题目内容：

根据中文意思填完下面的句子，一词一空。（每题2分，共10分）(请写在答题卷上面)

1. 因“荒漠化”越发严重，中国近年来发生沙尘暴的次数似乎明显增加了。

     Sandstorms in China appear                         in recent years as a result of “               ”.

2.他花费最后几年用于准备他的一本书，名叫《孟子》的学术理论。

    He     his      years      a book of his teachings       The Book of Mencius.

3.这是因为在一个外国家庭里住一两个星期意味着你必须讲他们的语言，结果你的外语水平就很快提高了。

This is because            with a foreign family for one or two weeks      

          that you have to           their language, and you         fast.

4.现在法律禁止人们燃烧太多的煤。

There are laws       do not        people       burn too         coal.

5. 孟子是一位思想家，他的理论和孔子的理论很相似。

Mencius was a                  teachings were very                   those of Confucius.