二、民俗专家讲述了插画师陆梅与旗袍之间的故事。根据语境或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，走近这位旗袍文化守护者。
Qipao, a dress with
a
1
history of over 100 years, has become a symbol of beauty of Chinese women.
The illustrator(插画师) Lu Mei is a qipao
lover
2
(love), making paintings of a woman in qipao for years. Her book Cheongsam with beautiful illustrations tells
how
3
the style of the dress changes in the past 100 years.
She has been
interested
4
(interesting) in qipao since she read a book by the famous writer Zhang Ailing. In 2007,
when
5
she was asked to draw the illustrations for a book by Zhang Ailing and the clothes in the book, Lu agreed and started her study on the dress. According to some books, people first wore qipao in the late 1910s.
What
6
did it look like? It is similar to the robes(长袍) which were long and wide and only worn by men at that time. In the 1930s, the dress was made into a different style—slimmer cuts and higher splits(开叉).
"Nowadays qipao becomes a fashion choice for women and a symbol of Chinese culture once again, but the dress is different from that in the past. The dress now is much
more
7
(many) close-fitting," Lu said.
Lu Mei loves qipao, but she seldom wears it in her everyday life. Lu hopes readers can learn something meaningful behind the clothes instead of(而不是) just
wearing
8
(wear) the dress.
1.
a
2.
lover
3.
how
4.
interested
5.
when
6.
What
7.
more
8.
wearing
解析：
【分析】
本题为语法填空题，需结合固定搭配、词性变化、从句引导词等知识点逐一解题：1. 第1空考查固定搭配“a history of”；2. 第2空需将动词转换为名词表“爱好者”；3. 第3空考查宾语从句引导词，询问变化方式用how；4. 第4空考查固定搭配“be interested in”；5. 第5空考查时间状语从句引导词，表“当……时”用when；6. 第6空考查固定句型“What did...look like?”；7. 第7空考查比较级，much修饰many的比较级more；8. 第8空考查介词短语后接动名词。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配“a history of”表示“一段……的历史”，此处指“一段100多年的历史”，故填a；
2. 由句意“旗袍爱好者”，将动词love转换为名词lover（爱好者），故填lover；
3. 此处引导宾语从句，询问旗袍风格变化的方式，用疑问词how，故填how；
4. 固定搭配“be interested in”意为“对……感兴趣”，故填interested；
5. 此处引导时间状语从句，表“当她被要求为张爱玲的书画插图时”，用when，故填when；
6. 固定句型“What did...look like?”用于询问事物的外观，故填What；
7. much修饰形容词比较级，many的比较级为more，故填more；
8. instead of是介词短语，后接动名词，wear的动名词形式为wearing，故填wearing。
【答案】
1. a 2. lover 3. how 4. interested 5. when 6. What 7. more 8. wearing
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、从句引导词
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础语法填空题，考查核心语法点，难度适中，能帮助学生巩固基础，熟悉语境中语法的运用。
【难度系数】
0.7
