【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ies are in the human body? Or ever wondered why old people have ________(big) ears than they used to? The winners of Ig Nobel Prizes (搞笑諾貝爾獎) have got the answers. He Ig Nobel Prizes, founded in 1991, are to honor achievements ________first make people laugh, and then make them think, The ceremony ________(take) place at Harvard University every year. Winners39。 acceptance ________(speech) are limited to 60 seconds, ________(strict) policed by an eightyearold girl. The honored research might seem ridiculous ________first sight, but that doesn39。t mean it lacks scientific value. For example, the research in 2006 on why dry spaghetti tends to break into more than two pieces was important ________(discover) failure in bridge spans (跨度) or human bones And a followup paper ________(publish) by MIT physicists several years later. But people are more likely to read about ________(break) spaghetti than to read an academic paper. Even when there is no immediate usefulness, ________is still good to encourage people to observe and think.【答案】 bigger；that/ which；takes；speeches；strictly；at；to discover；was published；breaking；it 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，搞笑諾貝爾獎聽起來似乎很搞笑,但是這并不意味著它缺乏科學(xué)價值。 （1）考查形容詞。句意：或者想知道為什么老年人的耳朵比以前大? 根據(jù)句意和than可知這里要用形容詞的比較級,故填bigger。 （2）考查定語從句。分析可知空格處引導(dǎo)限定性定語從句,先行詞為achievements,指物?？崭裉幵诰渲凶鲋髡Z所以要用that或者which引導(dǎo)這個定語從句,故填that/which。 （3）考查主謂一致和時態(tài)。分析可知take在句中做謂語。這里介紹的是一般事實,要用一般現(xiàn)在時。主語the ceremony為單數(shù),謂語動詞也要用單數(shù),故填takes。 （4）考查名詞。speech為可數(shù)名詞,根據(jù)后面的are判斷這里要用其復(fù)數(shù)形式,故填speeches。 （5）考查副詞?？崭裉幮揎梽釉~police要用副詞,故填strictly。 （6）考查介詞。句意：乍一看,這項久享盛名的研究似乎很荒謬,但這并不意味著它缺乏科學(xué)價值。at first sight固定短語，乍一看；一看到.......就,故填at。 （7）考查非謂語動詞。這里使用了sth/sb+be+adj+to do的結(jié)構(gòu),故填to discover。 （8）考查語態(tài)時態(tài)。本句的事情已經(jīng)發(fā)生,事情發(fā)生在過去要用一般過去時。謂語動詞publish和主語a followup paper是被動關(guān)系,要用被動語態(tài)。a followup paper是單數(shù),謂語動詞也要用單數(shù)。故填was published。 （9）考查非謂語動詞。about為介詞,后面的動詞要用動名詞形式,故填breaking。 （10）考查代詞。句意：即使沒有立竿見影的效果,鼓勵人們?nèi)ビ^察和思考也是好的。根據(jù)句意,分析可知在主句中,to encourage people to observe and think是真正的主語,要用it做形式主語,故填it。 【點評】本題考點涉及形容詞，定語從句，主謂一致，名詞，副詞，非謂語動詞，時態(tài)語態(tài)以及代詞等多個知識點的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生在理解細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，并結(jié)合相關(guān)語法知識，進行分析推理，從而寫出正確的單詞形式。6．語法填空 As kids reach adolescence, they often face increasing workloads and responsibilities but school still starts early. As a result, it ________ (report) that 80 to 90 percent of teens don39。t get enough sleep. This sleep ________ (lose) causes kids to suffer mentally and physically. But too much sleep also has its problems. According to Andrew Fuligni, a sleep doctor in a famous hospital, ________ studies the mental health of adolescents, sleeping less than eight hours ________ more, than ten can make teenagers fed worse the next day. ________ (help) teens get enough sleep, some schools have already made school start later. They have found that the later times let kids sleep more. They also have seen ________ (high) test scores and better graduation rates. However, this isn39。t enough. Meanwhile, teenagers have to help ________ (they). Fuligni suggests teens sleep for 10 hours each night for a week or two. This will help them figure ________ how much sleep they require to fed their best. However, sleeping more on weekends ________（be） not a good idea to pensate for missing sleep during the week. Fuligni warns that getting different ________（amount）of sleep each, night can be had for mental health.【答案】 is reported；loss；who；or；To help；higher；themselves；out；is；amounts 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了關(guān)于青少年的睡眠問題。睡眠在青少年的成長中很重要。隨著孩子們進入青春期，他們經(jīng)常面臨越來越多的工作負擔(dān)和責(zé)任，但學(xué)校仍然很早就開始上課。結(jié)果是，有80%到90%的青少年沒有得到足夠的睡眠。 （1）考查時態(tài)語態(tài)。結(jié)果是，有80%到90%的青少年沒有得到足夠的睡眠。It is reported that...，固定句式，“據(jù)報道.....”，故填is reported。 （2）考查名詞。這種睡眠不足會讓孩子們在精神上和身體上遭受痛苦。句子缺少主語，所以此處應(yīng)該用名詞形式做主語，故填loss。 （3）考查定語從句。此處a sleep doctor是先行詞，指人，后面的非限制性定語從句缺少主語和先行詞，故填who。 （4）考查連詞。一家著名醫(yī)院的睡眠醫(yī)生，他研究青少年的心理健康，睡眠時間少于8小時甚至超過10小時，這可能會讓青少年第二天的情況變得更糟。or more或更多，故填or。 （5）考查非謂語動詞。為了幫助青少年獲得充足的睡眠，一些學(xué)校已經(jīng)開始了學(xué)校的開學(xué)，幫助青少年獲得充足的睡眠，一些學(xué)校已經(jīng)在晚些時候開始上課。此處是動詞不定式做目的狀語。故填To help。 （6）考查形容詞。他們也看到了更高的考試成績和更好的畢業(yè)率。根據(jù)后面的better，可知此空用比較級，故填higher。 （7）考查代詞。與此同時，青少年不得不幫助他們自己。結(jié)合句意，用反身代詞，故填themselves。 （8）考查副詞。這將幫助他們計算出他們需要多少睡眠才使他們得到最好的睡眠。figure out固定短語，“明白，理解，計算出”，故填out。 （9）考查時態(tài)。為了彌補一周的睡眠不足在周末睡得更多不是一個好主意。此處是動名詞短語作主語，文章講的是日常情況，所以句子用一般現(xiàn)在時態(tài)，故填is。 （10）考查名詞。根據(jù)different可知后面的名詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式，故填amounts。 【點評】本題考點涉及時態(tài)語態(tài)，名詞，定語從句，連詞，非謂語動詞，形容詞，代詞，副詞，時態(tài)等多個知識點的考查，是一篇社會現(xiàn)象類閱讀，要求考生在理解細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，并結(jié)合相關(guān)語法知識，進行分析推理，從而寫出正確的單詞形式。7．閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個單詞）或括號內(nèi)的單詞的正確形式。 The Duanwu Festival, known as the Dragon Boat Festival, ________ (found) in memory of Qu Yuan, ________ was a scholar and minister of the state of Chu during the Warring Stat