(二)

主题:自然生态 体裁:说明文 难度:★★★★ 建议用时:9分钟 正确率: /10
阅读下面的短文,并根据所读内容,在文章后表格中的空白处填入一个最恰当的词。
(2025·泰州期末)How do you feel when you hear birds singing freely in the trees? What's your feeling when you see butterflies dancing slowly and lightly in the wind? Whether you love researching the outdoors or watching far away, getting close to nature can take your mind off your worries and make you relax.
What is nature?
Nature means the world around us that is not man-made, including birds, mountains, trees, the sea and the stars. It's also a force(力量) that controls things like weather. We can find nature here and there—beaches, gardens, parks, rivers, and even unexpected places like cracks(裂缝) in the stones.
Why does nature make us feel good?
Spending time in nature brings peace, joy and wonder to our lives. It takes us outdoors, gets us active and lets us care more about the environment. Even a little gift of nature can make us feel free and hopeful, such as breathing in fresh air, listening to the wind in the trees or standing at a mountain.
Ralphie, who is 10, likes being close to nature on a bike with his family. He says, "It makes us feel happy and takes our mind off things because we have to focus. We are away from traffic and we hear more birdsong and see more wild animals."
How can we feel closer to nature?
Feeling closer to nature is easy. We can build a connection(联系) with nature wherever we are using our feelings. Try listening closely to birdsong, smelling flowers and feeling sand between our fingers. Paint a picture and take photos of the natural places that we like best. They may help us feel closer to the natural world. It's important to try to connect with nature, noticing its beauty and how it makes us feel.
| Connecting with 1 |
| --- |
| Introduction | ★Keep your mind away 2 your worries.
★Make you feel 3. |
| Definitions(定义) | ★The world 4 us is not made by people.
★A force that controls things like weather.
★We can find nature 5. |
| Reasons | ★Make our lives 6joyful and wonderful.
★Take us outdoors, get us active and let us care more about the environment.
★Feel free and hopeful when we 7 in fresh air, listen to the wind in the trees or stand at a mountain. |
| 8 | ★Use our 9 to build a connection with nature.
★Listen closely to birdsong, smell flowers and feel sand between our fingers.
★Paint a picture and take photos of our 10 natural places. |
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. nature
2. from
3. relaxed
4. around
5. everywhere
6. peaceful
7. breathe
8. Ways/Methods
9. feelings
10. favourite

【分析】
这是一篇自然生态主题的说明文任务型阅读填空题，解题思路可以按三步走：第一步先通读全文，抓住文章核心是介绍自然的定义、亲近自然的好处以及亲近自然的方法，先确定表格大标题的核心主题；第二步逐空对照表格句子的提示，回到原文定位对应的语句，找到相关的原词；第三步结合空格所在句子的语法要求，判断是否需要做词性转换、同义替换、形式调整，比如动词变形容词、动变动词原形、短语换成同义单词等，最终确定每个空的正确答案。
【解析】
1. 全文围绕“和自然建立联结”展开主题，表格大标题对应核心主题，故填nature。
2. 原文第一段提到“getting close to nature can take your mind off your worries”，对应固定搭配keep one's mind away from sth，意为“使某人不去思虑某事”，故填from。
3. 原文第一段提到“make you relax”，空格前是感官系动词feel，后面需要接形容词作表语，relax对应的修饰人的形容词是relaxed，意为“感到放松的”，故填relaxed。
4. 原文第二段明确说明“Nature means the world around us that is not man-made”，对应“我们周围的非人造世界”，around表示“在……周围”，故填around。
5. 原文第二段提到“We can find nature here and there”，here and there的同义表达是everywhere，意为“到处、处处”，故填everywhere。
6. 原文第三段提到“Spending time in nature brings peace, joy and wonder to our lives”，空格后已经有并列的形容词joyful和wonderful，此处需要把名词peace变为形容词peaceful，符合“让我们的生活平和、愉悦、充满惊喜”的语义，故填peaceful。
7. 原文第三段提到“such as breathing in fresh air”，空格处在when引导的状语从句中作谓语，主语是we，时态为一般现在时，需要把动名词breathing变为动词原形breathe，breathe in fresh air意为“呼吸新鲜空气”，故填breathe。
8. 该栏对应的所有内容都是介绍亲近自然的具体做法，对应原文的小标题“How can we feel closer to nature?”，此处填Ways/Methods，意为“方法”，首字母大写，故填Ways/Methods。
9. 原文最后一段明确说明“We can build a connection with nature wherever we are using our feelings”，直接对应空格内容，故填feelings。
10. 原文最后一段提到“Paint a picture and take photos of the natural places that we like best”，like best的同义表达是favourite，意为“最喜欢的”，修饰natural places，故填favourite。
【答案】
1. nature
2. from
3. relaxed
4. around
5. everywhere
6. peaceful
7. breathe
8. Ways/Methods
9. feelings
10. favourite
【知识点】
任务型阅读填词，固定搭配，词性转换
【点评】
本题属于典型的初中英语任务型阅读题型，既考查学生快速定位原文细节的信息筛选能力，也兼顾了固定搭配识记、同义替换、词性变形的知识点考查，不少同学容易直接照搬原文的非正确形式出错，比如把breathing误填入第7空、把动词relax误填入第3空，解题时需要定位原文后再结合空格的语法要求调整单词形式，才能拿到全分。
【难度系数】
0.5