【題目】As I write this I’m sitting on a bus back to Santiago in Chile where I am currently working as a language assistant. I’ve just spent the weekend in a city 【1】 (call) La Serena north of Santiago. I was lucky enough to see the flowering desert, a natural phenomenon that 【2】 (occur) around every five years here in the Atacama Desert.

【3】 (follow) a particularly large amount of rainfall earlier, a(n) 【4】(vary) of flowers come into blossom. Bright purple flowers create 【5】 unbelievably beautiful scene at the base of the surrounding mountains.

【6】 (catch) a glimpse of this magnificent treasure of nature, we took a bus from La Serena to a nearby town and then rented a car to go to the desert. 【7】 we saw did not disappoint us, and as expected it was even more fascinating than the pictures we had seen online. The bloom was particularly 【8】 (impress) this year due to the strong presence of El Nio (a band of warm water in the Pacific Ocean that changes the temperatures and increases the rainfall in certain areas). The vast carpet of colour 【9】 spread into the distance towards the contrasting green hills was 【10】 (simple) breathtaking and deserved a large amount of photos! A real reminder of the beauty our planet can provide.

【答案】

【1】called

【2】occurs

【3】Following

【4】variety

【5】an

【6】To catch

【7】What

【8】impressive

【9】that/which

【10】simply

【解析】　本文屬于記敘文。本文記敘了作者坐在一輛公共汽車上所看到的開花的沙漠．這一壯麗的自然景象，給作者以深刻的印象。

【1】called

　考查過去分詞作定語。句意：我剛剛在一座名叫拉塞雷娜北圣地亞哥的城市度過了周末。Call修飾名詞a city，兩者之間是被動關系，城市被叫….,故要用過過去分詞作定語。所以called.

【2】occurs

　考查謂語動詞。句意：我幸運地看到了開花的沙漠，這是阿塔卡馬沙漠每五年發(fā)生一次的自然現(xiàn)象。a natural phenomenon that occurs…本句是定語從句，先行詞是a natural phenomenon，在從句中作主語，單數(shù)，指物用that，所以謂語動詞occur 要用單數(shù)occurs。

【3】Following

　考查非謂語作狀語。Follow與邏輯主語flowers是主動關系，故要用following .

【4】variety

　考查固定搭配。A variety of 各種各樣的，為固定搭配。故要用vary的名詞形式variety.

【5】an

　考查冠詞。句意：明亮的紫色花創(chuàng)造出一個難以置信的美麗場景。表數(shù)量的，“一”

【6】To catch

　考查動詞不定式表目的。句意：為了看一眼這壯麗的大自然的瑰寶，我們…..。所以用To catch.

【7】What

　考查主語從句。_____we saw 本句是主語從句，其中saw缺少賓語，故要用What 。

【8】impressive

　考查形容詞作表語。句意：這花特別引人注目(impressive).

【9】that/which

　考查引導定語從句的關系詞。The vast carpet of colour _____9_____ spread into the distance towards the contrasting green hills。本句是定語從句，先行詞是The vast carpet of colour 在從句中作主語，故可以用that /which。

【10】simply

　考查副詞作狀語修飾形容詞。用simply 來修飾動詞breathtake，故要用副詞。

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