Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于两个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Can I have a glass of hot water?” This is a very common question for Chinese customers in a restaurant. But    1.  you go abroad, you may find that meals in the West tend to come with tall glasses of ice water.

    For most Chinese people,    2. (drink) hot water is part of everyday life. It is

believed that water of a warm temperature (25-30 C) is good for people’s health,    3. (especial) for the stomach.

    But for many Western people, they drink cold water even in winter. One possible reason is    4.   in Western countries people can drink water directly from the tap, rather than having to boil 5.  . And it’s also normal to jump into a cold shower after exercise,   6.   (bring) the heart rate down.

    However, there is one common thing    7. (encourage) in both the East and the West: One   8. cool down by drinking a hot drink in summer. Because sweating is a good way to cool off in summer, hot drinks make you hotter and you begin to sweat.

    Of course, it doesn’t matter if you drink hot   9.  cold water. The more comfortable your body feels, the   10.  (good) it is.

Answer

1.when

2.drinking

3.especially

4.that

5.it

6.bringing

7.encouraged

8.can

9.or

10.better

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍中西餐文化的不同。

1.when 句意：当你到国外去的时候，你可能会发现西餐上更倾向用高玻璃杯的冰水。故填when。

2.drinking 此处是动名词做主语，故填drinking。

3.especially 副词修饰介词短语，故填especially。

4.that reason做主语，后面的表语从句用that引导。故填that。

5.it 此处用it代替前面的water（不可数名词）。

6.bringing 现在分词做伴随状语，故填bringing。

7.encouraged 此处是过去分词作后置定语，故填encouraged。

8.can 句意：在夏天，人喝一杯热水也能降温。故填can。

9.or 否定句中的“和”用or，故填or。

10.better the+比较级---，the+比较级---，表示“越---，越---”。故填better。

【知识拓展】

reason理由（名词），reasonable合情合理的（形容词）

1. reason （1）the reason for sth. /doing sth.为某事或做某事的理由。the reason for his being late他迟到的理由

（2）reason理由（名词），在句中做主语，后面的表语从句用that引导。The reason was that he had little education.理由是他受教育少。

（3）reason理由（名词），作先行词，在定语从句中作原因状语时用why引导定语从句，比如：The reason why he was late for class was that his mother was ill.他上课迟到的理由是她的妈妈病了。reason理由（名词），作先行词，在定语从句中作主语或宾语时用that/which,比如：The reason that/which she gave me was that she had got up late.他给我的理由是他起床晚了。

2. reasonable合情合理的（形容词），连系动词后面作表语。

What he said sounded reasonable.他说的话是合情合理的。

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