题目内容
选词填空(每小题1分,共10分)
阅读下面短文,从所给单词中选择合适的单词, 并用其正确的形式填在标有题号的空白处。(每空一词)
surprise,discover,wind,change,it, flow,dry,take,however,see
Niagara Falls is in New York State. It is a popular tourist place. Every minute 500,000 tons of water 1 over a cliff (悬崖) into the river below. This is very beautiful.
The Falls were 2 in 1768. Before that they had never stopped flowing. 3 , this happened on March 29,1848. People could not believe it!They were so 4 that they all ran to the Falls. To their surprise,there was only the great cliff with no water going over 5 Some people began to pray. Some people walked on the 6 river bottom below.
Luckily,it 7 almost 30 hours for the water to start flowing again. Why did the water stop? Strong 8 and heavy icebergs blocked off (阻挡) the water from Lake Erie. When the wind 9 and the water from Lake Erie flowed again,people could 10 the beautiful Falls once more.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. flow 2. discovered 3. However 4. surprised 5. it
6. dry 7. took 8. winds 9. changed 10. see