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必修一Unit6课文挖空练习

1.Understandingideas

LongjiRiceTerraces

Imaginemountains(warp)insilverwater,(shine)inthespringsun.Summerseesthemountainsturnbrightgreenwithgrowingrice.Duringautumn,thesesamemountainsaregold,andinwinterthey(cover)insheetsofwhitefrost.Thesearethe(colour)oftheLongjiRiceTerraces.

Theseterraces(build)bythelocalZhuangandYaopeople,towhomGuangxiishome.StartingintheYuanDynasty,workontheterracestookhundredsofyears,untilitscompletionintheearlyQingDynasty.Reaching（目之所及)theseterracescovertallmountains,oftenfrom（从顶部到最顶端）.

Sowhydidthesepeople（竭尽所能做某事）turntheentiremountainsintoterraces?Firstly,therearefewlarge,flatareasoflandintheregion.(build)theterracesthereforemeantthattheycouldincreasetheareasinwhichtheycouldgrowrice.Secondly,althoughtheregionhas（大量的）rain,themountainsaresteepandthesoilisshallow.Theflatterraces（汲取雨水）and（防止土壤被冲刷掉）.

Butperhaps(最重要的是)isthewayinwhichpeoplehaveworkedinharmonywithnature(make)theseterracesandgrowrice.Theterracesarecleverlydesigned,withhundredsofwaterwaysthat（与……相连接）eachother.Duringtherainyseason,itisalongthesewaterwaysthatrainwatermovesdownthemountainsandintotheterraces.Thesunheatsthewaterandturnsitvapour.Thisformscloudsfromwhichrainfallsdownontothemountainterracesonceagain.Theseterracesalsoprovideaperfectenvironmentbirdsandfish,someoffeedoninsectsthatcanharmthericecrops.

Althoughmoderntechnologycouldhelpproducemorecrops,theseterracesstillmeanalottothepeopleforwhomtraditionsholdmuc