六、词汇运用
将方框中所给词语的适当形式填入短文中,每词仅用一次。
when, of, hold, die, job, famous
Ants are famous for their teamwork and cooperation. One of the most
29. things about them is building their homes. Ants work together to build rooms under the ground. Different ants do different 30. . All of them work together and they seldom fight with others.
What do they do 31. heavy rains flood their homes? Some ants go out of their homes and onto the water. There, they try to make a raft(筏) with their own bodies. Then a group of ants spread across the water. They 32. onto one another. What amazing ants! As the ants gather together, most of them will not 33. .
Ants are good examples 34. teamwork and cooperation. We can learn a lot from them.
词汇拓展 Can you guess the part of speech and the meaning of the underlined words in the passage(s) above?
35. celebrate: 36. seldom:

29. famous
30. jobs
31. when
32. hold
33. die
34. of
35. v. 庆祝
36. adv. 很少

【分析】
首先通读短文，明确主题为介绍蚂蚁的团队合作特性。再逐个分析空格需求：29空需形容词修饰名词，对应“最著名的事情”；30空需可数名词复数，对应“不同的工作”；31空需时间状语从句引导词；32空需动词构成固定搭配；33空需动词原形与will搭配；34空需介词构成固定搭配；35、36空需判断划线词的词性和词义，结合给定词汇的语境适配性完成填空。
【解析】
1. 29. 结构为“one of the + 形容词最高级 + 名词”，需形容词，结合语境“蚂蚁最著名的事情之一是建家”，选famous；
2. 30. different后接可数名词复数，“do different jobs”表示做不同的工作，job变复数为jobs；
3. 31. 空格引导时间状语从句，表“当大雨淹没家园时”，用when；
4. 32. 固定搭配hold onto（互相抓住），主语为they，一般现在时，用动词原形hold；
5. 33. will后接动词原形，结合语境“蚂蚁聚在一起时大部分不会死亡”，选die；
6. 34. 固定搭配“example of”表示“…的例子”，用介词of；
7. 35. celebrate是动词，意为庆祝；
8. 36. seldom是副词，意为很少。
【答案】
29. famous；30. jobs；31. when；32. hold；33. die；34. of；35. v. 庆祝；36. adv. 很少
【知识点】
词汇运用、固定搭配、词性辨析
【点评】
本题为基础词汇运用题，考查学生对给定词汇的语境适配、固定搭配掌握及词性判断，难度较低，适合巩固基础词汇运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.8