二、从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次
as well as snow record harvest drop
Look at your calendar. There are 24 solar terms, also called jieqi. About 2 000 years ago, Chinese people studied natural changes such as air temperature, water 1.
crop growth. Then they made 24 solar terms to show the changes in seasons and weather instead of simple temperature 2.
.
For example, they named the day with the year's longest daytime as xiazhi. It's usually 3.
around xiaoxue, and dahan marks the end of the coldest time of the year.
The solar terms also help farmers make plans. When lichun comes, the weather gets warm, and farmers start to sow seeds (播种). When mangzhong arrives, they will be busy 4.
!
Today, the solar terms are still helpful to our daily lives. Did your mom tell you "don't show your feet after hanlu"? You'd better listen to her, because the temperature usually 5. ______ a lot and hanlu means the beginning of cold days.
解析：
【分析】
首先通读全文，明确文章围绕中国二十四节气展开，方框内单词/短语为as well as、snow、record、harvest、drop，需结合语境、语法规则（并列结构、词性、时态、固定搭配）选择并正确变形单词，且每个词仅用一次。逐个分析：1. 空前后是并列的自然变化内容，需用并列连词短语连接；2. 空处需名词，结合语境确定单复数；3. 空处需形容词作表语，转换对应词性；4. 结合固定搭配确定动词形式；5. 结合主语和时态确定动词第三人称单数形式。
【解析】
1. 第1空：句子中air temperature和crop growth是并列的自然变化内容，需用并列连词短语as well as连接，符合逻辑，故填as well as。
2. 第2空：此处需名词作介词of的宾语，record表示“记录”时为可数名词，temperature records意为“温度记录”，泛指用复数，故填records。
3. 第3空：be动词后需形容词作表语，snow的形容词形式为snowy，结合“小雪”节气的语境，此处表示“下雪的”，故填snowy。
4. 第4空：固定搭配be busy doing sth（忙于做某事），harvest的动名词形式为harvesting，符合农民忙于收获的语境，故填harvesting。
5. 第5空：主语temperature为第三人称单数，句子为一般现在时，谓语动词需用第三人称单数形式，drop的三单形式为drops，此处表示“温度下降”，故填drops。
【答案】
1. as well as 2. records 3. snowy 4. harvesting 5. drops
【知识点】
英语选词填空、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕二十四节气语境考查选词填空，需结合上下文逻辑、语法规则及词汇变形解题，重点考查学生对词汇词义、形式变化及固定搭配的掌握，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5
