UNIT 3 Diverse Cultures A组·基础巩固 Ⅰ. 语法填空 A Chopsticks, or kuaizi in Chinese, are a pair of small equallength sticks, usually made of wood, used for eating. We Chinese eat 1. ________chopsticks. It is believed that the first chopsticks 2. ________(develop) over 5,000 years ago in China. Excavated (出土) from the Ruins of Yin near Anyang, Henan Province, dating back to roughly 1200 BC was the 3. ________(early) evidence of a pair of chopsticks made out of bronze. Chopsticks, 4. ________are roughly uniform in size throughout China, can be made of a variety of 5. ________(material), including bamboo, wood, plastic, silver and gold. Chopsticks play 6. ________important role in Chinese food culture. Chinese chopsticks are usually 9 to 10 inches long. They are round on the eating end which symbolises heaven, and the other end is square which symbolises earth. This is because 7. ________(maintain) an enough food supply is the greatest concern between heaven and earth. There is an old Chinese custom making chopsticks part of a girl's dowry (嫁妆) since the 8. ________(pronounce) of kuaizi in Chinese is similar to the words for “quick” and “son”. Chopsticks are 9. ________(frequent) used in daily life. They have become more than a kind of tableware and have established a set of etiquette (礼仪) and customs of 10. ________(they) own. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国筷子的历史以及有关筷子的风俗****惯。 1. with 考查介词。介词with“和……在一起,用”符合句意,故填with。 2. were developed 考查一般过去时的被动语态。主语从句的主语是chopsticks,复数形式,和谓语动词develop之间是一种被动关系,再根据时间状语“over 5,000 years ago”可知,此处用一般过去时的被动语态,故填were developed。 3. earliest 考查形容词最高级。定冠词the用在形容词最高级前面,再结合句意可知此处用形容词最高级,故填earliest。 4. which 考查非限制性定语从句。此处Chopsticks是先行词,指物,放在后面的定语从句中作主语,且that不能引导非限制性定语从句,故填which。 5. materials 考查名词复数。固定词组:a variety of“各种各样的”。后面跟名词复数,故填materials。 6. an 考查搭配。固定词组:play a role in“在……中扮演角色”。此处important以元音音素开头,表示“一”时用不定冠词an。故填an。 7. maintaining 考查动名词作主语。此处because引导的表语从句中缺少主语,所给词maintain是动词,所以这里用动名词作主语,故填maintaining。 8. pronunciation