题目内容：

 

1.Between Italy and France, there is a mountain r________ called the Alps.

2.Considering size and population, how big is the European Union c__________ with China?

3.A tornado is a r__________ column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.

4.What c________ the terrible fire? It was a burning cigarette end.

5.Oxford and Grenoble are both m_________-sized towns of between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants.

6.The countries are independent and are ___________(统治)in different ways.

7.Paris is the capital and largest city of France, __________ (位于)on the River Seine.

8.The human development index has some _______________.(令人意外的事情)

9.In nine years, China increased life __________(寿命)by 13 years.

10.There was the ____________(可能；可能性) of a huge tidal wave which could flood half the island.