Question

用适当的词填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

occur      inhabitant     crowd     measure     strong reduce     similarity      poor      fortunate    disaster

小题1:A fire broke out in the factory. ___________, one of the firefighters was killed.
小题2:The boy knows much about the           and differences between pop music and classical music.
小题3:The government is making efforts to ________the traffic noises in order to let citizens have a quiet sleep.
小题4:         have been taken to reduce pollution in developing countries.
小题5:He threw it forward with all his         .
小题6:The buses are so        during the rush hour.
小题7:The polluted air and water can explain the main reason why the ________here are getting ill one by one.
小题8:Our goal is to reduce the number of the families in         in the village.
小题9:An unexpected storm  　　 when we were enjoying the pleasant voyage at the Yellow Sea.
小题10:One million five hundred thousand people died in natural _____ between 1980 and 2000

Answer 1

小题1: Unfortunately   
小题2: similarities   
小题3: reduce   
小题4: Measures 
小题5:strength
小题6: crowded       
小题7:inhabitants    
小题8: poverty  
小题9:occurred  
小题10:disasters

试题分析：
小题1: Unfortunately   副词不幸地；在句中做状语修饰整个句子。
小题2:similarities   本句中的similarity与后面的difference构成并列关系，表示相似与差异之处。
小题3: reduce   动词减少reduce。为了让居民有安静的睡眠，政府正在努力减少交通的噪音。
小题4:Measures 名词措施measure；本题是一个固定搭配take measures to do sth采取措施做某事。
小题5:strength 名词力气strength；要注意其与power权力等差别。
小题6:crowded    形容词拥挤的crowded；句意：在上下班高峰期间，公交车很拥挤。
小题7:inhabitants  名词居民inhabitant；句意：被污染的空气和水可以解释为什么居民们一个接一个地病倒的原因。
小题8: poverty  名词poverty贫穷；in poverty在贫穷中；
小题9:occurred  动词occur发生；当我们在黄山欣赏美丽的景色的时候，一场没有预料到的暴雨突然下了起来。
小题10: disasters 名词灾难disaster。句意：在1980到2000之间150万人死于自然灾害中。
点评：单词拼写考察实词居多，特别应注意名词单复数的变化，动词时态语态的变化，形容词和副词的变化，以及虚拟语气等具体语法的使用。