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第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 31 these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 32 (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.

It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 33 rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 34 day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.

One day, he came up with an idea 35 he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.

He was very tired 36 doing this for a whole day, 37 he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 38 (high).

His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 39 (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 40 (result) in the contrary to our intention.

31. 答案 Behind.

解析： 表示“在……背后”用behind.该句句意为:在这些谚语背后通常都 有有趣的故事.

32. 答案 to help.

解析： “拔苗助长”的故事中拔苗的目的是帮助禾苗成长，故该处用动词不定式作目的状语。

33. 答案 his.

解析： 表示“使他自己的水稻长得快”，故用his.

34. 答案 this.

解析： 表达刚刚说过的事情，用this指代。

35. 答案 that.

解析： 从句式结构看，he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches是idea的内容，故此空格处应为同位语从句的引导词that.

36. 答案 after.

解析： 此处意为“劳累了一天之后很疲劳了”;表示“在……之后”用after.

37. 答案 but.

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解析： 上下文句意表示转折，故此处须用but.

38. 答案 higher.

解析： 与以前相对比，此时禾苗自然长得更高了，因此用比较级。

39. 答案 natural.

解析： 修饰名词course,故此处应用形容词natural.

40. 答案 results.

解析： 该句中being too anxious to help an event develop是动名词短语作主语，谓语动词须用单数形式，该句揭示的是一条客观真理，因此须用一般现在时态。