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【题目】阅读下面材料,在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

As is known to us. the year 2016 has one extra day in it- February 29th. This is because it's1we call "a leap year". Every four years. the year has 366 days in2instead of 365.

It is called a leap year because hundreds of years ago in England, the extra day wasn’t3(legal) recognized. There is a well-known tradition in the UK4(associate) with 29th February, introduced many centuries ago. Women are allowed to break with tradition and propose(求婚)to their boyfriends on this day. This all started back in the5(five) century, when a famous Irish saint made a6(complain) that women had to wait too long for men to propose. According to the legend, Saint Patrick said any female dreaming of a proposal could ask her boyfriend to marry her on this additional day in February. This so-called tradition was7(write)in law in the thirteenth century.

Scotland passed a law allowing women to propose to men in a leap year. It was said that if the men refused, they had to pay a fine!

Now in 2016, there are calls829th February to become a public holiday. Some people believe that it should be an9(office) day off, because no one gets10(many) payments for working an extra day in a leap year. For the moment though, the British still have to go to work on this day.

【答案】

1what

2it

3legally

4associated

5fifth

6complaint

7written

8for

9official

10more

【解析】试题分析:本文属于说明文,介绍了2016年的229日成为了额外多出来的一天,人们呼吁把这一天设成公共假期。

1what 考查表语从句。本句中what引导表语从句,并在句中作为动词call的宾语。句意:这是因为我们把2016年成为闰年。

2it 考查代词。动词it常指上文提到的同一事物,表示特指。本句中的it就是指本句主语the year

3legally 考查副词。在英语中副词通常做状语修饰形容词、副词、动词或整个句子。本句中使用副词legally修饰谓语动词wasn't recognized

4associated 考查形容词。本句中形容词短语associated with February做定语,修饰名词短语a well-known tradition

5fifth 考查序数词。名词短语the fifth century第五世纪;如果使用基数词,后面要使用复数名词。

6complaint 考查名词。横线前有冠词a修饰,我们横线上应该使用名词作make的宾语,动词complain的名词是complaint

7was written 考查时态语态。本句时间状语是in the thirteenth century,这是一个过去时间,且主语与动词write构成被动关系,所以使用一般过去时的被动语态was written.

8for 考查不定式复合结构。不定式复合结构为:for sb/sth to do sth;该短语在句中做定语修饰calls。句意:有人呼吁把229日当成公共假日。

9official 考查形容词。横线后有名词day,说明横线上应使用形容词,名词office的形容词形式为official.

10more 考查比较级。句意:一些人认为这一天应该是一个公共假日,因为没有人因为这额外地多工作一天而获得更多的报酬。根据句意可知使用比较级形式more

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Some people describe American society as a salad bowl while others think of it as a melting pot.

In a bowl of salad,all the ingredients are mixed together. 【1】____ Together, however, the ingredients make up a unity. All the ingredients of a salad contribute to the finished product. They may be covered with the same dressing (调味酱),but the green vegetables, tomatoes and cooked corn can all be seen for what they are.

From this point of view, America is very much like a salad bowl where individual ethnic groups mix together, yet maintain their cultural uniqueness. People may work together during the day at similar jobs and in the same companies, but at night they may return to their ethnic groups where their own individual culture directs their way of life.

【2】____ Each ethnic group has its own special customs, language, food and traditions to protect and defend. This idea of the salad bowl is referred to as cultural diversity; that is, American society is a collection of various cultures living together in harmony within one country.

【3】____Here, society is like one large pot of soup. All cultural aspects are mixed together, sacrificing their original identity and keeping a bit of what they were to become a new reality. The Some people describe American society as a saladlonger the soup is cooked, the better the taste and the more likely it will be for the mixture to dissolve. In this sense, America can surely be seen as a melting pot where people from all over the world come to live and work together forming one nation. There are dozens of shared symbols. 【4】____In such a culture, symbols like the flag and the nation’s official song serve to break down the walls which separate ethnic groups.

Whether a salad bowl or a melting pot, America can be best described as a mixture of both. 【5】____

A. Both are correct depending on one-s point of view.

B. They never lose their shapes, colors or tastes.

C. This is why there is so much diversity within America.

D, In other words, America is a nation where there is unity in diversity.

E. Thus, one needs to abandon one's culture to be considered "American".

F. They serve to develop the various ethnic groups to create a new American culture.

G. The other theory, which is also used to describe American society, is the melting pot.

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