第二节 请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。

The world's highest uninterrupted waterfall—Angel Falls
The best way to reach the Angel Falls is to take a plane. You can also get there by boat in the rainy season. There is no way leading you to the bottom(底部) of the Angel Falls. Beside the Angel Falls, there are 1. .
The waterfall is about 979 metres 2. . It is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. An American pilot called James Angel was the first person to fly over the falls. To remember him, people called the waterfall the Angel Falls.
You can see beautiful 3. and many kinds of nice birds around the Angel Falls. The waterfall is also a famous filming location. The 4. waterfall in the 3-D film *Up* is just the Angel Falls.
Every year, many people all around the world visit the Angel Falls, but only 5. brave people can get the full view of the waterfall. Everyone who takes the plane to visit the Angel Falls can get a certificate(证书) printed with “the brave explorer”. Do you want to get one?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

第二节
1. rainforests 2. high 3. rainbows 4. wonderful 5. a few

【分析】
本题为选词填空题，需结合短文语境，从方框内的单词（high、rainbow、rainforest、a few、wonder）中选择合适的词，并根据句子语法要求调整形式，每个词仅用一次。解题时需先理解每句句意，再匹配词义，最后根据词性、单复数等规则变形。
【解析】
1. 第1空：句意为“在Angel Falls旁边有________”，方框中“rainforest（雨林）”符合语境，此处表示泛指，需用复数形式，故填rainforests。
2. 第2空：句意为“这个瀑布大约979米________”，前文提到它是世界最高的不间断瀑布，“high（高的）”符合描述高度的语境，直接填原形即可，故填high。
3. 第3空：句意为“你能看到美丽的________和许多种类的漂亮鸟类”，“rainbow（彩虹）”符合语境，此处表示泛指，需用复数形式，故填rainbows。
4. 第4空：句意为“3D电影《飞屋环游记》里的________瀑布就是Angel Falls”，“wonder（奇迹）”需转换为形容词形式“wonderful（奇妙的）”修饰名词waterfall，故填wonderful。
5. 第5空：句意为“但只有________勇敢的人能看到瀑布的全景”，“a few（几个，一些）”修饰可数名词复数people，符合语境，故填a few。
【答案】
1. rainforests 2. high 3. rainbows 4. wonderful 5. a few
【知识点】
名词复数、形容词转换、词汇运用
【点评】
本题结合短文语境考察词汇的适当形式，需学生理解句意并掌握单词的词性与变形规则，是基础的词汇运用题。
【难度系数】
0.5

三、短文填空
请认真阅读下面短文，在设空处填入一个恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal(大运河) is about 1,800 kilometres long. It starts from Hangzhou in the south and 1. (go) to Beijing in the north. It has a long history of more than 2,500 years.
In the year CE 605, Emperor Yang Guang gave an order to build the canal. 2. (build) such a long canal was 3. (real) difficult at that time. About 3.6 4. (million) people worked on it and in a short time many of them lost their lives. 5. a pity! It took people about six years to build the canal. The Grand Canal became a bridge 6. the north and the south of China. It was truly an 7. (usual) river!
Many old buildings are gone now. The Grand Canal was built long ago 8. it is still in use today. Every day, ships go up and down the canal. And many people like to walk along it. It is part of many Chinese 9. (people) life. Now, lots of people are living 10. (happy) along the canal.
They call it “mother river” and it is one of the symbols of Hangzhou.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

三、短文填空
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了京杭大运河。
1. goes 2. Building 3. really 4. million 5. What 6. between 7. unusual 8. but 9. people's 10. happily

【分析】先通读短文，明确文章介绍京杭大运河的主旨，再逐个分析设空处：1. 设空与starts并列，主语是第三人称单数，需用一般现在时的动词三单形式；2. 设空作主语，需用动名词形式；3. 修饰形容词difficult，需用副词；4. 数词million前有具体数字，用原形；5. 此处为感叹句，对应固定结构；6. 结合固定搭配between...and...；7. 结合语境判断形容词的否定形式；8. 前后句为转折关系，选转折连词；9. 表示“人们的”，需用名词所有格；10. 修饰动词living，需用副词。
【解析】1. 考查一般现在时主谓一致：主语The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal是第三人称单数，与starts并列，故用go的三单形式goes；2. 考查动名词作主语：动词原形不能作主语，需用动名词Building；3. 考查副词修饰形容词：difficult是形容词，需用real的副词形式really修饰；4. 考查数词用法：million前有具体数字3.6时，用原形；5. 考查感叹句：“What+a pity!”是固定感叹表达，故用What；6. 考查固定搭配：between...and...表示“在……和……之间”，符合语境；7. 考查形容词：结合语境，大运河是“不寻常的”，故用usual的反义词unusual；8. 考查连词：前后句为转折关系，故用but；9. 考查名词所有格：表示“人们的生活”，用people的所有格people's；10. 考查副词修饰动词：living是动词，需用happy的副词形式happily修饰。
【答案】1. goes 2. Building 3. really 4. million 5. What 6. between 7. unusual 8. but 9. people's 10. happily
【知识点】动词时态与主谓一致、非谓语动词、副词用法
【点评】本题为短文填空，主要考查基础语法（如动词形式、非谓语、名词所有格等）和常用固定搭配，需结合语境分析，难度适中，适合多数学生作答。
【难度系数】0.6