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.語(yǔ)法填空Earth Day is an event 1.________(annual)celebrated on April 22.2.________(found)by Senator Gaylord Nelson, an American politician and environmentalist, it was originally aimed at helping the public to know the current situation of air and water pollution and 3.________(get)people to care about the earth.In 1962, Rachel Carson’s bestselling book Silent Spring created an 4.________(aware)of the dangerous effects pf pesticides(農(nóng)藥). Then, a fire, 5.________ broke out in 1969 on Cleveland’s Guyahoga River, shed light on the problem of chemical pollution in water. Senator Gaylord Nelson dreamed of 6.________ similar large event that would get people to take environmental issues seriously. In 1969, he was inspired by protests against the Vietnam War and came up with the idea for Earth Day.In the fall of 1969, Nelson announced it and appealed to the entire country to get involved. Consequently,telegrams, letters and telephone calls 7.________ all over the country poured in. Since 1970, Earth Day celebrations have grown. Later, Nelson 8.________(award)the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his work.Today, Earth Day is celebrated around the world every April 22.Sometimes numerous munities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of 9.________(activity)focused on the environmental issues. In 2017, the March for Science 10.________(occur)on Earth Day (April 14, 2018)and was followed by the People’s Climate Mobilization.【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文主要介紹了地球日的來(lái)歷以及慶?;顒?dòng)。1.a(chǎn)nnually 考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)化。所填的詞修飾動(dòng)詞celebrated,故用副詞annually。2.Founded 考查過(guò)去分詞。found和it有邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系,所以用動(dòng)詞ed形式作狀語(yǔ)。3.getting 考查動(dòng)名詞。所填的詞和上文的helping并列作介詞at的賓語(yǔ),所以用動(dòng)名詞形式。4.a(chǎn)wareness 考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)化。所填的詞作賓語(yǔ),所以用名詞形式awareness。5.which 考查關(guān)系代詞。先行詞是fire,關(guān)系詞在非限制性定語(yǔ)從句中作主語(yǔ),故填which。6.a(chǎn) 考查冠詞。event是單數(shù)可數(shù)名稱,此處表示數(shù)量“一”,所以填a。7.from 考查介詞。此處表示“來(lái)自全國(guó)各地的電話”,所以填from。8.was awarded 考查被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。award和Nelson有動(dòng)賓關(guān)系,講述的是過(guò)去發(fā)生的事情,所以用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。9.a(chǎn)ctivities 考查名詞復(fù)數(shù)。activity是可數(shù)名詞,根據(jù)前面的 “an entire week of”可知,activity要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。10.occurred 考查時(shí)態(tài)。根據(jù)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ) “in 2017”可知,句子要用過(guò)去時(shí)。7