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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history. It is a collection of methods and theories that have developed over 21. years in the fight against disease. These theories 22. the Wuxing theory, the theory of yin and yang and so on.
The Wuxing (Five Elements) theory was a philosophical(哲学的) idea. The Five Elements (元素) include metal, wood, 23. , fire and earth. The yin-yang theory can 24. traced back to an ancient Chinese way of 25. at the world.
own decide Chinese everything lead to
According to this theory, 26. in the world exists as a unity of yin and yang (dark and light, or negative and positive). Over time, this idea became the main idea for traditional 27. medicine. According to the theory, the human body is like a small universe with its 28. yin and yang, the balance of which 29. the health of the body. This ancient knowledge continues to help people and may 30. new discoveries in medicine.

21. thousands of 22. include 23. water 24. be 25. looking
26. everything 27. Chinese 28. own 29. decides 30. lead to

【分析】首先通读全文，理解文章关于中医核心理论（五行、阴阳）的主旨；接着分析每个空格的语法结构（如词性、时态、固定搭配等），结合给定词汇的词义，选择符合语境的词，并注意词的形式变化（如动词第三人称单数、动名词等）。
【解析】21. 句意：它是在对抗疾病中发展了数千年的方法和理论的集合。thousands of表示“数千的”，修饰复数名词years，符合语境，故填thousands of。
22. 句意：这些理论包括五行理论、阴阳理论等等。主语the theories为复数，一般现在时中谓语动词用原形，include意为“包括”，符合语境，故填include。
23. 句意：五行包括金、木、水、火、土。根据常识及列举的元素，此处应填water（水）。
24. 句意：阴阳理论可以追溯到中国古代看待世界的方式。情态动词can后接动词原形，此处为被动结构be traced back to（追溯到），故填be。
25. 句意：阴阳理论可以追溯到中国古代看待世界的方式。固定搭配way of doing sth表示“做某事的方式”，故动词look用动名词形式looking，填looking。
26. 句意：根据这个理论，世界上的一切都是阴阳的统一体。everything意为“一切事物”，符合语境作主语，故填everything。
27. 句意：这个想法成为了传统中医的主要思想。固定表达traditional Chinese medicine意为“传统中医”，故填Chinese。
28. 句意：人体像小宇宙，有它自己的阴阳。one's own表示“某人自己的”，此处its own符合语境，故填own。
29. 句意：阴阳的平衡决定身体的健康。主语the balance为单数，一般现在时谓语动词用第三人称单数形式decides，故填decides。
30. 句意：这些知识可能导致医学新发现。情态动词may后接动词原形，lead to意为“导致”，符合语境，故填lead to。
【答案】21. thousands of 22. include 23. water 24. be 25. looking 26. everything 27. Chinese 28. own 29. decides 30. lead to
【知识点】固定搭配运用、词性转换、语境词义辨析
【点评】本题为英语选词填空题，围绕中医知识展开，考查学生对常用词汇的词义、词性及固定搭配的掌握，需结合上下文语境和语法规则选词汇并调整形式，是基础巩固类题型。
【难度系数】0.5

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Scientists have long wondered how Australia's koalas get enough water to live. A new study 31. an answer.
The lead writer of the new report on koalas is Valentina Mella of the University of Sydney. It was the earlier idea, she explains, that the animals got 32. the water they needed in the leaves they ate. In the wild, koalas get water from the plant leaves they eat. But they also get it from water 33. down from the trees when it rains. Mella and other scientists 34. koalas in the wild every year. They find that koalas are 35. at night. They live in trees and depend on them for food, drinking and also for resting places.
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Koalas spend most of the time high up in the trees. They eat lots of leaves. An adult koala normally eats 36. 0.5 and 0.8 kg of leaves a day. Koalas sleep about 20 hours a day.
Mella notes that a koala usually spends 98% of its 37. in trees. She also notes that the only time they come down to the ground is to discover another tree with 38. leaves.
39. , the word "koala" means "no drink" in the local language. Koalas did not go down onto the ground very often. So it was considered that they had no 40. to drink water.
The koalas' living environment is getting worse now because the recent fires in Australia have burned about 30% of the forests where they live.

31. provides 32. most of 33. running 34. watch 35. active 36. between
37. life 38. better 39. In fact 40. need

【分析】这是一道英语选词填空题，需结合空格语境、词性要求、词汇形式变化及固定搭配解题。先通读全文理解大意，再逐个分析：31空需第三人称单数动词；32空修饰水表“大部分”；33空需现在分词作定语；34空需复数主语后的动词原形；35空需形容词作表语；36空用固定搭配between...and...；37空需名词；38空需形容词比较级；39空用固定短语；40空用固定搭配have no need to。
【解析】
1. 31空：主语a new study为第三人称单数，一般现在时，动词provide变第三人称单数形式provides，符合“新研究提供答案”的语境。
2. 32空：most of修饰the water，意为“大部分的”，契合“之前认为考拉从叶子中获取大部分所需水”的观点。
3. 33空：water与run是主动关系，用现在分词running作后置定语，表“从树上流下的水”。
4. 34空：主语Mella and other scientists是复数，一般现在时，动词watch（观察）符合科学家每年观察野生考拉的行为描述。
5. 35空：be动词are后需形容词作表语，active（活跃的）对应后文“考拉晚上活动”的特点。
6. 36空：固定搭配between...and...表示“在……之间”，符合“每天吃0.5到0.8kg叶子”的数量范围。
7. 37空：形容词性物主代词its后接名词life，意为“生命”，表示考拉98%的生命时间在树上。
8. 38空：修饰名词leaves需用形容词比较级better，意为“更好的”，对应“下树寻找有更好叶子的树”的行为。
9. 39空：固定短语In fact意为“事实上”，用于引出对“koala”含义的解释，符合语境逻辑。
10. 40空：固定搭配have no need to do sth意为“没有必要做某事”，契合“认为考拉不用喝水”的旧观点。
【答案】31. provides 32. most of 33. running 34. watch 35. active 36. between 37. life 38. better 39. In fact 40. need
【知识点】英语选词填空、固定搭配、动词形式变化
【点评】本题考查英语词汇在语境中的综合运用，涉及词性、时态、非谓语及固定搭配等基础知识点，难度适中，适合巩固英语词汇运用能力。
【难度系数】0.5