Question

    We experienced a special period in 2020. Xu Yi, a middle school student from Hubei, told something 1. (interest) to us. Let's check out his story and resolution for the new term.

When Xu Yi was learning English as 2. exchange student in the UK, his English friend 3. (invite) him to take a Chinese culture course. Then, at 9:30 a.m. the next day, it finally came. He followed the friend to the classroom and was welcomed 4. her classmates. They gave him presents, which moved and excited him.

The lesson was about an ancient Chinese character (字体) called Xiaozhuan. The teacher 5. (clear) explained it from its history to development, how it worked in society and why it was so popular in Qin Dynasty. She also taught the differences between Xiaozhuan 6. the modern Chinese character.

On the one hand, Xu Yi takes pride in Chinese culture. On the o7. hand, it's a shame that he knows almost nothing about it. As the culture reaches the world, the Chinese should study more about it. As a senior high school student, he is going to read as many 8. (book) as possible to open his mind. He hopes every Chinese person will love and 9. /'vælju:/ Chinese culture. After all, everyone is responsible for building and keeping it.

Answer

1.interesting

2.an

3.invited

4.by

5.clearly

6.and

7.other

8.books

9.value

【解析】

句意：文章讲来自湖北一所中学的徐毅作为交换生在英国学习，英国朋友邀请他去上一节中国文化课，他在为中国文化感到骄傲的同时，也遗憾于自己知之甚少，决心尽量多读书，了解中国文化。

1.

句意：徐毅，湖北的一名中学生，给我们讲了一些有趣的事情。
根据空前“something”可知此处要用形容词作后置定语，something指物，用interesting表示“令人感兴趣的”。故答案为interesting。

2.

句意：当徐毅在英国做交换生学习英语时，他的英国朋友邀请他参加中国文化课程。
根据题干中“as ____ exchange student in the UK”可推出此处是说“作为一名交换生”，exchange以元音音素开头，其前用不定冠词an。故答案为an。

3.

句意：当徐毅在英国做交换生学习英语时，他的英国朋友邀请他参加中国文化课程。
讲述过去发生的事情，用一般过去时，invite的过去式是invited。故答案为invited。

4.

句意：他跟着那位朋友来到教室，受到了她同学的欢迎。
根据题干中“was welcomed ____ her classmates”可推出是受到她同学的欢迎，介词by常置于表示被动的动词后，表示使为者。故答案为by。

5.

句意：老师从它的历史发展，在社会上是如何运作的，以及为什么它在秦朝如此流行，清楚地讲解了它。
分析句子结构可知此处用副词修饰动词explained，clear的副词形式是clearly，意为“清楚地，明白地”。故答案为clearly。

6.

句意：她还教授了小篆和现代汉字的区别。
根据题干中“the differences between Xiaozhuan ____ the modern Chinese character”可知此处是说小篆和现代汉字的区别，用between ... and ... 表示“……和……之间”。故答案为and。

7.

句意：另一方面，遗憾的是他对此几乎一无所知。
根据上文“On the one hand”，结合题干可知此处用on the one hand ... , on the other hand ... 表示“一方面……，另一方面……”，是固定搭配。故答案为other。

8.

句意：作为一名高中生，他要读尽可能多的书来开阔自己的思维。
many意为“许多”，其后接可数名词复数，book的复数是books。故答案为books。

9.

句意：他希望每个中国人都能热爱和重视中国文化。
根据音标/'vælju:/可知此处用value表示“重视”，结合空前“will love and ____”可知and连接两个动词原形。故答案为value。