五、短文填空
In 1 (south)China, there is a beautiful city 2 (call)Guilin. It 3 (lie)on the two sides of the Lijiang River. Tourists enjoy 4 (take)a boat trip along it. It is great fun. It's also popular to hire(租)a bicycle and ride around the countryside.
All around the city of Guilin, 5 (mountain)stand in different 6 (shape). Many visitors enjoy visiting Guilin because 7 its fantastic landscapes.
The Reed Flute Cave is 8 underground cave. In this cave, you can see many 9 (rock)in unusual shapes. Some rocks hang down. Others point upwards. 10 an amazing sight it is! The cave is praised as the "Art Palace of Nature".
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1. southern 2. called 3. lies 4. taking 5. mountains 6. shapes 7. of 8. an 9. rocks 10. What

【分析】
本题为短文填空，需结合词性转换、固定搭配、语法规则等逐一分析：1. 修饰名词China需用形容词，故转换south为形容词；2. 名词city与call为被动关系，用过去分词作定语；3. 主语为第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词用单三形式；4. 固定搭配enjoy后接动名词；5. 谓语为复数形式，主语需用名词复数；6. different后接可数名词复数；7. because后接从句，because of接名词短语，此处用介词of；8. underground以元音音素开头，不定冠词用an；9. many后接可数名词复数；10. 考查感叹句结构，符合What引导的感叹句形式。
【解析】
1. 空后是名词China，需用形容词修饰，south的形容词为southern，故填southern；
2. city与call是被动关系，用过去分词作后置定语，故填called；
3. 主语It指代Guilin，是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词用单三形式，lie的单三为lies，故填lies；
4. 固定搭配enjoy doing sth.（喜欢做某事），take的动名词为taking，故填taking；
5. 谓语动词stand是原形，主语需用复数名词，mountain的复数为mountains，故填mountains；
6. different后接可数名词复数，shape的复数为shapes，故填shapes；
7. 空后是名词短语its fantastic landscapes，需用because of连接，故填of；
8. underground以元音音素/ʌ/开头，不定冠词用an，故填an；
9. many后接可数名词复数，rock的复数为rocks，故填rocks；
10. 感叹句结构为What + (a/an) + adj. + 可数名词单数 + 主语+谓语！此处符合，故填What。
【答案】
1. southern 2. called 3. lies 4. taking 5. mountains 6. shapes 7. of 8. an 9. rocks 10. What
【知识点】
形容词用法、过去分词作定语、名词复数、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕桂林的短文展开，考查基础词汇变形、常用语法规则，涵盖词性转换、冠词、介词、感叹句等核心知识点，侧重学生对基础语言知识的运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.3