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B3U2 单元词汇练习
Ⅰ.语篇填空
A
The Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City, is 1.________(locate) in the center of Beijing. It covers 2.________ area of 720,000 square meters. There are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the 3.________(large) and most complete ancient wooden structures in the world. In 1406, Zhu Di, the 4.________(three) emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ordered the 5.________(construct) of a royal palace in the new capital Beijing. Fourteen years later, this palace was ready and started 6.________(it) service to the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The last emperor of China, Pu Yi, moved out 7.________ the palace in the 1920s. After the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, the new government had the Palace Museum 8.________(repair) , but the major parts of the Palace Museum remained 9.________ they were. It was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1987 and 10. ________ (become) a national tourist attraction now. The Palace Museum in Beijing is praised as the first of the five major palaces in the world now.
B
Last Friday, a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories1. (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged 2. their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were 3. (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt.Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tang, said that the storm began early 4. the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“ I 5. (eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later, our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best 6. (climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was 7. (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe 8. very frightened.”
Ms. Woo Mei-fong said that her husband had just