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一、(2017·湖北宜昌)

1. 共享单车的使用人数今年有望达到五千万。(number)

____________________ Shared bike users is expected to reach 50 million this year.

2. 中国天舟一号货运飞船长10.6米长。可载重 6.5顿。(meter)

China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft is 10.6____________________ and carries up to 6.5 tons of cargo.

3. 所有的乘客都下了车，去帮助那位老人。(get)

All the passengers ____________________ to help the old man.

4. 烧煤的工厂排出的大量黑烟还在污染空气。(pollute)

Factories that burn coal still __________________ with a lot of black smoke.

5. “一带一路”以很快的速度增进了国家间的交流。(way)

The Bell and Road has increased the communication among the countries ____________________.

二、(2017·山东淄博)

1. 据说飞行汽车不久将会飞上蓝天。

________ ________ ________ that flying cars will appear in the sky very soon.

2. 学校在教育中起着最为重要的作用。

Schools ________ the most important ________ ________ education.

3. 暑假我想去有趣的地方参观。

I would ________ to visit ________ interesting in the summer vacation.

4. 一个人读书越多就会变得越聪明。

________________________________________________________________________.

三、(2017·四川宜宾)

1. 我们一直忙于准备今天的考试。

We are________preparing for________exam all the time.

2. 直到中考结束，李雷才轻松下来。

Li Lei________relax himself________the entrance to high school exam ends.

3. 在中国只有一个孩子的夫妇被允许再生一个孩子。

A couple________have only one child are allowed to have________second baby in China.

4. 现在越来越多的人选择了共享单车去上班而不是开车去上班。

Bike sharing________ ________instead of driving to work by more and more people now.

5. “一带一路”是东西方之间交流合作的象征。

The Belt and Road is the symbol of communication and cooperation________ the East________ the West.

四、(2017·新疆乌鲁木齐)

1. 在许多大城市共享单车能使人们自由地到处旅行又无污染。

In many big cities，________ bikes can make people travel around freely without ________.

2. 一架海南航空公司的客机于2016年7月13日在渚碧礁新建机场成功地着陆并返航。

A plane from Hainan Airlines ________ ________ and flew back at the newly-built airport of Zhubi Reefs on July 13th,2016.

3. 毫无疑问，在南海采集可燃冰将给中国提供大量的清洁能源。

There is no doubt that collecting the flammable ice at South China Sea will ________ China

with a large amount of ________ energy.

4. 由中国建设的肯尼亚蒙内铁路于2017年5月30日开通运行，它开启了非洲的世纪梦想。

Mombasa-Narobi Railway Line in Kenya was built by China and put into use on May 30th,2017 and it started the ________ century ________.

5. 每一个中国人都应该记住4月15日是国家安全日。

Every Chinese should ________ that the National ________ Day is on April 15th.

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