【C2】

The Globe Theatre

Visiting the theatre in London 400 years ago was very different from visiting a modern theatre.

The building was round, 【C1】______ was no roof, and people got cold and wet 【C2】______ the weather was bad. The queen loved 【C3】______ to the Globe Theatre, by the River Thames to see the plays of William Shakespeare. All the actors at that time 【C4】______ men. The visitors ate, talked to 【C5】______ friends, walked about during the show, and 【C6】______ people even threw things at the actors!

Today, it is still possible to visit the Globe Theatre. A new theatre stands in the same place 【C7】______ the river. You can enjoy a Shakespeare play there or just learn 【C8】______ life in the seventeenth century.

Dear Jeff,

I'm having a good holiday in Australia. When we arrived two weeks 【B1】______ the weather was bad and 【B2】______ was cold. Now the weather is better and we go to the beach 【B3】______ day.

This week we 【B4】______ staying in Sydney but 【B5】______ week we went to the Great Barrier Reef. Because 【B6】______ water was so warm, I loved swimming there. The fish were all different 【B7】______ : red, yellow, purple! Australia 【B8】______ very beautiful. We don't want 【B9】______ come home!

See you at the end 【B10】______ September.

Sue

【C1】______

A．there

B．here

C．it

because the climate is【C2】______too dry or too cold.【C3】______deserts have【C4】______than 10 inches of rainfall a year. There may be months or even years between one rainstorm and【C5】______. The rainwater quickly runs【C6】______the land, sinks into the sand or evaporates into the dry air.

No matter how dry a desert may be, it is【C7】______to man. In some of the driest regions【C8】______has found valuable minerals. The discovery of petroleum, in particular,【C9】______great changes to the deserts. Oil is now the most important export of several desert countries in the Middle East, and it has been【C10】______in the Western Sahara. Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait are【C11】______called oil kingdoms.

Man has changed the desert in many ways to make it a【C12】______place to live in. But the greatest problem of the deserts【C13】______. That problem is【C14】______water over large areas. Man is turning to the sea【C15】______water.

Scientists are constantly【C16】______methods of【C17】______the salt from water so that it can be used in industry and agriculture. This is called desalinization. Perhaps the use of atomic power will make desalinization less expensive in the future. Some people believe that man will one day be able to【C18】______the climate and produce rainfall over the desert when it is wanted. This would be a simple【C19】______to the water problem, but we【C20】______much more about the atmosphere before that will be possible.

【C1】

A．there

B．where

C．which

D．that

A.there is

B.there are

C.that

D.what

【C9】

A．there is few

B．there is more

C．there are fewer

A.there is

B.no

C.there has

D.there have

A.There are

B.So are

C.They are

D.Those are

What will happen on June 27？

A．There will be a picnic.

B．There will be a speech.

C．There will be a contest.

D．There will be a festival.

【C6】

A．there are

B．they are

C．they have

A．there

B．we

C．they

D．it