Question

Whenever Prince George steps out for an engagement,like on the royal tour of Canada,or poses for 1.(office) photographs,he only ever wears shorts,2.has long confused royal watchers.

According to William Hanson,3. expert in ceremony,there’s a very good reason for this—and it has nothing to do 4. fashion,but rather a royal tradition that 5..(date) back to the sixteenth century.A new born baby would 6..(dress) in a gown for their first year or two.Then he was “breeched(穿裤礼)” and wore articles of clothing like shorts.The usual custom is that a boy graduates to trousers around eight years old.

With time 7.. (change),middle class boys began to wear trousers but they were considered suburban(土气的) by the upper.Hanson explains,“8.. is a very English thing to dress a young boy in shorts.”The British upper are always keen to hold on to tradition,and this also 9..(silent) marks them out from “the rest”.However,as for William and Kate,the 10..(decide) to dress George in shorts is more likely down to tradition than a class issue.

Answer

1. official

2.which

3.an

4.with

5.dates

6.be dressed

7.changing

8.It

9.silently

10.decision

【解析】本文介绍英国皇室的孩子们的一些穿衣传统。

1.考查形容词。此处用形容词作定语修饰后面的名词，意为“官方的图片”，故填official。

2.考查连词。此处可根据意思来理解。他仅穿短裤，这令人很困惑。空格所缺的词需具备引导词的作用，而且要作主语，还要指代前面整个句子的意思，故是一个非限制性定语从句，用关系代词which。

3.考查冠词。此处为泛指，单数，expert发的第一个音是元音音素，故填an。

4.考查介词。此处为固定搭配，have nothing to do with“和……一点关系都没有”。

5.考查动词。此处为that引导的定语从句，空格填谓语动词，先行词是单数，date back to意为“追溯到”，用现在时，故此处填dates。

6.考查被动语态。此处意为“穿衣”，新生婴儿肯定是别人给他穿衣的，故用be dressed。

7.考查非谓语动词。此处为with 的复合结构用法with+宾语+宾补，根据change和逻辑主语time之间是主动关系，故填changing。

8.考查it作形式主语。此处用it来作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式短语to dress……。

9.考查副词。此处用副词修饰动词短语mark out，作状语，故填silently。

10.考查名词。此处用名词作主语，故填decision。

【名师点睛】

it作形式主语或形式宾语的用法。语法填空里it作形式主语或形式宾语是常考点，通常来说，为了平衡句子结构，让句子看起来更美观，用it在句中作形式主语或形式宾语，而且后面必须要给出真正的主语或宾语，而真正的主语或宾语通常有三种形式：动词不定式（短语），动名词（短语），从句。除此之外，在判断的时候还要结合语境。It作形式主语或形式宾语时，没有意义，真正的含义在后面的真正主语或宾语里，因此翻译时要格外注意。掌握了这一用法之后做这类题目就没有问题了。比如第八题，首先根据语境来理解，给小男孩穿短裤是一件很英式的事情，很明显，句子的主语应该是后面的动词不定式，因此想到这马上就可以断定是形式主语，故填It。