
阅读下列短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填上一个适当的词,或根据汉语提示,或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
(A)
The Amber Room had an ___________(amaze) story. At first, it was __________(design) for the palace of Frederick I of Prussia. The amber which was ___________(select) to make it had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design style of the room was_____________(流行的) in those days. It was also a treasure____________(decorate) with gold and jewels. ________,the next king , Frederick William I, decided not to keep it. In 1776, he gave it to Peter the Great. In return _____ the gift, the Czar sent a troop of soldiers _______ him.
Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room ________(move) to a palace outside St Petersburg. ________(sad), in September 1941,the Nazi army ___________(secret) stole the room itself. There is no __________(怀疑) that the 27 wooden boxes were put on a train for a German city. Although the Amber Room was considered one of the ____________(奇迹) of the world, it is now____________(不见的) .
Recently, the Russians and Germans __________________(rebuild) the Amber Room, which look like the old one.
(B)
Pausanias is now______________(interview) Li Yan, a _____________(志愿者) for the 2008 Olympic Games.
P: How often do you hold your Games?
L: Both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics _____________(hold) every four years _____________(regular).
P: Where do athletes come from? How many sports do you have?
L: Athletes are ___________(邀请) from all over the world. There are over 250 sports and _____ the Winter Olympics, there are _______________(compete) like skiing and ice skating.
P: Can women take part in the Olympic Games?
L: Yes, women are not only ___________(允许) to take part, but play a very important _________ in gymnastics and team sports.
P: Does anyone want to ________(主办) the Olympic Games?
L: ____________(事实上), every country wants the opportunity. It’s not only a great________________(责任) but also a great honour to ______________(choose).
P: Do you compete ______ prize money?
L: No, we don’t. It’s still all about ________________(be able to) run faster, jump higher and throw further.
(C)
In the early 1960s, computers _________________(connect) by a network.As a result, a computer was able to ________(分享)its knowledge with others through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s, many new ________________(应用) have been found for computers, They have become very important in ________________(communicate), finance and trade. They_______also ____________(put) into robots and used to make _________________(移动电话) as well as help with medical operations. They have even been placed into space rockets and sent to __________(探索)the Moon and Mars.
_______________(总之), with computers-- our devoted friends, we human beings are leading a life of _______________(高质量) and are truly filled with _____________(happy).
(D)
I’ve learned the ________________( important) of protecting wildlife by learning Unit 4 of Book Two.
Antelopes in Tibet are in ganger of ____________(die out). They are _______________(正在被杀害) for the wool beneath their stomachs to make sweaters. As _________, their numbers are _____________(减少).
On the other hand, good things are _______________(正在被做) to save local wildlife in Zimbabwe, where elephants used to be an _____________(endanger) species, because farmers hunted them without mercy. ____________(lucky), the government decided to help. The farmers are paid by tourists and they ______________(不再) hunt elephants. Therefore, their numbers are _____________(increase).
What’s more, we should ______ more _____________(关注)to rainforests. If rainforests are destroyed , their will be no millipede insects, which contain a _____________(power) drug. The drug can be used to protect monkeys or human beings ________mosquitoes.
Let’s work together for wildlife _____________(protect) so that some rare animals or plants will not _____________(appear)from the earth soon.
(E)
Have you ever ______________(梦想) playing in a band at a ___________(音乐会)?Are you __________________(熟悉) the Monkees of the USA?
At first, the four members of the band were not _______________(music) at all. In fact ,they were _________(演员) who were invited to act as well as sing in a TV show. _______the help of other musicians, they just ___________(假装) to sing, but their performances were ________________(幽默的) enough to be copied by other groups. Then they began to play and sing songs ___________(write) by other musicians. However, after about a year, they _________(form) a real band and started playing their own music. In the USA, they were even ________________(popular) than the Beatles. In about 1970, the band______________(解散), but ________ (happy) they reunited in the mid-1980s. In 1996, they _______________ (庆祝)their f_________(以前的) time with a new record.
