According to the travel brochure, this unique park is famous for ___5______ well preserved minority culture. We experienced many deeds of the early settlers, such as swinging across rivers, hunting creatures in the jungle, or _____6____(take) part in swords fighting tournaments.
This park is also famous for its wooden souvenirs. Whichever we bought in the central shop ___7______(make) of wood, and ___8______ we went we could see minority carpenters ____9_____(work). They made wooden tools, wooden cartoon figures, wooden athletic products and so on. They even built a huge wooden engine with a length of 20 metres, ___10______ was modeled after a real one.
This theme park is really a fantasy amusement park. No wonder it has become the brand of local tourism.
21. A Strange Disease
When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in. Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood were defeated by a severe disease ___1_____characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn.
An expert physician ___2____(instruct) to attend to the victims and handle this case. He was enthusiastic, ___3_____ he didn’t foresee that it was a hard challenge. After simple enquiry, he announced that the polluted paint was ____4_____(blame). But ____5_____positive evidence, people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no sense. Being much more strict with ____6______, he contributed himself ____7_____ the case. Apart from making enquiries, he made ___8______(detail)charts and analysed the data cautiously. Finally, he drew a scientific conclusion, linking the disease to ___9____radium in the pump. ___10_______(expose)to radium, a kind of radioactive material in the universe, people absorbed radiation and got sick immediately.
Spinning the pump backward, he took away the radium. This simple movement cured all the victims.
22. Sightseeing in the United Kingdom
After the wedding, my cousin and his wife went to the United Kingdom ___1_____ nationwide sightseeing. He faxed a letter to ____2_____ in English yesterday. ___3_____ my delight, he no longer made any tense error. And his description____4_____(rough) clarified my questions about the UK --- its currency, its administration, the institution which divides it into four provinces, and the historical conflicts and quarrels when Southern Ireland broke away from the UK.
____5_____(will) to leave out any attraction, my cousin arranged his enjoyable journey carefully. One attractive place he visited was a castle in the countryside of Scotland, which ___6_____(lie) near a port. It used to be the headquarters of the Communism Union ____7_____ broke down during the war. Finding nothing could take the place of this splendid architecture, people accomplished rebuilding it in 1952. It was to their credit ____8_____ all furnished rooms are consistent with 《高中英语单词串记法》40篇英语短文语法填空题第8 页
what they used to be. My cousin was thrilled by its collections consisting of statues plus royal uniforms ____9_____(fold) in glass tanks. ____10______ there was no possibility to buy some of these exhibits; it was convenient to take photos, which he sent me along with his fax.
23. An Air Crash
I was a previous typist in a post office. ____1_____ I couldn’t tolerate typing any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned. With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working ___2_____a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, ____3_____produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins. My new job left me good impressions in many aspects except that the working timetable was full of traveling by jets.
Once, when ____4_____(speed) up, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight ____5_____the directions. A ___6______(constant) flashing light showed that our jet was in danger. A steward instantly asked us to put on masks and fasten the safety belts, and then____7_____(press)a button to switch on the escaping capsule. ___8______slid sideways out of the opening at once and landed in a desert area safely. Lacking food and tablets, we were nervous and ___9______(certain)at first. But we all kept optimistic and made good adjustment to the situation. We swept up the surrounding mud____10_____(make)our settlement and were back on our feet soon. Finally, guided by the smoke of our crashing jet, some local citizens came by carriages and saved us.
24. An Amateur Journalist
Jane is a housewife, but___1_____(delight)to work as an amateur journalist. It is ___2____ dilemma for her to rush between family and work, and it is also ____3____(usual) for the News Department to depend on an amateur to cover crimes. But Jane is really gifted. It is admirable ___4_____she is seldom accused of making mistakes. And, eager to become more professional, she concentrates on her job and updates ____5_____ now and then.
Once she is informed____6____ a new case, her normal working process is as follows: first, she makes appointments with guilty people for interviews. So as to acquire accurate stories, she usually demands to record ___7_____they say. Meanwhile, a technically good colleague will assist her in taking photographs. Second, she assesses whether they are ____8______(deliberate) hiding the truth. If she is skeptical about their words, she will look into the case herself. Third, she writes thorough stories ahead of the deadline and submits it to the senior chief editor, ____9____polishes and approves every section. Finally, her stories____10____(publish) in different editions of their magazine.