四、★★★ 阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

Meng Haoran was 1. great poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was born in Xiangyang, Hubei. Most of his poems were about the wonderful scenes of nature and life in the countryside. He used simple language 2. (express) the beauty of nature.
“A Spring Morning” is one of his most famous 3. (poem). In the first two lines, “This spring morning in bed I’m lying, Not to awake till birds are crying.”, it shows the poet’s 4. (peace) sleep in spring. He was so comfortable that he didn’t know it was already morning until the birds’ singing woke him up. This makes us feel how relaxing spring mornings can be.
In the next two lines, “After one night of wind and showers, How many are the fallen flowers!”, the poet thought about the wind and rain last night. He 5. (wonder) how many flowers had fallen because of them. It makes us feel a bit sorry for those beautiful flowers.
If you read the poem carefully, you 6. (find) Meng Haoran used many easy and common words in the poem. He just described things that can be seen and heard in spring, like the singing birds and the sound of wind and rain. But through these simple descriptions, he showed his deep love for nature. 7. the same time, he also let us feel his 8. (sad) about the passing of beautiful things, like the fallen flowers.
This poem has a big influence. It helps us see the beauty of spring clearly. It makes us want to enjoy and cherish nature. This poem is 9. (wide) read and loved by people of all ages. You can’t feel the amazing charm of ancient Chinese poetry 10. you read it with peace.

【主旨大意】本文主要介绍了唐代诗人孟浩然及其代表作《春晓》。
1. a 2. to express 3. poems 4. peaceful 5. wondered
6. will find 7. At 8. sadness 9. widely 10. unless

【分析】这是一篇介绍唐代诗人孟浩然及其代表作《春晓》的语篇型语法填空题，需结合语境、语法规则、固定搭配及词性转换解题。解题思路：先通读全文把握主旨，再逐个分析空格处的句子结构、所需词性或语法形式，结合括号内提示词或上下文逻辑确定答案。
【解析】1. 考查冠词。此处泛指“一位伟大的诗人”，great以辅音音素开头，故填a。2. 考查非谓语动词。固定搭配use sth to do sth（用某物做某事），故填to express。3. 考查名词复数。“one of + 形容词最高级 + 名词复数”结构表示“最……之一”，故填poems。4. 考查形容词。此处修饰名词sleep，需用形容词，peace的形容词形式为peaceful，故填peaceful。5. 考查动词时态。全文讲述孟浩然的事迹，用一般过去时，wonder的过去式为wondered，故填wondered。6. 考查动词时态。if引导的条件状语从句遵循“主将从现”原则，主句用一般将来时，故填will find。7. 考查固定搭配。at the same time是固定短语，意为“同时”，句首首字母大写，故填At。8. 考查名词。形容词性物主代词his后需接名词，sad的名词形式为sadness，故填sadness。9. 考查副词。此处修饰动词read，需用副词，wide的副词形式为widely，故填widely。10. 考查连词。根据语境“除非你静心阅读，否则感受不到中国古诗的魅力”，表“除非”用unless，故填unless。
【答案】1. a 2. to express 3. poems 4. peaceful 5. wondered 6. will find 7. At 8. sadness 9. widely 10. unless
【知识点】冠词的用法、非谓语动词、名词复数
【点评】本题为语篇型语法填空，围绕孟浩然及其诗作《春晓》展开，综合考查基础语法知识与语境运用能力，难度适中，有助于巩固英语核心语法考点。
【难度系数】0.7