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。 In much of Asia, especially the so-called ＂rice bowl＂ cultures
英语试题 07-26
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。
In much of Asia, especially the so-called ＂rice bowl＂ cultures of China, Japan, Korea, ___41___ Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might ____42____ (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal ____43____ (create) special designs.
The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, ___44___ (use) twigs(树枝)to remove it. Over time, ___45___ the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.
Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which ____46____(gradual) turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, ___47___ lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the ___48___ (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and ___49___ (be) too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat ____50____ their hands.
【答案】41. and
42. be made
43. to create
44. using 45. as/when
46. gradually
47. who 48. development
49. were 50. with
【解析】
本文是说明文。文章主要从筷子使用范围，制作筷子的方式和方法，筷子使用的历史及其发展等几方面来展开论述的。
【41题详解】
考查并列连词。这里列举了一些亚洲的国家，它们是并列关系，故填and。
【42题详解】
考查固定词组。精美的筷子可能是由刻有汉字的金或银制成的。sth. be made of…某物由……制成，情态动词后跟动词原形，故填be made。
【43题详解】
考查不定式作目的状语。技术娴熟的工人会把各种各样的硬质木材和金属结合起来，以创造出特殊风格的筷子。这里用不定式表目的，故填to create。
【44题详解】
考查现在分词作伴随状语。人们可能使用大锅煮食物，用树枝搅拌食物，use的逻辑主语是people，两者是主动关系，用现在分词表示伴随状况，故填using。
【45题详解】
In much of Asia, especially the so-called ＂rice bowl＂ cultures of China, Japan, Korea, ___41___ Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might ____42____ (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal ____43____ (create) special designs.
The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, ___44___ (use) twigs(树枝)to remove it. Over time, ___45___ the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.
Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which ____46____(gradual) turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, ___47___ lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the ___48___ (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and ___49___ (be) too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat ____50____ their hands.
【答案】41. and
42. be made
43. to create
44. using 45. as/when
46. gradually
47. who 48. development
49. were 50. with
【解析】
本文是说明文。文章主要从筷子使用范围，制作筷子的方式和方法，筷子使用的历史及其发展等几方面来展开论述的。
【41题详解】
考查并列连词。这里列举了一些亚洲的国家，它们是并列关系，故填and。
【42题详解】
考查固定词组。精美的筷子可能是由刻有汉字的金或银制成的。sth. be made of…某物由……制成，情态动词后跟动词原形，故填be made。
【43题详解】
考查不定式作目的状语。技术娴熟的工人会把各种各样的硬质木材和金属结合起来，以创造出特殊风格的筷子。这里用不定式表目的，故填to create。
【44题详解】
考查现在分词作伴随状语。人们可能使用大锅煮食物，用树枝搅拌食物，use的逻辑主语是people，两者是主动关系，用现在分词表示伴随状况，故填using。
【45题详解】
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