Question

【题目】

In China, children like to make promises by hooking pinkies(用小手指拉钩)with each other and saying, "A pinkie promise must be kept for 100 years. ”Then, they may press their thumbs (按拇指)together to _______ the promise. Sometimes, couples will hook pinkies and promise to be _______ together.

How did the pinkie promise come out? Some say it comes from a nursery thyme(童谣). Others say it was introduced from the West-born out of a love _______ where a man and a woman hooked fingers.

It is said that it may have something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese _______. The Chinese character (汉字) for "finger" also means "aim"-people's thoughts. So hooking fingers can be seen as the exchanging of thoughts. Therefore, the fingers _______ an important role in making a promise: they can not only be used to complete a promise, but also be cut _______ making a blood promise. _______ someone swears to heaven (对天发誓), they use their fingers to point to the sky.

Generally, hooking fingers means making a _______ promise. In some movies, if a person breaks a promise, he may even have his little finger _______ ! Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in the ________ world. But we can still see how important "pinkie promises" can be.

【1】A. completeB. keepC. holdD. remember

【2】A. everB. stillC. alwaysD. just

【3】A. lifeB. storyC. signD. secret

【4】A. valueB. societyC. mindD. culture

【5】A. showB. playC. shareD. produce

【6】A. withoutB. throughC. forD. by

【7】A. AfterB. BeforeC. UntilD. When

【8】A. seriousB. necessaryC. privateD. successful

【9】A. cut throughB. cut offC. cut upD. cut down

【10】A. openB. wholeC. futureD. real

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】

文章主要介绍了用小手指拉钩承诺、保证一些事情，及可能的由来和在现实中的使用情况。

【1】句意：然后，他们按手指来完成承诺。考查动词辨析．A完成；B保持；C坚持；C记得；根据A pinkie promise must be kept for 100years． "Then， they may press their thumbs （按拇指）together to 一个小承诺必须维持100年．"然后，他们可以把拇指压在一起应该是完成这个承诺，故答案是A。

【2】句意：有时，夫妻会用小手指拉钩并且承诺总是在一起。考查副词辨析．A曾经；B仍然；C总是；D只，刚；根据前面 couples will hook pinkies and promise夫妻拉勾勾，应该是承诺永远在一起，故答案是C。

【3】句意：其他人说这来自西方爱情故事，故事中男主和女主拉钩。考查名词辨析．A生活；B故事；C标志；D秘密；根据前面说Some say it comes from a nursery thyme有人说可能来自童谣，后面应该说应该来自后面是爱情应该是爱情故事，故答案是B。

【4】句意：据说他可能和中国文化中手指的作用有关。考查名词辨析．A价值；B社会；C语音；D文化；根据 It is said that it may have something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese 据说它可能与手指的作用有关．应该是在中国文化中，故答案是D。

【5】句意：所以，手指在完成承诺中起到重要的作用。考查动词辨析．A展示；B玩；C分享；D生产；根据题干，应该是固定短语play an important role in在…中起重要作用，故答案是B。

【6】句意：它们不仅被用于完成承诺，还切破手指用于歃血为盟。考查介词辨析．A没有；B通过；C为…；D由；根据they can not only be used to complete a promise， but also be cut ______making a blood promise他们不仅可以用来完成承诺，也可以用来做一个承诺．表目的，故答案是C。

【7】句意：当某人对天发誓时，他们用手指着天。考查连词辨析．A在…之后；B在…之前；C直到；D当…时；根据someone swears to heaven （对天发誓）， they use their fingers to point to the sky．某人对天发誓，用手指着天，应该是用when来引导时间状语，故答案是D。

【8】句意：一般说来，拉钩意味着做出严肃的承诺。考查形容词辨析．A严肃的；B必要的；C私人的；D成功的；根据Generally， hooking fingers means making a______promise一般来说，钩住手指意味着做出______承诺，结合后面打破会砍手指，应该是严肃的承诺，故答案是A。

【9】句意：在一些电影中，如果一个人打错诺言，他可能被切掉一段手指。考查短语辨析．A穿过，挤进；B切除，切断；C切碎，砍伤；D把…砍掉，割掉；根据In some movies， if a person breaks a promise， he may even have his little finger在电视中，如果打破誓言，一般会砍掉手指，故答案是B。

【10】句意：当然，这种事情不可能发生在真实的世界。考查形容词辨析．A打开的；B全部的；C未来的；D真的；根据前面In some movies在电影中，会砍手指，可知这里是对比，在现实中一般不会这么办，故答案是D。