阅读下面的短文,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。
Last summer vacation, I visited Singapore Botanic Gardens with my parents. At first, I thought it would be 66. (bore), but I was wrong. 67. (actual), it was the liveliest place I'd ever seen—amazing flowers, singing birds, and children laughing everywhere.
The moment I stepped into the park, I saw lots of 68. (butterfly) flying from flower to flower. My dad quickly 69. (shoot) many photos before they flew away.
As we walked deeper into the garden, the air became 70. (fresh), with lots of trees and flowers along the way. Suddenly, 71. old tree caught my eyes. It was called Tembusu tree, which appears on Singapore's five-dollar bill!
After that, we visited the Orchid (兰花) Garden, a beautiful place full 72. colourful orchids. The guide told 73. (we) that some orchids are named after some famous people. 74. interesting it was!
Singapore Botanic Gardens was a magical world of nature, beauty and surprises. Before 75. (leave), I picked some postcards in the gift shop to remember the trip.

66.boring 67.Actually 68.butterflies 69.shot 70.fresher 71.an 72.of 73.us 74.How 75.leaving

【分析】这是英语语法填空题，需结合语境、词性变化、语法规则逐一分析每个空：1. 第66空修饰指代事物的it，需用形容词；2. 第67空在句首作状语，需用副词；3. 第68空由lots of修饰，需用可数名词复数；4. 第69空描述过去动作，需用动词过去式；5. 第70空表对比，需用形容词比较级；6. 第71空泛指单数可数名词，需用合适的不定冠词；7. 第72空考查固定搭配；8. 第73空在动词后作宾语，需用人称代词宾格；9. 第74空考查感叹句结构；10. 第75空在介词后，需用动名词。
【解析】66. 此处修饰指代“植物园”的it，需用形容词，bore修饰事物的形容词为boring，故填boring；67. 此处需副词作状语，actual的副词形式为Actually，句首首字母大写，故填Actually；68. lots of后接可数名词复数，butterfly的复数为butterflies，故填butterflies；69. 全文为一般过去时，shoot的过去式为shot，故填shot；70. 此处表“空气更清新”，用fresh的比较级fresher，故填fresher；71. 此处泛指“一棵老树”，old以元音音素开头，用不定冠词an，故填an；72. 固定搭配full of表示“充满”，故填of；73. 动词told后接人称代词宾格，we的宾格为us，故填us；74. 此处为“How + 形容词 + 主语 + 谓语！”结构的感叹句，故填How；75. 介词before后接动名词，leave的动名词为leaving，故填leaving。
【答案】66.boring 67.Actually 68.butterflies 69.shot 70.fresher 71.an 72.of 73.us 74.How 75.leaving
【知识点】词性转换、语法结构、固定搭配
【点评】本题为英语语法填空基础题，考查词性变化、基础语法规则及固定搭配，需结合语境分析，难度适中，适合巩固初中英语语法基础。
【难度系数】0.6