Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供第一篇短文小题选用,第二个方框供第二篇短文小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次，每框有一项剩余。

A.cay B.were C.directions D.something E. other F.another

Why is “buy things” in Chinese spoken as maidongxi( buy east and west), but not mainanbei (buy south and north)?

One theory(假说) says maidongxi has【1】to do with the five elements(要素) jin (metal), mu (wood), shui (water), huo ( fire) and tu (earth). In Chinese culture, the four【2】have to do with these elements. East matches wood，west matches metal, south matches fire, and north matches water.

If someone carries nan (south) and bei (north)in a basket, it means to【3】water and fire, which is not even possible. But if one puts dong (east) and xi (west) in one's basket, of course they can carry metal and wood.

One says that in the Tang Dynasty(唐代),there【4】two popular markets in Chang'an, the capital of China at that time. One was called the East Market, and the【5】was called the West Market.

A.later B.first C.sold D.by E.through F.century

When shopping, people usually went to the East Market【6】，and then went to the West Market. As time went【7】, people started to describe shopping as “buying east and west”.

The last theory is about China’s trading history. Around the 15th【8】,China began trading with the world, and most of its foreign goods(货物) happened to come from the east (Japan) and west (Arabia). Markets【9】“things from the east and the west.” It was short for “east and west”【10】.

Which theory do you prefer?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】E

【6】B

【7】D

【8】F

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要讲了在中文里“buythings”为什么说“买东西”而不是“买南北”。文章列举了一些有关的假设，说明了“买东西”的由来。有三种猜想：一是和中国的“金木水火土”五行学说有关，二是和唐朝长安的两个集市有关，三是和15世纪中国对外贸易的物品来源国家有关。

【1】考查不定代词。根据句意：有一种推测说“买东西”与五种要素有关。这里考查固定搭配havesomethingtodowith…意为“与…有关”，故答案选D。。

【2】考查名词。根据下文可知，东配木，西配金属，南配火，北配水，可知空格处词义为方向，句意为：在中国文化中，这四个方向与这些要素有关。因为是四个方向，four后跟复数directions，故答案选C。

【3】考查动词。根据上文If someone carries nan (south) and bei (north)in a basket, 如果有人把南和北装在篮子里，结合it means to__3__water and fire, which is not even possible.可知，如果是把南和北装在篮子里，就意味着____水和火，这是不可能的，可知空格处词义为携带carry，to在此为动词不定式的符号，后接动词原形，故答案选A。

【4】考查be动词。根据题干可知本句为therebe句型，intheTangDynasty在唐朝，可知这里表示过去有，用一般过去时，therebe句型遵循就近原则，twopopularmarkets为复数，be动词用were，句意：有人说，在唐朝，当时中国的首都长安有两个很受欢迎的市场，故答案选B。

【5】考查形容词。根据One was called the East Market, and the__5__was called the West Market.联系上文语境，可知句意是：一个叫东方市场，另一个叫西方市场。one…theother…固定搭配，表示（两者中）一个…另一个…，故答案选E。

【6】考查序数词。根据When shopping, people usually went to the East Market__6__，and then went to the West Market. 购物时，人们通常___去东方市场，然后再去西市场，可知空格处词义为首先， first意为“首先，第一”，在句中充当状语，故答案选B。

【7】考查介词。根据As time went__7__, people started to describe shopping as “buying east and west”.可知句意为：随着时间的推移，人们开始把购物描述为“买东西”。astimegoesby固定搭配，意为“随着时间的推移”，故答案选D。

【8】考查名词。根据Around the 15th __8__,China began trading with the world,可知句意为：大约在15世纪，中国开始与世界进行贸易。可知空格处词义为“世纪”，inthe+序数词+century表示“在…世纪”，故答案选F。

【9】考查动词。根据上文and most of its foreign goods(货物) happened to come from the east (Japan) and west (Arabia). 大部分外国商品来自东方(日本)和西方(阿拉伯)。结合Markets __9__“things from the east and the west.”可知句意为：市场出售“来自东方和西方的东西。” 这里表示在15世纪出售，用一般过去时，sold为sell的过去式，故答案选C。

【10】考查副词。联系上文语境，结合It was short for “east and west”__10__.可知句意为：后来它是“east and west”的缩写。可知空格处词义为后来later，故答案选A。