【正文】 d minerals（礦物質(zhì)）. It can take tens of thousands of years to form. But now we are using sand more________build houses, roads and other things. People also put sand in the________[lɑ?d?] manmade islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2010, they ________ ________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。run out of“用完，用盡”的意思。故答案為：it。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。 （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。故答案為：quickly。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)。 （5）句意：人們還把沙子放進(jìn)海里，制造新的島嶼。故答案為：sea。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。 （7）句意：2010年，他們用9400萬立方米的沙子建造。動(dòng)詞take的過去式為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。故答案為：using。由語(yǔ)境和音標(biāo) [sins] 提示可知，填：since，表自……以來、因?yàn)?、由于。故答案為：Since。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，可知這些是開采沙所導(dǎo)致的后果，因此填：cause。故答案為：cause。5．閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，或填入括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的正確形式（每空最多不超過3個(gè)單詞）。 Thomas Edison was a great American ________ （invent）.When he was________child, he was always asking questions and trying out new ideas. No matter________ hard it was, he never gave up.t understand why he had so many strange questions. Most of ________（they） were not about his lessons. The teacher didn39。s mother to take the boy home. Tom39。 One day, he saw a little boy ________（play） on the railway tracks （鐵軌） at a station. A train was ing near quickly, and the boy was too frightened （恐懼） to move. Edison rushed out and took him away ________ （safe）. The boy39。并且短文詳細(xì)描述了愛迪生的人格特點(diǎn)。愛迪生是一位偉大的美國(guó)發(fā)明家。故填inventor。child是以輔音音素開頭的單數(shù)名詞，故用不定冠詞a表示泛指。 （3）句意：無論多么困難，他都不會(huì)放棄。故填how?；鶖?shù)詞three后用復(fù)試形式months。 （5）句意：他問的問題大部分都與他的功課無關(guān)。故填them。taught是teach的過去式，教某人做某事teach sb. to do sth.，故填to read。他學(xué)得很快，對(duì)科學(xué)很感興趣。故填interested。saw是see的過去式，看到某人在做某事應(yīng)為see sb. doing sth.，故填playing。愛迪生沖過去把他帶到了安全的地方。故填safely。by通過某種方法、手段。故填by。6．閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語(yǔ)法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號(hào)中詞語(yǔ)的正確形式填空。 I was born and raised in Ireland and lived there until I was nineteen years old. I came to this country in 1913 where I held several jobs ________ （earn） a few dollars before enlisting in World War I.t been too easy at times, ________ my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit put away ________ a rainy day. ve been in the taxicab business for thirtyfive years. In all my years of driving a taxicab, I have never had any trouble with the public, not ________ with drunks. Even if they get a little headstrong once in a while, I just agree with them and then they behave ________ （they）. （1）句意：我在1913年來到這個(gè)國(guó)家，在參加第一次世界大戰(zhàn)之前，我做了幾份工作，掙了幾美元。 （2）句意：有時(shí)這并不太容易，但我的妻子打理我們的錢，我們有一個(gè)很好的儲(chǔ)蓄，以備不時(shí)之需。 （3）句意：有時(shí)這并不太容易，但我的妻子打理我們的錢，我們有一個(gè)很好的儲(chǔ)蓄，以備不時(shí)之需。t been too easy at times 和 have a good bit put away 可知此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故填 but/yet 。此處表示目的，for，介詞，為了，故填 for。 are just like other people. Most of them will（regard） as honest fellows 可知是錯(cuò)誤的印象，wrong/false是形容詞，錯(cuò)誤的，故填 wrong/false。regard與主語(yǔ)most of them是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，根據(jù)助動(dòng)詞will，可知是一般將來時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，故填 be regarded。根據(jù) I have never had any trouble 可知此處是副詞修飾介詞短語(yǔ)，even，即使，是副詞，加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣，故填 even。behave oneself，固定搭配， 規(guī)規(guī)矩矩 ，主語(yǔ)是they，故反身代詞是themselves，故填 themselves。 one of 后是名詞復(fù)數(shù)，gift是名詞，故填 gifts。the+比較級(jí)，the+比較級(jí)，固定搭配，越……越，故此處是比較級(jí)，easy的比較級(jí)是easier，故填 easier。7．閱讀下面短文，用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，必要時(shí)可加助動(dòng)詞或情態(tài)動(dòng)詞。 People spend almost a third of their lives doing one thing—sleeping. Every year, there is a day for people around the world to celebrate the ________ （important） of good and healthy sleep—World Sleep Day.t get enough sleep. For some students, they want to sleep early, but they keep ________ （worry） about their schoolwork and can39。s life. Students who don39。 ________ （solve） this kind of problem, scientists advise that students should have ________ （little） schoolwork and more time to sleep. There are some other ways to help people get enough sleep, such as ________ （take） a 20minute nap （午睡） during the day, trying to go to sleep earlier and so on . Good sleeping habits are also ________ （help）. For example, try to go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends and during the day.【答案】 importance；is considered；reported；fifths；worrying/worried；asleep；To solve；less；taking；helpful 【解析】【分析】文章大意：本文是一篇與睡眠有關(guān)的短文，講述了睡眠與健康的關(guān)系，不同年齡的人需要不同的睡眠時(shí)間，中國(guó)青少年學(xué)生的睡眠現(xiàn)狀以及解決措施等。由前面的定冠詞the，可知此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)名詞，important是形容詞“重要的”，與其對(duì)應(yīng)的名詞是importance“重要”，故答案填importance。由題干可知主語(yǔ)eight hours與動(dòng)詞consider之間存在被動(dòng)關(guān)系，所以應(yīng)用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，文章時(shí)態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，時(shí)間作主語(yǔ)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)，所以be動(dòng)詞用is，consider的過去分詞是considered，故答案填is considered。由last year可知，動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)用一般過去時(shí)，report的過去式為reported，故答案填reported。這里考查分?jǐn)?shù)的表達(dá)方法，在英語(yǔ)中一般用基數(shù)詞表示分?jǐn)?shù)的分子，用序數(shù)詞表示分?jǐn)?shù)的分母；當(dāng)分子大于1時(shí)，分母要用復(fù)數(shù)形式，所以五分之四的正確書寫是four fifths，故答案填fifths。keep doing +形容詞，都表示“使…處于某種狀態(tài)”，worried，是形容詞，故答案填worrying/worried。聯(lián)系上文語(yǔ)境，結(jié)合提示詞可知此處句意為“他們不能很快入睡。t，所以這里用動(dòng)詞原形，故答案填asleep。這里應(yīng)用動(dòng)詞不定式表示目的，故答案填To solve。根據(jù)后面的more time to sleep可知此處應(yīng)表達(dá)的是“作更少的功課”，句中暗含比較級(jí)，little的比較級(jí)為less，故答案填less。such as意思是“比如”，as是介詞后接動(dòng)詞ing形式，故答案填taking。前面有系動(dòng)詞are，后接形容詞作表語(yǔ)，help“幫助”，動(dòng)詞，與其對(duì)應(yīng)的形容詞是helpful“有幫助的、有益的”，故答案填helpful。8．閱讀下面短文，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。 In some ways American families are very different from Chinese ones, and in other ways they are ________ same. For example, American families enjoy family dinners. They support and love each other just ________ Chinese families do. The ________（different） e from culture, however. Many Chinese students are surprised to learn that American teenagers are ________（allow） to make many decisions ________ their own, and the parents want their children to leave home at eighteen. Americans seldom move back into family homes ________ they get older. ________, they prefer to have their own lives for as long as possible. It is important to remember that these are cultural differences, and that Americans see this as part of the culture. 【答案】 the；as；differences；allowed；on；choices；the biggest；final；when；Instead 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了美國(guó)家庭和中國(guó)家庭的不同。be th