Question

【题目】B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示, 填写所缺单词。

You may think you can not live through summer without air conditioners. But in a【1】 China, hand fans were almost the only ones to cool you down.

Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago. Fans came in different s【2】, such as round and square. They were also made of all kinds of materials. Palm leaf fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans could show the o【3】 high status(地位). Sandalwood(檀香木) fans could send out a sweet s【4】.

Later, hand fans became far more than just something that could help people keep c【5】in summer . They developed into artworks, in which tuanshan (round fans) and zheshan (folded fans) were the most c【6】.

In the shape of a full moon, tuanshan was usually made of silk. They had beautiful birds and flowers on them. Women, e【7】 those in the imperial palace, liked to use them. Meanwhile, men, such as the literati(文人) , used zhenshan. The literati liked them b【8】 they were usually made of paper and they could paint and write poems on them. It was a way for them to s【9】 off their ability in literature, painting and handwriting. Almost anything can be painted on Zheshan.

Today, Chinese people s【10】 use these fans, but people don’t write or paint on them any more. Next time when you are waving a fan, you may think of the stories behind it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】ancient

【2】shapes

【3】owner’s

【4】smell

【5】cool

【6】common

【7】especially

【8】because

【9】show

【10】still

【解析】

短文大意：本文是文化类阅读，介绍了中国各种各样的扇子，它不仅是人们在夏天保持凉爽的工具，而且发展成为艺术品，代表了中国悠久丰富的历史文化。

【1】句意：但在古代中国，手扇几乎是唯一能让你降温的东西。

China中国，名词需用形容词修饰；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填ancient。

【2】句意：扇子形状各异，有圆形的，也有方形的。

different不同的，形容词修饰名词；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知用复数形式，故填shapes。

【3】句意：羽毛扇可以显示主人的地位。

status地位，名词需用所有格修饰；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填owner’s。

【4】句意：檀香扇可以散发出一种香味。

send out散发出；sweet甜的，形容词修饰名词；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填smell。

【5】句意：后来，手扇不仅仅是用来帮助人们在夏天保持凉爽的东西。

“keep +形容词”表示保持某种状态；根据前文“hand fans were almost the only ones to cool you down手扇几乎是唯一能让你凉快下来的东西”，结合首字母提示，可知手扇用来帮助人们在夏天保持凉爽，故填cool。

【6】句意：它们发展成为艺术品，其中最常见的是团扇和折扇。

本句缺表语形容词；定冠词the修饰最高级，根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知团扇和折扇是最常见的，故填common。

【7】句意：女性，尤其是那些在皇宫里的女性，喜欢使用它们。

空格后的those被主语women涵盖，根据“those in the imperial palace皇宫里的女人们”，可知强调皇宫里的女人，结合首字母提示，故填especially。

【8】句意：文人喜欢它们，因为它们通常是纸做的，他们可以在上面画画和写诗。

根据句意语境可知，前半句“The literati liked them文人喜欢它们”陈述事实，后半句“they were usually made of paper and they could paint and write poems on them它们通常是纸做的，他们可以在上面画画和写诗”解释原因，前后是因果关系，故填because。

【9】句意：这是他们炫耀自己在文学、绘画和书法方面的能力的一种方式。

show off炫耀。本句it是形式主语，后面的不定式是真正主语；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填show。

【10】句意：今天，中国人仍然使用扇子，但人们不再在扇子上写字或作画。

本句缺副词状语；these fans是指文中介绍的团扇和折扇，根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知中国人仍然在使用，故填still。

短文填空，要求根据句意语境和首字母提示填空，使句意通顺，语法正确，文意连贯。主要考查单词形式，包括名词的单复数和所有格、动词的三单形式、非谓语动词、基数词或序数词，主格代词/宾格代词和物主代词（形容词性物主代词/名词性物主代词）等。这类题目难度不大，重点是掌握句意，在理解的基础上把握句子时态，从而判断所填单词的正确形式。例如小题8，根据句意结构，可知前后是因果关系，结合首字母提示，故填because。