【正文】 e，同時，固定短語，故答案是the。 【點評】考查詞匯在篇章中的運用能力，答題時首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細讀文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍，檢查驗證。12．閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 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） 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和科學而聞名，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，主語是名詞復數(shù)，故助動詞是were ， 故填 were invented。 （5）句意： 這種情況在13世紀發(fā)生了變化，當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世紀發(fā)生了變化，當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。13．閱讀下面的短文，在空白處填入一個適當?shù)脑~，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。 Sitting at a desk in a classroom all day can be pretty boring. With a bike, the reading class can be ________（interesting） than before. The teachers in ________school in the USA have tried this. The Read and Ride program ________（begin） five years ago. As part of the Read and Ride program, the teachers change the students39。________（desk） into exercise bikes. With this program, one classroom in the school has enough bikes for each student in class. ________is possible for the students to ride bikes and read books at the same time. Even mon classrooms have one bike at the back of them. The students who cannot sit still can use the bike ________（do） exercise. The exercise bikes are not only good for the students39。 health but helpful in ________（improve） the efficiency of the students39。 study. When students are bored with study, they can relax themselves ________riding the bikes for a while. After keeping trying the program for one year, the teachers found that the students ________took part in the program did much better in reading tests. ________amazing it is!【答案】 more interesting；a；began；desks；It；to do；improving；by；who/that；How 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介紹了美國的一所學校采取的一種有趣的教學方法來提高學生們的閱讀能力，這種方法是邊騎車邊閱讀。這種方法的使用收到了良好的效果。 （1）句意：使用自行車，閱讀課比以前更有趣。根據(jù)than，可知應使用形容詞的比較級，interesting的比較級為more interesting，故答案是more interesting。 （2）句意：美國一個學校的老師嘗試了這一種方法。school使用的單數(shù)形式，而且并沒有特指哪一所學校，因此應使用不定冠詞，school是以輔音字母開始，因此應使用不定冠詞a，故答案是a。 （3）句意：邊閱讀邊騎自行車的項目開始于五年前。根據(jù)five years ago可知應使用過去時，begin的過去式是began，故答案是began。 （4）句意：作為閱讀和騎行計劃的一部分，老師將學生的課桌變成了自行車。一個班里的學生不只有一個，因此課桌也就不止一個，因此應使用復數(shù)形式desks，故答案是desks。 （5）句意：對于學生來說在同一時間邊騎自行車邊閱讀成為了可能。固定搭配，it is+形容詞+for sb to do，對于某人來說做某事怎樣，故答案是it。 （6）句意：那些不能坐下的學生仍然可以使用自行車做練習。做練習是使用自行車的目的，因此應使用動詞不定式做目的狀語，故答案是to do。 （7）句意：運動自行車不僅有利于學生們的健康，而且能夠幫助學生們提高他們的學習效率。in為介詞，介詞后的動詞使用動名詞，故答案是improving。 （8）句意：他們可以通過騎一會自行車來放松。騎自行車是他們放松的方式，一般使用by來引出方式狀語，故答案是by。 （9）句意：老師發(fā)現(xiàn)那些參加了該項目的學生在閱讀考試的時候做的更好。本句為定語從句，先行詞students屬于人，而且在從句中做主語，因此關(guān)系代詞可以使用who或者that，故答案是 who/that 。 （10）句意：多么令人驚奇啊！根據(jù)標點符號可知該句為感嘆句，強調(diào)的是形容詞amazing，因此應使用how，故答案是How。 【點評】考查單詞在語境中的運用，需要根據(jù)單詞在語境中的詞性進行必要的變形，同時熟記固定搭配和基本句型。14．閱讀下面的短文，在空白處填入一個適當?shù)脑~，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。 A young man was on a train. As the train turned a Corner, it slowed down and then ________house came into sight. The house looked so different from the grey Buildings of the City ________everybody on the train turned to look at it. Some passengers ________（begin） to talk about it. The young mas also ________（interest） in the house. He decided to get ________at the next station and make his way to the house. The owner of the house told ________（he）that he was trying to sell the house, But no one would Buy it, as the noise of the trains passing nearby made it ________（difficulty）to live in. The young man decided to Buy the house right then and there for $30, 000. He used it for advertising, as the house faced the railway Bend（彎道）. The train had to slow down at the Bend, giving the passengers plenty of time to look at the house. The young man went to several Big ________（pany） and explained the advantages of placing advertisements on the side of the house. ________（final）, one Company agreed to place some ads. The young man ________（pay） $180, 000 for three years of ad