6. f, it can destroy homes. Now big dams help control the water and make electricity.
The Yellow River is very important in Chinese 7. c. There are many old stories and poems about it. Artists like to 8. p pictures of the river. People call it the "Mother River" 9. b it gives life to China just like a mother cares for her children.
Today, people work hard to keep the river clean. They're 10. t to protect the water for all the living things in the world. The Yellow River is a symbol of China's long history and bright future.

本文主要介绍了黄河的基本情况、重要性及其在中国文化中的地位。
1. name 根据空格后的 from its yellow-brown colour 可知，此处解释黄河得名是因为它是黄褐色的。
2. dry 根据上下文 high mountains 和 green forests 可知，此处描写了高山、绿树，根据地理常识可知，沙漠通常是干燥的。
3. home 这条河是人类、动物和植物的家园。be home to 意为“是……的家园”。
4. use 人们可以饮用经过清洁后的水，use sth. for 意为“为……使用某物”。
5. growing 此处指使用河边的土地来种植庄稼，动词短语 grow crops 的意思是“种植庄稼”。
6. floods 水坝的作用是帮助控制水，所以前文应该说的是洪水泛滥。
7. culture 此处应该说的是黄河与文化地位有关。
8. paint 根据句中的 Artists 和 pictures 可知，艺术家喜欢画黄河的图画。
9. because 此处指黄河赋予中国生命，所以称它为“母亲河”，前后是因果关系。
10. trying 此处表示人们努力保护水资源，try to do sth.意为“努力做某事”。

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范畴:人与自我 主题:学习策略 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:6分钟 评价: /10
阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Some students say English is difficult, and that it gives them a headache. But English is very easy for me. I'm good 1. it. I'm very glad to tell you something about how I study English well now.
Firstly, an interest in English is very important. In Grade Three, we had a new subject—English. It was fresh for me. I was 2. (interest) in it, so I worked hard at it. Soon we had an English exam and I 3. (get) good grades. How happy I was! After that, I learned English harder 4. harder.
Secondly, English is a foreign language. I can learn it well in the following ways: Listen to the teacher 5. (care), speak bravely, read aloud and have a wide vocabulary. Then practise again and again. And I also have 6. good habit: Always ask my English teacher whenever I have a question.
Lastly, I often read English 7. (story), jokes and easy novels. They help me understand lots of things. So 8. (read) is an important way to learn English well. And I often write English diaries. English becomes a close friend of 9. (I).
I 10. ______ (begin) learning English two years ago. I always keep the first position in our school. I hope every student can learn English well.

本文主要介绍了作者学习英语的一些好方法。
1. at 此处要用固定短语 be good at，意为“擅长”。
2. interested 此处是固定短语 be interested in，意为“对……感兴趣”。
3. got 根据前句“In Grade Three, we had ...”可知，此处动词需要用过去式，故此处答案应填 got。
4. and 此处用固定结构“比较级＋and＋比较级”，意为“越来越……”，故此处答案应填 and。
5. carefully 空格前的 Listen to 是动词短语，需要用副词来修饰，故此处答案应该填副词 carefully。
6. a 此处泛指“一个好习惯”，good 以辅音音素开头，所以空格处用不定冠词 a。
7. stories 此处表示泛指，且空格前无冠词，故此处需要填名词复数形式 stories。
8. reading 分析句子结构可知，is 是句子的谓语，所以需要用动名词 reading 来作句子的主语。
9. mine 此处需要用固定短语 a friend of mine，意思是“我的一个朋友”，故此处答案应该填 mine。
10. began 根据 two years ago 可知，句子时态为一般过去时，动词 begin 要用过去式 began。