快捷英语 英语时文阅读理解 七年级
Saturday/Week 12
阅读短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词
的正确形式。
文章音频
题型:短文填空
主题:自然地理
语篇类型:说明文
词数:180
难度:
建议用时:7分钟
eople everywhere are heading to Peru to see its
Rainbow Mountain. The mountain is special
1 it has many colorful stripes (条纹) like a rainbow.

They can see red, yellow, green, and even purple.
The colors come 2 minerals (矿物) in the ground. In fact,
Rainbow Mountain is made up of 14 different colorful minerals. People 3 (discover) the mountain
in 2013. Before then, snow covered its secret 4 (nature) beauty.
Visitors love 5 (hike) up Rainbow Mountain. They get to see not only the beautiful colors but
also llamas and alpacas.
Rainbow Mountain is high in the Andes Mountains. It's 5,200 6 (meter) above sea level. So,
the air 7 (be) thin, and visitors walk slowly to get enough oxygen.
When people can't catch 8 (they) breath, they can just rent horses. Horses are available at any
point on 9 mountain path. However, the air isn't the only challenge.
Rainbow Mountain's weather can change from sun to rain to snow in just an hour. Also, the
temperature can 10 (quick) drop to under 0°C. Even with these challenges, people can't wait to
visit Rainbow Mountain.
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10

1. because “这座山很特别”与“它拥有宛如彩虹般的彩色条纹”之间为因果关系，用because引导原因状语从句。
2. from come from意为“来自”，固定搭配。
3. discovered 由时间状语in 2013可知，用一般过去时。
4. natural 用形容词修饰名词。natural意为“自然的”。
5. to hike/hiking love to do/doing sth 意为“喜欢做某事”，固定搭配。
6. meters 受5,200修饰，可数名词用复数形式。
7. is 说明常态事实，用一般现在时。主语是单数，be动词用单数。
8. their 用形容词性物主代词修饰名词。
9. the 修饰单数可数名词，特指所有彩虹山上的小路，用定冠词。
10. quickly 用副词修饰动词。