五、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。(2025·江苏宿迁·中考)
When it comes to Yuan Longping, we will think of him as the "Father of Hybrid Rice". In fact, he is also good at reading, swimming and playing the violin.
Yuan has a reading habit—reading aloud. In the first year of high school, there was 1 speech competition. Yuan took part in the competition. He chose a topic, wrote his speech and read it aloud in the morning. After that, he 2 (find) reading aloud was a good method. It could make his memory much better and he could have a 3 (deep) understanding of articles than before.
Yuan is a good 4 (swim). When he was 8 years old, he and his family took a ship to Hunan. He 5 (fall) from the ship. He was saved by a boatman. This made him 6 (learn) to swim—he wanted to be able to save others just as the boatman had saved him. In a national swimming competition in Chengdu, Yuan finished 7 (four) in the race, while the top three entered China's national swimming team 8 (successful).
Yuan is also a good music lover. He learned to play the violin 9 a music teacher at college. He said, "Music is the warmth that has accompanied(陪伴) me throughout my life."
Yuan once said, "We should be good both in mind 10 body." Not only did he finish great things, but he also had a unique soul(独特的灵魂).
As middle school students, we should also find our own interests and life dreams like Yuan Longping.
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【分析】
本题为语篇型语法填空，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配逐一分析每个空：
1. 第1空：泛指“一场演讲比赛”，speech competition为可数名词单数，且speech以辅音音素开头，故用不定冠词a。
2. 第2空：全文讲述袁隆平的过往经历，时态为一般过去时，find的过去式是found。
3. 第3空：句中出现比较级标志词than，需用形容词比较级，deep的比较级为deeper。
4. 第4空：此处表示“游泳者”，需将动词swim转换为名词swimmer。
5. 第5空：描述过去发生的动作，fall的过去式为fell。
6. 第6空：固定搭配make sb do sth要求用动词原形，故填learn。
7. 第7空：此处表示比赛名次，需用序数词，four的序数词为fourth。
8. 第8空：修饰动词entered，需用副词，successful的副词形式为successfully。
9. 第9空：固定搭配learn from sb（从某人那里学习），故填介词from。
10. 第10空：固定搭配both...and...（两者都），故填and。
【解析】
1. 考查不定冠词：表泛指，speech以辅音音素开头，填a。
2. 考查一般过去时：全文为过去语境，find的过去式为found，填found。
3. 考查形容词比较级：由than可知用比较级，deep的比较级是deeper，填deeper。
4. 考查词性转换：swim的名词形式“游泳者”为swimmer，填swimmer。
5. 考查动词过去式：fall的过去式是fell，填fell。
6. 考查固定搭配：make sb do sth结构中用动词原形，填learn。
7. 考查序数词：表比赛名次用序数词，four的序数词是fourth，填fourth。
8. 考查副词：修饰动词entered用副词，successful的副词是successfully，填successfully。
9. 考查介词：learn from是固定搭配，填from。
10. 考查固定搭配：both...and...是固定结构，填and。
【答案】
1. a 2. found 3. deeper 4. swimmer 5. fell 6. learn 7. fourth 8. successfully 9. from 10. and
【知识点】
不定冠词；动词时态；形容词比较级
【点评】
本题围绕袁隆平的兴趣爱好展开，考查基础语法知识与固定搭配，需结合语境分析，难度适中，是中考常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.7
