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职称英语考试宝典 系列软件 PAGE 第七篇 Water From the beginning, water has furnished man with a source of food and a highway to travel upon. The first civilizations arose ____1_____ Water was a dominant element in the environment, a challenge ____2____ man’s ingenuity. The Egyptians invented the 365-day calendar in response to the Nile’s annual flooding. The Babylonians, ___3___were among the most famous law-makers in ancient times, invented laws ____4____ water usage. Water inspired the Chinese to build a 1,000-___5___ canal, a complex system which, after nearly 2,500 years, remains still practically ____6____ and still commands the astonishment of engineers. But _____7____ never found complete solutions to their water problems. The Yellow River is also known as “China’s Sorrow”; it is so unpredictable and dangerous ____8____ in a single flood it has caused a million ____9____. Floods slowed the great ____10____ of the Indus River 词汇： furnish [f?:ni∫] v.提供 annual [?nju?l] adj.每年的 ingenuity [?ind?inju:iti] n. 聪敏，才智 Babylonian [,b?b?`l??nj?n] n. 巴比伦人 Egyptian [?d??p∫(?)n] n. 埃及人 dominate [d?mineit] v.主宰，统治 calendar [k?lind?] n. 日历 variability [?vε?ri?biliti] n. 多变 练习:　　 1. A) where B) the place C) when D) in the place 2. A) with B) as C) to D) on 3. A) they B) / C) that D) who 4. A) regulates B) regulate C) regulated D) regulating 5. A) miles B) mile C) mile’s D) miles’ 6. A) in use B) for use C) by use D) on use 7. A) ancient B) the ancients C) ancients D) ancients people 8. A) that B)/ C) because D) which 9. A) people B) deaths C) damages D) ruins 10. A) influence B) effect C) society D) civilization 11. A) many B) lot C) much D) a lots 12. A) for B) as C) because D) wherea