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【題目】Choose 10 words out of 12 given in the chart and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given.

block creation end give great leave lie open possible quality quantity royal

The champions of the Earth Awards (地球衛(wèi)士獎(jiǎng)) is the United Nations' highest environmental honor. On Dec 5th, 2017, it 【1】 to China’s Saihanba.

Saihanba is a vast forest 【2】 in Chengde, Hebei. In Mongolian, its name means “beautiful highland”, and rightly so: across the area, 【3】 forests and grasslands are around crystal-clear lakes.

Around the 10th century, Saihanba became a 【4】 hunting ground. During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Kangxi liked Saihanba so much and he once killed 318 rabbits in a single day.

In 1860, because of a shortage of money, the land 【5】 to the public. In the following years, logging (砍伐) and wildfires destroyed the forest and grassland. By the 1950s, Saihanba had become a barren (荒蕪的) land.

Hard work and efforts 【6】 a national forest in Saihanba started in the 1960s. In 1961, a group of six scientists traveled through Saihanba and studied the 【7】 of growing trees there.

They finally found one tree standing alone in the vast land, which 【8】 encouraged them. If one tree could survive there, so could millions of others.

About 56 years later, after overcoming the countless difficulties of planting trees in a very cold place, the barren land is now a vast forest. Today, Saihanba is known as a natural shield (防護(hù)) 【9】 sandstorms. It is very important for Beijing’s water and air【10】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】was given

【2】lying

【3】endless

【4】royal

【5】was opened

【6】to create

【7】possibility/ possibilities

【8】greatly

【9】blocking/to block

【10】quality

【解析】試題本文介紹了位于河北的承德塞罕壩國(guó)家森林的前世今生，現(xiàn)在被譽(yù)為阻擋沙塵暴的天然屏障，對(duì)北京的水質(zhì)和空氣質(zhì)量非常重要，在2017年12月5日獲得了“地球冠軍獎(jiǎng)”榮譽(yù)稱號(hào)。

【1】句意：2017年12月5日，它被贈(zèng)送給了中國(guó)的塞罕壩。it指的是上文的the champions of the Earth Awards，是動(dòng)詞give的受動(dòng)者，需用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。被授予該獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)是過(guò)去的事，需用過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)，根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和英文提示，可知填was given。

【2】句意：塞罕壩是一片遼闊的森林，位于河北的承德。lying in Chengde作定語(yǔ)；根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和英文提示，可知填lying。

【3】句意：在蒙古，它的名字的意思是“美麗的高地”，沒(méi)錯(cuò):在這個(gè)地區(qū)，無(wú)邊無(wú)際的森林和草原環(huán)繞著清澈的湖泊。forests and grasslands是名詞詞組，需用形容詞修飾；根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和英文提示，可知填endless。

【4】句意：大約十世紀(jì)，塞罕壩成了皇家狩獵場(chǎng)。hunting ground狩獵場(chǎng)，名詞需用形容詞修飾；根據(jù)下文During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Kangxi liked Saihanba so much and he once killed 318 rabbits in a single day.和英文提示，可知是王室獵場(chǎng)，故填royal。

【5】句意：1860年，由于資金短缺，這片土地向公眾開(kāi)放。主語(yǔ)the land是動(dòng)詞open的受動(dòng)者，需用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。根據(jù)In 1860和英文提示，可知是過(guò)去時(shí)，故填was opened。

【6】句意：辛勤工作和努力創(chuàng)建一個(gè)塞罕壩國(guó)家森林開(kāi)始于20世紀(jì)60年代。to create a national forest作目的狀語(yǔ)，根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和英文提示，可知填to create。

【7】句意：1961年，一個(gè)由六名科學(xué)家組成的小組穿越塞罕壩，研究在塞罕壩種植樹(shù)木的可能性。定冠詞the后接名詞；study研究，也需名詞做賓語(yǔ)；根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和英文提示，可知填possibility/ possibilities。

【8】句意：他們終于發(fā)現(xiàn)一棵樹(shù)獨(dú)自矗立在廣闊的土地上，這大大鼓勵(lì)了他們。encourage鼓勵(lì)，動(dòng)詞需用副詞修飾；根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和英文提示，可知填greatly。

【9】句意：如今，塞罕壩被譽(yù)為阻擋沙塵暴的天然屏障。blocking sandstorms作shield的后置定語(yǔ)；根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和英文提示，可知填blocking/to block。

【10】句意：這對(duì)北京的水質(zhì)和空氣質(zhì)量是非常重要的。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和英文提示，可知是水和空氣的質(zhì)量，故填quality。