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【题目】The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is_____ longest wall in the world. It goes from west to east, ____ mountains, through valleys and finally reaches the sea.

The Great Wall ____ a history of over two _____years. People began to build the wall in the Spring and Autumn Period(春秋时期) in Chinese history. In about 221 B.C. (公元前)Qin Shihuang had all the walls _____. From then on, the Great Wall came to the world.

The Great Wall is more than 6,000 kilometres long, 6~7 metres high and 4~5 metres wide. In ____ places it is wide enough for five horses or ten men to walk side by side along the top.

It was very ____ to build ____ a great wall in the old times. Thousands of men ____ when they built it. The Great Wall was made not only of stones, but millions of lives.

Today, the Great Wall has become ____ interest not only to the Chinese people, but also to people all over the world.

Just as the Egyptians feel proud(自豪)of their pyramids, we Chinese people also feel proud of our Great Wall.

【1】A. an B. a C. the D. /

【2】A. through B. from C. over D. in

【3】A. have B. has C. was D. is

【4】A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of

【5】A. join up B. joining up C. to join up D. joined up

【6】A. much B. any C. more D. most

【7】A. easy B. difficult C. good D. bad

【8】A. like B. as C. so D. such

【9】A. had died B. were died C. were dying D. dead

【10】A. the place of B. a place of C. place of D. a place

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】D

【7】B

【8】D

【9】A

【10】B

【解析】短文大意：本文主要介绍了中国的长城。长城是世界上最长的城墙，已有二千多年的历史，它是中国人民乃至世界人民的名胜。

【1】句意：中国长城是世界上最长的城墙。A. an不定冠词，一个；B. a不定冠词，一个；C. the定冠词，这/那； D. /不填。在形容词最高级和序数词前，通常加定冠词the。longest形容词最高级，最长的。故选：C。

【2】句意：它从西向东，越过山脉，穿过山谷，最终到达大海。A. through介词，穿过，纵穿或从内部穿过；B. from介词，从...；C. over介词，在...上面；D. in介词，在...里面。在山脉“上面”。故选：C。

【3】句意：长城已有二千多年的历史。 A. have动词，有；B. has 动词，有，三单；C. was是，过去式；D. is是，一般现在时态的第三人单数。本句描述现在的动作或状态，谓语动词为“有”的含义，所以使用一般现在时态，且主语the Great Wall为单数含义。故选：B。

【4】句意：长城已有二千多年的历史。A. thousand名词，千；B. thousands名词复数，千； C. thousand of表达形式错误；D. thousands of数千...，后跟名词复数，表示约数。two表示具体数词，所以使用名词单数thousand。故选：A。

【5】句意：公元前221年左右，秦世皇把所有的墙都连接起来了。 A. join up连接、联合起来； B. joining up现在分词词形；C. to join up动词不定式形式；D. joined up过去式或过去分词。固定搭配 “ have + sth （宾语） + 过去分词（宾语补足语）”，意为“让 / 叫 / 使 / 请别人做某事”。宾语 sth. 后面用过去分词作宾语补足语，说明 sth. 与过去分词表示的动作之间是被动关系。故选：D。

【6】句意：在大多数地方，它的宽度足以让五匹马或十个人并排走在上面。A. much形容词，很多，修饰不可数名词；B. any形容词，一些，修饰名词，通常用在否定句或疑问句中；C. more形容词，较多，many或much的比较级；D. most形容词，大多数，修饰可数名词的复数。places名词复数，地方；本句没有比较的语境，所以使用most。故选：D。

【7】句意：在古代建造这样一个伟大的长城是非常困难的。A. easy形容词，容易的；B. difficult形容词，困难的；C. good形容词，好的；D. bad形容词，坏的。根据常识以及后文Thousands of men ___9___ when they built it.可知，在“古代”建造长城是“困难的”。故选：B。

【8】句意：在古代建造这样一个伟大的长城是非常困难的。A. like介词，像；B. as介词，如同；C. so副词，如此，修饰形容词或副词；D. such（adj.）表示“如此”“这样”的意思，用作形容词, 修饰名词。主要结构有：1.such+a/an+adj.+单数可数名词；2.such+adj.+不可数名词；such+adj.+复数可数名词。a great wall名词词组。故选：D。

【9】句意：数以千计的人在建造它时死了。A. had died已经死亡，过去完成时态；B. were died被动结构，die没有被动时态；C. were dying过去进行时态的结构；D. dead形容词，死的。本题中的动作发生在“过去的过去”，所以使用过去完成时态。故选：A。

【10】句意：今天，长城不仅成为中国人民的名胜，也是全世界人民的名胜。 place名词，地方；固定短语a place of interest, 意为“名胜”。众所周知“长城”是“名胜”。故选：B。