Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Gerrard Street is a well-known street in London. There is community with lots of Chinese restaurants, supermarkets and shops in this street.

In the 1950s, the world rice market changed. As 1. consequence, thousands of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in London to look 2. work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area. Many British people like Chinese food and the restaurants were popular. These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time 3. (learn) English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses 4. (grow) up. Wives came and joined their husbands and children came and joined their fathers. The community’s population kept 5. (increase) and Chinatown was born.

In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better 6. (educate) and this brought economic success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown and there was more space for businesses. Gerrard Street becomes an 7. (attract) street only for tourists.

Now everyone knows about London’s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets 8. (decorate) with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go there 9. (main) for the food in the Chinese restaurants. Their best restaurants are the ones 10. the Chinese eat.

Answer

1.a

2.for

3.to learn

4.grew

5.increasing

6.education

7.attractive

8.are decorated

9.mainly

10.where

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍伦敦的Gerrard Street。Gerrard Street是伦敦著名的街道。这条街上有很多中餐馆、超市和商店。现在每个人都知道伦敦的“唐人街”。

1.考查固定词组。句意：结果，成千上万的香港农民失去了工作。固定词组：as a consequence“因此，结果”。故填a。

2.考查动词短语。句意：他们开始到伦敦找工作。动词短语：look for“寻找”。故填for。

3.考查动词不定式作后置定语。句意：这些餐馆工人通常每天工作17个小时，没有时间学习英语。“没有时间去学英语”，此处是动词不定式作后置定语，故填to learn。

4.考查一般过去时态。句意：随着越来越多的中国人来到这里，更多的商店和企业发展起来。此处是as引导的时间状语从句，从句用的是一般过去时态，所以从句也用一般过去时态，故填grew。

5.考查固定搭配。句意：这个社区的人口不断增加，唐人街也随之诞生。固定搭配：keep doing sth.“保持做某事”。故填increasing。

6.考查名词。句意：在20世纪70年代和80年代，英国出生的中国人开始接受更好的教育，这给该地区带来了经济上的成功。better是形容词比较级，修饰名词，educate“教育”是动词，其名词形式是education，have a better education“接受一个更好的教育”。故填education。

7.考查形容词。句意：Gerrard Street成为了一条只对游客有吸引力的街道。此处street是名词，由形容词来修饰，所给词attract“吸引”是动词，其形容词是attractive，故填attractive。

8.考查一般现在时态的被动语态。句意：在中国新年期间，街道上装饰着旗子，成千上万的中国人走上街头。此处句子主语the streets是复数形式，和谓语动词decorate之间是一种被动关系，再根据During the Chinese New Year，可知这里在讲一个客观事实，所以句子用一般现在时态的被动语态，故填are decorated。

9.考查副词。句意：不过，一年中大部分时间，伦敦人和游客去那里主要是为了吃中餐馆里的食物。此处for the food是介词词组，由副词修饰，main“主要的”是形容词，其副词是mainly，故填mainly。

10.考查定语从句。句意：他们最好的餐馆是中国人吃饭的地方。此处the ones是先行词，指代restaurants，在定语从句中只能做地点状语，故填where。