1. 【答案】population

【解析】 has a population  of only about 10,000 local residents 当地居民只有大约一万人。a后面接名词population人口，故答案为population

2. 【答案】Similarly

【解析】Similarly , my college town consists of about 11,000 local residents 同样地，我的大学城大约有1.1万名当地居民。修饰句子用副词。similar还有名词变形similarity相似性，故答案为Similarly

3. 【答案】consists

【解析】 my college town, Subnormal, consists  of about 11,000 local residents. 我的大学城Subnormal大约有1.1万名当地居民。三单式，故答案为consists

4. 【答案】attending

【解析】when the college students are attending  classes 当大学生来上课的时候。进行时be doing，故答案为attending

5. 【答案】located

【解析】they are both located in rural areas. 它们都位于农村地区。词组be located in…位于…。从语法上讲，这也是个被动be+过去分词。locate还有名词变形location位置，地点，故答案为located

6. 【答案】surrounded

【解析】 Gridlock is surrounded  by many acres of farmland. Gridlock被很多英亩的农场包围着。被动be+过去分词，故答案为surrounded

7. 【答案】devoted

【解析】 …which is devoted  mainly to growing corn and soybeans. 主要用于种植玉米和大豆。词组be devoted to sth专心于…, 致力于…。语法上这也是被动be+过去分词。devote还有名词变形devotion献身，热爱，故答案为devoted

8. 【答案】mainly

【解析】…which is devoted mainly  to growing corn and soybeans. 主要用于种植玉米和大豆。修饰动词用副词，故答案为mainly

9. 【答案】growing

【解析】…which is devoted mainly to growing corn and soybeans. 主要用于种植玉米和大豆。词组be devoted to专心于，致力于，后面接名词或者doing，故答案为growing

10. 【答案】lies

【解析】Subnormal lies  in the center of farmland. Subnormal位于农场中心。三单式。需注意有两个表达可以表示位于，be located in和lie in，前者是被动，后者不是，故答案为lies

11. 【答案】used

【解析】farmland that is used  to raise hogs and cattle 用来养猪和牛的农场。被动be+过去分词。be used to do被用于做某事。还需注意be used to doing习惯于做某事。used to do过去常常做某事，故答案为used

12. 【答案】famous

【解析】 … which is famous  for its Agricultural Economics program 其农业经济学项目而闻名。词组be famous for因…而闻名，故答案为famous

13. 【答案】beautiful

【解析】 the town of Subnormal boasts the beautiful  campus of Quark College Subnormal镇拥有Quark大学的美丽校园。修饰名词campus用形容词，故答案为beautiful

14. 【答案】known

【解析】 … which is well known  for its Agricultural Engineering department 因它的农业工程系而闻名。词组be known for因…而闻名，语法上这也是个被动be+过去分词。know-knew-known，故答案为known

15. 【答案】yearly

【解析】 its yearly  Hog-Calling Contest 它每年的“猪叫比赛”。修饰名词短语用形容词，故答案为yearly