六、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。
W. Somerset Maugham was a great English writer. (1)
he died in 1965, his books are still loved by people around the world today.
Born in Paris, France, Maugham lost his parents at an early age. Then he was sent to the UK to live with an uncle. (2)
(late), he studied at King’s School, Canterbury. Because he had a stammer (口吃), his classmates often (3)
(laugh) at him. That hurt him deeply. In 1892, he went to Heidelberg University in Germany. A year later, he returned to England and (4)
(enter) St. Thomas’ Medical School. He became a doctor in 1897. That same year, he wrote his (5)
(one) novel Liza of
Lambeth, and its success encouraged him to give up medicine for writing.
Maugham wrote many great novels. One of his (6)
(famous) novels is Of Human Bondage. It tells the story of a young man trying to find out the meaning of life. Another popular novel is The Moon and Sixpence. It is (7)
(main) based on the life of Paul Gauguin, (8)
artist from France.
解析:
【分析】
通读短文理解语境与逻辑,结合英语基础语法规则填空:1. 前后句为转折让步关系,需用对应连词;2. 此处表时间上的“后来”,需用late的副词形式;3. 讲述过去经历,时态用一般过去时;4. and连接并列谓语,需保持时态一致;5. 表“第一本”小说,用one的序数词;6. 遵循“one of + 形容词最高级+名词复数”结构;7. 修饰动词短语需用副词;8. 元音音素开头的单数可数名词表泛指,用对应不定冠词。
【解析】
1. 前半句说明毛姆1965年去世,后半句指出他的书至今仍受喜爱,为转折让步逻辑,故填Although/Though;
2. 此处作时间状语,late的副词Later表示“后来”,符合语境;
3. 全文叙述过去的经历,用一般过去时,laugh的过去式为laughed;
4. and连接两个并列的过去式谓语,returned为过去式,故enter用过去式entered;
5. 表示“第一本”小说,用one对应的序数词first;
6. 固定结构“one of + 形容词最高级+名词复数”,famous的最高级为most famous;
7. 修饰动词短语be based on,需用副词,main的副词形式为mainly;
8. artist是元音音素开头的单数可数名词,表泛指,用不定冠词an。
【答案】
1. Although/Though 2. Later 3. laughed 4. entered 5. first 6. most famous 7. mainly 8. an
【知识点】
连词用法、动词时态、词形转换
【点评】
本题为英语短文填空题,考查语境理解及基础语法的综合应用,涵盖连词、时态、词形变化、冠词等知识点,难度适中,侧重对学生英语基础知识运用能力的考查。
【难度系数】
0.6