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【题目】 Snowflakes (雪花) seem like white stars falling from the sky. But they don't always look white. Sometimes they a【1】 to have other colours. Some are red, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every shape. Think how it could seem to have these coming all a【2】 you.

Black snow came down in France one year. Another year grey snow f【3】 in Japan. Scientists f【4】 that such snow was mixed with ashes (灰).This made it seem dark. Red snow has come down in other countries. When it happened. It was mixed with red dust (灰尘).That is w【5】 it looked different. Most snow looks white, but it is really the colour of ice. It is ice that comes from snow clouds. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflake its shape.

No two snowflakes are of ever just the s【6】 size or shape. All the snowflakes start out (起初是) flat (扁平的) and have six s【7】. Some snowflakes are broken when they hit the ground. O【8】 melt as they fall. When air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air is warm and w【9】, the snowflakes are big and soft.

Would you be s【10】 to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in my country. It could happen again.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】appear

【2】around

【3】fell

【4】found

【5】why

【6】same

【7】sides

【8】Others

【9】wet

【10】surprised

【解析】

本文介绍了雪花的颜色和形状。

【1】句意：有时它们似乎呈现出其他的颜色。

appear to do sth. = seem to do sth. “似乎、好像做某事”，根据前文提到的“seem like”，此处同义，即“似乎有其他的颜色”。主语为复数，时态为一般现在时。故答案为appear。

【2】句意：想想看，这些东西似乎遍布你的周围。

下面几个段落列举了各种不同的情境下的颜色形状不一样的下雪盛况，所以此处应是“在你周围”，即around。故答案为around。

【3】句意：又一年，日本降了灰雪。

主语为grey snow，意为“灰雪”，根据前一句“Black snow came down in France one year.”意为“有一年黑雪在法国降下。”可知此处是“下落；下降”，描述之前发生的事情，应用一般过去时态。故答案为fell。

【4】句意：科学家发现这样的雪混合着灰烬。

此处缺少谓语动词，根据后一句“This made it seem dark.”意为“这使它看起来很暗。”可知这是结论，那么之前应是科学家的“发现”。描述之前发生的事情，应用一般过去时态。故答案为found。

【5】句意：这就是为什么它看起来不同的原因。

This is why… 这就是……的原因，此处是why引导的表语从句。故答案为why。

【6】句意：没有两个雪花具有相同的大小或形状。

the same 意为“相同的”，根据句意和首字母提示，可知此处描述的是雪花大小形状的不同类型。故答案为same。

【7】句意：所有的雪花开始都是平坦的，有六个边。

根据常识，可知刚开始雪花是六边形，此处需填写“边”，且six修饰名词复数。故答案为sides，

【8】句意：其他会在跌落时融化。

some…others… 意为“一些……另一些……”，此处作主语，故答案为Others。

【9】句意：如果空气温暖潮湿，则雪花又大又柔软。

前一句出现“When air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard.”意为“当空气寒冷干燥时，飘落的雪花又小又硬。”此处两句是对比，所以空处是dry的反义词wet，意为“湿润的”。故答案为wet。

【10】句意：看到像头一样大的雪花从天上掉下来，您会感到惊讶吗？

be surprised to do sth. 意为“做某事感到惊讶”。根据语境，出现像头一样大的雪花时情绪应是惊讶的。故答案为surprised。