B)阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
When it comes to Yuan Longping, we will think of him as the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. In fact, he was also good at reading, swimming and playing the violin.
Yuan had a reading habit—reading aloud. In the first year of high school, there was 1 speech competition. Yuan took part in the competition. He chose a topic, wrote his speech and read it aloud in the morning. After that, he 2 (find) reading aloud was a good method. It could make his memory much better and he could have a 3 (deep) understanding of articles than before.
Yuan was a good 4 (swim). When he was 8 years old, he and his family took a ship to Hunan. He fell from the ship. He 5 (save) by a boatman. This made him 6 (learn) to swim—he wanted to be able to save others just as the boatman had saved him. In a national swimming competition in Chengdu, Yuan finished 7 (four) in the race, while the top three entered China's national swimming team 8 (successful).
Yuan was also a good music lover. He learned to play the violin 9 a Music teacher at college. He said, “Music is the warmth that has accompanied(陪伴) me throughout my life.”
Yuan once said, “We should be good both in mind 10 body.” Not only did he finish great things, but he also had a unique soul(独特的灵魂).
As middle school students, we should also find our own interests and life dreams like Yuan Longping.
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解析:
【分析】
这是一道语篇型英语语法填空题,需结合短文语境、语法规则及固定搭配完成填空。解题时先通读全文把握主旨(介绍袁隆平的多方面才能),再逐空分析:1. 泛指“一场演讲比赛”,用不定冠词;2. 描述过去的动作,用动词过去式;3. 由than可知用形容词比较级;4. 形容词后需名词,转换动词为名词;5. 表过去的被动动作,用一般过去时被动语态;6. 考查make的固定搭配;7. 表比赛名次用序数词;8. 修饰动词用副词;9. 考查介词搭配;10. 考查固定搭配both...and...。
【解析】
1. 此处泛指“一场演讲比赛”,speech以辅音音素开头,故填不定冠词a;
2. 全文讲述过去的事,谓语动词用过去式,find的过去式为found;
3. 由句中than可知,此处需用形容词deep的比较级deeper;
4. 形容词good后需名词,swim对应的表示人的名词是swimmer;
5. 主语he是动作save的承受者,且动作发生在过去,故用一般过去时的被动语态was saved;
6. 固定搭配make sb do sth,故填动词原形learn;
7. 此处表示比赛中的名次,需用序数词fourth;
8. 修饰动词entered需用副词,successful的副词形式是successfully;
9. 固定搭配learn from sb,故填介词from;
10. 固定搭配both...and...,故填and。
【答案】
1. a 2. found 3. deeper 4. swimmer 5. was saved
6. learn 7. fourth 8. successfully 9. from 10. and
【知识点】
冠词用法、动词时态、固定搭配
【点评】
本题结合袁隆平的事迹考查英语基础语法,既巩固了冠词、时态、比较级等核心知识点,又传递了学习榜样的积极意义,是典型的语篇型语法填空题目。
【难度系数】
0.3