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【题目】March 14 is, perhaps quietly, celebrated as Pi Day, 【1】 day to honor the number that many people are familiar with. The date comes from the first three number of Pi: March is the third month, 【2】 (follow) by the one and four that make 14. Pi 【3】 (appear) wherever there are circles. Pi is a ratio. It measures the 【4】 (distant) around a circle to its diameter(直径).

A website, Piday.org , shows little known facts about the number. Pi has been【5】(universal) known for thousands of years and gets its name 【6】 a Greek letter,. The Greeks are believed to have used the letter to describe the ratio. The first Pi Day 【7】 (celebrate) on March 14, 1988. San Francisco’s Exploratorium Science Museum started the event, according to the site. The museum marks the day with a daylong celebration 【8】 (include) a parade.

March 14 has other scientific 【9】 (link). It is the birthday of physicist and Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein. Princeton University, 【10】 Einstein lived for many years, celebrates Pi Day as well.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】followed

【3】appears

【4】distance

【5】universally

【6】from

【7】was celebrated

【8】including

【9】links

【10】where

【解析】文章介绍了3月14日圆周率日的由来。

【1】a

考查冠词。此处指March 14这一天，表示一天，故填冠词a。

【2】followed

考查过去分词。此处指三月是第三个月，后面跟随的是1和4组成14，表示跟随，故填followed。

【3】appears

考查动词时态。与本段时态一致用一般现在时，与主语Pi一致用第三人称单数，故填appears。

【4】distance

考查名词。此处由the限定用名词，指测量这个距离。故填distance。

【5】universally

考查副词。此处修饰动词known用副词，指普遍地被知道，故填universally。

【6】from

考查介词。此处指词希腊字母那里得到了名字，表示“从”，故填from。

【7】was celebrated

考查被动语态。句中主语The first Pi Day和动词celebrate是被动关系，指第一个圆周率节被庆祝，发生在过去在句中作谓语，用一般过去时的被动语态。故填was celebrated。

【8】including

考查介词。此处指博物馆用一整天的庆祝来纪念这一天，其中还包括一个游行，根据与主语The museum是主动关系，故用v-ing形式including作伴随状语。

【9】links

考查名词。此处由other scientific修饰用名词复数，指其他的科学联系。故填links。

【10】where

考查定语从句。句中包含定语从句，先行词是Princeton University表示地点，在定语从句中作状语，指爱因斯坦在Princeton University居住了多年。故填关系副词where。