Question

【题目】Every spring, usually on March 17, many people wear silly hats, dance, drink and have fun in the streets. Most of these people will have some connection with Ireland, and they will be_______ St Patrick’s Day (圣帕特里克节).

The national holiday has become one of the most popular _______ in the UK, as well as in the US, Australia and New Zealand. For this _______ , the saying “Everyone wants to be Irish on St Patrick’s Day,” is now truer than ever before.

Eating and drinking are a large part of St Patrick’s Day. A lot of _______ , from Dublin to New York, hold street parades.

Irish people have been celebrating St Patrick’s Day _______ thousands of years. Nowadays, Irish people _________ in green clothes and paint shamrocks (三叶草) on their faces and clothes. The shamrock is a _______ of Ireland. St Patrick is Ireland’s saint (圣徒). _______ he is very famous, little is known about his life. One story says he _________ all the snakes out of Ireland. But this is probably just a story, as Ireland was never actually ________ to any snakes at all.

【1】A. holding B. expecting C. celebrating

【2】A. businesses B. matters C. events

【3】A. result B. reason C. purpose

【4】A. cities B. countries C. villages

【5】A. at B. for C. in

【6】A. wear B. put on C. dress up

【7】A. mark B. symbol C. sign

【8】A. Although B. Because C. When

【9】A. made B. kept C. drove

【10】A. home B. family C. house

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 C

【3】 B

【4】 A

【5】 B

【6】 C

【7】 B

【8】 A

【9】 C

【10】 A

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述额圣帕特里克节已经成为英国人最喜欢的节日。

【1】句意：他们将庆祝帕特里克节。A. Holding举行；B. expecting期待；C. celebrating庆祝。根据上文Every spring, usually on March 17, many people wear silly hats, dance, drink and have fun in the streets. Most of these people will have some connection with Ireland可知，这里是将庆祝。根据题意，故选C。

【2】句意：国庆节已经成为英国最受欢迎的活动之一，在美国、澳大利亚和新西兰也是最受欢迎的节日之一。A.businesses生意；B. matters问题，时间；C. events事件。根据下文as well as in the US, Australia and New Zealand. For this ___3___ , the saying “Everyone wants to be Irish on St Patrick’s Day,” is now truer than ever before.可知上文是说最受欢迎的节日。根据题意，

故选C。

【3】句意：为了这个原因，每个人都想在帕特里克节那天成为爱尔兰人”的说法比以往任何时候都更为真实。A. Result结果；B. reason原因；C. purpose目的。根据上文The national holiday has become one of the most popular ___2___ in the UK, as well as in the US, Australia and New Zealand.可知，这里是说原因，根据题意，故选B。

【4】句意：许多城市，从都柏林到纽约，举行街头游行。A. Cities城市；B. countries国家；C. villages村庄。根据下文from Dublin to New York, hold street parades.可知这里是说许多城市。

根据题意，故选A。

【5】句意：爱尔兰人几千年来一直在庆祝帕特里克节。A. At在……；B. for+一段时间；C. in在……里面。这里是for+一段时间。根据题意，故选B。

【6】句意：如今，爱尔兰人穿上绿色衣服，在脸上和衣服上涂上三叶草。A. wear穿；B. put on穿上；C. dress up装扮。根据下文in green clothes and paint shamrocks (三叶草) on their faces and clothes.可知，这里是乔装打扮，根据题意，故选C。

【7】句意：三叶草是爱尔兰的一个象征。圣帕特里克是爱尔兰的圣徒。.A. mark记号B. symbol标志；象征；C. sign标志。根据下文Nowadays, Irish people ____6____ in green clothes and paint shamrocks (三叶草) on their faces and clothes.可知这里是说一个象征，根据题意，故选B。

【8】句意：尽管他是非常著名的，很少人了解他的生活。A. Although尽管；B. Because因为；C. When当……的时候。根据下文 little is known about his life可知这里是Although引导的让步状语从句，根据题意，故选A。

【9】句意：有一个故事说他把所有的蛇都赶出了爱尔兰。A. Made使，制作；B. kept保持；C. drove驱逐。根据下文But this is probably just a story, as Ireland was never actually ___10___ to any snakes at all.可知上文驱逐了所有的蛇。根据题意，故选C。

【10】.句意：但这可能只是一个故事，因为爱尔兰根本就没有任何蛇的家。A. home家；B. family家庭；C. house房子。根据上文But this is probably just a story可知，这里是说蛇之家。根据题意，故选A。

技巧一

完型在"填空"的时候，切忌用中文的"搭配"去感觉，也就是所谓三大出题技巧之一的"中文代入"。要思考英语的搭配，不要死记，要理解和搜集。

技巧二

首段首句不出题，是主旨句（2001年除外），除首句外基本每句话都要出题，首段首句没有读懂就不要做下去；

技巧三

考研完型填空里面名词、动词、形容词，这些实词的考点往往被给出明确的线索，存在于改填空的前后，对该填空进行前后联系(名词前面adj。后面从句;形容词前面adv。后面n.;动词前面主语后面宾语等等)指示，考生如果能够判断出前后的关键而又是少量的信息，可以保证题目做对

技巧四

如出现陌生的选项词汇，而我们又不认识的时候，这里注意，蒙也有技巧，一般来说选择相对简单的词汇，不要选择偏的怪的词汇。

技巧五

答案分布规律： 每篇完形填空中A、B、C、D作为正确选项的个数各在4—6个之间；A作为正确选项的个数最多；没有连续三个答案都一样的情况，连续两个答案都一样的情况为0—3个； 在五个一组的答案中，最少要出现三个字母作为正确的选项；

技巧六

在四个选项中，有两个实词互为同义词时，答案往往在其中； 在四个选项中，有两个虚词互为同义词时，答案往往都不选；当四个选项有一个共同意义时，该意义往往不能入选，要看选项的特殊含义