Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Think of carnival,1.you think of crowds, costumes, and confusion. “Carnival” comes from two Latin words, meaning no more meat. In Europe, where it began, carnival 2.(follow) by forty days without meat, as people prepared for the Christian festival of Easter. For weeks on end, people walked round the streets3.(wear) masks doing what they wanted without being recognised. However, the government realized wearing masks had become a problem. Their use was limited by laws, the first of which 4.(date) back to the fourteenth century. Today, as you wander through the streets, you see thousands of masks but you have no idea5.the faces behind them look like.

Answer

1.and

2.was followed

3.wearing

4.dated

5.what

【解析】

本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了狂欢节的起源及狂欢节口罩的使用收到限制的历史。

1.考查连词。句意：想想狂欢节，想想人群，服装，还有各种迷惑。分析句子可知，前后句为顺承关系，用and连接。故填and。

2.考查时态及语态。句意：在狂欢节的起源地欧洲，人们为基督教复活节做准备，狂欢节之后四十天不吃肉。分析句子可知，狂欢节与伴随为逻辑上的被动关系，结合后文as people prepared for the Christian festival of Easter.本句时间状语为一般过去时，故用一般过去时被动语态。故填was followed。

3.考查非谓语动词。句意：接下来的几个星期，人们戴着面具在街上走来走去，做他们想做的事情，却没有被认出来。分析句子可知，本处动词为非谓语动词，人们与穿衣服为逻辑上的主动关系，用现在分词。故填wearing。

4.考查时态。句意：口罩的使用受到法律的限制，第一个案例可以追溯到十四世纪。分析句子可知，本句时间状语为the fourteenth century，动词用过去式。故填dated。

5.考查宾语从句。句意：今天，当你漫步在街头，你看到成千上万的面具，但你不知道他们后面的面孔是什么样子。分析句子可知，本句为宾语从句，what引导宾语从句，what the faces behind them look like意为“他们后面的面孔是什么样子”。故填what。