Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It seems that Chinese people have always loved to discuss 【1】 differences between northerners and southerners. Now, another difference has drawn wide attention: the way northerners and southerners shop 【2】 food at markets.

People from southern China normally buy 【3】 they need for just one or two meals at a time. It’s normal for them to buy just half a Chinese cabbage, two 【4】 (potato) and 25 grams of beef at a time. 【5】, a person may be laughed at if they do this in the north. Instead, buying enough vegetables and meat for a week 【6】 (be) normal.

The different could be because of the different climates. Food can 【7】 (keep) for a long time in the north, as it’s 【8】 (usual) cold and dry there. Many northerners have the habit of 【9】 (store) food for a long time. But due to the hot and wet weather in the south, southern Chinese people prefer 【10】 (buy) just enough food for one meal or one day. Otherwise, the food may go bad.

Maybe these debates about different customs help us to understand each other better.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】the

【2】for

【3】what/things

【4】potatoes

【5】However

【6】is

【7】be kept

【8】usually

【9】storing

【10】to buy/buying

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了南方人和北方人在购买食物的习惯上的差异。

【1】考查冠词。句意：中国人似乎一直喜欢讨论北方人和南方人之间的差异。此处用定冠词the放在名词difference前表示特指“北方人和南方人之间的差异”，故填the。

【2】考查介词。句意：北方人和南方人在市场买食物的方式。固定短语：shop for（购买……），此处的名词food作介词for的宾语，故填for。

【3】考查连词。此处可用连语what引导宾语从句，作主句谓语动词buy的宾语，what在从句中作need的宾语；也可以填things，作主句动词buy的宾语，后边they need for just one or two meals at a time.就是定语从句，引导词可以是that/which，因为在从句中作宾语，所以省略了。故填what/things。

【4】考查名词。名词potato（土豆）是可数名词，前边有two修饰，所以要用复数形式，故填potatoes。

【5】考查副词。句意：他们一次只买半颗大白菜、两个土豆和二十五克牛肉是正常的。然而，在北方，你要是这样做是要被嘲笑的。前后是转折关系，故填However。

【6】考查主谓一致。此句是动名词短语作主语，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式，故填is。

【7】考查被动语态。句意：在北方，食物可以被保存很长时间。要用被动语态：情态动词+be done，故填be kept。

【8】考查副词。句意：因为那里天气通常是很冷的。副词usually（通常地）作状语，故填usually。

【9】考查动名词。此处要用动名词storing短语作介词of的宾语，故填storing。

【10】考查动词的固定结构。固定结构：prefer to do sth.或者prefer doing sth.（喜欢做某事），故填to buy/buying。