必修一 Unit 6 课文挖空及答案 - 2023-2024年高一英语课文挖空词汇基础训练（新教材外研版）

必修一 Unit 6 课文挖空练习 1.Understanding ideas Longji Rice Terraces Imagine mountains (warp) in silver water, (shine) in the spring sun. Summer sees the mountains turn bright green with growing rice. During autumn, these same mountains are gold, and in winter they (cover) in sheets of white frost. These are the (colour)of the Longji Rice Terraces. These terraces (build) by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home. Starting in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its completion in the early Qing Dynasty. Reaching （目之所及) these terraces cover tall mountains, often from （从顶部到最顶端）. So why did these people （竭尽所能做某事）turn the entire mountains into terraces? Firstly, there are few large, flat areas of land in the region. (build) the terraces therefore meant that they could increase the areas in which they could grow rice. Secondly, although the region has （大量的）rain, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. The flat terraces （汲取雨水）and （防止土壤被冲刷掉）. But perhaps (最重要的是) is the way in which people have worked in harmony with nature (make)these terraces and grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, with hundreds of waterways that （与……相连接）each other. During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. The sun heats the water and turns it vapour.This forms clouds from which rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again. These terraces also provide a perfect environment birds and fish, some of feed on insects that can harm the rice crops. Although modern technology could help produce more crops, these terraces still mean a lot to the people for whom traditions hold much value. This knowledge