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【题目】根据下面短文内容,在短文的空格处填入一个恰当的词,使短文完整、通顺。每空一词,含缩略词。

Warm weather and sunny days mean it’s a barbecue( 烧烤 ) season in the US.These days, 1 people say they’re going to a barbecue,they usually 2 that they’re going to cook the food over a grill( 烤架 )out doors.Popular barbecue foods include hamburgers, hot dogs, and vegetables.

Barbecue fans say that this is not real barbecue;it’s just grilling.True barbecue,which is also 3 BBQ,is an American tradition (传统)that is as old as the country itself.

Barbecue refers to meat that is cooked for a very long time(sometimes as long as 24 hours) over low heat from a wood fire.The smell of the burning wood adds flavor (味道) 4 the meat,which becomes soft as it cooks.

Different parts of the US have different 5 of making barbecue. In Texas, people often use beef. In North and South Carolina, pork is the most common. In Kansas City, pork ribs ( 猪肋排 ) are the favorite. Each region( 地区 ) says that its own barbecue is the 6. There are barbecue competitions every year, and even magazines about the art of making great barbecue.

Most Americans don’t have the time or patience to dig a hole, fill it with special wood, light a fire and 7 cook meat carefully over it all day and night. So when they want a real barbecue, they go to restaurants that do the hard work for them. For those who want to have 8 own, easy barbecues, there’s always grilling.

【答案】

1when/if

2mean

3called/named

4to

5ways

6best

7then

8their

【解析】试题温暖和晴朗的天气意味着在美国是一个烧烤季节。他们通常会在户外烤制食物,不同地区烧烤方式不同,他们各自认为自己是最好的。

1句意:当人们说他们要去烧烤的时候,他们通常意思是会在户外烤架上烤制食物。when连词,当...时候,引导时间状语从句;if 连词,如果,引导条件状语从句。根据语境可知,上下文之间可以是时间关系或条件关系都可以。故填:when/if。

2句意:当人们说他们要去烧烤的时候,他们通常意思是会在户外烤架上烤制食物。mean名词,意思是。根据副词usually以及一般现在时态的语境可知,主语为they, 所以谓语动词使用原形。故填:mean。

3句意:真正的烧烤,也叫BBQ,是美国的传统,它和这个国家一样古老。called/named过去分词,被叫/被命名,在句中作前面名词的后置定语。故填:called/named。

4句意:燃烧的木材味给肉添加了味道,使肉变得温和。固定搭配add...to..., ...加到...上。to为介词。故填:to。

5句意:美国的不同地区有不同的烧烤方式。根据后文介绍不同的烧烤方式可知,使用方式之意。way名词,方式、方法;ways名词复数,方法。different+名词复数。故填:ways。

6句意:每个地区都说自己的烤肉是最好的。good形容词,好的;best最高级,最好的;the+最高级。根据语境可知,在不通过地区进行比较,所以使用最高级形式。故填:best。

7句意:大多数美国人没有时间或耐心去挖一个洞,用特殊的木头填满它,生火,然后白天晚上细细地烤制。then副词,然后;根据语境可知,此处描述了东西制作的过程顺序。故填:then。

8句意:对于那些想拥有自己的简单烧烤的人来说,总是有在烧烤的。their形容词性物主代词,他们的,可以放在形容词own之前。本处指代前文those那些人的。故填:their。

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