Ⅵ.［教材改编］语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
I'm Henry. I need to write about pigeons. Now, I'm watching pigeons in the park. They just knock around—for 25. whole morning. Some people feed them. The pigeons leave droppings here and there. They're too dirty! Some pigeons even fly 26. (mad) to people when people feed them. They're so scary!
27. would happen if pigeons had a mirror in front of them? They can recognise themselves. How 28. (surprise) pigeons are! I'd better 29. (watch) them again.
I'm back at the park again. I find a pigeon is looking at 30. (it) in the water. Maybe I was really wrong about pigeons.
From the books, I know that there are 31. 200 kinds of pigeons. To my surprise, some pigeons can fly far and still find their way home. They can also fly at 32. (speed) of over 100 km per hour. That's as 33. (fast) as cars! I just didn't know enough about them!
For me, pigeons aren't 34. (bore) or scary. They're amazing!

25. the 26. madly 27. What 28. surprising
29. watch 30. itself 31. over 32. speeds 33. fast
34. boring

【分析】本题为语法填空题，需结合上下文语境、固定搭配、词性变化、句型结构等知识点解题。解题思路：先通读全文理解大意，再逐个分析每个空格的句子成分、所需词性或固定用法，结合括号提示词或上下文确定答案。例如第25空考查固定搭配，第26空需用副词修饰动词，第27空为疑问词引导的特殊疑问句，以此类推完成所有填空。
【解析】25. 固定搭配“the whole + 时间名词”表示“整个……”，故填the；26. 此处修饰动词fly，需用副词，mad的副词形式为madly，故填madly；27. 句意：如果鸽子面前有镜子会发生什么？疑问词What引导特殊疑问句作主语，故填What；28. 感叹句结构“How + 形容词 + 主语 + 谓语”，此处修饰物pigeons，用形容词surprising（令人惊讶的），故填surprising；29. 固定搭配had better do sth.（最好做某事），后接动词原形，故填watch；30. 句意：一只鸽子在水里看自己，反身代词itself表示“它自己”，故填itself；31. 此处表示“超过200种”，介词over意为“超过”，故填over；32. 固定搭配speeds of...表示“……的速度”，用名词复数speeds，故填speeds；33. as...as结构中用形容词/副词原级，此处用fast，故填fast；34. 修饰物pigeons，用形容词boring（无聊的），故填boring。
【答案】25. the 26. madly 27. What 28. surprising 29. watch 30. itself 31. over 32. speeds 33. fast 34. boring
【知识点】固定搭配与词性转换、感叹句结构、形容词辨析
【点评】本题为教材改编的语法填空题，聚焦英语基础语法，涵盖冠词、副词、反身代词等核心考点，考查学生对基础语法规则和常用表达的掌握，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6