Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has his or her own way of saying things and his or her own special expressions.Many everyday American expressions are based 1. colours.Red is a hot colour.Americans often use 2. to express heat.They may say they are red hot about something unfair.When they are red hot they are very 3.(anger) about something.The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods 4.(call) red hots for their colour and their spicy taste.Fast loud music is popular with many people.They may say the music is red hot, of 5.(especial) the kind called Dixieland jazz.Pink is a 6.(light) kind of red.People sometimes say they are in the pink 7. they are in good health.The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 8.(twenty) century.It probably came from the fact that many 9.(baby) are born with a nice pink colour which shows that they are in good health.Blue is a cool colour.The traditional blues music in the United States is 10. opposite of red hot music.Blues is slow, sad and soulful (伤感的)．Someone who is blue is very sad.

Answer

1.on/upon

2.it

3.angry

4.are called

5.especially

6.lighter

7.when/if

8.twentieth

9.babies

10.the

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。短文主要介绍了许多美国人喜欢用颜色来表达自己的喜怒哀乐。

1.考查介词。句意为：许多日常的美语表达都是以颜色为基础的。该句使用了be based on/upon，意为“以……为基础”。故填on/upon。

2.考查代词。上文刚刚提过red，所以在此用it代替上文的red。故填it。

3.考查形容词词。句意：他们对某些事很生气。be angry about sth.为固定搭配，意为“对某事很生气”。故填angry。

4.考查一般现在时的被动语态。句意为：许多墨西哥食物中尝起来很辣的小辣椒，由于它们的颜色和辣味，被叫作“red hots”。句子中缺少谓语动词，而且根据句意可知，主谓语之间为被动，且全文主体时态为一般现在时，应用一般现在时的被动语态。故填are called。

5.考查副词。根据上下文可知，所填词意为“尤其”，修饰设空后的内容。故填副词especially。

6.考查形容词比较级。句意：粉色是较浅的一种红色。上文提及红色，现在提及粉色是较浅的一种红色，此处暗含比较意味，应用形容词的比较级。故填lighter。

7.考查从属连词。句意为：当/如果身体健康时，人们有时会说自己红光满面。根据句意可知应填when。此处也可用if引导条件状语从句。故填when/if。

8.考查序数词。此处表示“在20世纪初”，应用序数词。故填twentieth。

9.考查名词复数。句意：许多婴儿在出生时都是粉颜色，这个表明它们很健康。many意为“许多的”，修饰可数名词复数。故填babies。

10.考查冠词。句意：opposite在此作名词，意为“对立面；反义词”。此处比较两种音乐的不同，是特指。故填定冠词the。