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【题目】I won’t call myself the most accomplished person when it comes to 【1】 (hold) chopsticks. In fact, I’m pretty sure that my technique looks clumsy at times. I tend to hold 【2】 (I) in the middle, more beginner than expert.

Still, since I eat almost every meal with the eating utensil(器皿) of choice in China it’s not uncommon for a new friend or acquaintance to come to a simple 【3】 (conclude) after observing me that my Chinese husband, Jun, must 【4】 (show) me how to use them.

They are wrong. I’ve used chopsticks ever since I was a teenager, a time when my sister and mother were both fond of Chinese cuisine and introduced me 【5】 many new dishes, along with the 【6】 (prefer) utensils in China. We always kept bamboo chopsticks along with our 【7】 (knife), forks and spoons, ready for whenever we happened to have Chinese food for dinner. It was my closest family 【8】 observed my first mistakes I made in using chopsticks.

Plus, I lived over two years in China before Jun and I started dating and I 【9】 (expect) to use chopsticks in almost every restaurant, stand and bar. Trust me, when you’re hungry you figure out pretty fast what it takes to down(咽下) 【10】 meal with these utensils.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】holding

【2】mine

【3】conclusion

【4】have shown

【5】to

【6】preferred

【7】knives

【8】who/that

【9】was expected

【10】a

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要记叙了作者本人学会用筷子的点点滴滴。

【1】考查动名词。在when it comes to …这一固定句型中，to是介词，后接名词或动名词。句意：说到拿筷子，我不会称自己为最有成就的人。故填holding。

【2】考查动词。根据上下文可知，这里是指“握住我的筷子”。句意：我往往握住筷子的中间。故填mine。

【3】考查名词。固定短语come to a conclusion(得出结论)，故用名词形式。句意：得出了一个简单的结论。故填conclusion。

【4】考查情态动词。本题考查情态动词must表推测的用法，因为是对过去行为的推测，故用have done。句意：一定会向我展示怎么用它们。故填have shown。

【5】考查介词。短语introduce sb. to sth.向某人介绍某物。句意：并向我介绍许多新菜。故填to。

【6】考查非谓语动词。这里为过去分词作定语，意思为“为中国人所偏爱的”。句意：以及中国人所偏爱的器皿。故填preferred。

【7】考查名词。根据前面的our和后面的forks and spoons可知，这里用其复数形式。句意：一起的还有刀叉和调羹。故填knives。

【8】考查强调句。因为被强调部分是人，所以，既可以用who也可以用that。句意：是我最亲密的家人看到我第一次错误的使用筷子。故填who/that。

【9】考查时态和语态。根据全文时态及句意可知，主语I与expect为动宾关系，故用过去时的被动形式。句意：人们预计我在几乎每一个餐馆、摊点和酒吧都会使用筷子。故用was expected。

【10】考查冠词。这里meal为可数名词，单数，非特指。句意：用这些器皿咽下一顿饭。故填a。