Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Looking out of the window of his Ford truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees large, undesirable plants growing in the fields.【1】(visitor) to his neighborhood in Princess Anne, Maryland 【2】(main) see dying forests and empty farmland.

Fitzgerald says the land【3】(be) in his family for over 3 centuries. “I’d say in the next 20 years. You’re going to lose【4】very high percentage of that land.”

The land around the Chesapeake Bay has been sinking for hundreds of years. But climate change is making things【5】(bad). As sea level rises, salt water is entering rivers and other waterways. As a result, the ground is becoming too salty for crops【6】(grow) on.

Maryland’s Eastern Shore is home to some of the oldest farms in North America. Fitzgerald says he has seen big changes during his life.

“You just can’t believe【7】it’s been taking things over in the last 15 or 20 years. I can show you land around here that people raised tomatoes on when I was a little boy. And now it’s gone.”

Around the world, scientists warn that coastal farms are under【8】(threaten) from rising seas and salt water. A World Bank report estimates rice production in coastal areas of Bangladesh may fall【9】15 percent by the year 2050. Another study found hundreds of millions of people will【10】(force) to move inland because of rising waters.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Visitors

【2】mainly

【3】has been

【4】a

【5】worse

【6】to grow

【7】how

【8】threat

【9】by

【10】be forced

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要以Bob Fitzgerald位于马里兰州的Princess Anne社区的土地为例，说明了由于土地下沉和气候变化导致海水上升，土地的含盐量越来越高，农作物无法在上面生长。在世界各地，科学家们警告说，沿海农场正受到海平面上升和海水上涨的威胁。

【1】考查名词的数。句意：到他位于马里兰州的Princess Anne社区拜访的人，主要看到的是凋零的森林和空旷的农田。此处做主语表示“拜访的人”应用名词visitor，且visitor为可数名词，前面没有冠词，故用复数形式。句首字母要大写。故填Visitors。

【2】考查副词。修饰后文动词see应用副词mainly，表示“主要”。故填mainly。

【3】考查动词时态语态。根据后文for over 3 centuries可知应用现在完成时，且主语为land，助动词应用has。故填has been。

【4】考查冠词。句意：你将会失去很大比例的土地。percentage为可数名词，此处表示泛指应用不定冠词，且very为辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。

【5】考查比较级。句意：但是气候变化使事情变得更糟。结合句意表示“更糟糕”应用比较级worse。故填worse。

【6】考查非谓语动词。句意：结果，土地的含盐量越来越高，农作物无法在上面生长。表示“太……以致不能……”短语为too…to…，故填to grow。

【7】考查连接词。此处为宾语从句，从句中缺少方式状语，表示“如何”应用how。故填how。

【8】考查名词。under为介词后跟名词作宾语，短语under threat表示“受到威胁”。故填threat。

【9】考查介词。根据短语fall by表示“下降了……”。故填by。

【10】考查动词语态。本句主语与谓语动词构成被动关系，且will后跟动词原形。故填be forced。

名词性从句关键在于三点：

一、找准从句在主句中充当的成分即分出是名词性从句的主语句、宾语从句、表语从句还是同位语从句；

二、连接词从句中充当的成分（主、宾、定或状语或不做任何成分）；

三、弄清楚每个连接词的意义。此外还要注意，近年来高考对于名词性从句的考查多从名词性从句的语序和连接词的用法区别上考查。

如第七小题，此处为宾语从句，从句中缺少方式状语，表示“如何”应用how。故填how。