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语法填空1
The Laba Festival, also simply called “Laba”, falls on the eighth day of the 1.________ (twelve) month of the Chinese lunar year, which month is pronounced (发音)as “la” in Chinese.
Since it is in the last lunar month, the festival 2. ________ (imply v 暗示) saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and often regarded as (视为) 3. ________ warm-up celebration for the upcoming Spring Festival.
This festival may date back to(介)(追溯) the ancient Chinese custom of 4. ________ (sacrifice v 牺牲 ) offerings(提供之物) to the ancestors. As for its origin, one story has it 5. ________ the Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang herded(放牧) the landowner’s(地主的) cattle(牛) when he was a child. He was locked in a small room 6. ________ one of the cattle broke its leg and the landowner didn’t give him any food for three days. Zhu was starved(挨饿) to death and searched every corner(拐角) of the room. He found a mouse hole(老鼠洞) and 7. ________ (dig v 挖) out some beans, grain(谷物) and some other food, so he put them together 8. ________ (make) some porridge(粥) and found it delicious.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang made himself an emperor(皇帝). When he thought of the delicious porridge he ate in the 9. ________ (child), he ordered his servants(仆人) to cook sweet porridge and shared with the top officials(高级官员). Afterwards, the officials learned to cook the porridge themselves and introduced it to the civil society(市民社会). 10. ________ (gradual 逐渐的) eating porridge became a traditional custom.
答案:
1. twelfth 2. implies 3.a 4.sacrificing 5. that 6.because/as 7.dug8. to make 9.childhood 10.Gradually
语法填空2
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck western Japan on Monday afternoon, leading to a warning for 1. ______(resident) to escape affected coastal areas of Japan as soon as possible.
The 2. ______(power) earthquake struck at 4:10 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometers, around 42 kilometers northeast of Anamizu in Ishikawa prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency 3. ______(immediate) issued a tsunami warning