本资料来自于资源最齐全的２１世纪教育网www.21cnjy.com 语法填空专练(二) 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 A Three months ago George was at the Red Sea and when he came back, brown and happy, he said that he had never had 1. _____ a terrific holiday before. As he was very good at swimming and diving and was 2. _____ (concern) with biology, he managed to join a scientific research group 3. _____ was studying the sea life of the Red Sea coast at that time. The researchers allowed him 4. _____ (help) them in their work and gave him a special diving suit, so he was able to stay deep in the sea for quite a long time. George was amazed at 5. _____ beautiful the underwater world was. Millions of brightly coloured fish moved busily around him. Crabs, turtles, and sea snakes looked at him 6. _____ (curious) and then hurried to do their underwater business. Once, when George followed a little crab, a huge fish appeared from behind a coral rock. Luckily, the shark took no interest 7. _____ him and disappeared into the depth 8. _____ it had much more important things to do.21教育名师原创作品 While George was working for the group, 9. _____ (explore) the sea plants and animals in their natural conditions, he made a firm decision to go on studying biology and natural sciences as research work became very 10. _____ (attract) to him. B In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing artificial stone in south-east London. Within a year of moving to the capital, George Coade died, 1. _____ (leave) his wife and daughter to carry on the business. The Coade Stone they perfected was to become 2. _____ most permanent stone ever made. 3. _____ mother and daughter were clever businesswomen. They employed only the top artists of the day 4. _____ (model) their stone into statues and other ornaments (装饰物). 5. _____ natural stone slowly breaks down, Coade Stone seems to be able to survive in all weather 6. _____ (condition) for many years. The National Gallery, the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace still display their original ornaments 7. _____ (make) of Coade Stone. After the 8. _____ (die) of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the factory survived for twenty years, but in 1840 it finally closed. The recipe and techniques were lost. Luckily, the recipe and techniques for producing Coade Stone 9. _____ (rediscover) by the team at Coade Ltd so far. Now, Coade Ltd is reproducing a(n) 10. _____ (vary) of Coade sculptures at their workshops in Wilton. C These days, meteorologists (气象学家) give us reasonably accurate weather forecasts. But what did we do before scientists used modern technology 1. _____ (predict) the weather Well, people looked at their surroundings to get clues about 2. _____ the weather might be like. For example, the movements of clouds tell us a lot about future weather conditions. Clouds 3. _____ (move) in different directions usually mean bad weather is not far off. Animal behaviour is 4. ____ ... ...
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