Demon老师首字母秘诀分享【七】：综合训练（二）答案
【2012年闵行区二模】
In the movie 2012, the volcano in Yellowstone National Park erupts, smoke flies thousands of meters into the air, and car-sized pieces of stone and ash fly out.
Now, some scientists say, its very possible that the Yellowstone volcano will soon erupt in r__1__life for the fourth time in history, after about 640,000 years. According to the Daily Mail, the volcano in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US, has been rising at a record rate since 2004. Its magma surface has gone u__2__3 inches (7.6 centimeters) per year over the last three years alone. This rise is one of the main s__3__ that a volcano is about to erupt. However, scientists are not certain when the eruption will happen or what it will cause.
Unlike what happens in the movie 2012, a volcano eruption would not destroy the whole world, b__4__it could cause huge damage to people living nearby. For example, the 2010 eruption of the Iceland Volcano caused more than 800 people to l__5__their homes and many airports in European countries to shut down for a few days.
There are more than 1, 500 active volcanoes in the world. A volcano is c__6__ active if it has erupted at least once during the last 10, 000 years. In ancient times, more than 80 percent of the earths surface was volcanic. Volcanic eruptions formed the sea floor and some mountains over many years. Gas from volcanoes formed the earths atmosphere.
Volcanoes come from very hot liquid rock that is magma, inside the earth. When magma comes upward and breaks through the earths surface, it forms volcanoes.
The rising magma heats water, which leads to explosions of steam. This pushes rocks and ash high into the sky. T__7__different things erupt from a volcano: hot liquid rock, volcanic ash and gases.
【2012年杨浦区二模】
Today some people call Amsterdam The City of Bicycles because it is a city which is flat and convenient for bicycles.
In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans had an idea. They believed that it would be better for everybody if only bicycles were a__1__in the city center. They hoped that this would help to save energy, reduce pollution and provide free transport. The group painted hundreds of bicycles white and placed them in public places around Amsterdam for people to use. Anyone was able to use them for s__2__journeys, whether he was a local or a foreigner. Wherever someone finished a journey, they would l__3__the bicycle there for someone else to use. The problem was that it didnt workthieves took all the bicycles within weeks!
However, more than forty years later, the white bicycle is b__4__in townthis time with a computer chip to r__5__its every move! To take a bicycle, you have to put a special card inside. The new white bicycle is not white any more but is an unusual design with bright colors. The bicycles are parked at special parking places and people who want to use them have to take them to a__6__place that has enough room.
There is already l__7__traffic in central Amsterdam, because both locals and tourists have been using the white bicycles. Thanks to the good ideas of lots of people, like the cycling fans in the 1960s, many people around the world have been enjoying city center streets without cars for many years.
【2013年静安区一模】
Li Ming has studied in the UK for nearly two years now. But hell never forget his first few weeks of living in a different country.
The Food
In China, Ill eat almost anything. But I remember the first food I tasted at school in England. We had this soup and it tasted of n__1__at all. In China, our food is quite salty, but we like it because the salt m__2__it taste nice. A friend advised me to try some cheese and biscuits. I thought biscuits were the same as cookies in America but I was wrong. Again, I felt disappointed at the taste of the biscuits and the cheese was really sour.
Introductions
In China when you meet someone for the first time, you sometimes shake hands. I was so s__3__when my friends mother gave me a kiss when I left his house. I felt so embarrassed and I know my face went very red at that moment. T__4__ When I want to go anywhere in China, I just take my bicycle. Here in England, I have to get a bus everywhere. Its really confusing b__5__buses dont stop automatically like they do in Beijing. You have to put your hand out, ring the bell or press the signal button.
Socializing
I remember when I went around to a friends house and I wanted to say thank you to his mother. In China, we often give people cakes as p__6__. The boys mother stared at the cake. She was trying to be polite but I knew from her face that I had taken something wrong. In England, a cake is more o__7__given on someones birthday.
【2013年静安区一模】
Li Ming has studied in the UK for nearly two years now. But hell never forget his first few weeks of living in a different country.
The Food
In China, Ill eat almost anything. But I remember the first food I tasted at school in England. We had this soup and it tasted of n__1__at all. In China, our food is quite salty, but we like it because the salt m__2__it taste nice. A friend advised me to try some cheese and biscuits. I thought biscuits were the same as cookies in America but I was wrong. Again, I felt disappointed at the taste of the biscuits and the cheese was really sour.
Introductions
In China when you meet someone for the first time, you sometimes shake hands. I was so s__3__when my friends mother gave me a kiss when I left his house. I felt so embarrassed and I know my face went very red at that moment. T__4__ When I want to go anywhere in China, I just take my bicycle. Here in England, I have to get a bus everywhere. Its really confusing b__5__buses dont stop automatically like they do in Beijing. You have to put your hand out, ring the bell or press the signal button.
Socializing
I remember when I went around to a friends house and I wanted to say thank you to his mother. In China, we often give people cakes as p__6__. The boys mother stared at the cake. She was trying to be polite but I knew from her face that I had taken something wrong. In England, a cake is more o__7__given on someones birthday.