3．People wanted to know who this talent designer was.

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　　答案：talent→talented　talented为形容词"有天赋的；有才能的"，在句中修饰designer。

　　4．Next to this restaurant stands many buildings.

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　　答案：stands→stand　该句为全部倒装结构，句子主语为复数名词buildings, 故谓语动词也应用复数。

　　5．The boy was absent school, which made his parents very angry.

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　　答案：absent后加from　be absent from ... "不参加；缺席"。be absent from school "逃学；旷课"。

　　Ⅲ.语法填空

　　Residents of a town in Japan have broken the world record for building snowmen. Around 630 citizens at the Iiyama Snow Festival __1__ (make) 1,585 snowmen in one hour. The __2__ (early) record was 1,279 snowmen, __3__ was set in 2011. The event coincided with the opening of __4__ new bullet train station. Justin Patterson, the judge from the Guinness World Records organization, said the event was a wonderful occasion. He said __5__ the town was being buried in snow, the residents dealt with the challenge together in a positive light.

　　There were strict rules for the record __6__ (break). One was that each snowman had to be over 80 cm tall. They __7__ be made of three separate snowballs, with eyes, a nose and arms. People used only their hands to make __8__ . Committee member Jiro Kobayashi told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper that the event suited the opening of the bullet train station. He said that thanks to the __9__ (cooperate) of many people, the record was broken. He said the event added __10__ the celebrations of the opening of the bullet train station. However, many people said that it was a tough thing to do because the snow didn't stick together.

　　1．________ 　2.________ 　3.________ 　4.________ 　

　　5.________ 　6.________ 　7.________ 　8.________ 　

　　9.________ 　10.________

　　篇章导读：本文为一篇说明文。在日本的一个小镇，人们在一个小时内堆了1585个雪人，打破了先前创造的一个小时内堆1279个雪人的纪录。

　　1．made 考查动词的时态。堆雪人是过去发生的事，所以用一般过去时。

　　2．earlier 考查形容词的比较级。此处指一个小时内堆1,279个雪人是早前的纪录，和1,585的记录进行比较，故空格处用比较级。

　　3．which 考查定语从句的引导词。先行词为record，指物，故用which引导非限制性定语从句。

4．a 考查冠词。此处表泛指，故用不定冠词a。