Question

【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。

Qiang Shuping was so busy making cloth shoes【1】 she didn’t even rest during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The woman from Baipu county, Jiangsu province,【2】 (make) shoes since she was 19 years old, and this year marks her 31st year making cloth shoes.

She spends the entire day in her tiny studio, which 【3】 (measure) less than 10 square meters altogether, filled with cloth shoes in 【4】 (variety) stages of completion.

Nowadays, many stores make cloth shoes 【5】 (use) machines, but Qiang sticks to the technique of making shoes entirely【6】 hand. She says the shoes【7】 (produce) by machine are not of the same quality as handmade ones. The handmade cloth shoes are more durable (耐用的) and comfortable, 【8】 (soft), and absorb sweat better.

Some people buy cloth shoes out of nostalgia (怀旧), while others trust 【9】 (they) quality. Making shoes isn't a profitable job, but Qiang still insists as she wants to preserve the craft and pass it down to the younger generation.

Handmade cloth shoes are also called qian ceng di (shoes with a thousand layers), 【10】 can date back to the ancient Zhou Dynasty (1050—221 BC). In 2009, the making technique of qian ceng di was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】that

【2】hasbeenmaking

【3】measures

【4】various

【5】using

【6】by

【7】produced

【8】softer

【9】their

【10】which

【解析】本文介绍Qing Shuping手工做布鞋，并介绍了布鞋的特点以及布鞋的悠久历史。

【1】固定搭配：so---that---如此---以致于---，引导结果状语从句，故填that。

【2】根据since she was 19 years old,可知主句用现在完成进行时态更合适，故填has been making。

【3】此处studio是先行词，在后面的非限制性定语从句中做主语，根据句意可知定语从句用一般现在时态，故填measures。

【4】形容词修饰名词，故填various。

【5】此处是现在分词做后置定语，故填using。

【6】固定搭配：by hand手工。故填by。

【7】过去分词做后置定语，故填produced。

【8】根据前面的more durable和后面的better可知此处用比较级，故填softer。

【9】形容词性物主代词修饰名词，故填their。

【10】此处qian ceng di是先行词，指物，在后面的非限制性定语从句中做主语，故填which。