语法填空

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

    Wang Tianchang,    1    native of Gansu Province, moved into the Tengger Desert 23 years ago with his family. They have been fighting desertification ever since,    2    (become) a symbol of China's anti-desertification (防治荒漠化) campaign.

    At first, they started planting bushes and saplings. To fund their efforts, they sold most of their farm animals, with only few sheep    3    (leave) to support    4    (they). To make matters    5    (bad), because they weren't familiar with the environment, the trees they planted in the beginning    6    (blow) away by strong winds. But in time, they learned that adaptable grasses were ideal for "holding down the sand". A bush known as the sweetvetch(花棒) has a high survival rate even in severe desert    7    (condition),    8    has become a key part of the Wangs' efforts.

    Eventually, their efforts have not gone unnoticed. The Chinese government not only appointed Wang and his sons    9    forest protectors, but also started funding their work. The desert now is surrounded by a    10    (beauty) garden, proving that land can in fact be transformed from the desert.

[答案解析}

  这是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了甘肃人王天昌和他的家人为防沙治沙所付出的努力和取得的成就。

1．a。考查冠词。native为可数名词，此处表泛指，且native的发音以辅音音素开头，故填不定冠词a。

2．becoming。考查非谓语动词。分析语境及句子结构可知，空处应用非谓语动词，become与They构成主谓关系，故用现在分词作结果状语。

3．left。考查非谓语动词。此处为with复合结构，leave与其逻辑主语few sheep构成动宾关系，故用过去分词形式。

4. themselves。考查代词。分析句子结构可知，空处作support的宾语，且与该句主语they指代对象相同，故使用反身代词。

5．worse。考查形容词比较级。此处表示"使事情更糟糕的是"，将下文内容与上文进行对比，应使用形容词的比较级形式。

6．were blown。考查动词的时态和语态。本句的主语the trees与blow构成逻辑上的动宾关系，且由语境可知，此处讲述过去发生的事情，故用一般过去时的被动语态。

7．conditions。考查名词的数。此处表示"在严峻的沙漠环境中"，condition在表示"环境，境况，条件"时通常用复数形式。

8．which。考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作主语，指物，应用which。

9．as。考查介词。appoint sb. as...表示"任命某人为……",为固定搭配。

10．beautiful。考查形容词。空处修饰garden，应用形容词作定语。