Question

1.As Polly _______ the passengers on the train, she had a feeling that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark overcoat. At last the train arrived at Green Park station.

2.When Polly got to the station entrance, it was empty. Outside, _______ she looked the fog _______ like a thick, grey cloud. … The man moved away. She could feel her heart _______ with fear.

3.“Here we are. King Street.” He stopped.

“Thank you so much for coming to my _______,” said Polly in _______. “Would you like to come in and rest for a _______?”

4.Before the middle of the 5^th century, people in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic. Then two Germanic groups from the European _______—the Angles and the Saxons—_______ Britain. … Both the English language and the English people are _______ after the Angles; the word Angle was _______ Engle in Old English.

5.Modern English appeared during the Renaissance in the 16^th century. Because of this, Modern English includes many Latin and Greek words. _______ also went _______ huge changes during this period. Of course, this was not the end of the changes in the English language.

6.People started to dig in the area for treasure, which caused much damage. Thus, in 1860, the area was put under _______ protection so it could be _______ and studied.

7.I saw several houses which were _______ with wall paintings. I also saw the people who had been _______ alive.

8.A _______ from the local _______ institute, Professor Zhang, told us that around the year 1900 the European explorer Sven Hedin discovered the _______ of the Loulan Kingdom.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.observed

2.wherever; lay; beating

3.aid; relief; while    

4.mainland; occupied; named; spelt

5.Pronunciation; through

6.government; preserved 

7. decorated; buried

8. scholar; cultural; ruins

【解析】

试题分析：

1.考查动词：观察observed

2.wherever引导地点状语从句，; lay是躺的过去时; beating是宾语补足语，修饰her heart。

3.考查词组：come to one’s aid帮助某人 in relief缓解; for a while有一会

4.考查名词：大陆：mainland; 动词：occupied; 占据，词组：be named after以…命名; 最后一空是Angle被拼成 Engle,填spelt

5.考查名词：发音：Pronunciation;和词组go  through经历

6.考查名词：政府government; 和动词“保护”preserved

7.考查动词：装饰：decorated; 埋葬：buried都是过去分词表示被动

8.考查名词：学者;scholar; cultural是形容词;修饰 institute, 还有名词：废墟：ruins

考点：考查课文填空

点评：本题要根据上下文的句子串联来选择合适的词，特别要注意词性以及词形的匹配，大小写，单复数等具体形式。