三、语篇填空。
第一节
阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。
create, will, life, traditional, it,
large, successful, find, sad, on
Long ago, people made their living by hunting animals and collecting wild plants. As the population of humans grew 36. , many people fell ill because of hunger. Shennong was a talented leader. He saw the pain of his people and decided that he 37. help them. He had an idea in his mind: he would invent farming tools to
improve their 38. .
One day, Shennong watched a wild boar digging the soil with 39. nose. According to this thing, he 40. hoes and sickles. With these new tools, people were able to plant crops such as rice and wheat 41. . His invention saved many people's lives, and as a result, people began to rely 42. farming.
However, sickness still troubled the people. Shennong believed that plants in nature could treat illnesses. He and his followers started a long journey to collect different herbs. Every time they 43. a new plant, Shennong would taste it bravely by himself.
After many years of hard work, Shennong wrote a book called the Herbal Classic of Shennong, which was a collection of 365 different herbs. In this book, he wrote down how each plant could treat different diseases. 44. , he died from a strong poison while he was testing herbs to help others.
Today, Shennong's 45. of using herbal medicine still continues. People will remember him forever. His story shows that caring for others can bring about great changes in the world.

36. larger 37. would 38. lives 39. its
40. created 41. successfully 42. on
43. found 44. Sadly 45. tradition

【分析】
做这类选词并用适当形式填空的题目，首先第一步要先通读方框内给出的所有单词，明确每个词的词义和基础词性，预判可能的变形方向；第二步通读整篇短文，了解文章核心是讲述神农的相关传说，把握整体叙事的过去时态基调；第三步逐空分析，先结合空格前后的内容判断该空所需的词性、时态、单复数等属性，再从剩余备选词中匹配符合语境的词汇，变形后填入，注意每词只能使用一次，最后填完后通读全文验证逻辑是否通顺、语法是否正确。
【解析】
36. 此处语境为“随着人类人口规模变得更大，很多人因饥饿生病”，暗含和之前人口规模的对比，需用形容词比较级，给定词large的比较级为larger，故填larger。
37. 此处主句谓语decided为一般过去时，从句表达“他将会帮助子民”的过去将来含义，给定词will的过去式为would，符合过去将来时的用法，故填would。
38. 此处表达“改善他们的生活”，空格前是形容词性物主代词their，指代全体子民，life表示“生活”时复数形式为lives，故填lives。
39. 此处指代前文提到的野猪，修饰名词nose，需用形容词性物主代词，给定词it的形容词性物主代词为its，故填its。
40. 此处语境为“他创造了锄头和镰刀”，叙事发生在过去，谓语动词要用一般过去时，给定词create的过去式为created，故填created。
41. 此处修饰动词plant“种植”，需要用副词作状语，表达“成功种植作物”的含义，给定词successful的副词形式为successfully，故填successfully。
42. 此处是固定搭配rely on，意为“依赖、依靠”，符合“人们开始依靠农耕生存”的语境，直接用给定词on即可，故填on。
43. 此处语境为“每次他们发现一种新植物，神农都会亲自勇敢品尝”，叙事为一般过去时，给定词find的过去式为found，故填found。
44. 此处放在句首修饰整个句子，表达“令人悲伤的是”的含义，需要用副词，给定词sad的副词形式为Sadly，句首首字母大写，故填Sadly。
45. 此处表达“神农使用草药的传统仍然延续”，空格前是名词所有格Shennong's，后面需要接名词，给定词traditional的名词形式为tradition，故填tradition。
【答案】
36. larger 37. would 38. lives 39. its
40. created 41. successfully 42. on 43. found
44. Sadly 45. tradition
【知识点】
词形转换；固定搭配；语境选词
【点评】
本题以中国传统神农传说为语篇载体，既考查学生对形容词比较级、名词复数、动词过去式、副词变形等基础语法知识点的掌握程度，也要求学生结合上下文语境和固定搭配判断正确词汇，同时渗透了中华优秀传统文化的相关内容，引导学生在解题过程中加深对传统文化故事的理解。
【难度系数】
0.6