题目内容
【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Carnival today is an international multicultural experience. But how did it become so? To understand 【1】 carnival is all about, we need to look at the history of America and the meeting of two 【2】 (culture)---European and African.
The 【3】 (arrive) of Europeans in America and the opening of huge farms and plantations to grow cotton, fruit and vegetables meant there was 【4】 immediate need for people to work on them, which 【5】 (mark) the beginning of the slave trade. Millions of people were taken 【6】 force to the New World to work as slaves 【7】 there were British and French landowners. At first, the slaves were forced to watch as their masters celebrated carnival with food, drink and masked dances. With time 【8】 (pass), the slave trade was abolished. So former slaves took part in the carnival together with their landowners. It became more colorful and more exciting 【9】 it had been before.
Carnival became a way to unite different communities, as people forgot their everyday problems and enjoyed themselves eating, drinking and dancing. Today, visitors from all over the world come to join in the fun. Carnival has become a 【10】 (celebrate) of life itself.
【答案】
【1】what
【2】cultures
【3】arrival
【4】an
【5】marked
【6】by
【7】where
【8】passing
【9】than
【10】celebration
【解析】
试题分析：本文属于说明文，介绍了狂欢节的来历以及具体作用。
【1】what 考查宾语从句。本句中what引导宾语从句what Carnival is all about作为动词understand的宾语，what在句中作为介词about的宾语。
【2】cultures 考查名词单复数。本句中的名词culture文化，当表示不同种类的文化的时候，是一个可数名词。前面有数词two，说明这是欧洲和美洲两种文化的融合，所以使用复数形式。
【3】arrival 考查名词。定冠词the的后面要接名词，表示特指。动词arrive的名词为arrival。
【4】an 考查冠词。横线后面的名词need是一个可数名词，意为“需要的事物”。构成固定句式There is a need for sb to do sth需要某人做某事，本句中need前面有形容词immediate修饰，该词是以元音开始的单词，所以使用不定冠词an。
【5】marked 考查时态。本句在叙述美洲的奴隶交易，这是在过去发生的事情，所以使用一般过去时，句中的谓语动词使用一般过去式marked。
【6】by 考查固定搭配。介词短语by force靠武力，强行；很多人都被强行带到美洲做奴隶。
【7】where 考查定语从句。本题定语从句的先行词是the New World，后面的定语从句there were British and French landowners句子结构很完整，所以要使用关系副词where引导这个定语从句，在句中做状语。
【8】passing 考查with复合结构。“介词with+宾语+宾语补足语”构成with的复合结构，本句中名词time与动词pass构成主动关系，所以使用现在分词做宾语补足语，意为“随着时间的流逝”。
【9】than 考查比较级的介词。英语中介词than通常和比较级连用，本句中more与than连用，意为“比...更...”。句意：它比以前更多姿多彩更令人兴奋。
【10】celebration 考查名词。不定冠词a的后面要接可数名词，动词celebrate庆祝的名词是“celebration庆祝仪式”，狂欢节自身也是一种生活的庆祝仪式。
