二、短文填空
阅读短文,在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
Do you know The Book of Songs? It is one of the most important Chinese (1) ______ (classic). The book is not only the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry, but also the (2) ______ (early) collection of poetry in China. It has collected different kinds of (3) ______ (music) works from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. Many poems (4) ______ (create) not by famous poets but by common labouring people. When I read this book, I feel like I’m having (5) ______ talk across time and space with people from thousands of years ago.
Among all the poems in this book, my favourite is called Homecoming after the War (《采薇》). This poem is (6)
mainly
(main) about some soldiers. They had to leave their homes and (7)
fought
(fight) far away for many years. They missed their homeland very much, but they could not return because (8)
of
the war. By reading the poem, we can understand (9)
what
these soldiers went through, feel their sadness, and see how hard the war can be. Though we don’t live in their time, the poem still touches (10)
our
(we) hearts and makes us feel something deep inside.
解析:
【分析】
做短文填空时,需结合语境、语法规则、词汇变形及固定搭配确定每个空的答案:
1. 依据“one of + 可数名词复数”结构,确定名词形式;
2. 结合语境“中国最早的诗歌集”,使用形容词最高级;
3. 修饰名词需用形容词,转换对应词汇形式;
4. 分析主语与动词的主被动关系及时态,确定被动语态形式;
5. 结合固定搭配确定冠词;
6. 修饰介词需用副词,转换对应词汇形式;
7. 结合全文过去时态,确定动词过去式;
8. 依据固定搭配区分because与because of的用法;
9. 分析宾语从句的连接词,确定引导词;
10. 修饰名词需用形容词性物主代词,转换对应词汇形式。
【解析】
1. “one of + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数”表示“……之一”,故填classics;
2. 句意为“中国最早的诗歌集”,此处用early的最高级earliest;
3. 修饰名词works需用形容词,music的形容词为musical,故填musical;
4. poems与create是被动关系,动作发生在过去,一般过去时被动语态结构为“were + 过去分词”,故填were created;
5. 固定短语have a talk意为“交谈”,故填a;
6. 修饰介词短语about some soldiers需用副词,main的副词为mainly,故填mainly;
7. 结合全文过去时态,并列谓语用fight的过去式fought,故填fought;
8. because后接句子,because of后接名词,此处接the war,故填of;
9. 引导宾语从句且在从句中作go through的宾语,故填what;
10. 修饰名词hearts需用形容词性物主代词,we的形容词性物主代词为our,故填our。
【答案】
1. classics
2. earliest
3. musical
4. were created
5. a
6. mainly
7. fought
8. of
9. what
10. our
【知识点】
英语词汇变形、固定搭配、被动语态
【点评】
本题为英语短文填空题,考查词汇形式变化、语法知识及固定搭配的运用,需结合上下文语境分析,难度适中,适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6