【正文】 that sand is not limitless and that we might be running out of ________. Sand is made up of very small ________（piece） of rock, soil and minerals（礦物質(zhì)）. It can take tens of thousands of years to form. But now we are using sand more________（quick） than it is being formed. According to the BBC, we use about 15 billion tons of sand every year ________build houses, roads and other things. People also put sand in the________[si:] to make new islands. For example, the Palm islands are made up of three________[lɑ?d?] manmade islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2010, they ________（take） 94 million cubic meters of sand to build. If people keep________（use） this much sand, it will run out in many places. For example, Vietnam may run out of construction sand by 2020, Live Science noted. ________[sins] people need so much sand, they are trying to mine（開(kāi)采） more of it. But this is bad for the environment. Mining sand may ________beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea. Also, this may affect the habitats （棲息地） of many plants and animals.【答案】 it；pieces；quickly；to；sea；large；took；using；Since；cause 【解析】【分析】大意：本文主要介紹了沙子這種常見(jiàn)的景觀。 （1）句意：然而，聯(lián)合國(guó)說(shuō)，沙子并不是無(wú)限的，我們有可能會(huì)用完它們。run out of“用完，用盡”的意思。這里用it來(lái)指代上文的沙子（sand是不可數(shù)名詞）。故答案為：it。 （2）句意：沙子由非常小的巖石、土壤和礦物質(zhì)組成。根據(jù)rock, soil and minerals（礦物質(zhì)）可知，這是幾種成分，因此piece用復(fù)數(shù)pieces。故答案為：pieces。 （3）句意：但現(xiàn)在我們使用沙子的速度比它形成的速度要快。根據(jù)副詞修飾動(dòng)詞可知，此處應(yīng)用形容詞quick的副詞形式quickly修飾動(dòng)詞use“使用”。故答案為：quickly。 （4）句意：據(jù)英國(guó)廣播公司報(bào)道，我們每年用大約150億噸沙子建造房屋、道路和其他東西。根據(jù)固定搭配 use sth. to do sth. 用某物做某物，可知此處用動(dòng)詞不定式to do做目的狀語(yǔ)。故答案為：to。 （5）句意：人們還把沙子放進(jìn)海里，制造新的島嶼。由語(yǔ)境和音標(biāo)[si:]提示可知，填：sea。故答案為：sea。 （6）句意：例如，棕櫚島由阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長(zhǎng)國(guó)迪拜的三個(gè)大型人工島嶼組成的。由語(yǔ)境和音標(biāo)[lɑ?d?]提示可知，填：large，three large manmade islands三個(gè)大型的人工島嶼。故答案為：large。 （7）句意：2010年，他們用9400萬(wàn)立方米的沙子建造。根據(jù)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)In 2010可知，本題的時(shí)態(tài)為一般過(guò)去時(shí)。動(dòng)詞take的過(guò)去式為took。故答案為：took。 （8）句意：如果人們繼續(xù)使用這么多沙子，它會(huì)在很多地方用完。根據(jù)固定搭配keep doing sth. 繼續(xù)做某事，可知此處應(yīng)用動(dòng)名詞做賓語(yǔ)，動(dòng)詞use的動(dòng)名詞為using。故答案為：using。 （9）句意：由于人們需要這么多沙子，他們正試圖開(kāi)采更多的沙子。由語(yǔ)境和音標(biāo) [sins] 提示可知，填：since，表自……以來(lái)、因?yàn)?、由于。句首單詞首字母要大寫(xiě)。故答案為：Since。 （10）句意：開(kāi)采沙可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致海灘消失，在靠近大海的地方會(huì)發(fā)生更多的洪水。根據(jù)beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea海灘消失，在靠近大海的地方會(huì)發(fā)生更多的洪水，可知這些是開(kāi)采沙所導(dǎo)致的后果，因此填：cause。may是情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，后跟動(dòng)詞原形。故答案為：cause。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查語(yǔ)法填空，注意根據(jù)單詞在語(yǔ)境中的詞性進(jìn)行必要的變形，同時(shí)熟記固定搭配和基本句型。10．閱讀下面的短文，在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，或填入括號(hào)中所給單詞的正確形式。 A wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing ________（weak） day by day. Since he was unable to look after ________（him）, he decided to hire （雇傭） a nurse to take care ________him. One day, the old man interviewed two ________（nurse）—Anthony and Peter. Anthony was a handsome young man while Peter looked quite ordinary. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, Anthony has ________（give） me a very bad account of you. He said you are rude and untrustworthy. Is this correct? Peter thought for a minute and said, ________Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things. The old man was very impressed by Peter39。s words. At the same time, Anthony came back with ________cup of tea for the old man. The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then returned to Anthony and told him. Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. ________do you think about this? After hearing this, Anthony shouted ________（angry）. In the end, Peter ________（choose）. Peter looked quite mon, but he had impressive inner beauty.【答案】 weaker；himself；of；nurses；given；If；a；What；angrily；was chosen 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了一個(gè)老人在錄用護(hù)士時(shí)，故意挑起對(duì)方的矛盾，通過(guò)兩人截然不同的反應(yīng)，從而判斷誰(shuí)適合。 （1）句意： 他一天比一天虛弱。weak是形容詞，形容詞修飾系動(dòng)詞grow，根據(jù)day by day可知是比較級(jí)weaker，故填 weaker。 （2）句意： 因?yàn)樗荒苷疹欁约?，他決定雇一個(gè)護(hù)士來(lái)照顧他。look after oneself，照顧自己，主語(yǔ)是he，故反身代詞是himself，故填 himself。 （3）句意：因?yàn)樗荒苷疹欁约?，他決定雇一個(gè)護(hù)士來(lái)照顧他。take care of，固定搭配，照顧，故填of 。 （4）句意：一天，老人面試兩個(gè)護(hù)士—— Anthony and Peter 。two后是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)習(xí)，nurse，是可數(shù)名詞，故填nurses。 （5）句意： 安東尼對(duì)你的評(píng)價(jià)很差。根據(jù)助動(dòng)詞has可知此處是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，故填過(guò)去分詞，give的過(guò)去分詞是given，故填given 。 （6）句意：如果安東尼對(duì)我有看法，我一定有什么問(wèn)題。此處是條件狀語(yǔ)從句，故是引導(dǎo)詞if，如果，故填I(lǐng)f。 （7）句意：同時(shí)，安東尼給老人端了杯茶回來(lái)。cup是名詞單數(shù)，以輔音音素開(kāi)頭，故用不定冠詞a表示泛指，a cup of，固定搭配，一杯……，故填a。 （8）句意：你對(duì)此怎么想？此處是特殊疑問(wèn)句，think后缺少賓語(yǔ)，故用what提問(wèn)，故填What。 （9）句意：聽(tīng)到這，安東尼生氣地大喊。副詞修飾動(dòng)詞shouted，angrily，是副詞，生氣地，故填angrily。 （10）句意：最后，Peter被錄用。根據(jù) Peter looked quite mon ， 可知時(shí)態(tài)是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，choose與主語(yǔ)Peter是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故用一般過(guò)去時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，主語(yǔ)是第三人稱單數(shù)，故助動(dòng)詞是was，choose的過(guò)去分詞是chosen，故填 was chosen 。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查語(yǔ)法填空，注意調(diào)整詞性，時(shí)態(tài)，主謂一致和名詞的數(shù)等。