Question

In China, Mother^’s Day is becoming more popular, and carnations（康乃馨）are a very popular gift. In 1997  48  was set as the day to help poor mothers, specially to remind people  49_ the poor mothers in rural areas. In the People^’s Daily,  50_ article explained that “despite originating in the United States, people in China take the holiday   51   it goes in line with（符合） the country^’s traditional ethics（道德标准）—respect to the elderly and filial piety（子女的孝顺）to parents.” In recent years many people began 52  advocate for the official adoption of Mother^’s Day  53  memory of Meng Mu, the mother of Meng Zi, and some officials even formed a non-governmental organization called Chinese Mothers^’ Festival Promotion Society, with the support 100 Confucian scholars and lecturers of ethics. They also ask to replace the Western gift of carnations with lilies（百合花),   54_, were planted by Chinese mothers  55 children left home in ancient times.

Answer 1

小题1:it     
小题2:of    
小题3:an     
小题4:because/as
小题5:to     
小题6:in     
小题7:which    
小题8:when/whose

试题分析：
小题1:it     本句的it就是指代上文出现的同一名词Mother^’s Day.
小题2:of    固定词组remind sb of sth提醒某人某事。
小题3:an     名词article是一个可数名词，故使用an对它进行修饰。
小题4:because/as 上下文是因果关系，中国人接受这个节日是因为他符合中国人的传统。
小题5:to     固定搭配begin to do sth可数做某事。
小题6:in     固定短语in memory of纪念…；为了纪念孟母。
小题7:which  本句是定语从句，which指代先行词lilies在句中做主语。
小题8:when/whose 本句连用使用定语从句,关系代词whose指代先行词在句中做定语；也可以使用状语从句，用when引导，当孩子离开家的时候。
点评：要求考生有较强的语法分析能力和很强的词汇运用能力，能根据上下文的语义串联选择合适的语法和词汇完成句子，保持上下文语义的通畅。