Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Crying marriage? 【1】 (surprise), isn’t it? Factually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and 【2】 (remain) in fashion 【3】 the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 【4】 (necessary) to marriage procedure.

It is very much 【5】 same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. 【6】 , the bride’s neighbors would look down upon 【7】 as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 【8】 which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.

In a word, crying at wedding is a 【9】 by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 【10】 (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Surprising

【2】remained

【3】until/till

【4】necessity

【5】the

【6】Otherwise

【7】her

【8】in

【9】way/means

【10】arranged

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍在中国四川省土家族的一项习俗——婚礼上新娘要哭，即“哭嫁”。

【1】Surprising 句意：它（指哭嫁）不是很令人吃惊吗？修饰事物用-ing形式的形容词，故填Surprising。

【2】remained and前面的动词existed用了过去式，后面的动词也用过去式，与existed构成并列谓语。故填remained。

【3】until/till 这种习俗“直到”清末都很流行。故填until/till。

【4】necessity a后面用名词，指哭嫁是土家族婚礼中一个必不可少的程序。故填necessity。

【5】the same前一定有冠词the。故填the。

【6】Otherwise 句意：每个新娘必须在婚礼上哭，否则邻居会瞧不起她。故填Otherwise。

【7】her 新娘在婚礼上必须哭，“否则”邻居们就会瞧不起她。故填her。

【8】in 这里表示“在这种情况下”，用in the cases，先行词是case，故这里填in。

【9】way/means a way to do sth.做某事的方法。故填way。

【10】arranged arranged marriage意为“包办婚姻”，用过去分词表示被动，即“被包办的婚姻”。故填arranged。

【知识拓展】

1.a way to do sth.做某事的方法；a way of doing sth. 做某事的方法

2. until / not...until之间的区别：

until“直到”,表示某一种行为一直持续到某一时间。用在肯定句中，句子的谓语动词必须是可延续性的。 not...until“直到...才”表示直到某一时间,某一行为才发生,之前该行为并没有发生. 用在否定句中，主句中的谓语可以是延续性的也可以是短暂性动词。

1. I studied Englis until 9 o'clock last night.

我咋晚学英语一直学到9点钟.(表示9点前一直在学)

2. I did not study Englis until 9 o'clock last night.

我咋晚直到9点钟才学英语.(表示9点才开始学)

3. I waited for five hours until it was dark. I had to give it up.

4. I didn't go to sleep until 11 o'clock

not until 还可以用于强调句中，也可以放在句首，句子要采用部分倒装

5. It was not until he came back that I went to sleep

6. Not until he came back did I go to sleep.