泸州市中考英语英语语法填空精选附答案

1、泸州市中考英语英语语法填空精选附答案一、英语语法填空1 语法填空A kidnapped 3-year-old boy (name) Aiden helped police find himself on Tuesday, Jan.13, after answering (he) mum's phone in her stolen car- find out how he pulled it off!Authorities said they found a 3-year-old boy who was sitting a car stolen outside aUtah day car

2、e on Tuesday after he (answer) his mother's cellphone and honked thehorn to draw their attention."The boy's mother, Elizabeth Barrios, left the car unlocked and running a snowymorning as she dropped off another child, a baby, at the day care around 7 am in Ogden, a town about 40 miles n

3、orth of Salt Lake City," the police said. When she walked out, she saw someone (drive) her car away with her 3-year old son Aiden inside.Police arrived and called her cellphone, which was in the car, hoping (reach) the thiefand negotiate the boy's release.Instead, the boy answered the phone

4、. He told his mother that a (strange) had drivenaway her car and was going through her purse. She told him (stay) calm as the mantook things from her purse ran away."He is a very smart child," the police praised the kid. "He did a great job."【答案】named； his； in； answered； on； driv

5、ing ； to reach ； stranger； to stay； and【解析】【分析】本文讲述了一个3 岁的男孩通过在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后，帮助警方找到了他的事情。( 1)句意：1 月 13 日，星期二，一个被绑架的名叫艾登的3 岁男孩在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后，帮助警方找到了他。helped 是谓语动词，故此处是非谓语动词，name 与boy是被动关系，故用过去分词做后置定语，named,名字叫的，故填named。( 2)句意：1 月 13 日，星期二，一个被绑架的名叫艾登的3 岁男孩在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后，帮助警方找到了他。phone 是名词其前是形容词性物主代词，h

6、e 是主格，他，其形容词性物主代词是his,他的，故填his。( 3)句意：当局说，他们发现一个3 岁的男孩坐在一辆被偷走的车里，星期二他在犹他州一家日托所外接了他母亲的手机，并按了喇叭以引起他们的注意。根据 was sitting ,可知 表示正坐在某处，in the car,在车里，表示地点，故填 in。( 4)句意：当局说，他们发现一个3 岁的男孩坐在一辆被偷走的车里，星期二他在犹他州一家日托所外接了他母亲的手机，并按了喇叭以引起他们的注意。根据and honked thehorn ，可知 and 前后时态一致是一般过去时，故填answered。(5)句意：警方称，男孩的母亲伊丽莎白巴里

7、奥斯早上7点左右在盐湖城以北40英里的小镇奥格登接受日托时，在一个下雪的早晨，将另一个孩子，一个婴儿，放下后，车没锁，就跑了。根据 a snowy morning,可知morning前有形容词时用介词on,表示在的早上，故填on 。( 6)句意：当她走出来的时候，她看到有人开车带着她3 岁的儿子艾登走了。see sbdoing sth ,看见某人正在做某事，故此处是现在分词，故填 driving。（7）句意：蒂姆 斯科特中尉说，警察到了，打电话给她车里的手机，希望能找到小偷，并与他协商释放男孩的事宜。hope to do,希望做某事，故此处是不定式，故填 to reach。（ 8）句意：他告诉

8、他妈妈一个陌生人开着她的车走了，正在翻她的钱包。不定冠词a 后是名词单数，strange是形容词，stranger,是名词，陌生人，故填stranger。（ 9）句意：她让他保持冷静，因为那个男人从她的钱包里拿走了东西就跑开了。tell sb todo,固定搭配，告诉某人做某事，故此处是不定式，故填 to stay。（ 10）句意：她让他保持冷静，因为那个男人从她的钱包里拿走了东西就跑开了。此处表示并列关系，拿走东西并且跑掉，故是并列连词and,故填and。【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，语态，非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。2 语法填空Chen Yujie studies at

9、a boarding school in Ningbo, Zhejiang. She used to go back to her home in Cixi every week （get） money from her parents.It was not a short ride home and the trips were tiring. Chen hoped her parents could put the money on a bank card, she didn't have to travel so often.She decided to discuss with

10、 her parents during TV time after dinner. "It's usually themost relaxing time for our family," said Chen.She the right time. After a few turns of lobbying（ 游说 ）, her parents agreedwith Chen. For most teenagers like Chen, talking to parents can be difficult or even worrying. So they hav

11、e to choose a right time.American magazine Highlight recently surveyed 1,521 （kid） aged 612 in the country,asking questions like" When you want to talk to your parents about something important, when is best time to do it?". Results show that American kids seem to know when theirparents ar

12、e most receptive（ 乐于接受的）. Mealtime is discovered to be their favourite time to talkto their parents. Bedtime comes （two）, followed by time spent in the car. （China） teenagers seem to have a similar tendency（ 倾向 ） towards the problem. A newspaper in Zhejiang did a survey it. The result shows most tee

13、nagers in the citywould choose mealtime to talk to their parents.So do you have anything to talk to your parents? Choose a good time.【答案】to get； so； it； chose； finally ； kids； the； second； Chinese； of【解析】【分析】本文介绍了青少年和父母交流的问题，对大多数青少年来说，与父母交谈可能很困难，甚至令人担忧。所以他们必须选择正确的时间。（ 1）句意：她常常每周回到在慈溪的家为了从父母那里取钱。此处是不

14、定式做目的状语，为了，故填to get 。（ 2）句意：陈希望她的父母可以把钱打到银行卡上，这样她不用经常回家了。根据putthe money on a bank card 和 she didn't have to travel so often 可知， 把钱打到银行卡上 的结果是这样她不用经常回家了，故此处是连词表示结果，so 是连词 ，故填so。（ 3）句意：她决定晚饭后看电视时和她的父母讨论这件事。discuss 后缺少宾语，it 指代把钱打到银行卡上这件事，故用it 指代一件事，故填it。（ 4）句意：她选择了正确时间。此处缺少谓语动词，根据下文choose mealtime

15、to talkto their parents 选择用餐时间和父母交谈，可知是选择时机，choose 是动词，描述过去用一般过去时， choose 的过去式是 chose, 故填 chose。（ 5）句意：在几次游说下，她的父母终于同意了陈的意见。副词修饰动词agreed，finally ，终于，是副词， 故填 finally 。（ 6）句意：美国杂志最近重点调查了该国15216 名 6-12 岁的儿童。基数词1521 后是名词复数，故填kids 。（ 7）句意：当你想和你的父母谈论重要的事情，最佳时间是什么时候？best 是最高级，故此处缺少定冠词the,故填the。（ 8）句意：睡觉时间是

16、其次。根据followed by time 接着是时间，可知此处表示顺序，故用序数词，two 是基数词，second 是序数词，第二， 故填 second 。（ 9）句意：中国青少年似乎也有类似的处理问题的倾向。teenagers 是名词其前是形容词，China是名词，中国， Chinese是形容词，中国的 ，故填Chinese 。（10）句意：浙江的一份报纸，了一个调查。a survey of,固定搭配，的调查，故填of。【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。3 阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的，限填一 词)，使文章意思完整、正确。T

17、here are problems between teenagers and adults. Lack of(communicate)is one ofthem. As for teenagers, it can often be quite difficult to talk to our parents. It seems our parents are always telling us to study. We feel that our parents hardly understand us, so we tend to either talk to our friendsjus

18、t keep quiet about our problems. We often fail(see) thatour parents care about us. This is a shame because we can actually learn a lot from(they) experiences. We should not forget that our parents used to be teenagerstoo. They once(face) many of the same problems and(difficult).So try to beopen-mind

19、ed towards their opinions. Remember that our parents just want the(good) for us. Take the time to sit down and(real) talk to them.They might provide yousome useful advice.【答案】communication ； or； to see； their； faced； difficulties ； more； best； really； with【解析】【分析】本文介绍了孩子与父母件怎么沟通太有效。( 1)句意：缺乏交流是问题之一。

20、句中communicate 是动词，作介词of 的宾语，要用名词形式，communication 交流，抽象名词，故填 communication 。(2)句意：是我们要么和朋友交谈，要么就对我们的问题保持沉默，eithero葭么要么；固定搭配，故填 or。(3)句意：我们总是看不到父母对我们的关心。fail to do sth ,不能成功地做某事，故此处是不定式，故填 to see。( 4)句意：这很遗憾，因为我们事实上可以从他们的经历中学到很多东西。修饰名词experiences,要用形容词性物主代词their , they是主格，故填 their。（ 5）句意：他们曾经也遇到过相同的问题

21、和困难。描述过去要用一般过去时态faced。（ 6）句意：他们曾经也遇到过相同的问题和困难。句中 and 连接并列结构，difficult 要和前面的 problems 保持一致，用difficulties 表达各种各样的困难，故填difficulties 。（ 7）句意：我们要努力用更开放的思维对待父母的观点。be 系动词后是形容词，此处暗含比较，故用比较级，复合形容词open-minded 前加 more 是比较级，故填more。（ 8）句意：父母总想把最好的给我们。the 定冠词是最高级的标志，good 的最高级是best,故填 best。 （ 9）句意：花点时间坐下来和他们交谈。副词修

22、饰动词talk， real 是形容词，副词是really,故填 really。 （ 10）句意：他们可能会给你提供一些有用的建议。provide sb with sth ，固定搭配，提供某人某物，故填 with 。【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词，比较级搭配等多种用法。4 阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Strangely enough, some inventions are lost people can't imagine their（valuable）. A use may need to be "invented

23、" along with the invention. An example is the fax machine. The technology for faxing （invent） in the 1800s. It took more than onehundred years, however, for the fax to be seen as useful. In 1843 Alexander Bain invented a machine to （electrical） transmit （ 传 输 ） writing. At first, it was conside

24、red（use） since few people thought there was need for transmitting writing over （wire）. Eventually the value of the invention was realized, and it was improved office use. By the 1980s, the fax machine became a piece of standard （equip） in offices. The reason is it can very quickly transmit written d

25、ocuments. Who knowshow many other inventions just need to be recognized as valuable?【 答 案 】 because； value； was invented ； electrically ； useless； a/any ； wires ； for ； equipment ； that 【解析】【分析】主要讲了一些发明因为人们不能想象它们的价值而失去，列举传真机器的发明来说明这点。（ 1 ）句意：足够奇怪的是，因为人们不能想象它们的价值，所以一些发明消失了。后句表示原因，所以用because;形容词修物主代词修

26、饰名词，their它们的，形容词修物主代词，所以后面用形容词valuable的名词value,不可数名词，故填because, value。（ 2）句意：传真的科技在19 世纪被发明。invent 发明，实义动词，主语technology 是动作 invent 的 承受 者， 时态 是一 般过 去时 ，所 以用 一般 过去 时的 被动 语态 ，结 构是 was/were+ 动词过去分词，主语technology 是不可数名词，所以用was， invent 的过去分词是 invented ，故填 was invented 。（ 3）句意：1843 年，亚历山大贝恩发明了一种电子传输文字的机器。e

27、lectrical 电子的，形容词，副词修饰实义动词，transmit 传输，实义动词，所以用副词electrically ，电子地，故填 electrically 。（ 4）句意：起初，它被认为是无用的，因为很少有人认为有必要通过电线传输文字。be considere 形容词，表示被认为怎么样，固定搭配，根据后文可知传真的作用后来才被认可，所以起初被认为是无用的，use使用，实义动词，其形容词是useless,无用的；原因是很少人认为有必要，few表示否定，所以用 a/any; wire,电线，可数名词，前面没有表 示单数的 a或者 one,所以用复数 wires,故填 useless; a

28、/any ; wires。( 5)句意：最终，这项发明的价值得以实现，并被改进为办公用途。为了办公用途才被改进，所以用for,为了，故填for。(6)句意：到了 20世纪80年代，传真机已成为办公室的标准设备。equip,装备，实义动词，形容词修饰名词， standard,标准的，形容词，所以用 equip的名词equipment ,设 备，不可数名词，故填equipment 。(7)句意：原因是它能很快地传送书面文件。the reason is that.,原因是,固定搭配，故填that。【点评】考查语法填空，考查词汇在语篇中的运用能力。注意理解句意，首先读一遍，然后再逐一作答。注意句型、搭

29、配、短语及语境。5 阅读下面短文，使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Doing homework not only can help children master the knowledge they have learnt but also can train their abilities of finishing the work alone, (plan) the time and doing the (duty). But some children don't like to complete the work .Why? There are some reasons.Som

30、e children feel it is very difficult (do) their homework, because they can'tunderstand their teacher (clear), and can't follow their teacher's teaching process.Maybe there is something wrong with their intelligence.But some children's intelligence is normal. They are even (clever), b

31、ut they don'tlisten to the teacher (careful). It is hard for them (sit) well and pay attentionto anything. It needs to carry on the attention centralized ( 集中注意力) training (help)the children.Some children love their teacher and then they like the subject. Their interest depends on the teacher wh

32、o (teach) them. So every teacher should be (help) and kind. It canmake children love you and the subject you teach. So they can do their homework happily.【答案】planning； duties； to do； clearly； cleverer； carefully； to sit； to help； teaches；helpful【解析】【分析】短文大意：这篇短文讲的是孩子们不喜欢完成作业的原因。( 1 )句意：做作业不仅能帮助孩子们掌握

33、所学的知识而且能训练他们单独完成作业的能，规划时间和完成任务。这三个动名词短语作介词的宾语，故答案为：planning。( 2)句意：做作业不仅能帮助孩子们掌握所学的知识而且能训练他们单独完成作业的能，规划时间和完成任务。任务不止一个，可知此处名词duty 用复数，故答案为：duties。 ( 3)句意：一些孩子们感觉做作业是很难的。此处是动词不定式作宾语，it 是形式宾语，故答案为：to do 。( 4)句意：因为他们没清楚的听懂老师，并且不能听懂老师的进程。副词修饰动词，clear清楚的，形容词，clearly副词，故答案为：clearly。(5)句意：他们甚至更加清楚，但是他们不认真听老

34、师讲课。even修饰形容词比较级结构，故答案为：cleverer。(6)句意：他们甚至更加清楚，但是他们不认真听老师讲课。副词修饰动词，careful细心的，形容词，carefully细心地，故答案为：carefully。(7)句意：让他们坐好集中精力于任何事情是很难的。it是形式主语，动词不定式是真正的主语，故答案为：to sit。(8)句意：要帮助孩子们需要进行集中注意力培训。此处是动词不定式做主语，it是形式主语，故答案为：to help。(9)句意：他们的兴趣取决于教他们的老师。先行词 the teacher是第三人称单数，在从 句中做主语，谓语动词用第三人称单数，故答案为：teach

35、es。(10)句意：因此每个老师应是乐于助人的，和蔼的。系动词be后跟形容词，help帮助，名词，helpful乐于助人的，故答案为： helpful。【点评】此题考查语法填空。我们先阅读短文，理解短文大意。然后仔细阅读每个句子， 理解句意，根据语法知识和固定短语，及上下文的联系用所给词的正确形式填空。6 .阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。Today skateboarding is popular around the world. Many young people like the sport, and so (do) Marcelo Lusardi.

36、However, the young man is quite different from many others - he is a blind skateboarder.Marcelo was born in Argentina, and now he lives in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He used to live an easy life but everything changed when he went blind in 2015. He felt(hope), as he couldn't imagine living w

37、ithout sight ( 视力).(Luck), a friend of his(father) stepped in and helped him out. Thanks to her help, Marcelo was able (accept) his condition and started getting out more.Marcelo went to the skate park he had often visited. At first, he thought skating was out of the question for a blind man like hi

38、m. But his skateboarding friends(tell) him he was still one of them and he had to get back on the skateboard. They helped him learn to use his other senses except sight( ride )the skateboard again and even try out some new tricks.Looking back, Marcelo thought(lose) his sight helped him realize who h

39、e is and whathe wants to do. " People sometimes have problems and think that's the eod the world, but in the end you can solve these problems. Look at me, I was skating, then I went blind, and now I(skate) again. Not as well as before, but I can still do it and leave people with their mouth

40、s (open). " So, remember: Eveiiyith has a solution in life.【答案】does; hopeless; Luckily； father's ; to accept; told; to ride; losing； skate; open【解析】【分析】文章大意：今天滑板运动在世界各地很流行。许多年轻人喜欢这项运动，马塞洛 卢萨迪也喜欢。然而，这个年轻人与其他许多人截然不同一一他是一个盲人滑板运动员。马塞洛出生在阿根廷，现在他住在西班牙的圣地亚哥。马塞洛认为失去视力有 助于他认识到自己是谁，他想做什么。人们有时会有问题，认为这

41、是世界末日，但最终你可以解决这些问题。看看我，我在滑冰，然后我就瞎了眼，现在我又滑冰了。不如以前那么好，但我仍然可以做到，让人们张开嘴。所以，记住：生活中的每件事都有解决办法。1 ）句意：许多年轻人喜欢这项运动，马塞洛 卢萨迪也喜欢。根据句意可知此处是半倒装结构，so+助动词+主语。句子时态是一般现在时，根据空后Marcelo Lusardi.可知助动词用does,故答案为：does。（ 2）句意：他感到绝望，因为他无法想象没有视觉的生活。根据as he couldn't imagineliving without sight 可知看不见东西是绝望的，毫无希望的，felt 感觉系动词，

42、后面跟形容词， hope 希望， hopeless 毫无希望的，故答案为：hopeless。（ 3）句意：幸运的是，他父亲的一个朋友进来帮助他。根据后面helped him out 可知有人帮他走出来，可知他想幸运的，luck 幸运，名词，此处是副词放在句首作状语，luckily 幸运地，故答案为：Luckily。（ 4）句意：幸运的是，他父亲的一个朋友进来帮助他。根据空前a friend of his 可知，此空应填名词的所有格，根据句意可知，此空是他父亲的意思，father 父亲，名词，father's名词所有格，故答案为：father's。（ 5）句意：多亏了她的帮助，马

43、塞洛才接受了他的条件，并开始走出去。根据固定短语，be able to,可以，有能力，故答案为：to accept。（ 6）句意：但是他的滑板朋友告诉他，他仍然是他们中的一员，他必须回到滑板上。根据空后 he was still one of them 可知，可知主句是时态是一般过去时，故答案为：told 。（ 7）句意：他们帮助他学会了使用除视觉以外的其他感官来再次玩滑板，甚至尝试一些新的技巧。根据短语用法use sth. to do sth. 用某物做某事。故答案为：to ride 。（ 8）句意：回首过去，马塞洛认为失明帮助他认识到自己是谁，他想做什么。根据句意可知，此句是宾语从句，此空

44、在从句作主语，故用动名词，故答案为：losing。（ 9 ）句意：看看我，我在溜冰，然后我失明了，现在我又在溜冰了。根据空前now 可知，此空应填现在进行时或一般现在时，此处指状态，用一般现在时，故答案为：skate 。（ 10 ）句意：没有以前那么好，但我仍然可以做到，让人们张开嘴。根据空前leave peoplewith their mouths 可知，此空应填形容词，根据句意可知，此空是开着的，敞开的，张开的意思，故答案为：open。【点评】此题考查语法填空。我们先跳过空格阅读短文，了解短文大意。然后根据句意和英语语法知识及固定搭配，用所给词的正确形式填空。7 用括号内所给动词的适当形式

45、填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。It's four o'clock in the afternoon. Some students (talk) about the future. Here is oneof their predictions.I believe we will be able to live in the space. There (be) many big clean hotels in thespace. We can fly our rockets to the space hotel there. And also we (play) sports

46、 andenjoy all kinds of interesting food in the sky. John Lisa Hawkins loves riding her BMX bike( 极限单车)and her dream is to go to the Olympics. Lisafirst got interested in BMX racing at the age of ten. Once she hired( 租 ) a bike for a pound and immediately (fall) in love with the sport. "It was t

47、he best pound I ever spent," she says.Lisa is only 16 but she (already have) lots of success, and got first prize in a world BMX competition last year. BMX racing is quite a dangerous sport. But this didn't keep herfrom(want) to do more competition. Lisa exercises every day. Like many sport

48、s people,she(believe) in luck as well as hard work.【答案】are talking； will be ； can play； fell； has/had ； wanting ； believes【解析】【分析】短文大意：一些学生在讨论未来，John 说未来太空有旅馆，并且可以运动，李莎喜欢玩极限单车，并且在一次比赛中获奖，后来她越来越喜欢这项运动。( 1 )句意：一些学生在讨论未来。根据文章提到时间四点，可知学生那个时候正在谈论，用现在进行时，结合文章用了一般现在时，可知空缺填入are talking,故答案为aretalking。( 2)句意

49、：在太空将会有很多大的干净的旅馆。根据句子说的是未来，可知空缺应该用将来时态，填入will be ，故答案为will be 。( 3)句意：并且我们也能够在空中运动并且享受各种有意思的食物。根据句子提到playsports,可知空缺的意义能够，填入 can play,故答案为can play。( 4)句意：一次她用一英镑租了一辆自行车并且立即爱上了这项运动。根据句子出现了got,用了过去式，可知填入fall的过去式fell,故答案为fell。(5)句意：李莎只有16岁但是她有很多成功。根据主语为 she,可知谓语用单三，填入has,故答案为has。( 6)句意：但是这个并没有阻止她想参加更多比

50、赛。根据短语keep sb from doing sth ，阻止某人做某事，可知空缺填入wanting ，故答案为wanting 。( 7)句意：像许多运动人员一样，她相信运气和努力。根据句子背景用了一般现在时，可知主语为she,谓语用单三，填入 believes,故答案为believes。【点评】考查语法填空，做此类题首先熟悉文章大意，联系句子前后，确定空缺单词的意 义，结合语法知识，给出单词的正确形式，即可。8 语法填空Chinese New Year begins in late Januaryearly February. It is one ofthe(great) festival

51、s in China.Many things are done to get readythis festival. The house is cleaned in the daysbefore the holiday. No sweeping is done on the holiday because people worry about that good luck will be cleaned away. Best (wish) are written on red paper and hung around thehouse.One the(one) day of Chinese

52、New Year, children are given red envelopes. Food isimportant part of the holiday season. Special foods are(eat) on certain days. Different foods have different (mean) behind them. For example, fish is said to meansuccess.Chinese New Year is(certain) regarded as a time to be with one's family. Ma

53、ny visitsare done during the 15 days. Many traditions are to honor family members who(die) inthe past.What an interesting festival it is!【答案】or； greatest； for ； wishes； first； an； eaten ； meanings； certainly； died【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文是文化类阅读，介绍了中国传统节日 春节的风俗习惯。（ 1）句意：中国新年在一月下旬或二月初开始。根据主语是Chinese New Year 单数

54、，可知表示选择故选，or,或者，故填or。（ 2）句意：它是中国最盛大的节日之一。定冠词the 修饰最高级，根据one of the ，可知最高级，故填greatest。（3）句意：很多事情是为这个节日做准备。get ready for为做好准备，故填for。（ 4）句意：最好的祝福写在红纸上，挂在房子周围。系词are 需跟在复数人称后，wish需用复数形式，故填wishes。（ 5）句意：在中国新年的第一天，孩子们会收到红包。定冠词the 修饰序数词，故填first。（ 6）句意：食物是假期的一个重要组成部分。part 部分，单数名词需用不定冠词修饰；important以元音音素开头，需用a

55、n,故填 an。（ 7）句意：特殊的食物在特定的日子吃。Special foods 是动词 eat 的受动者，需用"are +done"被动语态结构，eat的过去分词是 eaten,故填eaten。（ 8）句意：不同的食物背后有不同的含义。different 不同的，形容词修饰可数名词复数，have meaning ,有意义，故填 meanings。（9）句意：春节当然被认为是与家人团聚的日子。动词 regard （认为）需用副词修饰， certain 的副词是 certainly ,故填 certainly。（ 10）句意：许多传统是为了纪念过去去世的家庭成员。本句是定语

56、从句，in the past 在过去，用于一般过去时，动词需用过去式，故填died。【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的时态，语态，词性，最高级搭配等多种用法。9 请用适当的词完成下面的短文。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。Melbourne is in Australia. It is a beautiful cityhuge gardens, great parks andmany(amaze) buildings. Many people came to visit it every year.Melbourne is alsoancient city in Austra

57、lia. It has an interesting history of more than170 years. The first people came in 1835, and in the 1850s, gold (discover). Because ofthis, Melbourne became a very rich city. Many new buildings were built at that time.And today, Melbourne is one of the world's (great) cities. It is known its(beautiful) and its famous universities. It is also Australia's top city for(sport) .Many of them are very popular. For example, young people aremadsoccer here. In 1956, the Olympic Games came to this city,