四、首字母填空
KEY→P14
范畴:人与自然 主题:地球探秘 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:7分钟 评价:/10
根据短文意思和首字母提示,写出一个完整正确的单词。
Today the earth is getting warmer and warmer. But hundreds of years a 1 , people had a different problem—a 400-year cold period! From the 1400s to the 1800s, winters in the northern half of the earth were c 2 and longer than they are now. Scientists c 3 this time the "Little Ice Age(小冰期)".

The colder weather b 4 many serious problems. Plants died of cold and illness spread among people. People had to spend a lot more time collecting wood for fires to keep their house warm. And sometimes, a h 5 piece of ice would slide down(滑落) a mountain and destroy some villages.
Scientists think the Little Ice Age was caused by forces that people could not control. One reason, in their opinion, was the sun. The sun often has "storms" of energy called sunspots(太阳黑子). During the Little Ice Age, there were fewer sunspots than there are t 6 . With fewer sunspots, the sun was giving out less e 7 which made the earth warm. Volcanic eruption(火山爆发) was probably a 8 natural cause. During the Little Ice Age, many volcanoes erupted. Their dust might stop the sun's l 9 and heat from reaching the earth.
Today we are seeing the influences of rising temperature. Scientists think people are causing this change by b 10 a lot of coal and oil. So we need to change our way of living.
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首字母填空
本文主要讲述了地球在历史上经历的“小冰期”及其可能的原因，并与当前全球变暖现象进行对比。
1. ago 根据hundreds of years和时间对比语境以及所给首字母可知，此处需用表示过去的时间副词，ago“以前”符合语境。
2. colder 根据“winters in the northern half of the earth were ... and longer than”和所给首字母可知，北半球的冬天比现在更寒冷且更漫长，此处应用cold“寒冷的”的比较级colder。
3. call 根据“Scientists ... this time the ‘Little Ice Age’.”和所给首字母可知，科学家称这个时期为“小冰期”，call“称作”，主语Scientists为复数，且描述客观事实，动词用原形。
4. brought 根据“The colder weather ... many serious problems.”和所给首字母可知，更寒冷的天气带来了许多严重的问题，bring“带来”，此处用过去式brought与上下文时态一致。
5. huge 根据“a ... piece of ice would slide down a mountain and destroy some villages.”和所给首字母可知，应是一大块冰从山上滑落，摧毁一些村庄，huge“巨大的”，形容词作定语。
6. today 此处需用表示现在的副词，与During the Little Ice Age形成时间对比。结合所给首字母可知，today“现在”符合语境。
7. energy 动词短语giving out后接名词作宾语，根据科学常识和所给首字母可知，此处指energy“能量”，不可数名词。
8. another 前文已提及太阳是原因之一，此处应表示另一个原因，结合所给首字母可知，another“另一、又一”符合语境。
9. light 与heat并列，需用名词light“光”，不可数名词。
10. burning 根据“people are causing this change by ... a lot of coal and oil. So we need to change our way of living.”和所给首字母可知，应是燃烧煤炭和石油，burn“燃烧”，by后接动名词。

五、语法填空
KEY→P15
范畴:人与社会
主题:文化景观
体裁:记叙文
难度:★★★
建议用时:8分钟
评价:/10
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A few years ago, I visited the Classical Gardens of Suzhou. During the visit, my attention was drawn away from the plants, bridges and stones, towards 1 walls of the gardens. Mostly white, some parts of the walls are losing small 2 (piece) of their covering. The windows on them create space in which light and plants can be seen. The walls not only 3 (be) the boundaries of the gardens, but also form protected paths that guide you on a trip.

The memory of the white walls stayed with me. I kept 4 (imagine) how many shadows could be collected by them to dance with the light. This fantastic moment was so lively 5 I came back to explore it with my camera.
Working 6 (free) with these walls and their marks, I began to feel like collecting all the stories that were painted there. Weather and time have turned these 7 (amaze) white walls into Chinese landscape paintings.
I 8 (take) the photos during the month of June, just after the rain. The air was full of small drops of water, showing the light and the colour 9 the things around. As colour was born out of a dance between light and a body, when taking photos I found 10 (I) enjoying a moment of this dance.
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语法填空
本文主要介绍了作者参观苏州古典园林的经历。
1. the 此处是特指园林的墙壁，应用定冠词the。
2. pieces piece是可数名词，此处应用复数，故填pieces。
3. are 句子主语为The walls，时态为一般现在时，故填are。
4. imagining keep doing sth. 意为“一直做某事”，故填imagining。
5. that 分析句子结构可知，此处是“so ... that”引导的结果状语从句，故填that。
6. freely 此处修饰动词应用副词freely。
7. amazing 此处修饰white walls，故应用形容词amazing。
8. took 根据语境和下文可知，时态是一般过去时，故填took。
9. of 此处指周围事物的颜色，应用of，表示“……的”。
10. myself 主语是I，宾语应该用反身代词myself。