题目内容
【题目】语法填空
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。
Several countries in Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year in their own way. But dragon and lion dances in Chinatowns all over the world have helped to make China's New Year the most famous. These days growing (number) of people who are not of Chinese origin are joining in. In Tokyo window cleaners dress up like the animals of the Chinese Shengxiao. America, Canada and New Zealand have published memorial stamps for the year of the rooster. Last year New York City made the Lunar New Year school holiday for the first time.
The spread of the Spring Festival is (part) due to recent immigration from China: 9.5 million Chinese people (move) abroad since 1978, many of are far richer than earlier waves of immigrants.
Aware China's growing economic and political influence, foreign leaders have noticed the occasion. Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, has given a video address, a tradition (start) in 2014 by her predecessor (前任) . This year's World Economic Forum in Davos was held a week earlier than usual (avoid) conflicting with China's New Year.
China hopes the festival will promote (it) cultural “soft power” abroad. It may give the Chinese people (satisfy) to see foreigners enjoy such festivities.
【答案】umber;a;artly;have moved;whom;of;tarted;to avoid;it;atisfaction
【解析】本文是一篇说明文,讲述的是在外国越来越多的非华裔人士也开始喜欢中国节日。
(1) 考查名词。句意:现在越来越多的非华裔人士加入进来。number为可数名词,用a number of 或numbers of表示“许多”。此处number前无不定冠词a,故应用复数形式numbers。
(2) 考查冠词。句意:去年,纽约市第一次把农历新年定为一个学校假期。school holiday为可数名词, 根据句意可知应用不定冠词a修饰。
(3)考查副词。句意:春节的传播要部分归功于最近从中国来的移民:自从1978年以来,已有950 万中国人移居海外,他们中许多人都要比早期移民富得多。根据句意可知此处应用副词修饰 形容词due,故用partly。
(4)考查时态。根据句中时间状语 since 1978可知应用现在完成时,故用have moved。
(5)考查定语从句。根据此处为定语从句且关系代词前有介词可知应用whom修饰先行词Chinese people,故填whom。
(6)考查介词。be aware of固定短语,“知道,明白,意识到”故填of。
(7)考查非谓语动词。句意:英国首相特丽莎·梅用一份视频讲话向全球华人拜了年,这是一项始 于前任首相卡梅伦的传统。根据句意可知start与tradition之间为被动关系,应用过去分词作 定语,故用started。
(8)考查非谓语动词。句意:今年的达沃斯世界经济之所以比往常提前一周举行,就是为了避免 和中国新年冲突。根据句意可知应用不定式作目的状语,故用to avoid。
(9)考查代词。句意:中国希望这一节日能在国外提高它的文化“软实力”。根据句意可知应用形容词性物主代词its修饰cultural“soft power”。故填its。
(10)考查名词。句意:看到外国人喜欢这样的节日可能给中国人满足感。根据句意和句子结 构可知此处应该用名词satisfaction作give的宾语,故填satisfaction。