四、词汇运用
A
KEY→P25
范畴:人与社会 主题:历史建筑 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:5分钟 评价:/6
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。
suitable develop feel in good condition since one
Gardens are regarded as the treasure of ancient Chinese architecture and Suzhou gardens are the most famous among them. Now, over 60 gardens are kept 1. , of which more than 10 are open to the public.
The gardens 2. appeared in the Spring and Autumn period, and 3. in the Song and Yuan dynasties. By the late Qing Dynasty, Suzhou had got as many as over 170 gardens. 4. then, Suzhou has been known as the "City of Gardens".
Suzhou gardens show us the lifestyle and social customs of ancient Chinese people south of the Yangtze River. They have special characteristics, which are 5. for living and worth visiting. Walking in the gardens, you will have a 6. of traveling through time and space, as if you were walking in a Chinese landscape painting.

本文主要介绍了苏州园林的历史和特点。
1. in good condition
2. first
3. developed
4. Since
5. suitable
6. feeling

B
KEY→P25
范畴:人与自然 主题:环境保护 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:10分钟 评价:/9
根据短文内容和所给中文提示写出单词的正确形式,每空限填一词。
Thanks to the Earth, we have fresh air to breathe, clean water to drink and warm sunshine to enjoy. But it seems that we have considered those things 1. (自然的). In fact, our planet is getting “sick”. Now scientists have given us a warning.
“More than 15,000 scientists around the world have 2. (写) a letter to warn about environmental threats,” The Washington Post reported.
Among those environmental 3. (挑战), climate change sits at the top. Global mean temperatures have risen by 4. (超过)$0.5°\mathrm{C}$ since 1992. A half-degree temperature rise is a big deal. It means that heat waves would last around a third longer and that 5. (暴雨) would be about a third more intense. The sea level would be much 6. (高的).
But this is not the only problem people are 7. (面对). It's getting harder to get fresh water. Ocean pollution has become serious. Since 1992, the human population has grown by about
2.5 billion, while the populations of all other animals have dropped by 8. (几乎)30 percent.
“Scientists say that we are experiencing the sixth mass extinction in history. More than 9. (三分之二) of the world's wildlife could be gone by the end of the decade if action isn't taken soon,” according to the World Wide Fund for Nature.
However, we have made some progress by making the hole in the ozone layer(臭氧层) smaller. That is because we gradually stopped using chemicals that can break down ozone.

得益于地球,我们才能生存,但因为人类的破坏,地球的环境日益恶化。地球正在经历有史以来第六次物种大灭绝。科学家写信呼吁,是时候保护地球了。
1. natural 根据中文提示考虑到单词 natural;此处表示:但似乎我们已经把那些东西看作是自然的。本空需填形容词作宾语补足语。
2. written 根据中文提示考虑到单词 write;从空前 have及句意可知,本句用现在完成时,故填过去分词。
3. challenges 句意:在那些环境挑战之中,气候变化位居第一。根据 those 可知,这里应用名词复数。
4. over 根据中文提示可知填 over。
5. rainstorms 根据中文提示考虑到单词 rainstorm;从句意可知,这里泛指很多场暴雨,应用名词复数。
6. higher 根据中文提示考虑到单词 high/tall;high 指某物高出地面的距离,tall 指某人或某物从顶部到底部的距离;这里指海平面的高度,因此用 high,much 常修饰形容词或副词比较级,故用 higher。
7. facing 根据中文提示考虑填 face;从空前 are 及句意可知,本句应用现在进行时,故填现在分词。
8. nearly/almost 根据中文提示可知填 nearly/almost。
9. two-thirds 根据中文提示可知填 two-thirds。分数的分子用基数词,分母用序数词,当分子大于一时,分母用序数词的复数形式。