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【题目】

In China, children like to make promises by hooking pinkies with each other. They say, “A pinkie promise must be ___ for 100 years.” Then they may press their thumbs together to complete the promise. Sometimes, __ will hook pinkies and promise to be together forever.

There are many theories(推测) on the origin of the pinkie promise. Some say it comes from a nursery rhyme. __ say it was introduced from the West – born out of a love story where a man and a woman hooked fingers.

One theory is that it may have ___ to do with the role of fingers in Chinese culture. The Chinese character for “finger” also means “aim()” (referring to people’s thoughts). So hooking fingers can be seen as the exchanging of ___.

Therefore, the fingers play a(n) ____ role in making an oath(盟约): They can not only be used to complete a promise, but also be cut for making a blood oath. When someone swears to heaven, he uses his ____ to point to the sky.

____, hooking fingers means making a serious promise. In some movies, a person who breaks a promise may have his little finger cut ____! Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in real life.But we can still see____important “pinkie promises” can be.So next time, when you hook pinkies with someone, you’d better be careful with your promise!

1A. recordedB. keptC. remainedD. noticed

2A. enemiesB. cousinsC. strangersD. couples

3A. The otherB. AnotherC. OthersD. Other

4A. somethingB. anythingC. nothingD. everything

5A. promisesB. giftsC. rolesD. thoughts

6A. ancientB. importantC. pleasantD. modern

7A. headB. handC. shoulderD. finger

8A. GenerallyB. SuddenlyC. SimplyD. Luckily

9A. overB. intoC. offD. in

10A. whatB. howC. whenD. whether

【答案】

1B

2D

3C

4A

5D

6B

7D

8A

9C

10B

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中,主要讲述在中国,孩子们喜欢相互拉钩以做出承诺。对于拉钩的起源有很多猜测,在中国的文化中,手指的作用很大,拉钩可以被看做是交换承诺的举动。

1句意“他们说,一个小手指的承诺要保持100年”。本题考查动词辨析。A.记录;B.保持(及物动词,使某物或某人保持某种状态);C.保持(不及物动词);D.注意。根据句式可知,是被动,不及物动词没有被动语态,且表示“保持100年”,故选B

2句意“有时夫妻会钩小指并且承诺永远在一起”。本题考查名词辨析。A.敌人;B.堂(表)兄(弟姐妹);C.陌生人;D.夫妻。根据句意以及born out of a love story where a man and a woman hooked fingers可知,表示夫妻永远在一起,故选D

3句意“一些人说它来自于一个儿歌,而其他的人说它是由西方引进过来的”。本题考查代词辨析。A.(两者中)另一个;B.(无范围)另一个;C.(无范围)其他的;D.其他的(后接名词)。空后无名词,排除D。根据空前some可知,空处用others,故选C

4句意“一种理论说,在中国的文化中,它可能与手指的角色有关”。本题考查复合不定代词辨析。A.用于肯定句中表示“一些事”,用于疑问句中表示建议,并希望得到对方肯定回答,译为“一些事”;B.用于肯定句中表示“任何事”,用于疑问句和否定句中表示“一些事”;C.没有事;D.每一件事。根据have something to do with“与……有关”可知,故选A

5句意“所以钩手指可以被看作是“交换思想””。本题考查名词辨析。A.承诺;B.礼物;C.角色;D.思想。根据The Chinese character for finger also means aim() (referring to peoples thoughts)可知,表示“交换思想”,故选D

6句意“因此,手指在宣誓中扮演着重要的角色”。本题考查形容词辨析。A.古代的;B.重要的;C.高兴的;D.现代的。根据play an important role“扮演着重要的角色”可知,故选B

7句意“当一个人对天发誓时,他用他的手指着天空”。本题考查名词辨析。A.头;B.手;C.肩膀;D.手指。根据One theory is that it may have ___4___ to do with the role of fingers in Chinese culture可知,表示手指很重要,所以用手指指着天空,故选D

8句意“渐渐地,钩手指意思是“做一个重要的承诺””。本题考查副词辨析。A.渐渐地;B.突然地;C.简单地;D.幸运地。根据句意可知,表示“渐渐地”。故选A

9句意“在一些电影中,一个违背承诺的人可能会被切断手指”。本题考查介词辨析。A.超过;B.在……里;C.离开;D.在……里。根据cut off“切断”可知,故选C

10句意“但是我们仍然可以看到钩手指是多么地重要”。A.什么;B.如何;C.当……时候;D.是否。根据结构可知,本题考查感叹句,且结构为how+adj+主语+谓语。故选B

做完型填空时,首先要通读课文,明白主旨大意,然后再做题。做完型时要记住“瞻前顾后想结果”这一原则,根据上下文以及语境做题,切忌主观臆断。另外,平时还要多多积累词汇。完型填空常考名词、动词、形容词和副词等辨析。做词义辨析题时,首先要确认四个选项的含义,然后分析语境和逻辑关系,确定答案。

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