Unit 6 At one with nature 课文语法填空-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

语法填空（课文改编） B1U6 At one with nature Passage 1 Longji Rice Terraces Imagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining 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 colours of the Longji Rice Terraces. These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people,______ whom Guangxi is home. Starting in then Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its ____________(complete) in the early Qing Dynasty. Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often _____ the bottom to the very top. So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn entire mountains ____________ 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 plenty of rain, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. The flat terraces catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from ___________(wash) away. But perhaps what is most significant is the way in which people have worked in harmony _____ nature to make these terraces and grow rice.The terraces are _______(clever) designed, with hundreds of waterways that connect with 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 into vapour. This form s clouds from which rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again. These terraces also provide a perfect environment___________ birds and fish, some of which 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 local people for whom traditions hold much value. This knowledge is passed down through families, which means that n