several times.

　　5．It order to find a better job, he decided to study_a_second_foreign_language (再学习一门外语)．

　　6．There_was_a_building_here (以前这儿有一座楼房), in which there lived an old man.

　　7．Scientists have many theories about how the universe first came_into_existence (形成)．

　　8．To_get_a_clear_look_at (为了看清) what was happening, I got_close_to (靠近) it.

　　9．It was_back_in_the_news (再次成为新闻) that many experts began to believe the existence of a strange creature after several sightings.

　　10．Our town covers_an_area_of_about_five_square_kilometers (占地约5平方千米)．

　　Ⅳ.课文语法填空

　　Lake Tianchi is the highest volcanic lake in the world, 1.covering (cover) an area of about ten square kilometers. The "Monster of Lake Tianchi" 2.attracts (attract) people's attention again after several recent sightings.3.Though there was no one getting a clear look at the mysterious creature, a local photographer claimed that its head looked like a horse. And some soldiers had ever seen it moving on the surface of the water and found that it had 4.a round head with 10­centimetre horns. Someone else had also noticed that the creature moved 5.quickly (quick) through the water and then dived into it. Several minutes later, it appeared again and could be seen clearly because 6.of the calm lake.

　　There 7.have_been (be) reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi since the beginning of the last century. Some people even guess that 8.there might be similar creatures in other lakes, 9.but the scientists are sceptical about it. They all think that it is unlikely 10.that such large living creatures live in the low­temperature lake.

　　Ⅴ.串点成篇微表达

　　自从有几次目击(sightings)之后，"雪人"再次成为新闻(be back in the news)。有些人声称(claim)近距离看见过(get a clear look at)。根据目击者所言，"雪人"生活在喜马拉雅山上，看起来像(looks like)是猿猴。它有大脚而不是(instead of)爪子。据说它会伸出手(stick out)攻击(attack)任何接近(get close to)它的人。然而，科学家对此表示怀疑(be sceptical about)。喜马拉雅山占地(cover an area of) 594 400平方公里，他们认为这种大型生物不可能(It is unlikely that)生活在如此荒凉的地方。到目前为止，(there has been)还没有足够的证据证明"雪人"的存在(existence)。

The_Yeti_has_been_back_in_the_news_ever_since_several_sightings.Some_people_claimed_to_have_got_a_clear_look_at_it._According_to_the_witnesses,_the_creature_lives_in_high_up_in_the_Himalayas_and_looks_like_an_ape._It_has_big_feet_instead_of_claws._It's_said_that_it_will_stick_out_its_hands_to_attack_anyone_who_gets_close_to_it._However，the_scientists_are_sceptical_about_the_news._Himalayas_covers_an_area_of_594,400_squ