love the city's old buildings,________（especial）Notre Dame Cathedral（巴黎圣母院）. Unluckily, that view ________（go） since April 16th, 2019.

On April 16, a fire destroyed the 850-year-old cathedral, and two-thirds of the roof. The fire________（shock） Parisians. People came together to the church,________（sing） songs and praying （祈祷）for the hundreds of firefighters who fought the flames. "Notre Dame, not only to Catholics, ________to all Parisians means a lot," wrote by ________author, "It's a symbol of French culture and history." That's ________ people felt sad. The church itself, after all, is a treasure. It was built in 1163 and after Notre Dame, churches in Europe were built ________ （tall） and looked more beautiful. Though Notre Dame had a long history and many ________（treasure）, Victor Hugo, a writer, made the church truly famous. His novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, presented the building to us. He wrote the book to remind people ________ it, with hope they would work to protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris.

【答案】 especially；has gone；shocked；singing；but；an；why；taller；treasures；of 【解析】【分析】主要讲了被大火烧掉的巴黎圣母院。

（1）句意：他们喜欢这个城市古老的建筑物，尤其是巴黎圣母院。尤其是用especially，故填especially。

（2）句意：不幸运的是，那个景色自从2019年4月16日就已经消失了。since引导的时间状语从句，从句用一般过去时，主句用现在完成时，句子是主句，所以用现在完成时，结构是have/has+动词过去分词，主语是单数view，所以用has，go的过去分词是gone，故填has gone。

（3）句意：这场大火震惊了巴黎人。时态是一般过去时，所以用过去式shocked，故填shocked。

（4）句意：人们一起来到教堂，唱歌和为救火的数百名消防战士祈祷。and连接并列成分，praying是ing，所以sing也用ing，即singing，故填singing。

（5）句意：“巴黎圣母院，不仅仅对天主教徒，而且对巴黎人意义重大。”not only...but （also）...不仅……而且……，故填but。

（6）句意：由一名作家所写“它是法国文化和历史的象征。”author是可数名词，以元音音素开头，所以用an，故填an。

（7）句意：那是人们为什么感到悲伤的原因。that's why+句子，表示那是为什么……的原因，故填why。

（8）句意：欧洲的教堂被建立的更高和看起来更漂亮。and表并列，前后单词用法一致，more beautiful，比较级，所以tall也用比较级taller，故填taller。

（9）句意：尽管巴黎圣母院有长的历史和许多珠宝。many修饰可数名词复数，treasure 的复数是treasures，故填treasures。

（10）句意：他写这本书使他们想起它。remind sb. of sth.，使某人想起……，故填of。【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、搭配、短语及语境。