语法填空及选词填空I

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 stop doing sth.，意为“停止做某事” 。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，特指日蚀的日期，故用定冠词。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.shoul...