Passage 1
Directions: After reading the passages 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.
As the New Year begins, many people across the globe celebrate the calendar change with a sweet cake ____1____(know)as the “king cake”. It is indeed a tradition to eat pies and cakes ____2____ (contain) little “prizes.”
【答案】1. known
2. containing
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹世界各地許多人用一種被稱為“國王蛋糕”的甜蛋糕來慶祝新年。
【1題詳解】
考查非謂語動詞。句意:隨著新年的開始,世界各地的許多人用一種被稱為“國王蛋糕”的甜蛋糕來慶祝日歷的改變。be known as以……著稱;眾所周知的……,修飾名詞sweet cake,所以用過去分詞形式。故填known。
【2題詳解】
考查非謂語動詞。句意:吃帶有小“獎品”的餡餅和蛋糕確實是一個傳統(tǒng)。名詞pies and cakes和contain之間為主動關(guān)系,所以用現(xiàn)在分詞作定語。故填containing。