四、短文填空
阅读下面的短文，根据语境或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整，行文连贯。
Many years ago, I was strong and liked playing basketball. And I loved 30. (travel) with strangers who were heading to the same places. It’s common that we often walked for about 10 31. (hour) a day. The smartphones didn’t exist then and we couldn’t 32. (find) the information about traveling online. Usually, there was a leader. All of us agreed to visit 33. (many) places with less (更少的) money because we had enough time.
We used nicknames (昵称) and never asked personal questions but just 34. (focus) on traveling. We helped and looked after each other. At that time, many beautiful places weren’t known to the outside world. Since there were no roads for buses or cars there, we could only walk. Those 35. (time) made me smile.
Now I am not so 36. (strongly) but I can still travel by car, high-speed train or plane. 37. I can’t find the feeling I had years ago. Maybe I care more about my young children and old parents, not 38. (I). Or maybe I prefer the wild (野生的) beauty of nature 39. the artificial (人工雕琢的) beauty.

30. traveling 31. hours 32. find
33. more 34. focused 35. times
36. strong 37. But 38. myself
39. to

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配及语法规则完成填空。解题思路：先通读短文理解大意（作者回忆年轻时结伴旅行的经历，对比当下感受）；再逐个分析空格：30题考love doing固定搭配；31题需用名词复数；32题情态动词后接动词原形；33题由less money判断用比较级；34题需用一般过去式；35题those后接名词复数；36题be动词后用形容词；37题需表转折的连词；38题用反身代词；39题考prefer...to...固定搭配。
【解析】
30. 固定搭配love doing sth，故填traveling；
31. 数词10后接可数名词复数，hour变hours；
32. 情态动词couldn't后接动词原形，故填find；
33. 由后文less money可知，此处用many的比较级more，表“更多的地方”；
34. 全文为一般过去时，focus的过去式为focused；
35. those后接可数名词复数，time此处意为“时光”，复数为times；
36. be动词am后接形容词作表语，将副词strongly变为形容词strong；
37. 前后句为转折关系，故填But；
38. 此处指代“我自己”，用反身代词myself；
39. 固定搭配prefer...to...，故填to。
【答案】
30. traveling 31. hours 32. find 33. more 34. focused 35. times 36. strong 37. But 38. myself 39. to
【知识点】
固定搭配 语法运用 词汇形式变化
【点评】
本题考查英语基础词汇与语法的综合运用，结合语境和常见固定搭配即可完成，难度适中，侧重基础知识点的掌握。
【难度系数】
0.7