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【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。

Chocolate, cheese and skiing 1bethe reasons to visit Switzerland. Zopf, the country's national bread, however, is another attractive point.

Legend has it that the zopf first appeared in the 15th century as part of 2 ancient burial tradition. When a woman's husband died, she would bury her braided(编辫子)hair in the tomb in order 3 their souls to reunite. Later, this tradition was abolished and replaced by a new one 4 a woman would leave a braided zopf loaf in the tomb. While this story is just a tale, it is popular in Switzerland. Another more likely explanation of this bread's evolution is the 5growof bakers' associations around this time, with the zopf 6becomeso popular that it was often given as a gift on celebratory days. This tradition lives on today and it's 7traditionto gift a zopf on Swiss National Day1 st August. It's also known as a Sunday bread, when you can expect the table 8loadwith a sizeable loaf, butter and jam.

Zopf is 9particularpopular in Switzerland's Emmental region, an area where you can find 10loafstretching up to a metre long. A writer once described in a story that a zopf was as big as a one-year-old child and just as heavy.

【答案】

1are

2an

3for

4where

5growth

6becoming

7traditional

8to be loaded

9particularly

10loaves

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文,介绍了瑞士的辫子面包。

1

考查时态和主谓一致。句意:巧克力、奶酪和滑雪是去瑞士旅游的原因。句子叙述的是客观事实,应用一般现在时;主语是Chocolate, cheese and skiing,是三种事物,谓语动词应用复数。故填are

2

考查冠词。句意: 传说辫子面包最早出现于15世纪,是古代埋葬传统的一部分。此处用不定冠词表示泛指;ancient的发音是以元音音素开头,应用不定冠词an。故填an

3

考查介词。句意:当一个女人的丈夫死后,她会把她的辫子埋葬在坟墓里,为了让他们的灵魂团聚。此处是短语 in order for sb. to do…“为了让某人做……,介词for表示对象。故填for

4

考查定语从句的关系副词。句意:后来, 这个传统被废除了,取而代之的是一个新的传统,女人会在坟墓里留下一个编成辫子的zopf面包。分析句子结构,“______a woman would leave a braided zopf loaf in the tomb”是定语从句,先行词是 a new one(a new tradition ),关系词在从句中作地点状语,表示抽象的地点,因此用where引导定语从句,可理解为“in the new tradition”。故填where

5

考查名词。句意:关于这种面包的演变,另一种更有可能的解释是在这个时期面包师协会的发展壮大。分析句子结构,所填词在句中是表语,在定冠词the后应用名词作表语。grow是动词,名词形式为growth。故填growth

6

考查非谓语动词。句意: 随着辫子面包变得如此流行,以至于它经常在庆祝的日子里被作为礼物赠送。此处为“with+宾语+宾语补足语的复合结构;宾语the zopfbecome之间为逻辑上的主动关系,因此现在分词短语做宾语补足语。故填becoming

7

考查形容词。句意:这个传统一直延续到今天。在瑞士国庆日(81) ,赠送辫子面包是一种传统。be动词is后应用形容词作表语。故填traditional

8

考查非谓语动词。句意:它也被称为周日面包。在周日那天你会期待在餐桌上摆满大块的面包、黄油和果酱。短语expect sb. to do …“期待某人做……”,后接不定式作宾语补足语;短语 be loaded with “装载着,此处意思为摆满;宾语the tableload之间为逻辑上的动宾关系,因此用过去分词作宾语补足语。故填to be loaded

9

考查副词。句意:辫子面包在瑞士的埃门塔尔地区特别受欢迎, 在那里你可以看到长达一米的面包。修饰形容词popular ,应用副词形式。故填particularly

10

考查可数名词单复数。句意:辫子面包在瑞士的埃门塔尔地区特别受欢迎,在那里你可以看到长达一米的面包。此处loaf应用复数形式,表示很多辫子面包。故填loaves

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