专题07 语法填空-2023年高考英语二模试题分项汇编（全国通用）

专题07 语法填空 （一）（浙江省金华十校2022-2023学年高三4月模拟考试预演预演试题） German and Kurdish researchers have discovered an ancient city by the Tigris River. The city___1___(uncover) when the levels of the Mosul reservoir (水库) decreased earlier this year due to the extreme drought in Iraq. ___2___(prevent) crops from drying out, a large amount of water has been drawn down from the reservoir, Iraq’s most important water___3___(store). This led to the reappearance of the city that___4___(sink) decades before without any prior investigations. The unforeseen event made researchers excavate (挖掘) and document at least parts of this city as quickly as possible___5___it sank again. A team for rescue excavations was put together within days. They were___6___great time pressure because it was not clear when the water in the reservoir would rise again, and the___7___(expose) walls of large buildings in the old city would disappear. ___8___(fortunate), the researchers succeeded in largely mapping the city. In addition to a palace, other large buildings emerged from the reservoir — fortifications (防御工事) with walls and towers and___9___industrial site. The research team was shocked by the well-preserved state of the walls ___10___were made of sun-dried mud bricks and had been under water for more than 40 years. 【参考答案】 1． was uncovered    2．To prevent    3．storage     4．had sunk    5．before     6．under     7．exposed     8．Fortunately    9．an     10．which/that 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇新闻报道，主要讲的是德国和库尔德研究人员在底格里斯河边发现了一座古城。 【详情解析】 1．考查时态，语态和主谓一致。句意：今年早些时候，由于伊拉克的极端干旱，摩苏尔水库水位下降，这座城市被发现。城市是被发现，句子用被动语态，由“earlier this year”可知，句子描述过去的事情，因此空格处是一般过去时的被动语态，主语city是单数，因此空格处是was uncovered。故填was uncovered。 2．考查不定式。句意：为了防止农作物干枯，伊拉克最重要的储水库已经抽取了大量的水。根据语境可知，句子表示“为了防止农作物干枯”，空格处用不定式表目的，在句中作状语，位于句首的单词首字母要大写，故填To prevent。 3．考查名词。句意：为了防止农作物干枯，伊拉克最重要的储水库已经抽取了大量的水。根据语境可知，此处表示“储存”，是storage，是不可数名词，故填storage。 4．考查时态。句意：这使得这座几十年前在没有任何事先调查的情况下沉没的城市重新出现。城市沉没是在led之前发生完的事情，因此空格处时态用过去完成时，表示过去的过去已经完成的动作，因此空格处是had sunk。故填had sunk。 5．考查连词。