Ⅴ. 阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
We all know that food will 21.
easily
(easy) go bad if the weather is too warm. So we usually put it into our fridges 22.
to keep
(keep) it fresh in hot weather. But can you make it without fridges?
In 1995, Abba, a teacher from Nigeria, 23.
found
(find) a cool way. His invention is called Pot-in-Pot Cooling System. It uses two clay pots(陶罐). There is a 24.
smaller
(small) pot inside a larger one. There must be some space. The space 25.
between
the two pots is filled with wet sand. Fruit, vegetables or drinks can be put into the smaller pot. A wet cloth covers the whole cooling system. Some food can be kept fresh for several 26.
weeks
(week) in it.
Abba built five thousand pot-in-pot systems for the families in 27.
his
(he) hometown. Then people all over 28.
the
country began to use the invention. Soon it became popular with farmers in other African 29.
countries
(country). In 2000, Abba got a prize(奖)—the Rolex Awards for Enterprise. 30.
If
you are trying to do something to improve humans' lives, you may have the chance to get this prize. Why not have a try?
解析：
【分析】这是英语短文语法填空题，需结合词性、时态、固定搭配、介词、代词、名词复数、连词等语法知识，根据上下文语境和句子结构逐一分析每个空：21题修饰动词go，需用副词；22题表目的，用不定式；23题时间是1995年，用一般过去时；24题与larger对应，用比较级；25题指两者之间，用介词between；26题several后接名词复数；27题修饰名词hometown，用形容词性物主代词；28题是固定搭配all over the country；29题other后接名词复数；30题引导条件状语从句，用连词If。
【解析】21. 修饰动词go，将形容词easy变为副词easily；22. 表目的，用不定式to keep；23. 由时间状语In 1995可知，用一般过去时，find的过去式是found；24. 与后面的larger对应，用small的比较级smaller；25. 表示两者之间，用介词between；26. several后接可数名词复数，week的复数是weeks；27. 修饰名词hometown，用he的形容词性物主代词his；28. 固定搭配all over the country，加定冠词the；29. other后接可数名词复数，country的复数是countries；30. 引导条件状语从句，用连词If。
【答案】21. easily 22. to keep 23. found 24. smaller 25. between 26. weeks 27. his 28. the 29. countries 30. If
【知识点】词性转换、动词时态、名词复数
【点评】本题为英语语法填空，考查基础语法知识的运用，需结合语境和语法规则解题，难度适中，能有效检验学生对英语基础知识点的掌握情况。
【难度系数】0.6
