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【题目】As I write this, I’m sitting on a bus back to Santiago in Chile where I am working 【1】 a writer. I’ve just spent the weekend in a city called La Serena north of Santiago. I was lucky enough to see the flowering desert, a natural scene that 【2】 (occur) around every five years here in the Atacama Desert.

【3】 (follow) a particularly large amount of rainfall earlier, a(n) 【4】(vary) of flowers come into blossom. Bright purple flowers create 【5】 unbelievably beautiful scene at the base of the surrounding mountains.

【6】 (have) a look at this wonderful treasure of nature, we took a bus from La Serena to a nearby town and then rented a car to go to the desert. 【7】 we saw did not disappoint us, and as expected it was even more fascinating than the pictures we had seen online. The bloom was particularly 【8】 (impress) this year due to the strong presence of El Nio (a band of warm water in the Pacific Ocean that changes the temperatures and increases the rainfall in certain areas). The vast carpet of color 【9】 spread into the distance towards the green hills was 【10】(simple) breathtaking and deserved a large amount of photos! A real reminder of the beauty our planet can provide.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 as

【2】 occurs

【3】 Following

【4】 variety

【5】 an

【6】 To have

【7】 What

【8】 impressive

【9】 that/which

【10】 simply

【解析】

本文属于记叙文。本文记叙了作者坐在一辆公共汽车上所看到的开花的沙漠．这一壮丽的自然景象，给作者以深刻的印象。

【1】考查介词。句意：我作为一位作家在那里工作。介词as表示“作为”。故填as。

【2】考查谓语动词。句意：我幸运地看到了开花的沙漠，这是阿塔卡马沙漠每五年发生一次的自然现象。a natural phenomenon that occurs…本句是定语从句，先行词是a natural phenomenon，在从句中作主语，单数，指物用that，所以谓语动词occur要用单数occurs。

【3】考查非谓语动词。句意：随着年初充沛的大规模降雨。Follow与逻辑主语flowers是主动关系，故要用Following。

【4】考查固定搭配。句意：各类鲜花争相绽放。a variety of意为“各种各样的”，为固定搭配。故要用vary的名词形式variety。

【5】考查冠词。句意：明亮的紫色花创造出一个难以置信的美丽场景。表数量的“一”，形容词unbelievably以元音音素开头，故用an。

【6】考查动词不定式。句意：为了看一眼这壮丽的大自然的瑰宝，我们……。表示目的，用To have。

【7】考查主语从句。句意：我们所看到的没有让我们失望。_____we saw本句是主语从句，其中saw缺少宾语，表示看到的东西，故要用What。

【8】考查形容词。句意：这花特别引人注目(impressive)。这里用形容词作表语。故填impressive。

【9】考查定语从句。The vast carpet of colour _____9_____ spread into the distance towards the contrasting green hills。本句是定语从句，先行词是The vast carpet of colour，在从句中作主语，故可以用that /which。

【10】考查副词。句意：那条铺满色彩的大地毯，一直延伸到通往青山的远处，简直令人叹为观止，值得拍大量的照片！用副词simply来修饰形容词breathtaking。

语法填空是通过语篇在语境中考查语法知识的运用能力，在解题前应快速浏览短文掌握大意，在读懂短文的基础上，结合短文提供的特定的语言环境去逐句分析。要解决好语法填空，离不开坚实的语法知识，有了坚实的语法知识才能对语言进行正确的分析和判断，从而答对题目。本篇语法填空考查到的语法知识有时态、词性、从句以及固定短语等，其中小题7为名词性从句考查，先要分析出整个句子缺少主语，故知道为考查主语从句，再分析从句缺少宾语，根据表达的意思用连接词what引导；小题9考查定语从句，先要找准先行词，然后分析先行词在定语从句中所作的成分，最后确定关系词。