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【題目】 Seeing someone who seems to be walking on a cloud sounds like a dream. But this scene indeed exists --- and it isn't just in your head. It's a popular attraction in the South American country of Bolivia called the Salar de Uyuni. The area covers a large amount of white, glistening salt and runs across 10,582 kilometers of the Altiplano and you can even see it from space.

What's special about the Salar? This salt flat can create an endless natural mirror (鏡子), which gives you an amazing experience. On a still day, a thin layer of water covering the salt changes the salt flat into "The World's Largest Mirror" reflecting the sky. Those who are lucky enough to see this natural wonder will tell you how difficult it is to find out the dividing line between the sky and land.

Some 40,000 years ago, water from the surrounding mountains gathered here and there were no outlets (出口) where the rainfall could flow out. So a huge lake was formed with natural salt inside. Over time, about 25,000 years ago, a rise in temperatures reduced the amount of rainfall in the area. The climate from wet to dry caused the water to slowly evaporate (蒸發(fā)). About 10,000 years ago, the body of water dried up and a deep layer of salt flat was left behind.

With about 10 billion tons of salt lying around it, it's no surprise that salt production in the Salar is a big business. But the real treasure lies under the surface of the salt flat, where around 70% of the world's lithium (鋰) reserves can be found. The lithium is used for powering mobile phones, laptops, electric cars and this resource could be of great value.

What is the Salar de Uyuni	●It's a place of 【1】 in the South American country of Bolivia. ●It is an area 【2】 with white and glistening salt. ●It runs across about 10,582 kilometers and can even be 【3】 from space.
What's special about the Salar de Uyuni?	●On a still day, the salt flat will 【4】 into "The World's Largest Mirror", which gives you a wonderful experience. ●If you are lucky enough to see it, you may find it difficult to tell 【5】 The sky ends and the land begins.
How did the Salar de Uyuni 【6】 ?	●40,000 years ago, the surrounding mountains 【7】 the water from flowing out and it became a huge lake. ●25,000 years ago, the climate changes 【8】 to the evaporation of the lake. ●10,000 years ago, the lake dried up, 【9】 behind a deep layer of salt.
What's under the Salar de Uyuni?	●70% of the world's lithium lies under the salt flat. ●Lithium can be used to power things 【10】 mobile phones, laptops and electric cars.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】interest

【2】covered

【3】seen

【4】change / turn

【5】where

【6】form

【7】prevented / stopped / kept

【8】led

【9】leaving

【10】like

【解析】

文章介紹了南美洲玻利維亞的一個著名景點，叫做烏尤尼薩拉爾。這片區(qū)域覆蓋著大量白色的閃閃發(fā)光的鹽，橫跨10582公里的高原，以及介紹了鹽田的形成過程。

【1】

根據(jù)文中It’s a popular attraction in the South American country of Bolivia called the Salar de Uyuni.中的attraction可知，這里可以轉(zhuǎn)換成place of interest，故答案為interest。

【2】

根據(jù)文中The area covers a large amount of white and glistening salt…可知，這里指的是“覆蓋”，主語area與cover之間是被動關系，所以這里用過去分詞，故答案為covered。

【3】

根據(jù)文中The area covers a large amount of white, glistening salt and runs across 10,582 kilometers of the Altiplano and you can even see it from space.可知，表格中句子主語是 it，所以主動轉(zhuǎn)換成被動 be seen結(jié)構(gòu)，故答案為seen。

【4】

根據(jù)文中On a still day, a thin layer of water covering the salt changes the salt flat into “The World’s Largest Mirror” reflecting the sky.可知，這里是表達的是“變成”，英語是change into 或 turn into，故答案為change / turn。

【5】

根據(jù)文中Those who are lucky enough to see this natural wonder will tell you how difficult it is to find out the dividing line between the sky and land.可知，空格位于動詞tell 后，引導賓語從句，根據(jù)句意推出引導詞應該選用表示方位的，所以應該用where，故答案為where。

【6】

根據(jù)文章下文的描述以及表格對應右邊欄的提示可知，這里是概括總結(jié)第三段的內(nèi)容——幾萬年來烏尤尼鹽湖的形成過程，所以這里應該是表達“形成”，故答案為form。

【7】

根據(jù)文中Some 40,000 years ago, water from the surrounding mountains gathered here and there were no outlets (出口) where the rainfall could flow out.可知，水流不出去變成了湖，又因為表格句有 sth. from doing 的搭配，可以聯(lián)想到詞組 prevent/ stop / keep … from doing …表示“阻止……做某事”，根據(jù)時態(tài)是一般過去時，故答案為prevented/ stopped/ kept。

【8】

根據(jù)文中Over time, about 25,000 years ago, a rise in temperatures reduced the amount of rainfall in the area. The climate from wet to dry caused the water to slowly evaporate (蒸發(fā)).可知，這里表達的是“導致”，又因為空格后有介詞 to，所以應該是lead to，cause=lead to=result in，所以把 caused 轉(zhuǎn)換為 led，故答案為led。

【9】

根據(jù)文中About 10,000 years ago, the body of water dried up and a deep layer of salt flat was left behind.可知，表格句中已有謂語動詞 dried，所以空格處應該填 leave 的非謂語形式，又因為 the lake和leave的關系是主動的，所以選擇現(xiàn)在分詞形式，答案是 leaving。

【10】

根據(jù)文中where around 70% of the world’s lithium (鋰) reserves can be found. The lithium is used for powering mobile phones, laptops, electric cars and this resource could be of great value.可知，mobile phones, laptops 等都是 lithium 用來提供動力的例子，所以空格處應該填單詞 like，故答案為like。