Question

【题目】

Carnival today is an international experience, creating a 【1】 (relax) atmosphere. To understand 【2】 (it) origin and meaning, we need to look at the history of America. The 【3】(arrive) of Europeans in America, and the opening of huge farms and plantations meant there was a need for labor force. This was how the slave trade began. For more than two hundred years, millions of black people were taken 【4】force from Africa and shipped to the New World, 【5】 there were mainly British and French landowners.

【6】 (Nature), the Europeans also imported their own festivals. So the slaves

【7】 (force) to watch as the masters celebrated carnival. Then the slaves began to hold their own carnival celebrations, imitating and making fun of their masters. But their own traditions were continued: They walked round a village with their faces 【8】(paint) white, wearing masks and singing.

【9】 the slave trade was abolished in 1838 the former slaves look over the carnival, which became a celebration of freedom.

With the passing of lime, the white people began to participate in the carnival, too. And they were welcomed by their former slaves. Carnival became 【10】way to unite different communities, and has become a celebration of life itself.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】relaxed

【2】its

【3】arrival

【4】by

【5】where

【6】Naturally

【7】were forced

【8】painted

【9】When/As

【10】a

【解析】试题分析：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了美洲狂欢节的来历以及黑人对此节日发展的作用。

【1】考查形容词。relaxing作定语修饰atmosphere，表示其特征，意思是“令人放松的”。ing形式变化来的形容词表示被修饰语的特征。句意：今天的狂欢节是一种国际体验，创造了一种令人放松的气氛。故填relaxing。

【2】考查代词。修饰名词用形容词性物主代词，故填its。

【3】考查名词。定冠词the的后面接名词，表示特指，动词arrive的名词是arrival。故填arrival。

【4】考查固定搭配。by force是介词短语，意思是“靠武力；强行”。句意：200多年来，数百万黑人被强行从非洲运到新世界。故填by。

【5】考查定语从句。where引导定语从句，修饰the New World，后面的从句there are British and French landowner句子结构完整，故用关系副词where引导定语从句，在从句中作地点状语。故填where。

【6】考查副词。句意：自然而然地，欧洲人也引进了他们自己的节日。naturally是nature的副词形式，作状语修饰整个句子，且置句首单词首字母大写。故填Naturally。

【7】考查动词。force作谓语动词，与主语the slaves是被动关系，根据语境，句子讲述过去发生的事情用一般过去时，且主语是复数。故填were forced。

【8】考查with的复合结构。“介词with+宾语+宾语补足语”构成with的复合结构，their faces与paint是被动关系，所以用过去分词作宾语补足语。故填painted。

【9】考查连词。句意：当奴隶贸易在1838年被废除时，以前的奴隶承接了狂欢节，变成对自由的庆祝。此处是时间状语从句，when和as引导时间状语从句，都表示“当……时候”，置句首单词首字母大写。故填When/As。

【10】考查冠词。句意：狂欢节成了团结不同团体的一种方式。way“方式”是可数名词，此处泛指“一种方法”。故填a。