Question

【題目】語法填空

Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in____【1】_ style that is too expensive for most people. If you are invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised ____【2】___ you are offered freshly-cooked insects as a first course. While the idea of eating fried insects fills most of us with horror, insect-eating is becoming highly ____【3】____(fashion). For example, in the media industry, successful executives ____【4】_____(see) to eat fried or boiled insects from time to time while working at their desks. These safe-to-eat insects can be found and ordered on the Internet. And young people are logging on to exotic food websites ____【5】____ ordering samples of prepared insects to serve at their dinner parties. Although the idea of eating insects is probably ______【6】___(disgust) to most of us, _____【7】___ people would claim that pigs, chickens and some kinds of seafood we often eat are examples of great beauty. One day insects could be marketed and sold ____【8】___ a food item in supermarkets. According to their fans, they are not only ___【9】__ in protein and low in fat, but also very tasty. But until our attitudes to food change fundamentally, it seems ___【10】___ insect-eaters will remain a few.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】if /when

【3】fashionable

【4】are seen

【5】and

【6】disgusting

【7】few

【8】as

【9】high

【10】that

【解析】

試題分析：Yuppies是掙許多錢，過一種對(duì)多數(shù)人來說太昂貴的生活方式的年輕人，他們吃昆蟲宴。

【1】 a 句意：Yuppies是掙許多錢，過一種對(duì)多數(shù)人來說太昂貴的生活方式的年輕人。此處表示泛指，故填a。

【2】if /when 句意：當(dāng)你或如果你被提供新鮮昆蟲做的第一道菜時(shí)，不要驚訝。故填if /when。

【3】fashionable 句意：吃昆蟲正在變得時(shí)尚。系動(dòng)詞后面用形容詞作表語，故填fashionable。

【4】are seen 句意：成功的主管有時(shí)候被看見吃油煎的或煮的昆蟲。此處用一般過去時(shí)態(tài)的被動(dòng)語態(tài)，故填are seen。

【5】and 句意：年輕人正在登錄異國(guó)的美食網(wǎng)站和訂購準(zhǔn)備好的昆蟲的樣品在他們的宴會(huì)上服務(wù)。可知此處表示并列關(guān)系，故填and。

【6】disgusting 句意：盡管很可能吃昆蟲的想法對(duì)我們多數(shù)人是厭惡的，但是幾乎沒人承認(rèn)我們經(jīng)常吃的豬、雞和一些種類的海鮮是美餐的例子�？芍�此處填disgusting。

【7】few 句意：盡管很可能吃昆蟲的想法對(duì)我們多數(shù)人是厭惡的，但是幾乎沒人承認(rèn)我們經(jīng)常吃的豬、雞和一些種類的海鮮是美餐的例子。前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故填few。

【8】as 句意：作為一種食物在超市上賣。故填介詞as。

【9】high 句意：它們蛋白質(zhì)高，脂肪低。故填high。

【10】that 固定句式：It seems that---，似乎---。故填that。

【知識(shí)拓展】

high高的---highly高度地---height高度；deep深的---deeply深深地---depth深度；wide寬的---widely廣泛地—width寬度；long長(zhǎng)的---length長(zhǎng)度；warm溫暖的---warmth溫暖；grow生長(zhǎng)—growth增長(zhǎng)；strong強(qiáng)壯的---strength力量。