（1）句意：它因向一侧倾斜而著名。根据句意可知，这里的倾斜指塔本身的倾斜，使用与主语一致的物主代词its，故答案是its。
（2）句意：位于比萨大教堂的后面的斜塔成为了意大利的象征。我们知道它已经成为了意大利的象征了，因此使用现在完成时，现在完成时的结构是have/has+过去分词。主语the tower为第三人称单数，助动词使用has，故答案是has become。
（3）句意：它是比萨大教堂广场最古老的建筑之一。oldest为形容词最高级，形容词最高级前使用定冠词the，故答案是the。
（4）句意：塔不是设计的时候就是斜的，但是因为人们把它建筑在软的土地上，慢慢地就向一边倾斜。一开始设计的不是斜的，现在成为斜的了，与设计本身不符，因此使用转折词but连接，故答案是but。
（5）句意：即使人们因为倾斜不认为这是成功的建筑，但是它却在历史上赢得了特殊的地位。success作定语修饰building，因此使用形容词successful，故答案是successful。（6）句意：这座塔也曾被意大利科学家伽利略用来做实验。call以及后面的Galileo Galilei 作后置定语修饰scientist，意思为被叫做，因此使用过去分词called，故答案是called。（7）句意：每年，成百万的人游客聚集在塔前拍着经典照片，假装支撑着它，或者把它推倒。millions of固定短语，成百万的，故答案是millions。
（8）句意：塔顶有七个钟。bell钟，可数名词，根据seven可知应使用复数形式，故答案是bells。
（9）句意：然而，如果你在满月的时候去看斜塔，它看起来很迷人。本句为一般性的叙述，应使用一般现在时，主语the tower是第三人称单数，谓语使用三单形式looks，故答案是looks。
（10）句意：当你计划参观比萨斜塔时，被忘了欣赏附近其他的风光。plan to do sth.计划做某事，固定搭配，故答案是to visit。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍，检查验证。
4．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In Britain you aren't allowed ________ （drive） a car until you are seventeen. You have to get a special driving license ________ you can drive, When you're learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car ________ you. You aren't allowed to drive the car on the road alone.
You don't have to go to a driving school. A friend can teach you. The person who teaches you
isn't allowed to take money ________ the lesson unless he has got a teacher s license.
You have to take a ________ （drive） test to have a full license. If you don't pass the test, you will be allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970, a woman passed her ________ （forty）test after 212 driving lessons! When you have passed your test, you are allowed to go on driving as long ________ you like, if you are ________ （health）. Britain's ________ （old） driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100. Before 1904, everyone was allowed to drive, even ________ （child）. From then on car drivers must have licenses.【答案】 to drive；before；with；for；driving；fortieth；as；healthy；oldest；children 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了英国在开车上路之前考取驾照的情况。
（1）句意：在英国，直到17岁你才被允许开车。be allowed to do，固定搭配，允许做某事，故此处是不定式，故填 to drive。
（2）句意：你必须得到一张特殊的驾驶执照才能开车。根据常识，开车前要考驾照，之前before，故填before。
（3）句意：当你学习的时候，一个有驾照的人总是必须在你的车里和你在一起。根据has to be in the car可知是和某人在车里，是介词，with，故填with。
（4）句意：除非有教师执照，否则教你的人不允许为了钱上课。for，介词表示目的，为了，故填for。
（5）句意：必须参加驾驶考试才能获得驾照。test是名词其前是形容词，此处是动名词做定语，表示用途，故填driving。
（6）句意：1970年，一名女子经过212节驾驶课，通过了第40次考试！根据限定词her 可知此处是序数词，forty是基数词，fortieth是序数词，故填fortieth。
（7）句意：如果你健康，当你通过考试后，只要你喜欢你可以继续驾驶。as long as，固定搭配，只要，故填as。
（8）句意：如果你健康，当你通过考试后，只要你喜欢你可以继续驾驶。are系动词后是形容词，health是名词，healthy是系动词，故填healthy。
（9）句意：英国最老的司机是1974年100岁时开车的人。driver是名词其前是形容词，此处根据100岁可知是最老的司机，用形容词最高级，故填oldest。
（10）句意：1904年以前，每个人都被允许开车，甚至是小孩。此处是名词复数表示泛指，child的复数是children，故填children。
【点评】考查语法填空，注意非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。
5．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。
An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for sale, but most of it was very cheap. The ________ （cheap） thing has a basket of red fruit.
"How much per kilo?" the old man ________ （ask）.
"Two rupees （卢比）," the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing, ________ the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.
However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began ________ （burn）, his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as red ________ the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to
breathe, he jumped up and ________, screaming: "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
And yet he continued to eat the fruit. Some people who were looking at him shook their ________ （head） and said, "You are crazy! Those are chili peppers （辣椒）!You can't just eat them by the handful!"
The old man said to ________ （he）,"I paid for them, so I must eat them."
This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we so much smarter? All of us have ________ （spend）money and time on something-maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job-and sometimes, even if we know there's no hope that things will change, we still continue with it. What we can learn ________ the old man is this: if you've lost a lot over something that doesn't work, let it go and move on. It's better than continuing to lose.
【答案】cheapest；asked；so；to burn /burning；as；down；heads；himself；spent；from
【解析】【分析】文章大意：这篇短文主要讲述了一个人因为贪便宜，买了一些根本不能作为水果的辣椒。结果因为舍不得自己花的那些钱，坚持把它们吃完的故事。从而告诉我们放弃某些东西比继续损失要好。
（1）句意：最便宜的东西有一篮子红水果。cheap，便宜。根据上文语句but most of it was very cheap. 提示可知，此句应该用最高级，故填cheapest。
（2）句意：“每公斤多少钱？”老人问。ask，询问，由语句 An old man went to India. 提示可知此句要用一般过去时，故填asked。
（3）句意：所以这位老人买了整整一公斤，开始吃。语句the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.是Two rupees in India is almost nothing, 的结果，故填so。（4）句意：然而，他一开始吃东西，嘴巴就开始燃烧。burn，燃烧；固定结构begin to do sth，开始做某事，故填to burn/burning。
（5）句意：整个脸变得像水果一样红。固定结构as…as，与……一样，故填as。
（6）句意：他跳上跳下，尖叫着：“啊！啊！“啊！”固定短语，jump up and down，跳上跳下，故填down。
（7）句意：有些人看着他，摇摇头说：“你疯了！head，头，因前面some people，要用复数形式，故填heads。
（8）句意：老人自言自语道：“我付了钱，所以我必须吃。”固定短语，say to oneself，因主语是he，故填himself。
（9）句意：我们所有人都把时间和金钱花在了一些事情上。spend，花费，动词。因前面有助动词have，其后要用过去分词，故填spent。
（10）句意：我们可以从这位老人身上学到的是……。固定短语，learn from sb，向某人学习，故填from。
【点评】考查语法填空。通读全文理解大意，然后根据上下文或者所给单词的提示对所缺部分进行逐一解答。
6．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）.
