Question

短文填词  阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或单词提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

China covers large areas and has a great 1.[ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn]. Different living habits have always been an interesting topic in the country. Recently, another difference 2.

northerners and southerners became a hot one: the way they shop at markets.

People from 3.(south) China say they always buy what they need for just one or two meals. It is normal for them to buy half of a Chinese cabbage, two 4.(potato) and 0.25 kilograms of beef at a time.

However, one may be laughed at 5.he does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetables and meat enough for a week is usual.

Also, you can buy a very small amount of fruit, such 6.a single apple or pear, each time in the south. Shop owners even help you peel (剥皮) and cut them.

But hardly do shop owners in the north offer such 7.[ˈsɜːvɪs]. And many fruits are sold in baskets and boxes.

The difference could be due to (由于) the different climate. Food can be 8.(keep) for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northerners 9.the habit of stocking up (囤货) on food, especially for the long winter.

But the hot and wet 10.[ˈweðə(r)] in the south make southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.

Answer

1.population

2.between

3.southern

4.potatoes

5.if

6.as

7.service

8.kept

9.have

10.weather

【解析】

本文主要介绍了中国南方和北方因为不同的气候，人们平时在购买食品时有很大的不同。

1.句意：中国地域广阔，人口也多。

此处作宾语，应该用名词；根据句意和音标，可知是population，意为“人口”，是名词，故答案为population。

2.句意：最近，北方人和南方人的另一个不同成为了一个热点话题：他们在集市购物的方式。

此处缺介词，根据句意，可知表示“两者之间”，应该用between，意为“在两者之间”，是介词，故答案为between。

3.句意：来自中国南方的人们说他们只买够一两顿饭的东西。

此处作定语修饰其后名词China，应该用形容词；south南方，是名词，其形容词为southern，故答案为southern。

4.句意：他们一次买半个大白菜、两个土豆和0.25公斤牛肉是正常的。

此处作宾语，其前有基数词two限定，可知用名词复数；potato土豆，是名词，其复数在词尾加es，故答案为potatoes。

5.句意：但是，如果一个人在北方这么做，他可能会被嘲笑。

此处缺连词，根据句意，可知此处表假设条件，应该用if引导条件状语从句，意为“如果”，故答案为if。

6.句意：你在南方一次还可以买少量的水果，如一个苹果或梨子。

此处构成介词词组such as，意为“例如”，故答案为as。

7.句意：但是北方的店家几乎都不提供这样的服务。

此处作宾语，应该用名词；根据句意和音标，可知是service，意为“服务”，是名词，故答案为service。

8.句意：食物在北方可以保存很长时间，因为那里通常寒冷且干燥。

此处和其前be构成被动语态be done，所以此处填动词过去分词；keep保存，是动词，其过去分词为kept，故答案为kept。

9.句意：许多北方人有囤食物的习惯，尤其是为了漫长的冬季。

此处作谓语，根据主语为复数，可知用动词原形；根据句意，可知是have，意为“有”，是动词，故答案为have。

10.句意：但是南方炎热潮湿的天气使得南方人只能买一顿饭或一天的食物，否则食物可能会变坏。

此处作主语，应该用名词；根据句意和音标，可知是weather，意为“天气”，是名词，故答案为weather。