【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 0。 Next time you hold a book in your hands, stop and think. Like most other things in the modern world, it is the result of thousands of years of human invention. First, came the invention of writing, ________（probable） .about 5, 500 years ago. With writing, people did not have to remember everything in their heads. They could municate with people that they never________ （see） and share their knowledge with insure generations.Later, the Greeks were wellknown for their literature （文學(xué)） and science, but their books looked very different ________the books of today. They were called scrolls （卷軸）. They were difficult to use and took a lot of space in a library. About 2,000 years ago, books with lots of pages________ （invent）. For more than a thousand years, the pages of books were made from animal skin. That changed in ________thirteenth century, when Europeans learned about a very ________（use） Chinese invention: paper.But the biggest change for books in Europe came in 1439, when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Before that, books in Europe were copied by hand, so they were very expensive. Many more people could afford the books ________were produced on a printing press.These days it is difficult ________（imagine） a world without books. But human invention does not stop. Every year, more________ （story） are bought as ebooks and read on a screen. Will anyone turn the pages of a traditional book in the future, ________will books, like scrolls, soon disappear?【答案】 probably；saw；from；were invented；the；useful；that/which；to imagine；stories；or 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了書的歷史。 （1）句意： 首先，書寫的發(fā)明可能在大約5500年前。副詞修飾動詞came，probable是形容詞，probably是副詞，故填probably。 （2）句意： 他們可以與從未見過的人交流，并與保險公司的幾代人分享他們的知識。根據(jù) 5, 500 years ago可知時態(tài)是一般過去時，see的過去式是saw ， 故填saw。 （3）句意： 后來，希臘人因他們的文學(xué)和科學(xué)而聞名，但是他們的“書”看起來和今天的書大不相同。be different from，固定搭配，與……不同 ， 故填from。 （4）句意： 大約2000年前，有很多頁的書4被發(fā)明。根據(jù)2000年前是一般過去時，invent和pages是被動關(guān)系，主語是名詞復(fù)數(shù)，故助動詞是were ， 故填 were invented。 （5）句意： 這種情況在13世紀(jì)發(fā)生了變化，當(dāng)時歐洲人了解到一項非常有用的中國發(fā)明，紙。根據(jù)thirteenth是序數(shù)詞，其前是定冠詞the，故填the。 （6）句意：這種情況在13世紀(jì)發(fā)生了變化，當(dāng)時歐洲人了解到一項非常有用的中國發(fā)明，紙。invention是名詞，其前是形容詞，use是動詞，useful是形容詞，故填 useful。 （7）句意： 更多的人買得起印刷機(jī)上生產(chǎn)的書。定語從句缺少主語，指代先行詞books，故用關(guān)系代詞that/which指代，故填 that/which。 （8）句意： 如今，沒有書的世界很難想象。it39。s+形容詞+to so，固定搭配，做某事很…… ， 故填 to imagine。 （9）句意： 每年，都有更多的故事以電子書的形式被購買并在屏幕上閱讀。此處缺少主語，根據(jù)are可知是名詞復(fù)數(shù)，story是名詞 ， 故填 stories。 （10）句意： 將來會有人翻過傳統(tǒng)書籍的書頁嗎？像卷軸一樣的書會很快消失嗎？連接疑問句表示并列關(guān)系用or ， 故填or。 【點(diǎn)評】考查語法填空，注意謂語的時態(tài)，語態(tài)，非謂語動詞，詞性，連詞搭配等多種用法。6．語法填空 Tonight is the night when children in much of the ________（west） world will be waiting for a fat man ________ red and white to pass by on his sleigh and climb down the chimney to deliver the Christmas ________ （present）. And as we all know, Santa Claus, or Father Christmas lives at the North Pole, you might not realize he39。s________ （actual） from Finland. Everyone dreams of the ing of Santa Claus ________ （bring） him something. Stories ________him spread throughout the centuries including one in which he helped a poor man who couldn39。t afford money for his married daughters. In the dead of night, Nicolas came to throw gold into his house. But the windows were too narrow so he had to climb down the chimney, yes, you guessed it, threw gold in the girls39。 stocking ________ （hang） up to dry. I guessed, I thought, Santa Claus was just a mercial business. ________ I learned here today that he was a real man that did great things. ________ he is a legend continued. I39。m proud because he was a saint. He helped all the people. He helped ________（we）. And now he helps me every day. Very few people know this fact.【答案】 western；in；presents；actually；to bring；about；hung；But；And；us 【解析】【分析】文章大意：我們都知道，圣誕老人或圣誕老人住在北極，你可能不會意識到他來自芬蘭。每個人都夢想著圣誕老人的到來（給他帶些東西）。關(guān)于圣誕老人故事他流傳了整個世紀(jì)，我想，我猜圣誕老人只是一種商業(yè)活動。我今天在這里學(xué)到他是一個真正的做了大事的人。他是個傳奇人物。我很驕傲，因為他是個圣人。他幫助了所有的人。現(xiàn)在他每天都在幫助我。 （1）句意：今晚是西方世界大部分地區(qū)的孩子們將等待一個紅白相間的胖子駕著雪橇從煙囪上爬下來送圣誕禮物的夜晚。west作定語修飾world，應(yīng)使用western，故答案是western。 （2）句意：今晚是西方世界大部分地區(qū)的孩子們將等待一個紅白相間的胖子駕著雪橇從煙囪上爬下來送圣誕禮物的夜晚。red and white是圣誕老人穿的衣服，穿某種顏色的衣服，使用介詞in，故答案是in。 （3）句意：今晚是西方世界大部分地區(qū)的孩子們將等待一個紅白相間的胖子駕著雪橇從煙囪上爬下來送圣誕禮物的夜晚。present可數(shù)名詞，前面沒有冠詞出現(xiàn)，因此使用復(fù)數(shù)形式，故答案是presents。 （4）句意：我們都知道圣誕老人來自北極，實(shí)際上他來自芬蘭。actual修飾動詞is，因此使用副詞形式actually，故答案是actually。 （5）句意：每一個人夢想著圣誕老人的到來，給他帶來禮物。帶來禮物是他們夢想圣誕老人到來的目的，因此使用動詞不定式做目的狀語，故答案是to bring。 （6）句意：關(guān)于他的故事傳了幾個世紀(jì)，就包括他幫助了一個買不起女兒的陪嫁的貧窮的父親的故事。關(guān)于，about，介詞短語作后置定語修飾stories，故答案是about。 （7）句意：但是窗戶太窄，因此他不得不從煙囪爬下，朝掛著晾干的長筒襪里扔金子。hang作后置定語秀是stocking，stocking與hang是被動關(guān)系，因此使用過去分析作定語，hang的