三、语篇填空
第一节
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。
late, of, live, be, write, secret, trouble, wealth, but, a
The Mississippi River in the 1800s was full 36. life. The steamboats were moving, the businessmen were shouting and the kids were running along the banks. Mark Twain 37. born here in 1835. As a boy, he always played around docks(码头). So he could often listen to riverboat pilots telling stories. Later, he also became 38. pilot and led boats through fog to explore the river's 39. .
During his lifetime, he also did many other things. He mined(采矿) for gold and wrote for newspapers, while meeting all kinds of people. All these people and stories 40. appeared in his books.
He loved writing about common life. When you read The Million Pound Note, you could feel that. In the story, a poor American got into 41. in London with a million-pound note. He didn't dare(敢) to exchange(兑换) the note, 42. he had to use it. He tried to live in high society with that note. He faced strange and silly things about 43. . A piece of paper became both a trap(陷阱) and a key in a world that was crazy for money.
Twain's 44. is like a friend slapping your back—funny, but honest. He laughed at people who felt good about themselves, but he cared about fairness. He died in 1910, but his books are still alive, as 45. as the river that first taught him to tell a story.

三、第一节
36. of 37. was 38. a 39. secrets
40. later 41. trouble 42. but
43. wealth 44. writing 45. lively

【分析】
这是选词型语篇填空题，解题可按三步推进：第一步先梳理给出的10个备选词，明确每个词的词性、词义，预判可能的词形变化方向；第二步通读全文，明确文章核心是介绍马克·吐温的成长经历、创作风格和作品影响力，整体以过去时态为主；第三步逐空结合固定搭配、语法规则、上下文逻辑筛选对应词汇，同时调整词形，保证每词仅用一次，语义通顺逻辑连贯，遇到熟悉的固定搭配可以优先锁定，再结合剩余词汇推导剩余空的答案即可。
【解析】
36. 句意：19世纪的密西西比河充满了生机。固定搭配be full of表示“充满”，直接填入介词of。
37. 句意：马克·吐温1835年出生在这里。固定搭配be born in表示“出生于”，事件发生在过去，主语Mark Twain是第三人称单数，be动词变为过去式was。
38. 句意：后来他也成为了一名领航员，在雾中领航船只探索河流的秘密。pilot是可数名词单数，此处表泛指“一名”，且pilot以辅音音素开头，填入不定冠词a。
39. 河流的秘密不止一个，可数名词secret要变为复数形式secrets，符合语境。
40. 句意：所有这些人和故事后来都出现在他的作品中。此处需要副词作状语表“后来”，把形容词late变形为later。
41. 句意：在故事里，一个贫穷的美国人带着一张百万英镑的钞票在伦敦陷入了麻烦。固定搭配get into trouble表示“陷入麻烦”，填入名词trouble。
42. 句意：他不敢兑换这张钞票，但是他不得不使用它。前后两个分句是转折逻辑，填入转折连词but。
43. 句意：他面对了关于财富的诸多奇怪又荒唐的事。后文提到“痴迷金钱的世界”，对应此处填入名词wealth表示“财富”。
44. 句意：吐温的写作风格/作品就像朋友拍你的后背——有趣又真诚。此处需要名词作主语，动词write变形为动名词writing，表示“写作（作品）”。
45. 句意：他1910年去世了，但他的书依然鲜活，就像当初教会他讲故事的那条河一样生动鲜活。as...as结构中间要加形容词原级，动词live变形为形容词lively，表示“生动的、鲜活的”。
【答案】
36. of 37. was 38. a 39. secrets 40. later 41. trouble 42. but 43. wealth 44. writing 45. lively
【知识点】
固定搭配，词形转换，语境选词
【点评】
本题围绕马克·吐温的生平与文学创作展开，既考察了课内核心的常见固定搭配，也覆盖了名词单复数、动词变形为名词/形容词等基础词形变化考点，同时需要学生结合上下文逻辑判断连词的使用，难度适中，在考察语言基础的同时也能帮助学生积累相关文学常识。
【难度系数】
0.65