三、阅读教材 P44 ~ P45 的课文，完成短文填空
请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余选项。
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Many great inventions in history would be impossible without curiosity. There are some great 1 to show that.
The Chinese scientist 2 inventor Zhang Heng was curious about the world. He spent years 3 the sky and the earth. Finally, he drew China’s 4 star map, and invented the first earthquake detector.
Franklin was drawn to electricity and had a 5 curiosity about its nature. He did lots of research. Stories said he flew a kite 6 a storm out of curiosity. This helped him know more about electricity and 7 he invented the lightning rod.
Wan Hu in the Ming Dynasty was so 8 about space that he invented a “flying chair”! Sadly, he lost 9 life when he tested the invention. Even though his curiosity didn’t lead to success, his idea gave later generations the 10 to keep exploring space.
All in all, curiosity works like a key. It opens new doors for us to learn and discover.
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1. examples 2. and 3. studying 4. first 5. deep 6. during 7. later 8. curious 9. his 10. courage

【分析】首先通读全文，理解文章围绕“好奇心推动发明”的主题，明确需从方框选词并调整形式，每词限用一次。接着逐个分析空格：1. 空前有some和形容词，需填可数名词复数；2. 连接并列身份用连词；3. 结合spend的固定搭配用动名词；4. 表顺序用序数词；5. 修饰名词用形容词；6. 表时间介词；7. 表时间副词；8. 结合be curious about固定搭配；9. 修饰名词用物主代词；10. 结合语境用名词。
【解析】1. 由some和great可知，此处需可数名词复数，方框中example的复数examples，符合“有一些伟大的例子”，故填examples；2. 连接scientist和inventor两个并列身份，用连词and，故填and；3. 固定搭配spend time doing sth，方框中study的动名词studying，故填studying；4. 表示“中国的第一张星图”，用序数词first，故填first；5. 形容词修饰名词curiosity，方框中deep，构成deep curiosity（深深的好奇心），故填deep；6. 表示“在暴风雨期间”，用介词during，故填during；7. 此处表时间上的“后来”，用副词later，符合“之后发明避雷针”，故填later；8. 固定搭配be curious about（对…好奇），故填curious；9. 修饰名词life，用形容词性物主代词his，指“他的生命”，故填his；10. 表示“给后代勇气”，方框中courage，符合语境，故填courage。
【答案】1. examples 2. and 3. studying 4. first 5. deep 6. during 7. later 8. curious 9. his 10. courage
【知识点】词汇运用、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】本题以“好奇心与发明”为主题，考查学生对词汇的语境运用能力，需结合固定搭配、词性变化及上下文逻辑选词，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5