Ⅶ. 首字母填空
根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空格处填入一个适当的词使短文完整。
新素材 沙漠小城的
运动会(2025·南京二模改编)
Living in the Taklimakan Desert brings daily challenges，from high temperatures to awful sandstorms. For those born and raised in this area，sports 1. u
sed
to be a dream. Now things are changing. When the 29th Farmers' and Herders' Games were held in Yutian County，Xinjiang in April，local athletes took part in competitions alongside the desert. Among them，a group of local women farmers 2. s
hone
like stars in the sky，and Aygul Metohi was one of them.
In the past，Aygul never 3. i
magined
playing sports with friends in her village. Villagers had no all-weather roads or mobile phone signals(信号). Visiting a neighbour often 4. m
eant
walking more than 10 kilometres across sandy hills. In 2019，the local 5. g
overnment
helped the whole village move to a better living place as part of a poverty relief(脱贫)programme. Now，the village has tidy rows of brick houses with electricity，natural gas，the internet and green trees around.
On a school playground，Aygul leads the village's first all-women Maire Ball team in their training period before the games. With one 6. s
hout/signal
from Aygul at her gate，teammates，also neighbours，gather on the playground to practise. Three years ago，the newly formed team made everyone 7. s
urprised
by winning the third place in the women's Maire Ball competition at the 26th County Games.
8. B
eyond/Besides
medals，the sport has also helped form a fresh relationship. After matches，players share farm work，ride into town，and exchange gifts bought online. Encouraged by Aygul's team，younger women in the village now ask 9. h
ow
they can play the sport.
"On the field，we move as one；off it，we are sisters." Aygul said，"Life here can grow richer only by working 10. c
losely
with each other." In a place which was lonely in the past，playing sports is developing communication and new chances among the moving sands.
解析：
【分析】
首先通读全文，把握核心主旨：塔克拉玛干沙漠地区的生活条件经脱贫项目改善后，体育运动走进当地居民生活，改变了他们的生活状态。随后逐个分析填空：
1. 结合“Now things are changing”的今昔对比，锁定“used to be”这一固定搭配来表达过去的状态；
2. 根据“like stars in the sky”的比喻，联想到“闪耀”的含义，再结合全文一般过去时的时态确定动词形式；
3. 依据过去恶劣的生活条件（无道路、无信号），推断出阿依古丽从未“想象”过能参与运动，同时结合“imagine doing sth”的固定用法和过去时态确定单词；
4. 由过去拜访邻居需长途跋涉的事实，推断该行为“意味着”步行10多公里，结合过去时态确定动词过去式；
5. 根据脱贫项目的实施主体，确定是“政府”帮助村民搬迁；
6. 从“队友集合训练”的结果反推，阿依古丽是通过呼喊或发信号召集大家，结合首字母确定符合语境的单词；
7. 新组建的队伍获季军的结果会让众人“惊讶”，结合“make sb +形容词”的固定结构确定形容词；
8. 后文提到运动的额外意义，说明是除奖牌之外的价值，结合首字母和语境确定表示“除……之外”的单词；
9. 年轻女性询问参与运动的方式，用how引导宾语从句表方式；
10. 结合前文“团结一心”的描述，推断生活变好需要“紧密地”合作，用副词修饰动词working。
【解析】
1. used：“used to be”是固定搭配，意为“过去曾经是……”，结合后文“Now things are changing”，表明体育运动过去曾是当地土生土长的人的梦想，故填used。
2. shone：根据“like stars in the sky”的比喻，此处表示当地女农民在运动会中表现出色如同星星闪耀，“shine”意为“闪耀”，全文时态为一般过去时，所以用其过去式shone，故填shone。
3. imagined：根据前文“Villagers had no all-weather roads or mobile phone signals”可知过去生活条件恶劣，阿依古丽从未想象过能和朋友在村里做运动，“imagine doing sth”是固定用法，意为“想象做某事”，时态为一般过去时，故填imagined。
4. meant：过去生活不便，拜访邻居就意味着要步行超过10公里穿越沙丘，“mean”意为“意味着”，时态为一般过去时，故填meant。
5. government：根据“poverty relief programme”（脱贫项目）可知，能帮助全村搬迁到更好地方的是当地政府，故填government。
6. shout/signal：根据“teammates, also neighbours, gather on the playground to practise”可知，阿依古丽在门口呼喊或发出信号，队友们就会集合训练，shout（呼喊）和signal（信号）都符合语境，故填shout/signal。
7. surprised：新组建的队伍获得季军，这种成绩会让大家感到惊讶，“make sb +形容词”是固定结构，意为“使某人……”，surprised用来形容人的感受，故填surprised。
8. Beyond/Besides：根据后文“the sport has also helped form a fresh relationship”可知，这里表示除了奖牌之外，运动还有其他意义，Beyond/Besides意为“除……之外”，符合语境，句首首字母大写，故填Beyond/Besides。
9. how：村里的年轻女性询问如何参与这项运动，how用来引导宾语从句，表示方式，故填how。
10. closely：根据前文“On the field，we move as one；off it，we are sisters”可知，生活变得更富足需要大家紧密合作，closely是副词，用来修饰动词working，意为“紧密地”，故填closely。
【答案】
1. used
2. shone
3. imagined
4. meant
5. government
6. shout/signal
7. surprised
8. Beyond/Besides
9. how
10. closely
【知识点】
1. 固定搭配运用
2. 动词时态变化
3. 语境推理填词
【点评】
本文通过讲述塔克拉玛干沙漠地区居民生活条件改善后，体育运动融入生活的故事，展现了脱贫攻坚带来的积极改变。解题时需紧密结合上下文语境，熟练掌握固定搭配和动词时态规则，同时注意词性的正确使用（如副词修饰动词、形容词修饰人等细节），这些都是提升首字母填空解题能力的关键。
【难度系数】
0.6
