Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，首字母已给，每空格限填一词): 6%Deserts(沙漠) do not stay the same size. Sometimes they grow bigger. Sometimes they get s 小题1: . The world’s biggest desert , the Sahara, is in Africa. Right now, the Sahara Desert is growing fast.Why is the Sahara growing? In some places, people farm too much. In other places, a 小题2: eat all the grass. Or people cut down the trees. This makes the soil weak. Weak soil lets the desert grow.Why is it a p 小题3: ? People cannot grow food in the desert. People cannot build houses, hospitals, or schools in the desert. So people must l 小题4: their homes. What can people do? They can plant trees. They can also f 小题5: less. These things make the soil stronger. Maybe the Sahara will stop g 小题6: . It’s a big problem. Many people must work together to solve it.
| 小题1:smaller 小题2:animals 小题3:problem 小题4:leave 小题5:farm 小题6:growing |
| 试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了沙漠不会持续同一个大小，有时变大，有时变小，世界的最大沙漠撒哈拉沙漠正在变快，为什么撒哈拉沙漠变化了？ 小题1:考查形容词及语境的理解。上文提到Sometimes they grow bigger.可知下文get smaller，故填smaller。 小题2:考查名词及语境的理解。根据eat all the grass可知此空应该是动物，故填animals 小题3:考查名词及语境的理解。根据文中倒数第二段内容的理解可知问的是为什么它是个问题？故填problem。 小题4:考查动词及语境的理解。根据People cannot grow food in the desert. People cannot build houses, hospitals, or schools in the desert.可知人们必须离开他们的家。故填leave。 小题5:考查名词及语境的理解。根据They can plant trees.可知他们可能耕种的更少，故填farm 小题6:考查动词及语境的理解。根据对文章最后一段内容的理解可知撒哈拉可能将停止生长，stop doing sth.是停止做某事，故填growing。 |