Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Snake dishes have become popular in__【1】___ (recently) years. Snake meat in __【2】____(vary ) flavors (风味) can _____【3】___ (see) in restaurant ads very often. Eating snake seems to be now in vogue(盛行), and if you haven’t eaten a snake yet, you are considered “out of date”. But I wonder ______【4】____ all the trends are worth ___【5】___ (follow).

Some people may defend themselves by saying that snake meat is nutritious . But these people don’t realize that many parasites(寄生虫)，____【6】___ do harm to our health, are found inside snakes.

According ___【7】___ a survey, about 1000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China and sometimes as many as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!

These figures warns us that if no action is taken, ___【8】__ number of snakes will drop and make an increase in ___【9】_(mouse) and worms population, which will result in a decrease(减产) of crop output. Who will see such tragedy happen?

So let’s start not to eat snakes any more because “to protect the snake is to protect ______【10】___.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】recent

【2】various

【3】be seen

【4】whether/ if

【5】following

【6】which

【7】to

【8】the

【9】mice

【10】ourselves

【解析】

试题分析：

【1】recent 句意：在最近的这些年。此处是形容词修饰名词，故填recent。

【2】various 句意：各种各样的风味。此处是形容词修饰名词，故填various。

【3】be seen 根据句意可知是含情态动词的被动语态，can已给出，故填be seen。

【4】whether/ if 句意：我想知道是否所有的趋势都值得跟随。此处是whether/ if引导的宾语从句，whether/ if。

【5】following 固定形式：be worth doing值得做某事，故填following。

【6】which 此处 many parasites是先行词，指物，所以后面是which引导的非限制性定语从句，故填which。

【7】to 固定词组：according to---,按着---，故填to。

【8】the 固定词组：the number of---,---的数量，故填the。

【9】mice 根据句意可知此处用名词的复数，故填mice。

【10】ourselves 句意：保护蛇就是保护我们自己。故填ourselves。

【知识归纳】

1.be worth doing(主动表示被动)/be worth to be done值得做某事；be well worth doing非常值得做某事；be worthy of doing sth. 值得做某事。

2. the number of---,---的数量。做主语时后面的谓语动词用单数形式。The number of experts present is 20.到场的专家是20人。

a large number of+名词复数，大量的---。做主语时后面的谓语动词用复数形式。A large number of boys are playing football.大量的学生在踢足球。

2. 名词复数

mouse---mice老鼠; sheep---sheep绵羊; ox---oxen;公牛 means---means方法，手段; passer-by---passers-by过路人; grown-up---grown-ups成年人; man doctor---men doctors男医生; woman nurse---women nurses女护士;boy student---boy students男学生。