Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Floating mountains in the ocean are better known as icebergs (冰山). Icebergs are 【1】 (mass) of freshwater ice that have broken from a glacier (冰川) or polar ice sheet. Most icebergs are formed around Antarctica and Greenland.

Icebergs 【2】 (see) today began thousands and thousands of years ago. They began as flakes of snow falling on land. Over the years, more and more snow fell. The snow on 【3】bottom was crushed (压碎) because snow on top was packing it down. Years of 【4】(melt) and freezing formed layers of ice thousands of feet thick. These sheets of ice are called glaciers. During the warmer weather in spring 【5】 summer, pieces of ice break off from glaciers. The broken pieces of ice fall into the water and become icebergs.

Icebergs vary 【6】 size. The largest iceberg ever recorded was the size of the state ofRhode Island in the United States. The 【7】 (tall) iceberg stood 550 feet above the ocean. That’s about the size of the Washington Monument in Washington, D. C.

Icebergs can be very 【8】 (danger) to ships traveling near them because only one-eighth of an iceberg 【9】 (be) above water. This means that the rock-hard ice is much larger underneath. Captains taking 【10】(they) ships around an iceberg may miscalculate the size of the iceberg.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】masses

【2】seen

【3】the

【4】melting

【5】and

【6】in

【7】tallest

【8】dangerous

【9】is

【10】their

【解析】

本文为说明文。文章主要说明冰山的一些特点以及注意事项。

【1】 考查固定搭配。句意：冰山是冰川或极地冰盖上破碎的大量淡水冰。masses of 为固定搭配，意为“许多的，大量的”，故填masses。

【2】考查过去分词作定语。句意：今天看到的冰山始于数千年前。分析句子可知，空格处在句中作定语，因为Greenland Icebergs 和动词see二者是被动关系，要用过去分词作后置定语，故填seen。

【3】考查冠词。句意：底部的雪被压碎了。此处是特指底部的雪，要用定冠词，故填the 。

【4】考查动词的ing形式作宾语。句意：多年的融化和冰冻形成了数千英尺厚的冰层。分析可知，of为介词，后面要用动词的ing形式，故填melting 。

【5】考查语境及连词。句意：在春天和夏天比较暖和的时候，冰川上的冰块会脱落。句中的spring和summer二者是并列的，故填and。

【6】考查固定用法。句意：冰山大小不一。in size为固定搭配，意为“在大小上，尺寸上”。故填in 。

【7】考查最高级。句意：最高的冰山高出海洋550英尺。根据语境可知，此处是指最高级，可知要填tallest 。

【8】考查形容词作表语。句意：冰山对于在它们附近航行的船只来说是非常危险的。分析句子可知，此处是形容词做表语，故填dangerous 。

【9】考查谓语动词。句意：因为只有八分之一的冰山露出水面。主语是one﹣eighthofaniceberg是单数。结合上下文使用一般现在时，故填is 。

【10】考查代词。句意：船长驾驶他们的船绕过一座冰山可能会误估冰山的大小。修饰名词ships，要用形容词性物主代词，他们的船只，故填their。