一、语法填空:在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 A Each Chinese lunar ① year has a Chinese zodiac sign(生肖) animal. It's an important part of Chinese (1) ________ (tradition) culture. But what's the order of the zodiac sign? And why is it in such an order? Here is one of the (2) ________ (story) behind it. The Jade Emperor ② wanted to choose twelve animals to be his guards. He spread the message that if they got to the gate of Heaven early, they would get good positions. But (3) ________ (do) this, they had to cross a great river. Rat got up at midnight, and he crossed the river (4) ________ the help of Ox. Rat won first place and Ox was second. Tiger and Rabbit came third and fourth because both were fast and competitive. Dragon was (5) ________ (five), and the Jade Emperor said Dragon's son could be sixth. (6) ________ Dragon's son didn't come with him that day. Just then, Snake came forward, so Snake was sixth. Horse and Goat arrived at the same time. They acted very (7) ________ (polite) and each let the other go first. They became seventh and eighth. Monkey was far behind. But he jumped between trees and stones, and (8) ________ (catch) up to be ninth. (9) ________ rest were Rooster, Dog, and Pig. These 12 animals became guards of the the gate of Heaven. Thus the years of the lunar calendar (10) ________ (name) for each of them.
答案:1. traditional 解析:此处修饰名词culture,需用tradition的形容词形式traditional,意为“传统的”。 2. stories 解析:one of后接可数名词复数,story的复数形式是stories。 3. to do 解析:此处表示目的,“为了做到这一点”,用动词不定式to do。 4. with 解析:with the help of是固定短语,意为“在……的帮助下”。 5. fifth 解析:表示顺序“第五”,用five的序数词形式fifth。 6. But 解析:前文说玉帝说龙的儿子可以排第六,后文说龙的儿子那天没来,前后是转折关系,用But。 7. politely 解析:此处修饰动词acted,需用polite的副词形式politely。 8. caught 解析:文章整体时态为一般过去时,catch的过去式是caught。 9. The 解析:the rest是固定搭配,意为“其余的人/物”,位于句首首字母大写。 10. are named 解析:主语the years与name之间是被动关系,且陈述客观事实,用一般现在时的被动语态,主语是复数,be动词用are,name的过去分词是named。