题目内容
【题目】Next year Tom will go to _______school. He wants to be _______ engineer like his father.
A. a; a B. the; an C. / ; an D. / ; a
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析:句意:明年汤姆要上学。他想像他父亲那样当一名工程师。冠词作为一种虚词,只能和名词一起使用。英语中的冠词分为不定冠词和定冠词。不定冠词有两个,a 和 an。a用在辅音开头的单词前面;an用于以元音开头的单词前。不定冠词用在单数可数名词前面,表示这个人或事物是泛指的不确定的一个,相当于中文的“一个”。定冠词和名词连用,表示某个或某些特定的人或东西。go to school上学,是一个固定短语;engineer是以元音音素开头的单词。所以选C。
【题目】Celebrating New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most exciting traditions around the world. Since this festival marks the beginning of the year, New Year’s Day is thought of as a perfect time for a “clean start”. People in the world decide to act better in the year just beginning than the year just ended.
No day has ever been celebrated in so many different ways. All over the world, countries have their own special beliefs about what the New Year means to them.
In Scotland, the New Year is called Hogmanay. In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar (沥青) are set on fire. It represents that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.
New Year’s Day is also the Festival of Saint Basil in Canada. Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day with the hope that Saint Basil, who is famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts.
The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future. Special services are held in the church, children are given new clothes and New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time.
On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes are decorated (装饰) with bamboos—symbols of long life.
In European countries such as Germany, France and Belgium, families start the New Year by first attending church services. Afterwards, they visit friends and relatives. In France, boys and girls receive gifts of money on New Year’s Day.
New Year celebrations around the 【1】
Country/people | Celebration activities | Special beliefs |
Scotland | People 【2】 barrels of tar. | The old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter. |
Canada | Children leave their 【3】 by the fireside. | Their shoes will be 【4】 with gifts by Saint Basil. |
Jews | It is a time for people to 【5】 to do better in the future. People 【6】 New Year Bread to remind of harvest time. | |
Japan | People 【7】 their new clothes. Homes are decorated with bamboos. | Symbols of 【8】 life |
European 【9】 | People attend church services 【10】 visiting friends and relatives. |