三 综合填空。
China’s traditional lunar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. Frost’s Descent(霜降) is the 18th one, and it is 1. ______ last solar term of autumn. 2. ______ Frost’s Descent, the weather gets colder than before, and frost begins to show up. Here are four things you should know about this term.
First, 3.
(eat) persimmons(柿子) on Frost’s Descent can make people feel warm and protect their bones. Second, apples are a 4.
(health) fruit for this time. There are many sayings about apples in China. For example, “Eat an apple after meals, and even old men can be as strong as young men.” Western people also have a saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Apples are good for our digestion too. Third, pears are like apples. They are another healthy fruit on Frost’s Descent. Pears can help clear heat and reduce sputum(痰). Fourth, people in Fujian Province think it’s a good 5.
(choose) to eat duck on Frost’s Descent. There is a saying, “Nourishing(滋养) your body for a whole year is not as good as nourishing it on this day.” So people take eating duck very 6.
(serious)—it’s also a way for them to gain some 7.
(weigh).
Different places have different ways 8.
(celebrate) this day. 9.
it seems that everyone shares the same wish: to be healthier and live a 10.
(happy) life.
解析:
【分析】
本题是围绕中国传统节气霜降展开的英语综合填空题,解题思路为:先通读全文把握文章主旨,再结合每个空格的语法结构、固定搭配、语境及词形变化规则,逐一确定答案,确保符合原文逻辑与英语语法规范。
【解析】
1. 此处特指“秋天的最后一个节气”,需用定冠词the表特指,故填the。
2. 根据常识,霜降之后天气变冷,霜降是节气,时间上在之后,故填After。
3. 动词作主语需用动名词形式,eat的动名词是eating,故填eating。
4. 修饰名词fruit需用形容词,health的形容词形式是healthy,故填healthy。
5. a后接名词,choose的名词形式是choice,故填choice。
6. 修饰动词take需用副词,serious的副词形式是seriously,固定搭配take...seriously意为“认真对待……”,故填seriously。
7. gain是动词,后接名词,weigh的名词形式是weight,固定搭配gain weight意为“增重”,故填weight。
8. 固定搭配ways to do sth意为“做某事的方法”,故填to celebrate。
9. 前文提到不同地方有不同庆祝方式,后文提到大家有同样的愿望,是转折关系,故填But。
10. 此处与前面的healthier对应,需用happy的比较级happier,故填happier。
【答案】
1. the;2. After;3. eating;4. healthy;5. choice;6. seriously;7. weight;8. to celebrate;9. But;10. happier
【知识点】
冠词用法、词形转换、固定搭配
【点评】
本题以中国传统节气霜降为话题,将英语语法知识与传统文化融合,考查冠词、非谓语动词、词形转换等基础知识点,既巩固语言基础,又传播传统文化,难度适中,适合学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.5