【正文】 stused resource in the world after water, the BBC reported. However, the UN said 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．閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 It was early and there weren39。t many people on the road. A girl on a bike passed me ________ （quick）. She was riding on ice ________ suddenly she fell off her bike a few ________ （step） in front of me. She was trying hard to get up but fell again. Without thinking, I went over and helped her stand up. She said Thank you! to me ________ a smile and then rode away. The words Thank you warmed me and this made me feel ________ （little） nervous about my new school. When I finally got to school, I was led into the classroom and ________ （ask） to sit beside a girl. I was so nervous. I knew some of the students were looking at me ________ I didn39。t dare to look at ________ （they）. Soon the first class started. It was English. They used a different textbook from my old school and I didn39。t have a copy. As I was wondering what to do, a book appeared in front of me. Let39。s ________ （share）, the girl next to me said. I looked up. It was the girl I ________ （help） that morning. What a surprise!【答案】 quickly；when；steps；with；less；asked；but；them；share；helped 【解析】【分析】本文講述了作者幫助了一個女孩，后來女孩也機緣巧合的幫助了他。（1）句意： 一個騎自行車的女孩從我身邊迅速經(jīng)過。副詞修飾動詞passed，quickly是副詞，迅速地，故填quickly。（2）句意： 她正騎在冰上，就在那時突然她從我前面幾步遠的自行車上摔了下來。根據(jù) She was riding和 suddenly she fell off，可知用when引導時間狀語從句，表示就在那時，故填when。（3）句意：她正騎在冰上，就在那時突然她從我前面幾步遠的自行車上摔了下來。a few修飾名詞復數(shù)，step是名詞，步子，故填steps。（4）句意： 她對我微笑著說“謝謝你！”，然后騎車離去。with a smile，固定搭配，含笑，故填with。（5）句意： “謝謝你”這句話溫暖了我，這讓我對我的新學校感到不那么緊張。此處是比較級表示看到微笑前后的不同心情，little的比較級是less，更少，故填less。（6）句意： 當我最終到達學校時，我被帶進教室，并要求坐在一個女孩旁邊。 根據(jù) was led into the classroom and可知and前后一致，都是一般過去時的被動語態(tài)，故此處省略助動詞was，只填過去分詞，故填asked。（7）句意： 我知道有些學生看著我，但我不敢看他們。根據(jù)students were looking at me和I didn39。t dare to look at，可知此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故填but。 （8）句意：我知道有些學生看著我，但我不敢看他們。根據(jù)，故填them。（9）句意： 我旁邊的女孩說:“我們一起用吧?！?let后是動詞原形，share，是動詞，分享，故填share。（10）句意：是我那天早上幫助的那個女孩。根據(jù)It was the girl，可知時態(tài)是一般過去時，故填helped。【點評】考查語言綜合運用能力，注意謂語的時態(tài)，語態(tài)，詞性，連詞搭配等多種用法。