六、缺词填空。(每空一词)(共10空;每空1分,计10分)
People have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional food for the New Year s
1 good luck and health.
An English Christmas dinner has a m
2 of turkey. Germans celebrate Christmas with bread, cookies and cakes.
In the south of India, there is a three-day festival in mid-January c
3 Pongal. It has rice and a dish of rice cooked with sugar.
The Japanese celebrate the New Year w
4 a seven-day festival. It b
5 from 1st January. They cook food before the festival so people don't need to c
6 during the festival. On New Year's Day, people can have different d
7—each dish is a wish for the New Year.
People in China get their food ready a
8 of time. They don't want to u
9 a knife during the New Year because they think it might "cut luck". Food with a l
10 name is popular, like fish. It sounds like "surplus(余)" in Chinese.
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【分析】
本题为英语缺词填空题,需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配完成填空。解题思路:先通读全文理解不同国家节日饮食的主题,再逐句分析每个空的词性、词义及语法要求,结合上下文逻辑确定合适的单词。
1. 第1空:主语为不可数名词food,一般现在时谓语用三单形式,需填表示“展示”的动词;
2. 第2空:结合“a...of turkey”结构,需填表示“餐”的名词,构成固定搭配;
3. 第3空:修饰festival,表“被叫做”,用过去分词作定语;
4. 第4空:表“用……方式庆祝”,需填介词;
5. 第5空:主语it指代festival,一般现在时谓语用三单,表“开始”;
6. 第6空:结合前文“提前做好食物”,需填表示“做饭”的动词原形;
7. 第7空:different后接可数名词复数,结合后文“each dish”确定;
8. 第8空:固定短语“提前”的表达;
9. 第9空:want to后接动词原形,结合“刀”的语境确定;
10. 第10空:修饰name,结合后文鱼的吉祥寓意,填形容词。
【解析】
1. 句意:新年的传统食物展示好运和健康。主语food为不可数名词,一般现在时谓语动词用第三人称单数,故填shows;
2. 句意:英国圣诞晚餐是一顿火鸡大餐。固定搭配a meal of(一顿……的饭),故填meal;
3. 句意:印度南部有一个为期三天的节日叫庞格尔节。过去分词called作后置定语,表“被叫做”,故填called;
4. 句意:日本人用七天的节日庆祝新年。介词with表“用……方式”,故填with;
5. 句意:它从1月1日开始。主语it指代festival,一般现在时谓语用三单,故填begins;
6. 句意:他们在节前做好食物,所以节日期间不用做饭。need to后接动词原形,结合语境填cook;
7. 句意:元旦那天,人们可以吃不同的菜——每道菜都是新年的祝福。different后接可数名词复数,故填dishes;
8. 句意:中国人提前准备食物。固定短语ahead of time(提前),故填ahead;
9. 句意:新年期间他们不想用刀,因为认为会“切断好运”。want to后接动词原形,故填use;
10. 句意:带有吉祥名字的食物很受欢迎,比如鱼。形容词lucky修饰name,结合鱼的寓意,故填lucky。
【答案】
shows, meal, called, with, begins, cook, dishes, ahead, use, lucky
【知识点】
英语词汇运用、固定搭配、词性辨析
【点评】
本题围绕不同国家节日饮食文化展开,考查词汇在语境中的灵活运用,需结合语法规则、固定搭配及文化常识解题,是基础型缺词填空题,难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6