五、词语运用
阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺,意思完整,每空限填一词,每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
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(2019·预测)
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The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. With a history of more than 2,000 years, some parts of the Great Wall have 1. . It is, however, still a very popular place of interest.
It is the 2. wall ever built. It's from Shanhaiguan on the east coast to Gansu Province in the 3. of China. It is about 8 meters high. The top is 8 meters 4. and it gets even wider towards the bottom where it is 15 meters. It is made 5. stone and brick. The top is hard enough for men on horseback to ride on. The wall was built by hand and it took 6. of years to finish.
No one knows 7. when the building of the Great Wall was started. It is believed that the wall was built to 8. parts of the country during the Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Qin Shihuang joined the separate walls built by the Qin, Yan and Zhao Kingdoms. The wall was not only for protection in the north, it was also a 9. of China's ancient civilization(文明).
Today, many of the visitors go to see the wall. 10. they stand on top of a tower and look down on this wall, they can't help(禁不住) saying “Wow, that's fantastic!”
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(2018·河南三门峡二模)
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Einstein is a worldfamous scientist. In 1899, he studied at a famous university in Zurich(苏黎世). His teacher was Professor Minkevsky.
Once Einstein asked Minkevsky, “How can a person, like me, 1. his clear footprints on the road of science and make a great contribution?” Minkevsky said that it was a “complicated” problem 2. he had to give him an answer later.
Three days 3. , Minkevsky told Einstein that the answer was coming! But he didn't say anything. They walked 4. 混凝土) road that the workers had just finished. a building site. He asked Einstein to set foot on a concrete(
All the workers 5. at him. Einstein was very confused. “Sir, are you leading me the wrong way?” he asked.
“Think about it,” Minkevsky said. “Can't you see? Only the new concrete road surface can leave 6. footprints. The old road surface has been hard for a long time. Many people leave steps on the old road. You cannot find your footprint there.” 7. that, Einstein thought for a long time and nodded.
After that, a very strong 8. of innovation(创新) began to guide Einstein's thinking and, he tried again and again to discover new theories(理论). Nobody could tell him what to do. No book could guide him. But he said, “I never memorize what dictionaries carry. My brain only remembers those things that are not 9. in books.” It was because of this that Einstein left 10. shining footprints in the history of science.
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