Test 1
Chopsticks play an important role in Chinese food culture.Chinese chopsticks are round on the eating end which symbolizes heaven，while the other end is square which symbolizes earth.This is because keeping enough food is 1.____________(great)concern than anything else.
It is important to note that chopsticks are used in many different cultures and there is no single standard for the use of chopsticks.Here are some customs 2.____________(associate)with chopsticks in China.Playing with chopsticks 3.____________(consider)bad manners.And chopsticks should not be placed 4.____________(vertical)in a bowl of rice or other food.Any sticklike object pointing upward 5.____________(resemble)the incense(香)sticks that people use 6.____________ offerings to their dead family members.It is also bad manners to tap chopsticks on 7.__________ edge of one's bowl，because in ancient China beggars often made this noise 8.____________(attract)attention.
In Chinese，“chopsticks” reads “kuai zi”，which means “to have sons soon”，so a newlymarried couple will be very happy to accept chopsticks as 9.__________(they)wedding gift.
10．____________ has already been found out is that using chopsticks improves one's memory，increases finger dexterity(灵巧)and can be useful in learning and improving skills such as Chinese character printing and brush painting.
[语篇解读] 文章介绍了筷子的特征以及围绕筷子形成的一些习俗。
1．解析：考查形容词的比较级。根据下文中的than可知，此处要用形容词的比较级。
答案：greater
2．解析：考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，此处用过去分词短语associated with chopsticks作定语，修饰customs。
答案：associated
3．解析：考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。此处为客观性描述，应用一般现在时；该句使用了动名词短语playing with chopsticks作主语，谓语动词用单数形式；且此处表示玩筷子被看作不礼貌的行为，故应用被动语态。
答案：is considered
4．解析：考查词性转换。此处修饰谓语动词要用副词，故填vertically。
答案：vertically
5．解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。此处为客观性描述，应用一般现在时；本句为含有that引导的定语从句的主从复合句，其中主句的主语是any sticklike object pointing upward，是单数，故谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。
答案：resembles
6．解析：考查介词。as在这里用作介词，意为“作为”。
答案：as
7．解析：考查冠词。此处特指后面的bowl(碗)的边缘，故填定冠词。
答案：the
8．解析：考查非谓语动词。此处用动词不定式短语to attract attention作目的状语。
答案：to attract
9．解析：考查代词。空后的wedding gift与上文提到的a newlymarried couple为所属关系，故填their。
答案：their
10．解析：考查主语从句的引导词。此处引导主语从句，且在从句中作主语，表示“……的事物”，故用what来引导该从句。
答案：What
