二、完形填空。(每小题2分,共20分)
新素养 语言意识 Do you remember the useful sentences like "It's a piece of cake" or "It serves you right" in English learning? They carry more
meanings
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than the words themselves. In Chinese culture, we also have lots of similar useful expressions like "drinking ink" and "An inch of time is worth an inch of gold".
"Drinking ink" is a common expression to show that a person is
educated
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. Is there anyone who really drinks ink? It could be true in Chinese history. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, those who
performed
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very badly in the exam would be punished by drinking one litre(升) of ink. Even if they were found to have poor handwriting or make up something terrible, they would be taken into a special room to drink ink. The rule was accepted by the following dynasties. Nowadays, this expression is
widely
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used to describe people's ways of receiving education or their level of education. For example, "drinking foreign ink" means one has studied overseas. "Drinking little ink" means a
low
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level of education.
"An inch of time is worth an inch of gold" means that an inch of time has the same value as an inch of gold. It is also the first half of a famous old saying, "An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold." This wise saying teaches us a clear lesson—time is more valuable than
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, which is also echoed by another popular proverb "Lost time is never found again". It also gives us a
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against wasting it, and we should
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it in our daily lives.
In ancient times, time was measured by inches because people used the sundial as a traditional time-keeping tool. It is made of a flat and round stone or metal plate on which clear time degrees are marked. As the sun moves slowly from rising to setting, the shadow length changes accordingly. This is how the sundial tells time. Such old tools
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us that time is very priceless.
sundial
Language cannot be
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from its culture. Language learning can help us better understand the cultures behind the countries and communicate more with the people from different countries.
(
C
)1. A. suggestions B. chances C. meanings D. promises
(
B
)2. A. expected B. educated C. remembered D. missed
(
A
)3. A. performed B. planned C. guessed D. prepared
(
C
)4. A. quietly B. quickly C. widely D. suddenly
(
A
)5. A. low B. basic C. normal D. perfect
(
B
)6. A. chances B. wealth C. choices D. luck
(
B
)7. A. requirement B. warning C. explanation D. greeting
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D
)8. A. take good care of B. look forward to C. make fun of D. make good use of
(
D
)9. A. reflect B. remember C. remain D. remind
(
A
)10. A. separated B. combined C. connected D. escaped
