五、语法填空
A green dairy farm in Henan Province has become popular online. Many visitors and social media users come to see it. This 24. (help) the farm sell more milk through live videos and boosts its popularity.
“Our farm had over 20,000 visitors during 25. Spring Festival,” said Manager Liu. The farm forms a special cycle: the use of manure for fertilisation and grass planting for livestock feed. This method stops pollution and creates a clean environment. The farm also makes nearly 6 million yuan each year by 26. (use) the straw well instead of burning it.
The farm uses electricity for everything. Running machines 27. (need) stable power. Last summer was very hot. Heat made cows produce 28. (little) milk than usual. So the farm installed(安装) 130 big 29. (fan) to keep cows cool and healthy. 30. (they) comfort ensured good milk production and quality.
Now the farm works much better than before. The automatic systems have doubled their production while saving time. This success shows 31. clean energy supports modern farming. Such farms are becoming models 32. the rural area. They use resources 33. (wise), protect nature, and bring more jobs to local people. The future looks bright for this green farm.

24. helps 25. the
26. using 27. need 28. less 29. fans
30. Their 31. how 32. of 33. wisely

【分析】
这是一道语法填空题，需结合句子结构、语法规则、固定搭配等逐一确定每个空的正确形式。解题思路为：先分析每个空在句中的成分，再依据时态、词性、冠词用法、介词搭配、比较级等知识点判断答案：24题需考虑主谓一致和时态；25题涉及专有节日的冠词用法；26题考查介词后接动名词；27题关注主谓一致；28题由than确定比较级；29题对应数词后的名词复数；30题修饰名词用形容词性物主代词；31题根据宾语从句的连接词规则；32题是固定搭配的介词；33题修饰动词用副词。
【解析】
24. 主语This是第三人称单数，描述客观事实用一般现在时，故谓语动词用help的第三人称单数形式helps。
25. “Spring Festival”是特定节日，属于专有名词，前面需加定冠词the。
26. 介词by表“通过”，后接动名词作宾语，故用using。
27. 主语“Running machines”是复数概念，一般现在时谓语用原形need。
28. 由句中than可知，此处用little的比较级less修饰不可数名词milk。
29. 数词130后接可数名词复数，fan的复数形式是fans。
30. 此处修饰名词comfort，需用形容词性物主代词，they的形容词性物主代词是Their。
31. 此处是宾语从句，表“如何”清洁能源支持现代农业，用连接词how。
32. “models of...”是固定搭配，表“……的模型”，故填of。
33. 此处修饰动词use，需用副词，wise的副词形式是wisely。
【答案】24. helps 25. the 26. using 27. need 28. less 29. fans 30. Their 31. how 32. of 33. wisely
【知识点】动词的时态与主谓一致、冠词的用法、介词与代词的用法
【点评】本题为基础语法填空题，涵盖动词形式、冠词、介词、代词、比较级等核心考点，侧重考查学生对基础语法的掌握，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.7

词汇拓展 Can you guess the part of speech and the meaning of the underlined words in the passage(s) above?
34. expansive:
35. annual:

34. adj. 辽阔的 35. adj. 每年的

【解析】
本题要求判断指定单词的词性并结合语境释义：
34. 单词expansive是由名词expansion派生而来的形容词，在对应语境中含义为辽阔的。
35. 单词annual属于常见形容词，在对应语境中含义为每年的。
【答案】
34. adj. 辽阔的
35. adj. 每年的
【知识点】
英语词义词性判断
【点评】
该题考查结合语境推测生词词性与含义的能力，属于英语词汇拓展的基础题型，重点检验学生对常见派生词的认知积累。
【难度系数】
0.7