二、用方框中所给词完成句子。

1. （2024·牡丹江改编）There are ______ solar terms(节气) in a year. Lichun is the first one.
2. （2024·自贡改编）— There is going to be the ______ Art Festival next week.
— Great. We can enjoy some beautiful paintings again.
3. Three ______ students took part in the summer camp.
4. Nowadays, more than ______ of the world’s population doesn’t have enough water to drink.
5. ______ people would like to take part in the discussion about the environment.

1. twenty - four 2. second 3. thousand 4. one - fifth 5. Millions of

三、语法填空。（冠词和数词专练）
New York is known for its pretty tall buildings, which are also known as skyscrapers(摩天大楼).
The 84-story Steinway Tower, along Manhattan’s 111 West 1. ______（fifty-seven）Street, is a housing building, with 2. ______ swimming pool and some other supporting facilities(场所). The building has 3. ______(六十) apartments. Most of them are in the 16-story former site Steinway Hall, and 4. ______ rest are in the new high-rise building.
Steinway Tower was designed by a New York building company. With 5. ______ height of 435 metres, Steinway Tower is the 6. ______(two) tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere. Being the “thinnest” skyscraper in 7. ______ world makes it take its place in the crowded skyscrapers of the neighbourhoods.
Steinway Tower has 8. ______ long history as the former site of Steinway Hall, which was built in the 9. ______(二十世纪二十年代). Later, a company bought the building. It took about 10. ______（八）years to complete the project. The company says Steinway Tower is now looking to the future.

1. Fifty - seventh 2. a 3. sixty 4. the 5. the
6. second 7. the 8. a 9. 1920s 10. eight