Question

请用适当的词完成下面的短文，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

Have you ever heard of anything about crying marriage(哭嫁)? It sounds surprising, doesn’t it? In fact, the custom of crying marriage 1.a long time ago in may parts of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. And it remained popular till the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Sometimes, you can still see it happening in some 2.far away from cities if you are lucky enough. Though it is not 3. popular as before, the custom can still be seen by people in many places, especially in the villages of Tujia people. They regard it as something4.has to be done when a marriage happens.

It is 5.same in different places of China. According to the tradition, every bride(新娘) had to 6.at the wedding(婚礼). If not, the bride’s neighbors would look down upon7.as a girl from a poor family. And she would be laughed at 8.all the villagers. In fact, her mother sometimes beat the bride for not crying at the wedding.

In a 9., crying at weddings is a way to set off for happiness. The bride doesn’t really feel sad in her heart.10., in the marriages of the old days of China, quite a lot of brides indeed cried over their unlucky marriages and even their bad life.

Answer

1.started/ began

2.villages/places/ countries/ countrysides

3.so/as

4.that

5.the

6.cry

7.her

8.by

9.word

10.However

【解析】

短文大意：本文是文化类阅读，介绍了中国古代的哭婚习俗。

1.句意：事实上，哭泣结婚的习俗在很久以前就在中国西南部四川省的部分地区开始了。本句缺谓语动词，a long time ago（很久以前）用于一般过去时，动词需用过去式；根据句意结构和下文And it remained popular till the end of the Qing Dynasty提示，可知填started/ began。

2.句意：有时候，如果你足够幸运的话，你仍然可以看到在一些远离城市的村庄里发生这样的事情。some一些，后接复数名词；根据句意结构和下文the custom can still be seen by people in many places, especially in the villages of Tujia people提示，可知填villages/places/ countries/ countrysides。

3.句意：虽然它不像以前那么受欢迎，但在很多地方，特别是在土家族的村庄，人们仍然可以看到这种习俗。“not so +形容词/副词+ as”是固定结构，表示“不如/不像……一样……”。根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填so/as。

4.句意：他们认为这是婚姻发生时必须做的事情。本句是定语从句，先行词something是不定代词，需用that做引导词。根据句意结构，可知填that。

5.句意：在中国的不同地方也是一样的。the same相同的；根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填the。

6.句意：按照传统，每个新娘在婚礼上都要哭。have to必须，相当于must，后接原形动词；根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填cry。

7.句意：否则，新娘子的邻居们就会把她看作一个出身贫寒的姑娘而瞧不起她。look down upon轻视，介词upon后接宾格代词；根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填her。

8.句意：她会被所有的村民嘲笑。本句是被动句，by被；根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填by。

9.句意：总之，在婚礼上哭是一种通往幸福的方式。in a word总之，固定短语；根据句意语境，可知填word。

10.句意：然而，在中国古代的婚姻中，确实有很多新娘为自己不幸的婚姻甚至糟糕的生活而哭泣。本句和前一句在语义上是转折关系，需用however；句首单词的首字母需大写；根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填However。