广东省深圳市英语六年级上册期末专题复习：语法填空
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一、语法填空 (共30题；共34分)
1. （1分）—How ________（be）you ?
—I ________（be）very well.
2. （1分） (2018六下·龙岗期末) —How much does John weigh?
—He________(weigh)45 kg.
3. （1分） They are ________(sing) in the tree.
4. （1分） ________ (not) run in the library.
5. （1分） I ________(go) to a party last night. It ________ (is) fun.
6. （1分） We ________ (have) any meat.
7. （1分） Amy likes ________（read）stories.
8. （1分） I am the________ (win) in this game.
9. （1分）—What do you like ________ (do)?
—I like ________ (write).
10. （1分） They ________（go）home by bus yesterday .
11. （2分） I saw the children ________ (play) in the park.
12. （1分） Alice wants ________ (write) a letter to her friend,Kitty.
13. （1分） Liu Xiang is good at ________ (run). He's a good runner.
14. （1分） There is a football ________ (match) now. My parents ________ (watch) on TV.
15. （2分）根据短文内容，将所给的词的恰当形式填入填在横线上。
Yesterday the Chinese cartoon Shaolin Kids was on TV. It began at 8 o'clock in the evening. Sam likes it very much. But he can't ________ (read) the time. So he ________ (ask) mum,"What's the time?" Mum told him it was two o'clock. After a while,Sam asked Dad. Dad told him it was 6 o'clock. Then Amy asked Sam to play together. Amy was a duck,and Sam was a train. They ________ (run) and played happily. At 8 o'clock,the film ________ (begin). Do you know what happened? Sam ________ (be) tired.
16. （1分）—Can________(you) father________(dive) ?
—Yes.
17. （1分） I ________(not go) to the party last weekend.
18. （2分） They are ________(teacher).
19. （1分） Sarah is the ________ (good) student in my school.
20. （1分）(2010·广州) Kitty is arriving on Sunday,the ________ (five) of January.
21. （1分） We can buy some________(postcard)in the post office.
22. （1分） My classroom is on ________(one) floor.
23. （2分） (2019五上·兴化期中) I have an animal friend. It's a dog. It has four ________ (foot)
24. （1分） The science museum________(open)at ten o'clock．
25. （1分） There ________ (be) a strong wind in the southeast.
26. （1分） (2017五下·上海期末) Alice can ________(have ) some milk in the morning.
27. （1分） ________ (wish) you happiness every day!
28. （1分） (2020六上·北京期末) (that) ________ coats are very cheap.
29. （1分） (2017五下·上海期末) There ________(be) a cake on the table. But now there ________(be) some biscuits.
30. （1分） (2019六上·福田期末) Clean water keeps us ________ (health).
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中考英语语法填空经典题型带答案经典 一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析） 1．He was ________ （mention） in the letter. 【答案】 mentioned 【解析】【分析】句意：他在这封信里被提到了。mention是及物动词，根据句子机构可知是被动语态，be已经给出，行为动词使用过去分词mentioned，故答案是mentioned。【点评】考查一般过去时，注意动词过去式的变化规则。 2．语法填空 Last night I went to a concert of Chinese folk music. ________ piece which was played on the echo especially moved me. I was made________（feel）sad and painful ________（strong）.The piece ________（name）Erquan Yingyue, but it was one of ________（move）pieces of music that I've ever heard. The echo sounded so sad ________ I almost cried along with it as I listened. Abing, ________ was a folk musician, wrote the music. He could play many musical ________（instrument） with his father's help. By age 17, he was known ________ his musical skills. Today, Abing's Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the greatest echo masters play and praise. It ________（become）one of China's national treasures. 【答案】 The；to feel；strongly；was named；the most moving；that；who；instruments；for；has become 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了作者对二泉映月这首曲子的感受和了解。 （1）句意：回声中播放的那首曲子尤其打动我。根据which was played on the echo可知做piece的后置定语，故piece表示特指用定冠词，位于句首首字母大写，故填The。（2）句意：我强烈地感到悲伤和痛苦。was made to do，固定搭配，被迫做，故填to feel。 （3）句意：我强烈地感到悲伤和痛苦。副词修饰动词feel，strongly，是副词，强烈地，故填strongly。 （4）句意：这首曲子叫二泉映月，但它是我听过的最动人的乐章之一。 name和piece是被动关系，描述过去用一般过去时，主语是piece名词单数故助动词是was，故填was。（5）句意：这首曲子叫二泉映月，但它是我听过的最动人的乐章之一。one of是最高级的标志，was是系动词其后是形容词，修饰物用ing结尾的形容词，故此处是moving是多音节单词，最高级是the most+moving的形式，故填the most moving。 （6）句意：回声听起来如此悲伤，我听着几乎要哭了。so...that，固定搭配，如此……以至于，引导结果状语从句，故填that。 （7）句意：阿炳是一名民间音乐家，他创作了这首音乐。定语从句中缺少主语指代人阿炳故用who，故填who。 （8）句意：在他父亲的帮助下，他可以演奏许多乐器。many修饰名词复数，故填instruments。 （9）句意：到17岁时，他的音乐技能已经广为人知。be known for，固定搭配，因……而出名，故填for。
广东茂名市2015高考英语语法填空和阅读系列练习（9） 语法填空。请按照语境以及括号里所给的词完成短文。答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置。 Dear Gill, Do you remember me telling you about a health farm I'd seen advertised? Well, I've looked at the ad again and I must say ____16___ looks fantastic. Now I'm hoping to persuade you to join me there for a weekend! The rooms you stay in sound really luxurious and apparently they all have an access ___17___ the gardens. All the meals are offered at a ____18___(reason) price and you can also get room service ____19____ you want. The brochure says that what you do is _____20____(entire) up to you. You can have program specially ___21____(design) to suit you, or you can just ask staff to make a few suggestions about activities to do. You can use ____22___ of the sports and leisure facilities for as much as you like, and the brochure also mentions lots of other activities every day. But don't worry, as nobody will watch you do anything, you could just spend the whole time ___23___(relax) n the sauna if you wanted! There's a terrific offer on at the moment with weekends costing only half the normal price although that only ____24___ certain dates. Anyway, let me know ____25___ you think. Best wishes Sue 【参考答案】语法填空： it 17.to 18.reasonable 19.whenever/if 20.entirely designed 22.my 23.relaxing 24.for 25.what 【甘肃省嘉峪关市一中2014模拟】 完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项. Yesterday, I met a delightful woman at a work event.As we talked, she told me about her 21 in Manila, Philippines. She spoke about the 22 her culture values their elders, and she explained that children are 23 from the time of birth to respect and 24 people older than themselves. It was 25 to hear that,so I enjoyed listening and learning. Here is her memory 26 I found so beautiful: When she was growing up, her father had three jobs to 27 his family. She said her dad never 28 , and though he worked very hard, he always had 29 for them. One day, her father was 30 at his full-time job. For several months, he was mailed temporary disability checks 31 he was recovering. When her father was able to return to his full-time job, he took all those disability 32 that were sent to him while he was recovering and handed them back to the 33 . He told them that he had two good legs and arms, and did not need this money. He told them to give the money to people who could not work, to people who 34 needed it. The woman telling the story was a little girl at that time. She had 35 her father that very day when he went back to his company 36 all those unopened checks. "My father is my
中考英语英语语法填空(及答案) 一、英语语法填空 1．阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。 Next time you hold a book in your hands, stop and think. Like most other things in the modern world, it is the result of thousands of years of human invention. First, came the invention of writing, ________(probable) .about 5, 500 years ago. With writing, people did not have to remember everything in their heads. They could communicate with people that they never________ (see) and share their knowledge with insure generations. Later, the Greeks were well-known for their literature (文学) and science, but their "books" looked very different ________the books of today. They were called scrolls (卷轴). They were difficult to use and took a lot of space in a library. About 2,000 years ago, books with lots of pages________ (invent). For more than a thousand years, the pages of books were made from animal skin. That changed in ________thirteenth century, when Europeans learned about a very ________(use) Chinese invention: paper. But the biggest change for books in Europe came in 1439, when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Before that, books in Europe were copied by hand, so they were very expensive. Many more people could afford the books ________were produced on a printing press. These days it is difficult ________(imagine) a world without books. But human invention does not stop. Every year, more________ (story) are bought as e-books and read on a screen. Will anyone turn the pages of a traditional book in the future, ________will books, like scrolls, soon disappear? 【答案】probably；saw；from；were invented；the；useful；that/which；to imagine；stories；or 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了书的历史。 （1）句意：首先，书写的发明可能在大约5500年前。副词修饰动词came，probable是形容词，probably是副词，故填probably。 （2）句意：他们可以与从未见过的人交流，并与保险公司的几代人分享他们的知识。根据5, 500 years ago可知时态是一般过去时，see的过去式是saw，故填saw。 （3）句意：后来，希腊人因他们的文学和科学而闻名，但是他们的“书”看起来和今天的书大不相同。be different from，固定搭配，与……不同，故填from。 （4）句意：大约2000年前，有很多页的书4被发明。根据2000年前是一般过去时，invent和pages是被动关系，主语是名词复数，故助动词是were，故填 were invented。（5）句意：这种情况在13世纪发生了变化，当时欧洲人了解到一项非常有用的中国发明，纸。根据thirteenth是序数词，其前是定冠词the，故填the。 （6）句意：这种情况在13世纪发生了变化，当时欧洲人了解到一项非常有用的中国发明，纸。invention是名词，其前是形容词，use是动词，useful是形容词，故填 useful。（7）句意：更多的人买得起印刷机上生产的书。定语从句缺少主语，指代先行词
小学六年级英语语法 一、基数词，序数词 序数词前一定要加“the”,序数词一般用于：①日期【the 号（序数词）of 月】②【第几…】③【名次】 二、动词 1. be动词（am/is/are） 主语be动词（原形）be动词（过去式） I am was He/she/it is was We/you/they are were 2.助动词（do/does/did） 问句答句 Do+非第三人称单数 ＋动词原形…? …do/don’t Does+第三人称单数 …does/doesn’t Did+所有主格 …did/didn’t 问句答句 What do you/they/we… +动词原形？ I/They/We+动词原形…。 What does he/she/it… He/She/It +(动词＋S)…. What did you/they/we/ he/she/it… I/They/We/ He/She/It +动词过去式。
3.情态动词（can,must,could,would,may,shall,would） 情态动词后面都跟动词原形 三、介词 ①in+月、年the morning/afternoon/evening/a week 表示时间②on+具体某一天（几月几日）/某个假期（…Day） ③at+具体某点时间、某个假期（…Festival）/the weekend ①in…street 表示方位②on…road/left/right ③at the…crossing/stop/某个具体的地点 ①in the tree(不是树上长出来的) ②on the tree(树上原来自己长出来的) 表示时间：①ago(……以前) la ter(……以后) ②before (在……以前) after(在……以后) 一、名词 1. 不可数名词:bread,juice,tea,coffee,water,chocolate,rice,paper(不可数名词相对应的be动词永远都是is/was) 2、名词复数规则 （1）．一般情况下，直接加-s，如：book-books, bag-bags, cat-cats, bed-beds (2)．以s. x. sh. ch结尾，加-es，如：bus-buses, box-boxes, brush-brushes, watch-watches (3)．以“辅音字母+y”结尾，变y为i, 再加-es，如：family-families, strawberry-strawberries (4)．以“f或fe”结尾，变f或fe为v, 再加-es，如：knife-knives
最新【初中英语】中考英语语法填空练习题人教版（word） 一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析） 1．He was ________ （mention） in the letter. 【答案】 mentioned 【解析】【分析】句意：他在这封信里被提到了。mention是及物动词，根据句子机构可知是被动语态，be已经给出，行为动词使用过去分词mentioned，故答案是mentioned。【点评】考查一般过去时，注意动词过去式的变化规则。 2．语法填空 Last night I went to a concert of Chinese folk music. ________ piece which was played on the echo especially moved me. I was made________（feel）sad and painful ________（strong）.The piece ________（name）Erquan Yingyue, but it was one of ________（move）pieces of music that I've ever heard. The echo sounded so sad ________ I almost cried along with it as I listened. Abing, ________ was a folk musician, wrote the music. He could play many musical ________（instrument） with his father's help. By age 17, he was known ________ his musical skills. Today, Abing's Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the greatest echo masters play and praise. It ________（become）one of China's national treasures. 【答案】 The；to feel；strongly；was named；the most moving；that；who；instruments；for；has become 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了作者对二泉映月这首曲子的感受和了解。 （1）句意：回声中播放的那首曲子尤其打动我。根据which was played on the echo可知做piece的后置定语，故piece表示特指用定冠词，位于句首首字母大写，故填The。（2）句意：我强烈地感到悲伤和痛苦。was made to do，固定搭配，被迫做，故填to feel。 （3）句意：我强烈地感到悲伤和痛苦。副词修饰动词feel，strongly，是副词，强烈地，故填strongly。 （4）句意：这首曲子叫二泉映月，但它是我听过的最动人的乐章之一。 name和piece是被动关系，描述过去用一般过去时，主语是piece名词单数故助动词是was，故填was。（5）句意：这首曲子叫二泉映月，但它是我听过的最动人的乐章之一。one of是最高级的标志，was是系动词其后是形容词，修饰物用ing结尾的形容词，故此处是moving是多音节单词，最高级是the most+moving的形式，故填the most moving。 （6）句意：回声听起来如此悲伤，我听着几乎要哭了。so...that，固定搭配，如此……以至于，引导结果状语从句，故填that。 （7）句意：阿炳是一名民间音乐家，他创作了这首音乐。定语从句中缺少主语指代人阿炳故用who，故填who。 （8）句意：在他父亲的帮助下，他可以演奏许多乐器。many修饰名词复数，故填instruments。 （9）句意：到17岁时，他的音乐技能已经广为人知。be known for，固定搭配，因……而出名，故填for。
语法填空专练 2013广东高考真题 One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 1 ( find ) that he had run out of salt.So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it; neither too much 2 too little.” His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I s houldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 3 not sav e a bit of money?” “That would be a very 4 ( reason ) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like our s,” Nick said. Nick’s guests, 5 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 6 a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 7 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.” “But such a small thing couldn’t 8 ( possible ) destroy a village.” “In the beginning, there was only 9 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 10 ( think ) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.” 2012广东高考真题 Mary will ever forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day,__1_____( wear ) sun glasses. He walked in as if he __2____(buy) the school , And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City . For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt __3___ (please), because there were many empty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn’t her, it was probably the fact that she sat in __4___last row.
【英语】中考英语语法填空试题集经典 一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析） 1．阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 Strangely enough, some inventions are lost ________ people can't imagine their ________ （valuable）. A use may need to be "invented" along with the invention. An example is the fax machine. The technology for faxing ________ （invent）in the 1800s. It took more than one hundred years, however, for the fax to be seen as useful. In 1843 Alexander Bain invented a machine to ________ （electrical）transmit（传输）writing. At first, it was considered ________ （use）since few people thought there was ________ need for transmitting writing over ________ （wire）. Eventually the value of the invention was realized, and it was improved ________ office use. By the 1980s, the fax machine became a piece of standard ________ （equip）in offices. The reason is ________it can very quickly transmit written documents. Who knows how many other inventions just need to be recognized as valuable? 【答案】because；value；was invented；electrically；useless；a/any；wires；for；equipment；that 【解析】【分析】主要讲了一些发明因为人们不能想象它们的价值而失去，列举传真机器的发明来说明这点。 （1）句意：足够奇怪的是，因为人们不能想象它们的价值，所以一些发明消失了。后句表示原因，所以用because；形容词修物主代词修饰名词，their它们的，形容词修物主代词，所以后面用形容词valuable的名词value，不可数名词，故填because，value。 （2）句意：传真的科技在19世纪被发明。invent发明，实义动词，主语technology是动作invent的承受者，时态是一般过去时，所以用一般过去时的被动语态，结构是was/were+动词过去分词，主语technology是不可数名词，所以用was，invent的过去分词是invented，故填was invented。 （3）句意：1843年，亚历山大贝恩发明了一种电子传输文字的机器。electrical电子的，形容词，副词修饰实义动词，transmit传输，实义动词，所以用副词electrically，电子地，故填electrically。 （4）句意：起初，它被认为是无用的，因为很少有人认为有必要通过电线传输文字。be considere形容词，表示被认为怎么样，固定搭配，根据后文可知传真的作用后来才被认可，所以起初被认为是无用的，use使用，实义动词，其形容词是useless，无用的；原因是很少人认为有必要，few表示否定，所以用a/any；wire，电线，可数名词，前面没有表示单数的a或者one，所以用复数wires，故填useless；a/any；wires。 （5）句意：最终，这项发明的价值得以实现，并被改进为办公用途。为了办公用途才被改进，所以用for，为了，故填for。 （6）句意：到了20世纪80年代，传真机已成为办公室的标准设备。equip，装备，实义动词，形容词修饰名词，standard，标准的，形容词，所以用equip的名词equipment，设备，不可数名词，故填equipment。 （7）句意：原因是它能很快地传送书面文件。the reason is that...，原因是……，固定搭
六年级语法总复习 一、词汇 （一）一般过去时态 一般过去时态表示在过去的某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态，常和表示过去的时间状语连用。例如yesterday, last weekend ,last Saturday ,等连用。基本句型：主语+动词的过去式+其他。例句——What did you do last weekend?你上周做什么了？ ——I played football last weekend.我踢足球了。 ★规则动词过去式的构成 ⒈一般在动词原形末尾加-ed。例如：play—played ⒉词尾是e的动词直接加-d。例如：dance—danced ⒊末尾只有一个辅音字母的重读闭音节词，先双写这个辅音字母，再加-ed。例如stop（停止）--stopped ⒋结尾是“辅音字母+y”的动词，变“y”为“i”，再加-ed，例如：study--studied ★一些不规则变化的动词过去式 am/is—was are—were go—went swim—swam fly—flew do—did have—had say—said see—saw take—took come—came become—became get—got draw—drew hurt—hurt read—read tell—told will—would eat—ate take—took make—made drink—drank sleep(睡觉)—slept cut（切）--cut sit(坐)—sat begin(开始)—began think—thought find—found run(跑)---ran buy—bought win—won give(给)—gave sing—sang leave—left hear（听）--heart wear—wore （二）一般现在时态 一般现在时态表示包括现在时间在内的一段时间内经常发生的动作或存在的状态，表示习惯性或客观存在的事实和真理。常与often ,always ,usually ,sometimes ,every day等连用。基本句型分为两种情况： ●主语（非第三人称）+动词原形+其他。例句：——What do you usually do on the weekend?——I usually do my homework on the weekend. ●主语（第三人称）+动词的第三人称单数形式+其他。例句： ——What does Sarah usually do on the weekend?萨拉通常在周末干什么？ ——She usually does her homework on the weekend.她通常在周末做她的家庭作业。 ★动词第三人称单数形式的变化规则 ⒈一般直接在动词词尾加-s.例如：play—plays ⒉以s ,x ,ch,sh结尾的动词加-es。例如：watch—watches ⒊以辅音字母加y结尾的动词，变y为i，再加es,例如：fly—flies ⒋个别不规则变化动词，需单独记忆，例如：do—does go—goes （三）现在进行时态 现在进行时态表示说话人现在正在进行的动作。基本句型：主语+be+动词的-ing+其他。 例如:——What are you doing ?你在干什么？ ——I am doing my homework..我正在做作业。 ★动词现在分词的变化规则 ⒈一般直接在词尾加ing ，例如;wash—washing ⒉以不发音e字母结尾的动词，去掉e ,再加ing.例如：make—making ⒊末尾只有一个辅音字母的重读闭音节词，要双写最后一个辅音字母再加ing.例如swim—swimming （四）一般将来时态 一般将来时态表示将来某一时间或某一段时间内发生的动作或存在的状态。常与表示将来的时间如tomorrow ,next weeken ,this afternoon 等连用。我们通常用will,be going to+动词原形来表示一般将来时态。
中考英语语法填空知识点(大全)经典 一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析） 1．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 About ten years ago when I was at university, I worked at my university's museum. One day ________ I was working in the gift shop, I saw two old people come ________ with a little girl in a wheelchair （轮椅）. As I looked closer ________ this girl, I realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and body. She was ________ （wear） a little white dress. When the old people pushed her up to me, I was looking down at the desk. I turned my head and gave ________ （she） a smile. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, ________ （happy） smile I had ever seen. Just at that ________ , her physical handicap （生理缺陷）was gone. All I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just impressed me ________ almost gave me a completely new idea of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy university student and brought me into her world, a world of smiles and love. That was ten years ago. I'm a ________ （success） business person now and whenever I feel frustrated and think about the trouble of the world, I will think of that little girl and the unusual lesson about life that she ________ （teach） me. 【答案】when/while；in；at；wearing；her；the happiest；time/moment；and；successful；taught 【解析】【分析】文章大意：大学期间遇到的一个坐轮椅的小女孩，她的可爱的乐观的微笑改变了我的人生观。十多年以来，她的微笑始终激励着我。 （1）句意：有一天，我在礼品店工作时，看到两个老人带着一个坐轮椅的小女孩进来。分析句式结构可知，I was working in the gift shop是一个时间状语从句，要用when或while 来引导；第一空格故填when或while；因I was working in the gift shop，因此two old people需要进来，我才能看到。固定短语come in，进来，第二个空格故填in。（2）句意：当我走近这个女孩时，我发现她没有胳膊或腿，只有头、脖子和身体。根据后面语句I realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and body. 可知，我近距离地看到了这个小女孩。固定短语look at，看到，故填at。 （3）句意：她穿着一件白色的小裙子。wear，穿，动词，根据前面的was可知，此句要用过去进行时，故填wearing。 （4）句意：我转过头对她笑了笑。she，人称代词主格，她；固定短语give sb. sth.给某人某物，人称代词作give的宾语要用宾格，故填her。 （5）句意：她给了我一个我所见过的最可爱、最快乐的微笑。happy，开心，快乐。根据语句中的the cutest与I had ever seen可知此空要用最高级，故填the happiest。 （6）句意：就在那时，她的生理缺陷消失了。固定短语at that time，at that moment，在那时，故填time或moment。 （7）句意：我看到的只是一个美丽的女孩，她的微笑给我留下了深刻的印象，几乎让我对生活的意义有了全新的认识。分析句式结构impressed me与almost gave me a，……是小
广东高考英语语法填空专题训练语法填空（每篇共10小题；每小题1.5分，每篇满分15分） 阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空， 并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为1—10的相应位置。 Passage (1) Cars are too expensive for many people around the world to own. Not only that, many cities are already full of traffic, and many country areas have rough roads. So 1 do people travel those distances that are too far to walk? They use public transportation. If you ride the subway or bus 2 you live, you can appreciate some of the benefits of public transportation. With many people 3 (share) one bus or train, there is less traffic and, more 4 （importance）, less pollution. Which of the types of mass transit 5 (describe) below are you familiar with? If a regular bus can hold dozens of people, imagine what a bus 6 (two) the size can hold! In Great Britain, there are many buses that are known as double-deckers (cars with two floors). Buses in Haiti are often very crowded. It’s not 7 (common) for passengers to actually sit on the rooftops. Buses are sometimes called “tap-taps”, because the 8 (ride) on the roof tap（敲击）when they want to be dropped off. Many large cities around the world take advantage of the space beneath the streets and run underground trains. People in Paris, Mexico City and Tokyo may use the subway system to get to school, to work, or to visit friends in other 9 (neighbor). Both the Japanese and French have developed High-speed trains to link various cities. While electric trains in North America average 130 kph, the French TGV (high-speed-train) is the world’s fastest, 10 (average) over 270 kph! Passage (2) Australia, the last continent, was discovered by ships 1 (belong) to some European nations in the seventeenth century. These nations were 2 (little) interested in changing it into a colony than in 3 (explore) it. As in the early history of the United States, it was the English 4 set up the settlements in Australia. This history and the geography of these two British colonies have some other things in common as well. Australia and the United States are about the same in size, and their western lands are both not rich 5 soil. It was on the eastern coast of Australia and America that the English first settled, and both colonies soon began to develop towards the west. However, this westward 6 (move) took place 7 because the English were searching for better land than the population was increasing. Settlements of the west part of both countries developed quickly after gold 8 (discover) in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later. Although the development of these two countries has a lot in common, there are some 9 (strike) differences as well. The United States gained its independence from England by revolution while Australia won its independence without having to go to war. Australia, 10 (like) the United States, was firstly turned into a colony by English prisoners and its economic development was in wheat growing and sheep raising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the United States. Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world.