Question

In the Western countries, especially in America, some social customs have lasted till today. For example, Ladies First, that is to say, women in these countries 1. (respect) in many ways.

In the USA, 2. in Europe, you will see men usually open doors for women, and women generally walk ahead of men into a room or restaurant, 3. the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or to give other services. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the side of the ladies 4. is closer to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between 5. .

If the host or hostess comes to fetch their guest for dinner in a car, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat free, as the host or hostess is also 6. driver. When the host shows the guest to the sitting room, most men 7. (seat) in the room will stand up if the guest is a lady. Generally speaking, younger ones are introduced to older ones first. The ladies in the sitting room will not stand up 8. the new comer is a man or a woman.

Though today it is the fact that the custom is followed by 9. (few) people than in the past, especially among the young people, women of all ages still want to keep the custom. Anyhow, 10. is believed that women are still respected in many ways in the Western countries.

 

Answer 1

1.are respected

2.as

3.unless

4.which / that

5.them

6.the

7.seated

8.whether

9.fewer

10.it

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要說明的是西方社會(huì)里的尊敬女性的風(fēng)俗傳統(tǒng)，并通過舉例進(jìn)行了詳細(xì)地說明。

1.1】are respected 本句是一個(gè)被動(dòng)語態(tài)。句義：在很多方面在西方國家里女性都受到尊敬。根據(jù)句義說明表示的是被動(dòng)的含義。

2. 本句是一個(gè)省略句，在as后面省略了it is；as引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)方式狀語，意為“正如”；在美國，正如在歐洲一樣，你會(huì)看見男性為女性開門。

3. 在歐洲女性通常都走在男性的前面，除非男性不得不為女性選擇桌子，開門或者提供其他服務(wù)。根據(jù)句義本句中的unless表示“除非，如果…不…”，引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)條件句。

4. 本句是一個(gè)定語從句，先行詞是the side，which指代先行詞在句中做主語。指男性在和女性走路的時(shí)候，總是走在靠近汽車的一邊。

5.

6. 本句中的the特指說話雙方都知道的那個(gè)司機(jī)，也就是來接客人的男女主人。

7. 本句中的seated是過去分詞轉(zhuǎn)換的形容詞，seat使…就坐；與前面的名詞most men構(gòu)成被動(dòng)關(guān)系，使用過去分詞轉(zhuǎn)換的形容詞作為后置定語。

8.whether 本句whether… or ….無論…還是…；引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)讓步狀語從句。無論新來的人是男的還是女的，房間里的女性都不需要站起來。

9. 本句后面的than說明應(yīng)該使用比較級(jí)的形式，指現(xiàn)在與過去相比較，遵守風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣的人更少了。

10.10】it 考察固定句式It is believed that…人們認(rèn)為….；句中的it是一個(gè)形式主語，真正的主語是后面的that引導(dǎo)的主語從句。

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