语法填空

       阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

       Bridges made out of living roots of trees have been put forward for UNESCO's World Heritage List.

       The root bridges are in the Meghalaya region of northeast India. The region gets     1     lot of rainfall and is one of the     2     (wet) areas on Earth, which creates lots of lakes, rivers and waterfalls,     3     (make) it difficult to build roads. However, for hundreds of years the local Khasi people have been trying     4     (they) best to grow root bridges across rivers and streams to make it easier for them to move around the area.

      The bridges     5     (build) by stretching the roots of living trees over the river and winding them around bamboo structures to guide them in the right     6     (direct). The roots can take up to 20 years     7     (grow) into a complete bridge.

       The Indian government has suggested Meghalaya's root bridges should be added      8     the UNESCO World Heritage List. This means they will get special recognition—just like Egypt's pyramids or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia—     9     should attract more tourist and money to the area.

       Morningstar Khongthaw from Meghalaya said, "We want to spread this knowledge so that future     10     (generation) will benefit."

【答案解析】本文为一篇说明文，讲述了印度用活树根建造桥梁的相关情况。

1．a。考查冠词。a lot of"许多"为固定用法，故填a。

2．wettest。考查形容词的最高级。空处修饰areas，应填形容词，再根据“one of the...+比较范围”的用法可知，空处应填形容词的最高级，故填wettest。

3．making。考查非谓语动词。分析语境可知，空处与前文内容构成因果关系，且句中已有并列谓语gets和is，故空处应用现在分词形式作结果状语，故填making。

4．their。考查代词。try one's best to do sth.表示“尽某人所能做某事”，故填their。

5．are built。考查动词的时态和语态。主语bridges与build构成逻辑上的动宾关系，空处应用被动语态；再结合本文的主要时态可知，此处宜用一般现在时，故填are built。

6．direction。考查名词。空处作介词in的宾语，故填名词direction。

7．to grow。考查非谓语动词。“take+时间+to do sth.”为固定结构，表示"做某事花费……时间"，故空处应填to grow。

8．into/to。考查介词。add...into/to意为"将……加入……"，故填into/to。

9．that/which。考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处缺少关系词，引导定语从句，其先行词为special recognition，空处在从句中作主语，且表示事物，故该从句宜用关系代词that/which引导。

10．generations。考查名词的数。generation在此表示"后代"，为可数名词，且其前没有表示数量的限定词，故应用其复数形式。