Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The two features of life in England that possibly give visitors the worst impressions are the English weather and English cooking. 1. former is a natural phenomenon and nobody can do anything about it. But cooking is something 2. can be learned. English food has often been described as 3. (taste). Recently, the situation has changed somewhat because so many people have been spending their holidays abroad and 4. (learn) to appreciate unfamiliar dishes. One of the traditional complaints about English food is the way that vegetables are cooked. The only way that many British housewives know to cook green vegetables is 5. (boil) them for too long in too much salt water and then to throw the water away so that all the vitamins are lost. To make matters 6. (bad), they do not strain the vegetables sufficiently so that 7. appear as a wet mass on the plate.

However, it would be unfair to say that all English food is bad. Indeed not only the raw ingredients are usually 8. very high quality, especially the meat and fish, 9. many traditional British dishes are as good as anything you can get anywhere. A visitor, 10. is invited to an English home might well enjoy steak and kidney pudding or pie, all sorts of smoked fish .

Answer

1.The

2.that

3.tasteless

4.learning

5.to boil

6.worse

7.they

8.of

9.but

10.who

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了英国给游客留下最坏印象的两个特点便是它的天气和饭菜，本文主要为我们介绍了英国的饭菜。

1.

考查冠词。句意：前者是一种自然现象，没有人能做什么。结合句意表示“前者”短语为the former，句首单词首字母要大写。故填The。

2.

考查定语从句。此处为定语从句修饰先行词something，且先行词在从句中主语，先行词为不定代词，只能用关系代词that。故填that。

3.

考查形容词。句意：英国食物通常被描述成无味道的。短语be described sth. as+形容词，表示“被描述成……”，结合句意表示“无味道的”应用形容词tasteless。故填tasteless。

4.

考查动词时态。此处为and连接的并列谓语，根据上文so many people have been spending their holidays abroad and可知为现在完成进行时，故填learning。

5.

考查非谓语动词。句意：许多英国家庭主妇所知道的烹调绿色蔬菜的唯一方法是把它们放在太多的盐水中煮太久，然后把水倒掉，这样所有的维生素都流失了。分析句子结构boil在句中应用非谓语动词，且本句中修饰上文The only way应用不定式。故填to boil。

6.

考查比较级。句意：更糟糕的是，他们没有充分过滤蔬菜，使它们看起来像一个湿团在盘子里。结合句意表示“更糟糕的是”短语为make matters worse。故填worse。

7.

考查代词。句意同上。此处指代上文the vegetables应用代词they。故填they。

8.

考查介词。句意：事实上，许多传统英国菜肴不仅原料非常好，而且质量也非常好，尤其是肉和鱼，你可以在任何地方买到一样好。此处表示原料很好应用“be+ of+ n.”形式，故填of。

9.

考查连词。句意同时。结合句意可知表示“不仅……而且……”短语为not only…but(also)…。故填but。

10.

考查定语从句。此处为定语从句修饰先行词visitor，且先行词在从句中作主语，指人应用关系代词who。故填who。