二、短文填空
阅读短文，从方框中选出恰当的短语补全短文。每个短语仅用一次。
Chen Jie showed Ella a beautiful 1.
folding fan
she bought last year. Ella noticed there was a 2.
painting of
bamboo on it. Chen Jie explained that bamboo is one of 3.
the most popular subjects
in Chinese paintings and it represents 4.
a symbol of
goodness in Chinese culture.
Ella was curious about where Chen Jie got the fan. Chen Jie told her it was from the Bamboo Sea in Sichuan, which is the 5.
largest and oldest
bamboo forest in China. She learnt 6.
a lot of
interesting things there. Chen Jie shared that bamboo is one of the 7.
fastest-growing
plants. Some types of bamboo can grow almost one metre in just one day. It's also one of the 8.
most useful
plants in the world. People can use it to build houses, and 9.
make tools
and instruments. Ella remembered that pandas love to eat bamboo too. Chen Jie added that people also eat 10.
bamboo shoots
, which are really delicious.
解析：
【分析】
本题为选词补全短文题，需先通读短文理解大意，再结合上下文语境、短语含义及固定搭配，逐一匹配空缺处的合适短语。短文围绕陈杰向艾拉介绍折扇、竹子的文化意义、四川竹海及竹子的用途展开，需根据每个空缺处的语法结构和语义逻辑，从方框短语中选择唯一匹配的选项。
【解析】
1. 空前有形容词“beautiful”，空后是定语从句“she bought”，结合语境“陈杰给艾拉看去年买的漂亮折扇”，选短语“folding fan”。
2. 空前有不定冠词“a”，空后是“bamboo”，需表达“一幅竹子的画”，选短语“painting of”。
3. “one of”后需接可数名词复数，结合语境“竹子是中国画最受欢迎的主题之一”，选“the most popular subjects”。
4. 空前是动词“represents”（代表），需表达“……的象征”，选短语“a symbol of”。
5. 修饰“bamboo forest”，结合语境“四川竹海是中国最大最古老的竹林”，选“largest and oldest”。
6. 修饰可数名词复数“interesting things”，表示“许多有趣的事”，选“a lot of”。
7. 结合后文“有些竹子一天长近一米”，可知是“生长最快的植物之一”，选“fastest-growing”。
8. “one of”后接形容词最高级，结合后文“竹子可用于建房、制作工具等”，可知是“最有用的植物之一”，选“most useful”。
9. 与“build houses”并列，表达竹子的用途“制作工具”，选“make tools”。
10. 空前是动词“eat”，结合后文“熊猫爱吃，也可食用”，可知是“竹笋”，选“bamboo shoots”。
【答案】
1. folding fan
2. painting of
3. the most popular subjects
4. a symbol of
5. largest and oldest
6. a lot of
7. fastest-growing
8. most useful
9. make tools
10. bamboo shoots
【知识点】
短语运用、固定搭配、形容词最高级
【点评】
本题为选词填空题型，侧重考查学生对短语含义的理解及上下文语境的逻辑匹配能力，整体难度适中，需结合短文大意逐一分析空缺处的语法和语义需求。
【难度系数】
0.6
