三、词汇运用
请认真阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式，使短文通顺、连贯。
In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world-known Italian traveller, saw many wonderful things in China. One of the things he discovered was money 1. (make) of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 17th century. However, the Chinese began to use it in the 11th century.
Paper 2. (invent) by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees. This discovery greatly 3. (affect) the global paper-making industry—after that, countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper-making.
Paper can be used in many ways. The common uses include newspapers, magazines and books. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the 4. (farm) wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated(使绝缘) from heat or cold with paper.
However, we have to understand that paper still 5. (come) from trees now. If we keep on wasting so much paper, 6. (final), there won't be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in 7. (we) city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree 8. (grow).
So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make 9. (use) things out of used paper. We can use china(瓷) cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use 10. (few) paper bags and reuse them if we have some.
In short, we should keep a balance between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.

【文章大意】本文主要讲述了纸在东西方的发明和生产，纸的用途以及呼吁人们充分利用和节约使用纸，因为纸的制造原料是树木，而树木的生长时间很长。
1. made 2. was invented 3. affected 4. farmers 5. comes 6. finally 7. our 8. to grow 9. useful 10. fewer

【分析】
本题为英语语篇型词汇运用题，需结合短文语境、语法规则及括号内单词的正确形式填空。解题思路：先通读短文理解主旨，再逐个分析空格所在句子的语法结构（如语态、时态、词性搭配、固定句型等），结合语境确定单词的正确形式，最终使短文通顺连贯。
【解析】
1. 考查非谓语动词。money与make是被动关系，需用过去分词作后置定语，故填made。
2. 考查一般过去时的被动语态。paper与invent是被动关系，时间状语为“almost 2000 years ago”，故用was invented。
3. 考查一般过去时。“这个发现影响造纸业”是过去发生的动作，故用过去式affected。
4. 考查名词复数。此处指芬兰的农民群体，farmer是可数名词，需用复数farmers。
5. 考查一般现在时。主语paper是不可数名词，表客观事实时谓语用第三人称单数comes。
6. 考查副词。修饰整个句子需用副词，final的副词形式是finally。
7. 考查形容词性物主代词。修饰名词city需用形容词性物主代词，we的对应形式是our。
8. 考查固定句型。固定结构“it takes +时间+for sth to do sth”，故填to grow。
9. 考查形容词。修饰名词things需用形容词，use的形容词形式是useful。
10. 考查形容词比较级。此处表“更少的纸袋”，few的比较级是fewer。
【答案】
made, was invented, affected, farmers, comes, finally, our, to grow, useful, fewer
【知识点】
非谓语动词、时态语态、词性转换
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础词汇运用题，围绕纸的发展与节约主题展开，考查核心语法点（非谓语、时态语态）及词性变化，需学生结合语境与语法规则灵活运用，难度适中，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.6