Question

用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词的根据上下文

填入一个适当的词。

Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. Venice is in the northeast ofItaly. It wasn't  built on land, like Beijing and Shanghai, 16 on more than  110 islands.Seawater is eve?rywhere around the city.

Even so, travel isn't that difficult. The  waterways have always been 17 best way to get around. There are 117 waterways  and more than 400 bridges that can take you where you want 18 ( go).

People in Venice move 19 one place to another by  boat.They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while they are taking  boat trips. They can talk to 20 people as they go along.

Venice grew out of small islands in  saltwater lakes 21 some Italians escaped (逃离)from a war  more than 1500 years ago, and 22 ( build) homes there.

Water makes the city 23 ( usual) , but it is  also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water, which made the  city get lower little by little.Now the city has gone down 24 23 centimeters.  Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even 25  (low).

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Answer 1

16.but 此处是表示"不是……而是…-."的not... but... 结构。

17.the在形容词最髙级前用定冠词the。

18. to go 动词want后接带to的不定式作宾语。

19. frotn句意：在威尼斯，人们乘船从一个地方到另一个地方。  表示"从一个地方到另一个地方"，用from one place to anoth?er 

20. other 表示"其他的"，用other。

21. when根据语境，空格后是时间状语从句，需要一个意思为 "当……的时候"的连词连接。

22. built所填词与动词escaped是并列关系，都是表示发生在 过去的动作，用一般过去时态。

23. unusual由连词but可推知空格处所填词的意思为"不寻常 的"，用unusualo

24. by表示数量增加或下降了多少,用介词by。

25.1ower根据语境，所填词意思为"更低"，具有比较含义，用

low的比较级。