Question

    "The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence(篱笆)." That is an old________in English. It means other places often look better, more interesting than the place________you live. Some people worry that young Chinese are beginning to feel like that. They see young Chinese paying no attention to Chinese culture and, ________, buying Japanese cartoon books, watching Korean soap operas and even________Western holidays.

Foreign books and soap operas are good, ________Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but for Chinese, it________has the special meaning like the Spring Festival, and the West has________to compare with the Mid-Autumn Festival. Don't forget the best part of Chinese culture: Friendliness! Not all countries are as________as China.

It's good to enjoy other cultures and________from them, but they can't take the place of your own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence, but________you look carefully and closely, and you will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.

1.A.word B.saying C.sentence D.rule

2.A.when B.where C.why D.how

3.A.beside B.besides C.instead D.then

4.A.celebrating B.to celebrate C.celebrated D.celebrate

5.A.if B.so C.but D.or

6.A.still B.never C.always D.ever

7.A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing

8.A.warm B.warmer C.cold D.colder

9.A.learns B.learning C.in learning D.to learn

10.A.make up B.make up of C.make sure D.be sure to

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.C

【解析】

本文通过一句谚语而引出了社会的现象，许多人总是认为其他国家的文化更好，我们可以向其他国家学习某些文化，同时也不要忘了我们自己本身的文化。

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3.……旁边；besides况且；instead反而；then然后。空前表示“中国年轻人不在意中国文化”，空后表示“购买日本卡通漫画书、看韩国肥皂剧，甚至庆祝西方节假日”，句意出现转折，且后文陈述的情况取代了前文，所以空格处填instead。故选C。

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8.……一样……”，排除BD。根据上文“Don't forget the best part of Chinese culture: Friendliness! ”可知友好是中国文化最好的部分，所以空格处填warm。故选A。

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10.……组成；make sure一定；be sure to一定。根据下文“you will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence”可知，你一定要仔细地看一看，排除AB；be sure to do sth.是固定搭配，不符合语境，排除D；此处用make sure接省略that的宾语从句。故选C。