四、短文填空。
World Book and Copyright Day falls in spring every year. It started in 1995 to wish people to get the pleasure of 1. r
eading
. It encourages everyone to read and makes reading an important 2. p
art
of our daily life.
As an old saying goes, "Reading makes a full man." Books, magazines and newspapers can help us know more about the 3. o
utside
world and make us perfect. However, playing computer games too much 4. k
eeps
us away from books. This trend really 5. w
orries
teachers and parents. Chinese people read more books in 2023 than in 2022, but the average number was still far 6. s
maller
than that in main developed countries. Many bookshops closed their doors because their 7. b
usiness
got worse and worse.
But many people still like reading and can't live 8. w
ithout
books. Reading books can benefit people in many ways. It brings us 9. k
nowledge
. It also helps us form our personalities and makes us cleverer.
It's 10. n
ever
too late to start reading. So jump into the wonderful world of books now!
解析:
【分析】
拿到这道首字母提示型短文填空,首先通读全文明确核心主题:文章围绕世界读书日展开,介绍了阅读的意义、当前国民阅读的现状以及阅读的诸多益处,整体语境清晰。接下来逐个推导空格:先结合空格前后的语义逻辑联想常用表达,匹配给出的首字母提示,同时兼顾语法规则,比如介词后接动名词、主谓一致、比较级用法、固定句型搭配等,全部填完后再通读全文,验证整体语义通顺、逻辑连贯,排查错误即可。
【解析】
1. 空格前是介词of,后面需要接名词或动名词,结合全文阅读的主题,表达“获得阅读的乐趣”,首字母为r,因此填reading。
2. 此处要表达“让阅读成为我们日常生活的重要部分”,符合固定搭配an important part of...,首字母为p,因此填part。
3. 此处表达“帮助我们更多了解外面的世界”,常用表达outside world意为外部世界,首字母为o,因此填outside。
4. 此处表达“过度玩电脑游戏让我们远离书籍”,符合固定搭配keep sb. away from sth.,主语是动名词短语,谓语动词用第三人称单数,时态为一般现在时,首字母为k,因此填keeps。
5. 此处表达“这种趋势着实让老师和家长担忧”,主语this trend是单数,一般现在时谓语用第三人称单数,首字母为w,因此填worries。
6. 空格后有than提示要用比较级,表达“人均阅读量仍远小于主要发达国家的数值”,far smaller than表示远小于,首字母为s,因此填smaller。
7. 此处表达“很多书店关门是因为他们的生意越来越差”,business表示生意,首字母为b,因此填business。
8. 此处表达“很多人热爱阅读,没有书就无法生活”,符合固定结构can't live without...,首字母为w,因此填without。
9. 此处表达“阅读能给我们带来知识”,knowledge意为知识,是不可数名词,首字母为k,因此填knowledge。
10. 此处是固定句型it's never too late to do sth.,意为“开始做某事永远不会太晚”,首字母为n,因此填never。
【答案】
1. reading 2. part 3. outside 4. keeps 5. worries 6. smaller 7. business 8. without 9. knowledge 10. never
【知识点】
首字母短文填空、固定短语搭配、主谓一致规则
【点评】
本题以世界读书日和阅读为主题,贴合学生日常认知,既考查学生结合上下文语境推断语义的能力,也覆盖了初中英语核心的固定搭配、时态主谓一致、比较级等基础考点,整体设置梯度平缓,同时能引导学生建立重视阅读的意识。
【难度系数】
0.7