Question

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根據(jù)短文和所給首字母寫出所缺單詞，使短文完整，意思通順、連貫

Do you know something about tree rings (年輪)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was l__1___, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?

A tree will grow well in a climate with lots of sunshine and rainfall. And l__2__ sunshine or rainfall will limit (限制) the growth of a tree. We can see the change of climate by studying the tree rings. For e___3___, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from o___4___ to the inside. If the t___5___ ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we are sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year. If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.

Tree rings are i___6___ not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man. Long long ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only s___7___ there—no trees and no people. What h____8___?

A scientist studied the rings of d___9__ trees there. He found that the people had to leave b__10___ they had cut down all trees to make fires and buildings. As all trees had gone, the people there had to move. 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 like  

  little 

  example  

  outside       

  tenth

  important  

  sand       

  happened     

  dead  

 Because

【解析】

 考查系表結(jié)構(gòu)，be like像

 看查代詞，根據(jù)語境可知雨水和陽光少的地區(qū)，限制樹木的生長，故用否定詞little

 固定短語，舉例for example

 考查基本常識(shí)，數(shù)年輪要從外到里

 考查序數(shù)詞，第十the tenth

 考查形容詞，說明年輪對研究天氣和人類歷史的重要性 

 很久以前的新墨西哥有很多人，現(xiàn)在只剩下沙漠     

 what happened？ 發(fā)生了什么事情呢

  考查形容詞，科學(xué)家通過對死樹的研究，dead死的 

 通過研究表明由于過度砍伐導(dǎo)致人們不得不離開