题目内容
The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different 36 about the foods they eat on this 37 day. In Northern China, people 38 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the 39 and the beginning of time. According to historical 40 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps 41 the areas in Southern China 42 more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly 43 to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day. 44 , the most common foods for the first 45 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle 46 long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which 47 the hope of improvement in 48 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of 49 according to the Chinese.
To 50 a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to 51 a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers. 52 , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have 53 new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards. 54 , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into 55 .
1. A．word B．habits C．meanings D．stories
2. A．usual B．unforgettable C．common D．special
3. A．seldom B．usually C．always D．hardly
4. A．end B．future C．result D．effect
5. A．reasons B．records C．notes D．stories
6. A．as long as B．though C．when D．because
7. A．caused B．took C．produced D．brought
8. A．understood B．knew C．made D．began
9. A．Besides B．Therefore C．Consequently D．Usually
10. A．subject B．title C．program D．meal
11. A．symbolizes B．reveals C．shows D．indicates
12. A．transports B．represents C．fetches D．takes
13. A．health B．family C．life D．work
14. A．reunion B．luck C．happiness D．harmony
15. A．do B．pay C．get D．carry
16. A．express B．describe C．establish D．define
17. A．Luckily B．Unfortunately C．However D．Besides
18. A．given away B．made out C．got into D．taken up
19. A．Instead B．Fortunately C．Moreover D．Furthermore
20. A．fashion B．effect C．sight D．power
1.B
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.B
6.D
7.C
8.D
9.A
10.D
11.A
12.B
13.C
14.A
15.B
16.A
17.C
18.D
19.A
20.A
【解析】
试题分析：本文叙述了中国的传统节日春节，北方的人在过春节的时候，是一家人团聚的日子，在节日这天人们爱吃饺子；而南方人慢慢地有吃饺子过渡到吃其他的食物，如面条，新年蛋糕和汤圆。文中分别交代了每种食物代表的意义；人们过春节时有过去互送新年卡片，到现在的发短信和电子邮件，并且在新年期间旅行也成了一种时尚。过春节时人们还是和过去一样要放鞭炮。
1.考查名词及上下文的呼应。word单词； habits 习惯； meanings 含义； stories故事。根据下文可知这里指的是习惯不同，故选B。
2.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。usual通常； unforgettable难以忘记的； common 共同的； special特殊的。 在这个特殊的日子南方与北方的对于他们吃的食物有不同的习惯，故选D。
3.考查副词及上下文的呼应。 seldom很少； usually通常； always 总是； hardly几乎不。在北方人们通常吃饺子，故选B。
4.考查名词及上下文的呼应。 end结束； future将来； result结果； effect影响。饺子意味着时间的开始和结束，也是就咱们常说的辞旧迎新，故选A。
5.考查名词及上下文的呼应。 reasons原因； records记录； notes注释； stories故事。根据历史记录，在过去来自北方和南方的都在新年这一天吃饺子，故选B。
6.考查连词及上下文的呼应。 as long as只要； though尽管； when 当……时候； because 因为。也许因为华南地区生产比北方更多的大米，故选D。
7.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 caused引起； took花费； produced 生产； brought带来。也许因为华南地区比北方生产更多的大米，故选C。
8.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 understood理解； knew知道； made 制造；began 开始。在新年这一天男方的人开始慢慢地开始吃其他的食物，故选D。
9.考查副词及上下文的呼应。 besides并且； therefore因此； consequently因此； usually通常。并且第一顿饭最常见的是面条、年糕和汤圆，故选A。
10.考查名词及上下文的呼应。subject B. title C. program D. meal并且第一顿饭最常见的是面条、年糕和汤圆，故选D。
11.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 symbolizes象征； reveals揭露； shows 显示； indicates表明。面条象征着长寿，故选A。
12.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 transports运送； represents代表； fetches去取； takes取走。新年蛋糕就叫年糕代表年年生活上的提高，故选B。
13.考查名词及上下文的呼应。 health健康； family家庭； life生活； work 工作。新年蛋糕就叫年糕代表年年生活上的提高，故选C。
14.考查名词及上下文的呼应。 reunion重聚； luck 幸运； happiness幸福； harmony和睦。按照中国人的传统汤圆是一种重聚的象征，故选A。
15.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 do做； pay支付； get变得； carry运载。这里是短语pay a visit to sb 拜访某人；去拜访亲朋好友也是春节期间的重要活动，故选B。
16.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 express表达； describe 描述； establish 建立； define定义。人们也送一些卡片去表达对新年的问候，故选A。
17.考查副词及上下文的呼应。luckily幸运地； Unfortunately不幸地； However可是； Besides并且。可是，随着生活的节奏越来越快，故选C。
18.考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。given away放弃； made out理解； got into钻进； taken up拿起。人们开始用新的方法来庆祝中国的传统新年，故选D。
19.考查副词及上下文的呼应。 instead代替，反而； fortunately幸运地； moreover 而且，此外； furthermore而且。例如，人们不再发送问候的卡片，而是他们使用发短信或电子邮件，故选A。
20.考查名词及上下文的呼应。fashion时尚； effect影响； sight视力； power力量。come into power上台；在春节期间旅行也成为了一种时尚，故选A。
考点：文化类短文。
点评：由于完形填空的文章是一个意义相关联的语篇，围绕一个话题论述，因此在行文中词语的重复、替代、复现和同现现象是不可避免的。根据这个原则，某一个空格所对应的答案很可能就是在上下文中复现或同现的相关词，考生可以根据这些词之间的有机联系来确定答案。所以，解题时应联系上下文寻找相关线索，如某一个词的原词、指代词、同义词、近义词和概括词等。但由于我们在做题时不可能总是重复地阅读文章，因此，在做完形填空时要培养一种捕捉并记忆相关信息的能力。
阅读快车系列答案Two Chinese farmers who became an overnight sensation(轰动)when their heart-rendingversion of a famous pop song appeared on the Internet took to the stage in front of thousands offans in Shanghai last Saturday.
Wang Xu, 44，and Liu Gang, 29, sang “In the Spring" alongside the song's star composerWang Feng, in front of about 80,000 people at the Shanghai Stadium.
The audience buzzed with excitement and let out deafening cheers, the moment as theywere introduced on the stage and then when Liu started the first sentence of their parts 
of thesong.
The two migrant workers became stars after singing the tearjerker(催人泪下的）songduring an evening drinking session in a 6-square-meter rented room in a late August evening. Afriend recorded the performance on a cell phone and posted it on the Internet.
“If someday I am dead, please bury me in the spring," they sing. Wang's penetrating chorus,delivered with his eyes closed, has moved thousands to tears.
Wang and Liu consider the song a true portrait of lower-class groups like themselves."With no credit card, no girlfriend, or a home with hot water, but only a guitar, I am singinghappily, on streets, under bridges or in wild country, though nobody pays attention to themusic," they sing.
To support his wife and two sons, Wang came to Beijing in 2000 from the countryside andhas worked as a boiler man, and street peddler, before becoming a medical warehouse keeper,with a monthly pay of around 1,500 yuan. Little is left after he pays 600 yuan for rent and buysfood.
Liu came to Beijing in 2002. “I wanted to try my luck in the big city，，，he said. He hadworked as a guard, roadside peddler, and porter, but never had a stable job. Street performingwas his main income, even after he married and became a father three years ago.
Wang and Liu are still uncertain where their fame will lead. Wang has started learning touse a computer. They even have a microblog(微博）account to communicate with fans.
【小题1】Wang Xu and Liu Gang first became nationally known after______.
| A．they sang the song “In the Spring" with a star composer Wang Feng |
| B．the video of them singing “In the Spring" was posted on the Internet |
| C．they sang on streets and under bridges |
| D．they started their microblog |
| A．they sang the song better than other singers |
| B．they were introduced to the public by the song writer himself |
| C．it was specially composed for them two |
| D．it is a heartfelt expression of the two singers as migrant workers |
| A．migrant workers' conditions will be improved soon |
| B．they will learn to write songs on computers |
C．a song showing people's real life and feeling s is more likely to be accepted |
| D．singers for migrant workers are more likely to become popular |
| A．Internet Farmer Stars Make Stage Appearance |
| B．“In the Spring"—A Touching Song |
| C．A Successful Internet Performance |
| D．No Pains, No Gains |
第三节：书面表达（满分15分）
根据所提供的情景，词语和句型，写一篇不少于80词的短文。
假如你是李华，请给你的英国笔友Harry写封信，告诉他中国人是怎样过春节的。
注意：1. 请以第一人称个人经历的形式，描述中国人在春节期间所做的事情。
2. 根据表格内容完成短文。
| How I spend the Spring Festival? | ||
| Time | Customs and Traditions(food) | Activities (things to do) |
| Fall on the 1st of the Lunar New Year | dumpling, fish, meat…… | visit families and friends, give children lucky money in red paper, get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other……… |
Dear Harry,
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Yours,
Li Hua