Question

阅读下面短文, 根据以下提示：1）汉语提示, 2）首字母提示, 3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词, 并将该词完整地写在答题卷相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确, 拼写正确。

The Tower of Pisa may be the most beautiful bell tower in Italy. However, it is perhaps the 1.（最奇怪的）tower in the world. It leans to one s 2.and looks as if it is going to fall over.

The building of the tower began in 3.（八月）1173 and continued about two hundred years. The tower has eight floors. It is 54.5 metres tall, with 294 steps up to the bell room. There is a very beautiful v 4.from the top.

        In fact, the tower began leaning during the c 5.of the third floor in 1178. The builders tried to make the tower 6.（直的）again when they added more floors, but it did not work. It continued to lean until finally, on January 7, 1990, it was 7.to the public.

       For ten years, scientists worked hard to save the tower. The top was leaning by 5 metres to the south and was becoming w 8.. According to the scientists, the tower would fall over by 2050. After 10 years 9.hard work, the tower was reopened on June 16, 2001. However, the 10.of visitors is still limited.

 

Answer 1

1.strangest

2.side

3.August

4.view

5.construction

6.straight

7.closed

8.worse

9.of

10.number

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了比萨塔的建立过程。人们原来对比萨塔的恐惧随时间的增加在减少，但至今比萨塔上旅游的人们数量仍在严控。

1.strangest，形容词最高级。strange的最高级为在原形后加st。

2.side 边，名词。比萨塔向一边倾斜，故填side。

3.August八月。月份的名字首字母应大写。

4.view 风景，名词。句意：从塔顶上可看到美丽的风景。a good view美丽的风景，view指从上向下俯瞰的风景。

5.construction建设。句意：在建到第三层的时候，塔开始倾斜。

6.straight笔直的。建塔本想是建垂直的。

7.closed 关闭的。be closed to对……关闭的

8.worse 更糟的。形容词比较级。科学家们在担心比萨塔变得更糟。

9.of ……的。介词。ten years of hard work十年的艰辛劳动。

10.number 数量，名词。the number of……的数量。

考点：考查单词形式和句型的识记。