Ⅳ.完形填空
Do you know about China's smallest mountain? It is in Shouguang, Shandong Province. There you will find Jingshan, the 14 mountain in China, and probably in the whole world. This mountain is about 1. 24 metres long and just about 0. 7 metres wide. It is only 0. 6 metres 15 above the ground. With a small 16,people can reach the top of the mountain. Is it interesting? It may not be the most famous mountain in China, 17 it's the only mountain in Shouguang. It's a 18 of the city and one of the most popular places of interest.
How deep is Jingshan embedded(使嵌入) in the ground? We'll probably never know. Because the government now 19 anyone digging(挖) around it. In fact,in the 1950s,some people tried to dig around it to prove(证明) that it wasn't a mountain, it's only a 20. They dug for a long time, but they didn't reach the bottom. And then people regarded(认为) it as the smallest mountain in China.
As soon as the photos of Jingshan went 21 on the Internet, all kinds of opinions appeared online. Some said that they would like to visit the cute mountain by 22. Some even joked that during the summer, the high crops(庄稼) would make it 23 to find the mountain.
14. A. highest B. largest C. smallest
15. A. high B. long C. wide
16. A. step B. fault C. risk
17. A. so B. but C. because
18. A. result B. symbol C. hobby
19. A. imagines B. keeps C. stops
20. A. rock B. road C. chore
21. A. safe B. popular C. modern
22. A. yourselves B. themselves
C. ourselves
23. A. easy B. joyful
C. impossible

Ⅳ.完形填空
14.C 15.A 16.A 17.B 18.B 19.C
20.A 21.B 22.B 23.C

【分析】
这篇完形填空是介绍中国最小的山静山的趣味说明文，解题时首先通读全文，抓住开篇核心提示“China's smallest mountain”明确全文主旨，之后逐题结合上下文语境线索、词义辨析、固定搭配逐一排除不符合逻辑的选项，最后把选定答案代入全文通读验证语句通顺、逻辑连贯即可。每道题几乎都能在前后文找到对应的提示信息，不需要复杂的推理。
【解析】
14. 文章开篇第一句就点明主题是介绍中国最小的山，此处对应说明静山是中国乃至全球最小的山，A.highest最高的、B.largest最大的均不符合主旨，选C。
15. 前文已经分别介绍了山的长度和宽度，此处描述山高出地面的数值，对应描述高度用high，B.long长的、C.wide宽的不符合语境，选A。
16. 前文提到山仅高出地面0.6米，句意是人们只需要迈小小的一步就能到达山顶，B.fault错误、C.risk风险均不符合语义，选A。
17. 前半句“它可能不是中国最有名的山”和后半句“它是寿光唯一的山”是转折逻辑关系，用but连接，A.so表因果“所以”、C.because表原因“因为”不符合逻辑，选B。
18. 句意是它是这座城市的象征，也是当地最受欢迎的名胜之一，A.result结果、C.hobby爱好均不符合语义，选B。
19. 此处用到固定搭配stop sb (from) doing sth表示“阻止某人做某事”，句意是当地政府现在阻止任何人在静山周边挖掘，A.imagines想象、B.keeps保持均不符合语义，选C。
20. 早年人们挖静山是为了证明它不是一座山，仅仅是一块石头，B.road道路、C.chore家务均不符合常识，选A。
21. 句意是静山的照片在网上走红之后，各类观点就在网络上出现了，go popular表示“走红、变得流行”，A.safe安全的、C.modern现代的不符合语境，选B。
22. 句子主语是指代部分游客的some，对应的反身代词是themselves，by themselves表示“亲自、他们自己”，A.yourselves你们自己、C.ourselves我们自己指代不匹配，选B。
23. 句意是夏天长得很高的庄稼会遮挡住小山，让人们不可能找到它，A.easy容易的、B.joyful愉快的均不符合逻辑，选C。
【答案】
14.C 15.A 16.A 17.B 18.B 19.C 20.A 21.B 22.B 23.C
【知识点】
形容词词义辨析，连词逻辑判断，固定短语搭配
【点评】
本题属于低难度的趣味说明文类完形填空，话题贴近生活常识，所有考点都围绕初中核心基础词汇设置，绝大多数题目都可以通过上下文的前后呼应直接找到解题线索，主要考察学生对基础词汇的掌握程度和基础语境逻辑的判断能力，提醒学生做完形填空不要孤立看单句选答案，要结合全文主旨判断选项。
【难度系数】
0.8