1、专题限时训练(八)说明文型语法填空(限时：每篇5分钟)AWeChat was launched on Jan. 12, 2011, and took more than a year 1._ (draw) 100 million users. By September，2012, it 2._ (reach) the 200 million mark, Tencent said.“The number of people 3._ (use) WeChat, a voicemessaging service developed by the Internet giant Tencent Hold
2、ings, has hit 300 million in less than two years 4._ the service was released，” the Shenzhenbased company said on Wednesday.“The 300 million number is 5._ milestone for WeChat, and we hope the service will be ready to perform 6._ the global stage in 2013，” Pony Ma, Tencent chairman and chief executi
3、ve officer, said on his microblog on Wednesday morning.The function of WeChat is very similar to the text messaging and voice call services7._are provided by telecom carriers. Late last year saw the 8._ (introduce) of an English version of WeChat in a bid to draw more international users. Tencent ha
4、s released versions in Arabic, Italian, Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai.Tencent said it is 9._(most) pursuing its expansion plans in emerging Asian markets. It said the company finds10._easier to reach its goals in such places, in part because they have cultures that are similar to Chinas.BNearly all
5、of us have dreamed about winning the big prize in a lottery(彩票)We dream about 1._ we would do with the money, but we rarely stop to think about how the money would change us.For most of us, our way of life is closely linked 2._ our economic circumstances. The different parts of 3._ (we) lives fit to
6、gether like a jigsaw(拼板)work, home, friends, hobbies, and sports make up our world. 4._ sudden fortune would change it all and break the jigsaw. For example, most people like the idea 5._ not having to work, but winners have found that without work there is no reason to get up in the morning. It see
7、ms great 6._ (move) to a bigger house in a wealthy area, 7._ if you do that, you leave old friends behind.Usually, winners 8._ (advise) not to publicize their address and phone number, but begging letters still arrive. 9._ they are not careful, most of their money will be spent on the 10._ (protect)
8、 of their homes and swimming pools and their sanity!CThe 2，298kilometre BeijingGuangzhou Highspeed Railway 1._ (official) opened to passengers on December 26，2012. It is the worlds longest highspeed rail route. The 2._ (design)speed of the track is 350 km/h, though speeds during the initial period o
9、f operation will be limited to about 300 km/h. The new route cuts the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou 3._ almost two thirds, from 22 hours to roughly eight hours.On December 1, 2012，not long before the opening of the BeijingGuangzhou Highspeed Railway, the HarbinDalian Highspeed Railway, 4
10、._ first highspeed line ever to cross land that lies frozen for almost half a year, began operations, 5._ allows passengers to appreciate the view off the coast from Dalian in the morning, 6._ the winter snowscape of frosty Harbin in the afternoon.At present the total 7._ of highspeed lines in China
11、 8._ (reach)9，349 km. With four main lines 9._ (run) eastwest and four northsouth, the countrys highspeed train network is the worlds largest. China plans to expand 10._ highspeed railway network to 50，000 km by 2020, to cover almost all large and mediumsized cities.DSome say that madness and genius
12、 (天才) often come hand in hand. This is especially true of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.Van Gogh is famous for1._amazing use of colour and shape. Born in 1853, he was painting at a time when art was changing. A long time ago, artists tried to make their paintings look real, like photographs.2._
13、later on, art became more about the artists own ideas. If you see a Van Gogh, it wont look like the real world. It will look even3._(beautiful)Some of Van Goghs most famous paintings are of natural scenes and flowers, such as Sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful selfportraits (自画像), 4._ brough
14、t him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a great gift for painting, however, he was a5._(trouble) man. At one point, he cut off his own ear.Van Gogh is now one of the worlds most famous artists. But he died at the age of 37, alone and poor. Almost6._knew or cared about his art at that time. Although he was
15、 a great genius, he suffered7._(great). Some say that his madness was8._he paid for his art.Actually, if Van Gogh9._(die) at the age of twenty, no one would have connected him with failure or mental illness. Instead he would have been remembered by those close to him10._a dutiful son. EThe long hist
16、ory of the Chinese knot dates back to ancient times and 1._ people first used knots for fastening, wrapping, hunting and fishing. The knot was developed 2._ an art form during the Tang (618907 AD) and Song (9601279) dynasties and later popularized in the Ming and Qing Dynasty (13681911 AD). One majo
17、r characteristic of decorative knot work is 3._ all the knots are tied using one thread, when 4._ (finish), the knot looks identical from both the front and back. They can come in a variety of colours such as: gold, green, blue or black. 5._， the most commonly used colour is red. This is because 6._
18、 symbolizes good luck and prosperity.Crafting the Chinese knot is 7._ threestep process, which involves tying, tightening and adding. There are many different shapes of Chinese knots, 8._ (offer) blessings of happiness, love and good luck.In Chinese, “knot” means reunion, friendliness, 9._ (warm), l
19、ove, etc. Up to now, the art of the Chinese knot 10._ (use) in necklaces, buttons and even hangings for cars or mobile phones. FThere are fiftytwo cards in an ordinary deck. A deck of cards can be arranged in just about 80，66010，032 ways. And if each deck, 1._ (arrange) in different ways, weighed on
20、ly as much as a single hydrogen atom(the lightest atom), all the decks together 2._ (weigh) a billion times as much as the sun.The design of the king found on all standard playingcard decks has, with slight changes, remained the same for three centuries. 3._ is believed to be based on a painting of
21、the English ruler Charles I (16001649). The picture of the queen is 4._ more doubtful origin, 5._ some think it was taken from 6._ early painting of Queen Elizabeth I. Over the centuries, cards have been put to strange uses, some of 7._ sound incredible nowadays. Playingcards, for example, became th
22、e first paper money of Canada 8._ the French governor, in 1685, employed cards to pay off some war debts. In 1765, the year of the Stamp Act, the University of Pennsylvania used cards for class admission. The students without cards were kept outside. The French Revolution was wellknown for the fact
23、9._ the quantity of food was 10._ (extreme) in short supply. During that period, Napoleon ordered that people could get limited food according to how many cards a family had. GOne of the many things we take for granted in the twentieth century is the speedy collection and delivery of letters to and
24、from all parts of the world at 1._ (astonish) cheap rates.A husband away 2._ a business trip can write home to his wife two thousand miles away knowing that the letter will reach 3._ in a few days. His special airletter may cost him less than a loaf of bread 4._ his own bus fare to work.This service
25、, however, is a favour of comparatively recent origin. Until modern times, the cost of sending letters privately was so great that the 5._ (arrive) of a letter was a considerable event and might even cost financial hardship to the receiver 6._ had to bear the charges. 7._ the Middle Ages on，there we
26、re indeed special messengers 8._ (carry) state correspondence, and other messengers employed to travel with between the great monasteries or the great merchants houses, but for centuries there was no official post service by which private letters could be sent. It was not until 1840 9._ the official
27、 organization known as the Penny Post 10._ (establish) in Great Britain and gave ordinary people cheap and efficient postal deliveries.HThe Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival 1._ (mark) by eat
28、ing zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.Qu was a minister of the State of Chu 2._ (situate) in the presentday Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period(战国时期). He was upright, loyal and highly respected.
29、 3._， he was dismissed from office. 4._ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were 5._ (able) to recover his body. The people of Chu 6._ mourned Qus death threw rice i
30、nto the river to feed his ghost 7._ year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile(爬行动物)in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised 8._ to wrap the rice and bind it9._ throwing it into the river. During the Duanwu Festiva
31、l, zong zi is eaten to symbolize(象征，表示) the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragonboat races symbolize 10._ many attempts to rescue and recover Qus body.专题限时训练(八)A1to draw 2.had reached 3.using 4.since 5.a 6on 7.that/which 8.introduction 9.mostly 10.it B1what 2.to/with 3.our 4.A 5.of 6to move 7.but 8.
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