Unit 4 Sharing grammar课时作业

第一节 完型填空

　　It's no 　1　 that kids love dinosaurs. Many of them have even gone through what's called a "dinosaur phase"-a period of time 　2　 they can't stop talking about dinosaurs, can't 　3　 without hearing a dinosaur bedtime story, and use a backpack with a dinosaur pattern on it.

　　Adults may have long 　4　 out of their dinosaur phase, but somehow the appeal is still there.

　　The 　5　 consists in the success of Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Jurassic Park, and every following installment of the series. And in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which was 　6　 in Chinese mainland cinemas on June 15, these ancient beasts are taking over the 　7　 world once again.

　　National Geographic has an explanation behind the animals'　8　. Dinosaurs are "　9　 science and imagination meet", which is probably what makes them so appealing, to kids and adults alike.

　　Dinosaurs are often compared to dragons, but are seen as cooler because they're 　10　. The huge skeletons in museums prove their existence millions of years ago on the same Earth that we now live on.

　　　11　, new discoveries have been made in different parts of the world that open up a bigger 　12　 of these ancient species. And how they went extinct is also a popular subject of 　13　 studies.

　　However, we still seem to know so little about dinosaurs, and have to rely on our 　14　 when it 　15　 to questions like "How did they live?", "What did they sound like?" and "How fast could they run?". It's this sense of mystery that 　16　 dinosaurs' attraction compared to other fierce animals like lions and tigers-animals that can be easily seen in today's zoos.

But there's more to this dinosaur appeal.