六、完形填空。(2025·江苏苏州工业园区期末)
Desert beauty
If you ask most people about the desert, they might describe(描述) sand and rocks. Arches National Park in Utah shows a different
1. Visitors to Arches are amazed by the life and
2 in the desert. Wildflowers and cactuses add bright colours to the red rock. Blue jays and red-tailed hawks fly up high in the sky.
Of course, the park is most famous for its amazing
3. More than 2,000 natural arches have been found in the park. Some of them stand alone against the cloudless sky;
4 stand out from the rocky hills. They were formed over the course(过程) of 100 million years, as wind and water
5 broke down the rock. Although the arches took millions of years to form, it takes only seconds to
6 an arch forever. In 1991, Landscape Arch, the park's largest arch, lost a piece of rock 60 feet long. The arch still stands,
7 it is now much easier to break.
In the beauty of this desert park, roads and cars are the only interruption(干扰) to the
8 scene. But they make it easy for people to
9 nature's great work while it is still there.
In 2025, the park started a new entry system(系统). It
10 visitors to buy tickets up to six months early. In this way, visitors can better enjoy the natural beauty in the park in an organized way.
(
C
)1. A. experience
B. character
C. scene
D. craft
(
D
)2. A. noise
B. smell
C. spirit
D. colour
(
D
)3. A. hills
B. rocks
C. sand
D. landforms
(
B
)4. A. another
B. others
C. other
D. else
(
A
)5. A. slowly
B. quickly
C. suddenly
D. easily
(
D
)6. A. protect
B. forget
C. build
D. lose
(
A
)7. A. but
B. and
C. so
D. although
(
C
)8. A. ordinary
B. narrow
C. natural
D. strange
(
B
)9. A. support
B. enjoy
C. check
D. express
(
D
)10. A. shows
B. invites
C. needs
D. allows
