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【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
A Festival for the Dead (hold) once a year in Japan. This festival is cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said (return) to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead (throw) into a river or into the sea as it is considered (luck) for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns had been hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea (guide) the dead on their return journey to the world. This is a (move) spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away they can be seen no more.

Answer 1

【答案】is held；a；to return；their；is thrown；unlucky；which/that；guiding；moving；until/till
【解析】该文讲述了日本鬼节人们的过节方式以及过节的活动。

⑴is held 考查语态。节日是被举行，此处为一般现在时态被动语态。故填is held。

⑵a 考查冠词。a cheerful occasion令人高兴的一刻。故填a 。

⑶to return 考查动词非谓语形式。Sb/sth is said to do...据说……。故填o return。

⑷their 考查代词。Find one's way找到某人的路, 此处one's 指代the dead's，故填their。

⑸is thrown 考查语态。食物被扔进河里，这里用一般现在时态的被动语态。故填is thrown。

⑹unlucky 考查形容词。为死人准备的食物被扔进河里或海里是因为被认为活着的人吃了这些食物是不幸的。故填unlucky。

⑺which/that 考查定语从句。修饰先行词lanterns，定语从句用which/that引导。故填which/that 。

⑻guiding 考查非谓语动词。guide在此作定语，修饰lanterns，表主动意义，用动词的doing形式。故填个guiding 。

⑼moving 考查动词非谓语形式。修饰名词spectacle，用现在分词形式的形容词。故填moving。

⑽until/till 考查连词。人们在岸边看着这些灯笼漂向远方，直到看不见。用till/until连接时间状语从句。故填until/till 。