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语法填空 I A lot of animals are afraid of the eclipse(日蚀. Birds stop 1 (sing). Sometimes people are afraid，too. Astronomers know the dates of eclipses 2 they are not afraid. The old astronomers of Babylon and Egypt had no telescopes, but the sky in 3 is usually clear, and so they could watch the stars easily. They studied 4 in the sky and they also noticed both total and partial eclipses.? ? Because they knew 5 dates of eclipses，they had great power. People believed that the sky was important. They believed that an eclipse could kill a man.? ? About 2500 years ago there was a very long war. One battle 6 (follow) another, and the end never came. During 7 of the battles, there was a partial eclipse of the sun. The day got very dark, and the soldiers on both sides were filled 8 fear. They believed that the gods were angry. So they stopped fighting, and ended their long war.? ? The sun is a star. It appears to be 9 (big) than any other star. That is because it is near us, and the others are far away. The sun shines because it is very hot, but the moon shines because it reflects the sun’s light. It is like a big mirror. If we visited the moon, we 10 (see) the earth. It is also like a mirror and it reflects the light of the sun. 答案： 1.singing 2.and 根据句意可知此处表示动作的先后关系，故用and。 3.those 此处those指代Babylon and Egypt。 4.everything 此处everything代替天空上的每件事。 5.the 根据句意可知日期是特指的，特指日蚀6.followed 因为有表示过去的时间状语about 2500 years ago，所以这里填动词follow的一般过去式。 7.one 此处one指代battle。 8.with be filled with ，意为“充满着”。 9.bigger 因为句中有than，可以知道应填比较级，故用bigger。 10.should see 根据句意应是“我们应该能看见地球”，故用should+动词原形。 语法填空 II Many scientists today are convinced that life exists elsewhere in the universe—life probably much like that on our own planet. 1 reason in the following way. As far as astronomers can determine, the entire universe is built of 2 same matter. They have no reason to doubt that matter obeys the same laws 3 every part of the universe. The