五、（2025·长沙中考）短文填空
词数：231 体裁：记叙文 核心素养：语言能力
话题：文学经典 难度：中 建议用时：8分钟
I have always loved reading books that were written hundreds or even thousands of years ago. These are the literature classics(文学经典), and they 1. (be) of lasting value. For example, The Iliad, written almost three thousand years ago, tells us about the good and bad qualities(品质) of human nature; that is to say, we can be heroic and silly at 2. same time.
China has 3. (it) own long history of classical literature that dates back to the “Four Books and Five Classics”. These books 4. (write) before the Qin Dynasty. No one was considered educated unless they had read these classics. Even today, students are encouraged 5. (read) The Analects of Confucius(《论语》).
There are also 6. (new) classics than those above, such as Journey to the West and A Dream of Red Mansions. Still, many people don't want to read them 7. they are long and have complex plots(复杂的情节). But they are great 8. (story) which also show the goodness and weakness of human nature.
Are you interested 9. learning more about the classics? Just reading some of them will give you a better understanding of the basis(基础) of culture then. They will also help you better understand yourself and others. 10. (slow) but surely, you will fall in love with them.

[文章大意]本文阐述了作者喜欢阅读写于很久前并具有永久价值的“旧”书,并介绍了几本中外文学经典。
1. are 2. the 3. its 4. were written 5. to read 6. newer 7. because 8. stories 9. in 10. Slowly
素养考向 本文主要考查学生的语言能力和文化意识,通过本文能使学生了解中外文学经典的价值与魅力,理解经典作品对人性的深刻揭示,同时认识到中国古典文学的悠久历史与深远影响,增强对中华优秀传统文化的认同与传承意识,以及对世界多元文化的理解与包容。

【分析】本题为英语短文填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配完成。解题思路：1. 通读全文，把握文章关于“文学经典”的主旨大意；2. 逐个分析空格所在句子，明确句子的语法结构、时态语态要求、固定搭配或词性转换需求；3. 结合所给提示词（若有）或语境逻辑，确定每个空格的正确形式。例如，遇到固定短语直接匹配，遇到时态需结合时间状语或语境判断，遇到比较级注意标志词than等。
【解析】1. 主语为复数代词they，描述客观事实用一般现在时，be动词用are；2. 固定短语at the same time，需填定冠词the；3. 修饰名词history，用形容词性物主代词its；4. 主语These books与动词write为被动关系，时间状语before the Qin Dynasty表过去，故用一般过去时的被动语态were written；5. 固定搭配be encouraged to do sth，需填不定式to read；6. 由标志词than可知，用形容词比较级newer；7. 前后句为因果关系，填连词because；8. 主语they指代复数书籍，名词story需用复数形式stories；9. 固定搭配be interested in，填介词in；10. 修饰整个句子，用副词Slowly，首字母大写。
【答案】1. are 2. the 3. its 4. were written 5. to read 6. newer 7. because 8. stories 9. in 10. Slowly
【知识点】固定搭配；动词时态语态；形容词比较级
【点评】本题为中考英语短文填空题，围绕文学经典话题，综合考查学生的语境理解能力、语法知识运用能力及固定搭配掌握情况，难度适中，兼具语言考查与文化意识培养的双重作用。
【难度系数】0.6