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【題目】 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 (灰塵).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】

本文介紹了雪花的顏色和形狀。

【1】句意：有時(shí)它們似乎呈現(xiàn)出其他的顏色。

appear to do sth. = seem to do sth. “似乎、好像做某事”，根據(jù)前文提到的“seem like”，此處同義，即“似乎有其他的顏色”。主語(yǔ)為復(fù)數(shù)，時(shí)態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。故答案為appear。

【2】句意：想想看，這些東西似乎遍布你的周圍。

下面幾個(gè)段落列舉了各種不同的情境下的顏色形狀不一樣的下雪盛況，所以此處應(yīng)是“在你周圍”，即around。故答案為around。

【3】句意：又一年，日本降了灰雪。

主語(yǔ)為grey snow，意為“灰雪”，根據(jù)前一句“Black snow came down in France one year.”意為“有一年黑雪在法國(guó)降下�！笨芍�此處是“下落；下降”，描述之前發(fā)生的事情，應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)。故答案為fell。

【4】句意：科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣的雪混合著灰燼。

此處缺少謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，根據(jù)后一句“This made it seem dark.”意為“這使它看起來(lái)很暗。”可知這是結(jié)論，那么之前應(yīng)是科學(xué)家的“發(fā)現(xiàn)”。描述之前發(fā)生的事情，應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)。故答案為found。

【5】句意：這就是為什么它看起來(lái)不同的原因。

This is why… 這就是……的原因，此處是why引導(dǎo)的表語(yǔ)從句。故答案為why。

【6】句意：沒(méi)有兩個(gè)雪花具有相同的大小或形狀。

the same 意為“相同的”，根據(jù)句意和首字母提示，可知此處描述的是雪花大小形狀的不同類型。故答案為same。

【7】句意：所有的雪花開(kāi)始都是平坦的，有六個(gè)邊。

根據(jù)常識(shí)，可知?jiǎng)傞_(kāi)始雪花是六邊形，此處需填寫(xiě)“邊”，且six修飾名詞復(fù)數(shù)。故答案為sides，

【8】句意：其他會(huì)在跌落時(shí)融化。

some…others… 意為“一些……另一些……”，此處作主語(yǔ)，故答案為Others。

【9】句意：如果空氣溫暖潮濕，則雪花又大又柔軟。

前一句出現(xiàn)“When air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard.”意為“當(dāng)空氣寒冷干燥時(shí)，飄落的雪花又小又硬�！贝颂巸删涫菍�(duì)比，所以空處是dry的反義詞wet，意為“濕潤(rùn)的”。故答案為wet。

【10】句意：看到像頭一樣大的雪花從天上掉下來(lái)，您會(huì)感到驚訝嗎？

be surprised to do sth. 意為“做某事感到驚訝”。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，出現(xiàn)像頭一樣大的雪花時(shí)情緒應(yīng)是驚訝的。故答案為surprised。