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【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從方框中選出恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或短語填空，使語意通順完整。第一個(gè)方框供第一篇短文小題選用,第二個(gè)方框供第二篇短文小題選用。每個(gè)選項(xiàng)只能使用一次，每框有一項(xiàng)剩余。

A.cay B.were C.directions D.something E. other F.another

Why is “buy things” in Chinese spoken as maidongxi( buy east and west), but not mainanbei (buy south and north)?

One theory(假說) says maidongxi has【1】to do with the five elements(要素) jin (metal), mu (wood), shui (water), huo ( fire) and tu (earth). In Chinese culture, the four【2】have to do with these elements. East matches wood，west matches metal, south matches fire, and north matches water.

If someone carries nan (south) and bei (north)in a basket, it means to【3】water and fire, which is not even possible. But if one puts dong (east) and xi (west) in one's basket, of course they can carry metal and wood.

One says that in the Tang Dynasty(唐代),there【4】two popular markets in Chang'an, the capital of China at that time. One was called the East Market, and the【5】was called the West Market.

A.later B.first C.sold D.by E.through F.century

When shopping, people usually went to the East Market【6】，and then went to the West Market. As time went【7】, people started to describe shopping as “buying east and west”.

The last theory is about China’s trading history. Around the 15th【8】,China began trading with the world, and most of its foreign goods(貨物) happened to come from the east (Japan) and west (Arabia). Markets【9】“things from the east and the west.” It was short for “east and west”【10】.

Which theory do you prefer?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】E

【6】B

【7】D

【8】F

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要講了在中文里“buythings”為什么說“買東西”而不是“買南北”。文章列舉了一些有關(guān)的假設(shè)，說明了“買東西”的由來。有三種猜想：一是和中國的“金木水火土”五行學(xué)說有關(guān)，二是和唐朝長安的兩個(gè)集市有關(guān)，三是和15世紀(jì)中國對外貿(mào)易的物品來源國家有關(guān)。

【1】考查不定代詞。根據(jù)句意：有一種推測說“買東西”與五種要素有關(guān)。這里考查固定搭配havesomethingtodowith…意為“與…有關(guān)”，故答案選D。。

【2】考查名詞。根據(jù)下文可知，東配木，西配金屬，南配火，北配水，可知空格處詞義為方向，句意為：在中國文化中，這四個(gè)方向與這些要素有關(guān)。因?yàn)槭撬膫�(gè)方向，four后跟復(fù)數(shù)directions，故答案選C。

【3】考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)上文If someone carries nan (south) and bei (north)in a basket, 如果有人把南和北裝在籃子里，結(jié)合it means to__3__water and fire, which is not even possible.可知，如果是把南和北裝在籃子里，就意味著____水和火，這是不可能的，可知空格處詞義為攜帶carry，to在此為動(dòng)詞不定式的符號(hào)，后接動(dòng)詞原形，故答案選A。

【4】考查be動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)題干可知本句為therebe句型，intheTangDynasty在唐朝，可知這里表示過去有，用一般過去時(shí)，therebe句型遵循就近原則，twopopularmarkets為復(fù)數(shù)，be動(dòng)詞用were，句意：有人說，在唐朝，當(dāng)時(shí)中國的首都長安有兩個(gè)很受歡迎的市場，故答案選B。

【5】考查形容詞。根據(jù)One was called the East Market, and the__5__was called the West Market.聯(lián)系上文語境，可知句意是：一個(gè)叫東方市場，另一個(gè)叫西方市場。one…theother…固定搭配，表示（兩者中）一個(gè)…另一個(gè)…，故答案選E。

【6】考查序數(shù)詞。根據(jù)When shopping, people usually went to the East Market__6__，and then went to the West Market. 購物時(shí)，人們通常___去東方市場，然后再去西市場，可知空格處詞義為首先， first意為“首先，第一”，在句中充當(dāng)狀語，故答案選B。

【7】考查介詞。根據(jù)As time went__7__, people started to describe shopping as “buying east and west”.可知句意為：隨著時(shí)間的推移，人們開始把購物描述為“買東西”。astimegoesby固定搭配，意為“隨著時(shí)間的推移”，故答案選D。

【8】考查名詞。根據(jù)Around the 15th __8__,China began trading with the world,可知句意為：大約在15世紀(jì)，中國開始與世界進(jìn)行貿(mào)易�？芍�空格處詞義為“世紀(jì)”，inthe+序數(shù)詞+century表示“在…世紀(jì)”，故答案選F。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)上文and most of its foreign goods(貨物) happened to come from the east (Japan) and west (Arabia). 大部分外國商品來自東方(日本)和西方(阿拉伯)。結(jié)合Markets __9__“things from the east and the west.”可知句意為：市場出售“來自東方和西方的東西。” 這里表示在15世紀(jì)出售，用一般過去時(shí)，sold為sell的過去式，故答案選C。

【10】考查副詞。聯(lián)系上文語境，結(jié)合It was short for “east and west”__10__.可知句意為：后來它是“east and west”的縮寫�？芍�空格處詞義為后來later，故答案選A。