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                                                                                       Water

【*】Fromthebeginning,waterhasfurnishedmanwithasourceoffoodandahighwaytotr avelupon.Thefirstcivilization___1___(arise)wherewaterwasadominantelementintheenvironment,achallengeto___2___(man)ingenuity.TheEgyptiansinventedthe365-daycalendarinresponsetotheNilesannual___3___(flood).TheBabylonians,whowereamongthemostfamouslawmakersinancienttimes,inventedlawsregulatingwaterusage.Water___4___(inspire)theChinesetobuilda1000-milecanal,acomplexsystemwhich,afternearly2,500years,remainsstill___5___(practical)inuseandstillcommandstheastonishmentofengineer.Buttheancientsneverfoundcomplete___6___(solution)totheirwaterproblems.TheYellowRiverisalso___7___(know)as"china'sSorrow;itissounpredictable and___8___(danger)thatinasinglefloodithascausedamilliondeaths.FloodsslowedthegreatcivilizationoftheIndusRiverValley,and___9___(adequate)drainageruinedmuchofitsland.Todaywaterdominatesmanasitalwayshasdone.Its___10___(present)continuestogovernthelocationofhishomesandcities.

答案及解析：1.本句应为一般过去时,因此应用arise的一般过去式arose。2.名词所有格可以做定语,此处指的是“人类的独创性”,所以要用man的所有格形式。3.food也可以做名词,意为洪水。但是此处应是指洪水泛滥的情况,所以可用其ing的名词形式,意为泛滥。4.译文:水激发了中国人民建造了一条一千米的运河。跟据具体情况分析,本句应为一般过去时,所以Inspire要在词尾加-d。5. inuse为介词十动词短语的形式,前面应用副词修饰,所以填入practical的副词形式practically。6.因没有冠词或其他修饰语出现,此处应填入solution的复数形式。7.beknownas意为以……而闻名,为固定结构。8.此处应填入形容词形式与unpredictable 词性一致。danger为名词,其形容词为dangerous。9.译文:……而且不适当的排水系统也毁坏了很多的土地。此处应填入adequate的反义词,在其前面加前缀in-后变为inadequate,意为不适当的、不恰当的,符合题意。10.形容词性物主代词后应为名词形式,因此应填入present的名词形式presence。