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)
Though/Although
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)
Later
(late), he studied at King’s School, Canterbury. Because he had a stammer (口吃), his classmates often (3)
laughed
(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)
entered
(enter) St. Thomas’ Medical School. He became a doctor in 1897. That same year, he wrote his (5)
first
(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)
most famous
(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)
mainly
(main) based on the life of Paul Gauguin, (8)
an
artist from France.
解析：
【分析】
本题为短文填空，需结合语境逻辑、基础语法规则（连词、词性转换、时态、序数词、形容词最高级、冠词等）逐一分析空格：
1. 第1空：前后句为转折让步关系，需填引导让步状语从句的连词；
2. 第2空：需表示“后来”作状语，用括号内单词的副词形式；
3. 第3空：结合过去时态语境，谓语动词用过去式；
4. 第4空：and连接并列谓语，时态需与前文一致，用动词过去式；
5. 第5空：表示“第一部小说”，需用括号内基数词对应的序数词；
6. 第6空：符合“one of + 形容词最高级”的固定结构；
7. 第7空：修饰动词短语，需用括号内形容词对应的副词形式；
8. 第8空：泛指单数可数名词，结合元音音素确定不定冠词。
【解析】
1. 第1空：前后句为让步关系，填Though/Although；
2. 第2空：late的副词形式Later表“后来”，符合语境；
3. 第3空：全文为过去时态，laugh的过去式是laughed；
4. 第4空：and连接并列谓语，returned为过去式，故enter用过去式entered；
5. 第5空：one对应的序数词是first，表顺序“第一”；
6. 第6空：固定结构“one of + 形容词最高级”，famous的最高级为most famous；
7. 第7空：副词修饰动词短语，main的副词形式是mainly；
8. 第8空：泛指“一位法国艺术家”，artist以元音音素开头，用an。
【答案】
1. Though/Although 2. Later 3. laughed 4. entered 5. first 6. most famous 7. mainly 8. an
【知识点】
让步状语从句、词性转换、形容词最高级
【点评】
本题考查英语基础语法核心考点，涵盖连词、词性变化、时态、序数词、最高级、冠词等，需结合语境与语法规则填空，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.7
