Question

【題目】Though chopsticks are used in many Asian countries, they have their beginnings in China. Chinese _______ says that China had chopsticks as far back as the Xia Dynasty(朝代). In the Spring and Autumn Period copper and iron chopsticks appeared. Then in the Han Dynasty lacquered(涂漆) chopsticks came. Gold and silver chopsticks followed later. Today we have chopsticks _______ of plastic. The most expensive ones are made of tusks of elephants and hard green stones.

Chopsticks tell Chinese tradition in their way. In ancient times the rich used gold chopsticks _______ their wealth. In history many kings used silver chopsticks to take their food to see _______ it was poisonous(有毒的). It was said that if it was, the silver chopsticks would _______ color.Chopsticks are traditionally given to a daughter when she marries to show that they should have a son very soon, for ＂chopstick＂ in Chinese is pronounced _______ ＂quick a son＂！

Tianzhu chopsticks from Hangzhou, wooden chopsticks from Shanyang of Shaanxi Province, and Beijing’s chopsticks are _______.

Many westerners, businessmen, and tourists _______ their knives and forks in favor of(喜歡；喜愛(ài)) chopsticks in China.

Chopsticks appeared in the old Chinese story: An old man _______ his sons a lesson by showing how he can easily break a single chopstick but not a number of them. In China chopsticks are ________ good luck. So on the Chinese New Year’s Eve many families will lay out new chopsticks at dinners as a way of making requests for good luck.

【1】A. art B. geography C. history D. P. E.

【2】A. make B. made C. to make D. making

【3】A. to show B. show C. shows D. showed

【4】A. when B. how C. what D. if

【5】A. grow B. become C. change D. get

【6】A. with B. like C. as D. to

【7】A. wellknown B. cheap C. big D. dear

【8】A. put on B. put up C. put aside D. put off

【9】A. wants B. teaches C. takes D. buys

【10】A. connected with B. strict with C. thought of D. come up with

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 B

【3】 A

【4】 D

【5】 C

【6】 B

【7】 A

【8】 C

【9】 B

【10】 A

【解析】

試題本文主要介紹了中國(guó)筷子的歷史、材質(zhì)，以及與筷子有關(guān)的典故等。

【1】句意：中國(guó)歷史上說(shuō)，中國(guó)早在夏朝就有筷子了。A. art名詞，藝術(shù)；B. geography名詞，地理；C. history名詞，歷史；D. P.E.體育。根據(jù)后文 “夏朝” 可知，本處指“中國(guó)歷史”。故選：C。

【2】句意：今天我們有塑料筷子。A. make動(dòng)詞，制作；B. made動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式或過(guò)去分詞，制作；C. to make動(dòng)詞不定式，D. making現(xiàn)在分詞或動(dòng)名詞。be made of由...制作，其中made是過(guò)去分詞。故選：B。

【3】句意：在古代，有錢(qián)人用金筷子來(lái)炫耀自己的財(cái)富。A. to show動(dòng)詞不定式，展示；B. show動(dòng)詞，展示；C. shows動(dòng)詞三單，展示；D. showed動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式，展示。use sth. to do sth.使用某物做某事。故選：A。

【4】句意：歷史上，許多國(guó)王用銀筷子來(lái)取食物，看它是否有毒。A. when連詞，當(dāng)...時(shí)候，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，或作疑問(wèn)副詞，什么時(shí)候；B. how疑問(wèn)副詞，怎樣；C. what疑問(wèn)代詞，什么；D. if連詞，是否，引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句。根據(jù)句意及后文可知，本句不缺少成分，所以需要連詞if（是否）引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句。故選：D。

【5】句意：據(jù)說(shuō)，如果是這樣，銀筷子就會(huì)變色。A. grow動(dòng)詞，生長(zhǎng)、種植、變得，主要表示逐漸變化, 強(qiáng)調(diào)變化的過(guò)程；B. become動(dòng)詞，變成，指身份的變化；C. change動(dòng)詞，改變；D. get動(dòng)詞，變得，指自然界的一些變化。根據(jù)句意可知是“改變”之意。故選：C。

【6】句意：傳統(tǒng)上，女兒結(jié)婚時(shí)要送給女兒筷子，以表示應(yīng)該很快生個(gè)兒子，因?yàn)?/span>“筷子”的中文發(fā)音就像“快兒子”。A. with介詞，用；B. like介詞，像；C. as介詞，如同；D. to介詞，如同。根據(jù)句意可知，此處意為“像...”。故選：B。

【7】句意：...和北京的筷子都很有名。A. wellknown形容詞，知名的；B. cheap形容詞，便宜的；C. big形容詞，大的；D. dear形容詞，親愛(ài)的、昂貴的。根據(jù)句意可知，通過(guò)舉例來(lái)說(shuō)明前文提到的筷子都很有名。故選：A。

【8】句意：許多西方人、商人和游客把刀叉放在一邊，喜歡在中國(guó)使用筷子。A. put on穿上；B. put up張貼、舉起；C. put aside; 撇開(kāi)、儲(chǔ)備、扔下; D. put off推遲、拖延。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，使用“put aside”符合語(yǔ)境。故選：C。

【9】句意：一個(gè)老人給他兒子們一個(gè)教訓(xùn)，告訴他們他如何能夠輕易地折斷一根筷子，但不能折斷許多筷子。A. wants動(dòng)詞，想要；B. teaches動(dòng)詞，教；C. takes動(dòng)詞，拿、��；D. buys動(dòng)詞，買(mǎi)。teach sb. a lesson教訓(xùn)某人；給某人一個(gè)教訓(xùn)。故選：B。

【10】句意：在中國(guó)，筷子與好運(yùn)聯(lián)系在一起。A. connected with與...聯(lián)系在一起；B. strict with嚴(yán)格要求某人；C. thought of 想到；D. come up with提出、想出。be connected with與...聯(lián)系在一起。故選：A。