【正文】 t 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的景觀。 （1）句意：然而，聯(lián)合國說，沙子并不是無限的，我們有可能會用完它們。run out of“用完，用盡”的意思。這里用it來指代上文的沙子（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)副詞修飾動詞可知，此處應(yīng)用形容詞quick的副詞形式quickly修飾動詞use“使用”。故答案為：quickly。 （4）句意：據(jù)英國廣播公司報道，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，可知此處用動詞不定式to do做目的狀語。故答案為：to。 （5）句意：人們還把沙子放進海里，制造新的島嶼。由語境和音標[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)合酋長國迪拜的三個大型人工島嶼組成的。由語境和音標[lɑ?d?]提示可知，填：large，three large manmade islands三個大型的人工島嶼。故答案為：large。 （7）句意：2010年，他們用9400萬立方米的沙子建造。根據(jù)時間狀語In 2010可知，本題的時態(tài)為一般過去時。動詞take的過去式為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)用動名詞做賓語，動詞use的動名詞為using。故答案為：using。 （9）句意：由于人們需要這么多沙子，他們正試圖開采更多的沙子。由語境和音標 [sins] 提示可知，填：since，表自……以來、因為、由于。句首單詞首字母要大寫。故答案為：Since。 （10）句意：開采沙可能會導(dǎo)致海灘消失，在靠近大海的地方會發(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發(fā)生更多的洪水，可知這些是開采沙所導(dǎo)致的后果，因此填：cause。may是情態(tài)動詞，后跟動詞原形。故答案為：cause。 【點評】考查語法填空，注意根據(jù)單詞在語境中的詞性進行必要的變形，同時熟記固定搭配和基本句型。10．閱讀下面材料，在空白處按要求填入適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。（每空1個單詞） A group of boys gathered around a tree. What a tall tree! they said to each other. It would be exciting to climb to the top! The group of boys then decided to play a game to see who could ________（climb） to the top of the tree first. Their ________（mother） were sitting not far away, looking on at them as they played. One of the climbers was________（冠詞）8yearold boy named David. He was the________ （short） child in the group. Nobody thought he would win the petition. Then the game started. All of the boys tried ________（ they 1 best to climb as high as they could. ________（連詞）they all made it halfway up the tree before David did, he reached the top of the tree first in the end. His mother was proud to see this. She asked him, David, how did you manage to reach the top of the tree so ________（quick）? It was easy, David said. The other children ________（ keep） looking down as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they got scared and were afraid of ________（fall） down. I, however, looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I just went higher and higher until I reached the lop. It is true in life that if we just keep going forward________（介詞）looking back, we are more likely to reach our goals and achieve success.【答案】 climb；mothers；an；shortest；their；Although/ Though；quickly；kept；falling；without 【解析】【分析】（1）句意：這群男孩于是決定玩一個游戲，看誰能先爬到樹頂。climb是動詞，爬，could是情態(tài)動詞其后是動詞原形 ，故填 climb 。 （2）句意：他們的母親坐在不遠處，看著他們玩耍。mother是名詞，媽媽，此處泛指故用復(fù)數(shù)，故填 mothers。 （3）句意：其中一個登山者是一個名叫大衛(wèi)的8歲男孩。boy是名詞單數(shù)，8以元音音素開頭，故用不定冠詞an表示泛指，故填an。 （4）句意：他是小組里個子最矮的孩子。沒有人想到他會贏得這場比賽。 short是形容詞，矮的，根據(jù)定冠詞the可知是形容詞最高級，故填 shortest。 （5）句意：然后比賽開始了。所有的男孩都盡力爬到盡可能高的地方。try one39。s best to do，固定搭配，盡某人最大努力做某事，they的形容詞性物主代詞是their，他們的，故填 their。 （6）句意：雖然他們都比大衛(wèi)先爬到了樹的一半，但最后他還是第一個到達了樹頂。根據(jù)they all made it halfway up the tree 和 he reached the top of the tree first in the end ，可知此處是讓步狀語從句的語氣，although/ though，盡管，故填 Although/ Though。 （7）句意：大衛(wèi)，你是怎么這么快就爬到樹頂?shù)模扛痹~修飾reach，quick的副詞是quickly，迅速地，故填 quickly。 （8）句意：其他孩子在爬山時不斷向下看。根據(jù) as they climbed 可知時態(tài)是一般過去時，keep的是動詞，其過去式是kept，保持，故填 kept。 （9）句意：當他們意識到自己有多高時，就會感到害怕，害怕摔倒。fall是動詞，落下，of是介詞，其后是動名詞falling，故填 falling。 （10）句意：這是真實的生活，如果我們繼續(xù)向前，而不回頭看，我們更有可能達到我們的目標和取得成功。根據(jù) keep going forward 可知是不要回頭，without是介詞，沒有，故填 without。 【點評】考查語言綜合運用能力，注意謂語的時態(tài)，詞性，連詞搭配等多種用法。