月牙泉CrescentMoonLakeJustaswaterandfireareincompatible,neithercanadesertandaspringcoexist.But,thisisnotthecasefortheCrescentLake1.________issurroundedbytheMingshaSandDune.Thegoldensandhillandthebluelakecastabeautifulcontrastinaharmoniousexistence.TheCrescentLakeisalsoknown2._________theCrescentSpring,CrescentMoonSpring,orYueyaSpring.ItcanbeconsideredanaturalwonderoftheGobiDesert.Justas3.________(it)nameimplies,thelakeappearslikeacrescentmoonandwithitscrystalclearwater,4._________(resemble)apearlinlaidinthevastdesert.Somesayitremindsthem5._________theeyeofabeautifulwoman,lucid,beautifulandamorous.Visitorsareabletowitnessthevariablescenesofthelakefromearlysunrisetosunset.Suchasthesoftglowofsunriseandthesmoothmirrorimage6.________dusk.Itisduringthelattertime7.________thelakereflectstherosycloudsandgoldendunesofthesurrounding.Intheevening,blueneonlightencirclesthelakeresemblingthemoonontheground.

Researchshowsthatthemysteriouscrescentlandformwas8.________resultofanaturalwind.Sands9._________(fall)fromthesurroundingmountainswouldbeblowntotheothersideofthenearbyEchoing-SandMountain.Thus,thesandsdonotsmotherthespring.Thisnaturalphenomenonkeepsthesanddunesandspringina10._________(harmony)andalmostparadoxicalexistence.Justaswaterandfireareincompatible,neithercanadesertandaspringcoexist.正如水火不相容一樣，沙漠和泉水也不可能共存。But,thisisnotthecasefortheCrescentLake1.that

issurroundedbytheMingshaSandDune.但是，對于被鳴沙山包圍的月牙泉來說，情況并非如此。Thegoldensandhillandthebluelakecastabeautifulcontrastinaharmoniousexistence.金色的沙丘和藍色的湖泊和諧共存，這種反差形成了獨特的美景。TheCrescentLakeisalsoknown

2.as

theCrescentSpring,CrescentMoonSpring,orYueyaSpring.月牙湖又名月牙泉。ItcanbeconsideredanaturalwonderoftheGobiDesert.它是戈壁沙漠中的一個自然奇跡。Justas

3.its

_(it)nameimplies,thelakeappearslikeacrescentmoonandwithitscrystalclearwater,顧名思義，它看起來像一輪新月，清澈的湖水就像鑲嵌在茫茫沙漠中的一顆珍珠。4.resembles(resemble)apearlinlaidinthevastdesert.Somesayitremindsthem5.oftheeyeofabeautifulwoman,lucid,beautifulandamorous.有人說這讓他們想起了一個美麗姑娘的眼睛——清澈、美麗、多情。Visitorsareabletowitnessthevariablescenesofthelakefromearlysunrisetosunset.游客可以欣賞從日出到日落的湖面變化的場景——Suchasthesoftglowofsunriseandthesmoothmirrorimage6.at

dusk.比如日出時的波光粼粼光和黃昏時刻如鏡子一樣的湖面。Itisduringthelattertime7.that

thelakereflectstherosycloudsandgoldendunesofthesurrounding.在黃昏這段時間，湖面映出了天上的彩霞和周圍金色的沙丘。Intheevening,blueneonlightencirclesthelakeresemblingthemoonontheground.晚上，藍色的霓虹燈環繞著湖面，就像地面上的一輪彎月。Researchshowsthatthemysteriouscrescentlandformwas8.theresultofanaturalwind.研究表明，這一神秘的新月形地貌是自然界的風形成的。Sands9.falling

(fall)fromthesurroundingmountainswouldbeblowntotheothersideofthenearbyEchoing-SandMountain.從周圍山上落下的沙子會被風吹到附近鳴沙山的另一邊。Thus,thesandsdonotsmotherthespring.因此，沙子不會把月牙湖埋起來。Thisnaturalphenomenonkeepsthesanddunesandspringina10.harmonious(harmony)andalmostparadoxicalexistence.這種自然現象使得沙丘和泉水保持著一種和諧，卻又矛盾地存在著。閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。TheSingingSandsMountain

asahottouristattraction,

____36____(locate)inDunhuanginWesternChina.Asyouwalkthroughthequicksandorslidedownasandmountain,sometimesyoucanhearloudnoisesfrombeneathyourfeet.Thisishowitgotthename“TheSingingSandsMountain”.____37____(nest)betweenthetallsandmountains,thereliesaspring.Ithasexistedforthousandsofyearsandneverdriedup.Thespring,

____38____(shape)likeamoon,iscalledtheCrescentSpring(月牙泉).Theformationand

____39____(exist)ofthespringarerelatedtoitslandform.TheflowingwatercomestogetherhereandoverflowsthroughageologicallayertoformtheCrescentSpring.It’s

____40____(extreme)dryhere,withtheamountofannualevaporation(蒸發)beingmorethan60times

____41____

oftheannualrainfall.However,thestablewatersourceensuresa

____42____(sustain)watersupplytothespring.TheCrescentSpringisalsoduetothelow-lyingterrain(地勢).Wheneverthereisasandstorm,itforms

____43____

upwardairflowbetweenthesurroundingsandmountainstosendthesandatthefootbacktothetopofthesandmountainandsavesit

____44____

beingswallowedbyquicksand.TheCrescentSpring,

____45____

terrainandlandscapearereallydistinctive,hasbecomearomanticscenicspot.36題一些同學誤填成located或locates38題一些同學誤填為shaping45題一些同學誤填成where值得一提的是第37題nest一詞，作為動詞來考查比較少見。無論是牛津字典、新牛津還是柯林斯都沒有收錄nest可以作為動詞表“位于、處于”的含義，只有“筑巢”這一含義。這里可理解為作者的一種比喻或擬人的修辭手法，意為“Thespring就像鳥筑巢一般地筑在了高高的沙丘之間”。按這一說法來講，此處應填“Nesting”。但，新牛津中收錄了nest作為動詞還有“使物體套疊于更大物體之中”的意思。Yueyaquanisacrescent-shapedlakeinanoasis,6kmsouthofthecityofDunhuanginGansuProvince,China.ItwasnamedYueyaquanintheQingDynasty.Accordingtomeasurementsmadein1960,theaveragedepthofthelakewas4to5meters,withamaximumdepthof7.5metres(25ft)Inthefollowing40years,thedepthofthelakecontinuallydeclined.Intheearly1990s,itsareahadshrunktoonly1.37acres(5,500m2)withanaveragedepthof0.9meter(maximum1.3meter).In2006,thelocalgovernmentwithhelpofthecentralgovernmentstartedtofillthelakeandrestoreitsdepth;itsdepthandsizehavebeengrowingyearlysincethen.Thelakeandthesurroundingdesertsareverypopularwithtourists,whoareofferedcameland4×4rides.沙鳴山是圍繞新月湖的一系列沙丘。

因其獨特的形狀和聽覺特征而得名，當風吹過沙丘時，可以聽到它的回聲。

游客騎著駱駝登上海拔250米的沙丘。

河岸上的花園盛開著鮮花，月牙泉與所有的沙灘形成了一種可愛的視覺對比。

EchoingSandMountainisaseriesofdunessurroundingCrescentLake.Namedforitsdistinctiveshapeandauralcharacteristics,itsechoescanbeheardasthewindblowsoverthedunes.Visitorsridecamelsupthedunes,whichriseto250meters.Withgardensbloomingonitsbanks,CrescentLakeoffersalovelyvisualcounterpointtoallthatsand.在敦煌以南6公里的地方有鳴沙山和月牙湖。

南航在西安咸陽機場和敦煌機場之間有每日往返的航班。

中國國際航空公司每天有一班航班往返于北京和敦煌之間。

EchoingSandMountainandCrescentLakeissixkilometerssouthofDunhuang.ChinaSouthernoperatesadailyreturnflightbetweenXi'anXianyangAirportandDunhuangAirport.AirChinafliesbetweenBeijingandDunhuangonceaday.

Gansu:EchoingSandMountainandCrescentLake,Dunhuang(甘肅省敦煌市鳴沙山和月牙泉)鳴沙山由一系列繞著月牙泉的沙丘組成，得名于其獨特的形狀和音效特點。當風吹過沙丘時，便可聽到回聲。月牙泉邊花盛開，與大漠風光相映成趣。EchoingSandMountainisaseriesofdunessurroundingCrescentLake.Namedforitsdistinctiveshapeandauralcharacteristics,itsechoescanbeheardasthewindblowsoverthedunes.Withgardensbloomingonitsbanks,CrescentLakeoffersalovelyvisualcounterpointtoallthatsand.TheSingingSandsMountainislocatedinDunhuanginwesternChina.鳴沙山位于中國西部的敦煌。Asyouwalkthroughthequicksandorslidedownasandmountain,sometimesyoucanhearloudnoisesfrombeneathyourfeet.在流沙中行走或從沙山滑落沙粒都會發出巨大聲響。Hencethename'TheSingingSandsMountain'.鳴沙山正是因此得名。Nestlingbetweenthetallsanddunes,thereisalittlemiracle.高大的沙丘之間隱藏著一處奇觀。Thisspring,whichlookslikeacrescentmoon,hasexistedforthousandsofyearsandhasneverdriedup.這汪酷似月牙的泉水已經存在了數千年從未干涸。TheformationandcontinuousexistenceoftheCrescentSpringareallrelatedtoitstopography.月牙泉形成與延續的原因都和它的地勢有關。Theflowingwaterconvergesherealongtheterrainandoverflo