2018高考英语语法填空全国卷II(有解析)

Diets have changed in China—and so too has its top crop. Since 2011,the country 61.______ (grow) more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over 62.______ past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.

A taste for meat is 63.______ (actual) behind the change: An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn's rise: The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice 64.______ (improve) water quality. Corn uses less water 65.______ rice and creates less fertilizer (化肥) runoff. This switch has decreased 66.______ (pollute) in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.

According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total 67.______ (globe) fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005—when the government 68.______ (start) a soil-testing program 69.______ gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers — and 2011,fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons. That prevented the emission (排放) of 51.8 million tons of carbon dioxide. China's approach to protecting its environment while 70.______ (feed) its citizens “offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide,” says the bank's Juergen Voegele.

说明：本文为一篇叙事文，主要讲的是中国对调整农产品种植结构所带来的变化。204个单词；难度中等。

61.【答案与解析】填has grown。考查动词现在完成时的用法。根据时间状语Since 2011可知，此处的语境指的是从过去（2011年）一直持续到现在的情况，故用现在完成时。

62.【答案与解析】填the。考查定冠词的用法。特指过去的25年，故用定冠词。

63.【答案与解析】填actually。考查副词。用作状语，应用副词形式。

64.【答案与解析】填to improve。考查不定式作目的状语的用法。即“政府鼓励农民种玉米而不种水稻”目的是为了“改善水质”。

65.【答案与解析】填than。考查比较结构的用法。根据句中的less可知，此处应该使用比较结构。

66.【答案与解析】填pollution。考查动词的派生用法。由于是用作动词decreased的宾语，故用名词形式的pollution。

67.【答案与解析】填global。考查名词的派生用法。用于名词前作定语，应用形容词形式。

68.【答案与解析】填started。考查一般过去时的用法。由于空格前后的年代时间可知，这是在2005年发生的事情，故用一般过去时。

69.【答案与解析】填that/which。考查定语从句的用法。由于先行词指物，且关系代词在定语从句中作主语，故填空that或which。

70.【答案与解析】填feeding。考查非谓语动词的用法。此处的“while + 现在分词短语”用作时间状语，相当于while 引导时间状语从句的用法。