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东阳二中2015年下期高三期中考英语卷 自选模块：题号 06 填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式，并将序号及相应的答案写在答题纸上。 In 1535, the Bishop of Panama was traveling from Panama to Peru. His ship was becalmed for some days. The strong ocean currents carried his ship over five hundred miles ① course. There, right on the equator, they found a group of black rocky islands, ② he said were uninviting. For the next few hundred years, people mostly agreed with his assessment. In 1832 the islands were taken by Ecuador. The Ecuadorian government made several unsuccessful attempts to settle the island. The settlers were very unhappy with the very ③ living conditions. Because of the very interesting wildlife there, in 1972, UNESCO named the Galapagos Islands as World Heritage Site. There are some 280 such sites around the world, designated such because they have outstanding universal significance. UNESCO is still very active there, where they operate a research station. They ④ make rules for the tourists, who could destroy the delicate flora and fauna .very easily. Only certain numbers of people are allowed ⑤ (visit ) the islands at one time, they must be with a guide, and they must stay on the designated pathways. Pirates hid out there, and passing whalers stopped there to collect up tortoises They found that the giant tortoises could stay alive for weeks in their ships, and so provide fresh meat ⑥ the crews. Eventually the islands were named the Galapagos Islands, meaning turtles. There are many funny stories of unsuspecting stevedores who came upon a forgotten tortoise in the dark depths of a ship docked in London. Tortoises are terrestrial turtles, _ ⑦ (belong) to the lizard family. They have been around for a long time. Scientists think that they have changed very little since the time of the dinosaurs. There are two kinds on the Galapagos Islands: those that live in dry places, and those that live in ⑧ places. The tortoises from the