Question

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

It’s interesting when you think about how Japan is a nation 1. appreciates the virtues of silence and good manners, and yet when it comes to eating noodles, Japanese people can be 2. (loud) in the world.

According to lifestyle website grapee.jp, slurping (发出"哧溜"声) when eating noodles 3. (encourage) in Japanese culture. It’s believed that taking air into your mouth 4. enhance the flavor of the noodles, and that it helps cool down the noodles. It’s also considered to be a way to show appreciation for the dish. Sometimes, just making the noise alone seems to make the noodles more enjoyable.

It wasn’t until a new expression – “noodle harassment(骚扰)”-- came out last year on social media 5. Japanese people started to realize that the slurping noise is making some foreign visitors uncomfortable.

6. a response, Japanese instant noodle maker Nissin introduced a so-called noise-canceling fork last month. The fork, which looks like an electric toothbrush, is connected wirelessly to a smart phone. When the person using the fork starts to slurp, the fork sends a signal to the person’s phone, 7. (make) it play a sound to mask the slurping noise.

But is it really necessary? Dining traditions do vary.  8. is considered to be proper table manners in one country is likely to be seen as rude in another. In India, people eat with their hands 9. they think in this way they build a connection with the food. However, people who are used to eating with forks might find it uncomfortable to get their hands 10. (cover) in oil and bits of food. But this eating method is part of Indian's culture, just like Japan's slurping is part of its own.

“So, if your are eating noodles, whether that’s ramen, uudon, or soba, please slurp,” wrote reporter Brian Ashcraft on blog Kotaku. “If anyone gets annoyed while you are doing that, pay them no mind because they're missing the point entirely.”

Answer

1.that

2.the loudest

3.is encouraged

4.can/may

5.that

6.As

7.making

8.What

9.because/as

10.covered

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。本文讲述了一些国家的餐桌文化，在日本，人们认为大声吃东西是有礼貌的。在印度，人们用手吃东西，因为他们认为，这样他们与食物建立了一个联系。

1.考查定语从句连词。句意：有趣的是，日本是一个崇尚沉默和礼貌的国家，然而在吃面条时，日本人的声音可能是世界上最大的。分析句子结构可知，本句为定语从句修饰先行词nation，且先行词在从句中做主语，指国家，故用关系代词that。故填that。

2.考查形容词最高级。句意同上。根据" in the world"可知，此处要用形容词最高级。故填the loudest 。

3.考查动词时态语态。句意：据生活方式网站grapee.jp报道，日本文化鼓励吃面条时发出声音。本句主语与谓语动词构成被动关系，且为一般现在时，主语为slurping when eating noodles谓语动词用单数形式。故填is encouraged。

4.考查情态动词。句意：人们相信，吸入空气可以增强面条的味道，并有助于冷却面条。根据后文enhance为动词原形可知应填情态动词，且结合句意表示“可以；能够”，故填can/may。

5.考查连词。句意：直到去年一个新的表达——“面条骚扰”——出现在社交媒体上，日本人才开始意识到，吃面条的声音让一些外国游客感到不舒服。固定句式it is not until ... that...“直到……才……”，故填that。

6.考查介词。句意：作为响应，日本方便面生产商日新上个月推出了一种所谓的消音叉。根据句意可知表示“作为”，故填As。

7.考查非谓语动词。句意：当使用叉子的人开始发出声音时，叉子会向对方的手机发出一个信号，使其发出声音，来掩盖吃东西发出的声音。make在本句中做非谓语动词，与逻辑主语the fork构成主动关系，所以此处要用动词的ing形式做伴随状语。故填making。

8.考查连词。句意：在一个国家被认为是正确的餐桌礼仪，在另一个国家却可能被认为是粗鲁的。分析句子结构可知，本句为主语从句，从句中缺少主语，且此处指代"被认为是粗鲁的行为"应用连词what。故填What。

9.考查连词。句意：在印度，人们用手吃东西，因为他们认为，这样他们与食物建立了一个联系。本句为原因状语从句，表示“因为”。故填because/as。

10.考查非谓语动词。句意：习惯用餐叉吃饭的人可能会发现，他们的手沾满了油和食物，感觉很不舒服。cover在本句中做非谓语动词，与上文get 构成get sth. done结构，cover与hand构成被动关系故应用过去分词做宾补。故填covered。