三、语篇填空
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。
win catch leave write lose give old he but courage
Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea 21 the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. The main character is an 22 fisherman who hasn't caught anything for months. One day, he 23 a huge fish, but he fights for days to kill it. On 24 way back, sharks eat the fish, 25 only bones. The book teaches readers not to 26 up. As Hemingway 27 , “Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed 28 not defeated. ” Even though the fisherman 29 the fish, he proves his 30 and perseverance.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

21. won 22. old 23. catches 24. his
25. leaving 26. give 27. wrote 28. but
29. loses 30. courage

【分析】首先通读短文，明确短文围绕《老人与海》展开，主旨是传递永不放弃的精神。解题时需结合每个空的语境、语法规则（时态、词性、固定搭配），从方框给定的词中选择合适词汇并变形，填完后再通读检查通顺度。
【解析】21. 句意：《老人与海》在1953年获得普利策奖，“获得奖项”用win，1953年是过去时间，故填won；22. 修饰名词fisherman需用形容词old，符合语境“老渔夫”，故填old；23. 主语he是第三人称单数，一般现在时表常态，“捕到鱼”用catch，故填catches；24. 固定搭配on one's way back中，对应主语he的形容词性物主代词是his，故填his；25. 鲨鱼吃鱼后留下骨头，用现在分词leaving作结果状语，故填leaving；26. 固定搭配give up意为“放弃”，符合句意“不要放弃”，故填give；27. 海明威“写”的话，动作发生在过去，用write的过去式wrote，故填wrote；28. 前后句是转折关系，用连词but，故填but；29. 渔夫没保住鱼，“失去”用lose，主语是第三人称单数，一般现在时，故填loses；30. 证明“勇气”用名词courage，符合语境，故填courage。
【答案】21. won 22. old 23. catches 24. his 25. leaving 26. give 27. wrote 28. but 29. loses 30. courage
【知识点】词汇运用、动词时态、固定搭配
【点评】本题为语篇填空题，结合经典名著内容，考察学生词汇的语境运用能力，涵盖动词形式变化、固定搭配等知识点，难度适中，能有效检验学生英语基础。
【难度系数】0.6