Question

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, called the Chinese Valentine’s Day, is the only Chinese festival 1.(connect) with love in the lunar calendar. Valentine’s Day in China usually 2.(fall) in August.

3.the evening of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, Niulang and Zhinü meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way. If it rains that night, the rain will be the tears of Niulang and Zhinü.

Compared with love stories in western legends(传说), 4. story of Niulang and Zhinü seem not so romantic. They just wait patiently on the riverbank, 5. (believe) that their love can be worth their not staying together. Unlike St. Valentine’s Day in other 6.(country), there is not so much importance on giving chocolates.

7.(beauty) flowers and kisses. Instead, Chinese girls prepare fruits, melons and so on as offerings to Zhinü. They ask Zhinü to give them wisdom and high skills in making hand-made arts with needles in the hope of finding their satisfactory husbands. On that day, people in love like to go to the local temple and hope 8.(get) their love and possible marriage.

At night, people sit outdoors to observe the stars 9.(happy). Some old people say that if you stand under a grapevine(葡萄藤), you can probably overhear 10. Niulang and Zhinü are talking about.

Answer

1.connected

2.falls

3.On

4.the

5.believing

6.countries

7.beautiful

8.to get

9.happily

10.what

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。本文主要讲了中国的情人节——七夕的由来以及人们如何庆祝七夕。

1.考查非谓语动词。connect与其逻辑主语Chinese festival之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词作定语，所以填connected。

2.考查时态。表示主语现在的状态，用一般现在时，且主语Valentine’s Day in China是第三人称单数，所以谓语动词用单数，所以填falls。

3.考查介词。这里指“农历七月七日的晚上”，在具体某一天的上下午用介词on。

4.考查冠词。特指“牛郎和织女的故事”，用定冠词the。

5.考查非谓语动词。根据没有连词，判断此处用非谓语；believe与其逻辑主语they之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词，填believing。

6.考查名词单复数。这里表示“其他的国家”是复数意义，所以用名词复数，填countries。

7.考查形容词。修饰名词flowers，用形容词，所以填beautiful。

8.考查固定句型。hope to do sth.希望做某事，是固定句型，所以填to get。

9.考查副词。修饰动词observe，用副词，所以填happily。

10.考查宾语从句。___10___ Niulang and Zhinü are talking about.作overhear的宾语，所以___10___ Niulang and Zhinü are talking about.是一个宾语从句，引导词在从句中作宾语，表示“所……（的事）”，所以填what。

点睛：现对宾语从句连接词的用法总结如下：

一、当由陈述句充当宾语从句时，用that引导，that无词义，在口语或非正式文体中常省略。如：

She said that she would leave the message on the headmaster's desk. 她说她会把留言条放在校长桌子上。

He said that he could finish his work before supper. 他说他会在晚饭前完成工作。

二、当由一般疑问句充当宾语从句时，用if 或whether 引导，意为“是否”。如：

Alice wanted to know if/whether her grandmother liked the bag. 爱丽斯想知道她祖母是否喜欢这个包。

I don't know whether he'll come the day after tomorrow. 我不知道他后天是否会来。

但在下列情况下只能用whether：

1. 在具有选择意义，又有or 或or not时，尤其是直接与or not连用时，往往用whether(if …or not 也可以使用)。如：

Let me know whether / if he will come or not.(= Let me know whether or not he will come )让我知道他是否能来。

I don't know whether / if he does any washing or not.(= I don't know whether or not he does any washing. ) 我不知道他在家洗不洗衣服。

I wonder whether we stay or whether we go. 我想知道我们是去还是留。

2. 在介词之后用whether。如：

I'm interested in whether he likes English. 我关心的是他是否喜欢英语。

We're thinking about whether we can finish the work on time. 我们正在考虑是否能按时完成这项工作。

I was worried about whether I hurt her feelings. 我担心是否伤害了她的感情。

3. 在不定式前用whether。如：

He hasn't decided whether to visit the old man. 他尚未决定是否拜访那位老人。

I don't know whether to go. 我不知去否。

He hasn't decided whether to go by bus or by train. 他还未决定是乘公共汽车去还是坐火车去。

4. whether置于句首时，不能换用if。如：

Whether this is true or not, I can’t say. 这是否是真的我说不上来。

5. 引导主语从句和表语从句时宜用whether。如：

Whether she will come or not is still a question. 她是否能来还是个问题。

The question is whether we can catch the bus. 问题是我们能否赶上公共汽车。

6. 若用if 会产生歧义时，要用whether。如：Please let me know if you like the book.可理解为：①Please let me know whether you like the book. 请告诉我你是否喜欢这本书。② If you like the book, please let me know. 你如果喜欢这本书，请告诉我。

三、如果宾语从句原来是特殊疑问句，只需用原来的疑问词引导。如：

Could you tell me where we will have the meeting this afternoon? 你能告诉我我们今天下午将在哪儿开会吗？

I don't know who bought the present for me. Is it Jack? 我不知道谁给我买了礼物。是杰克吗？