语法填空(十三) 英语的前生后世+手势的文化阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。A [2022·武威改编]EnglishWorldLanguage Oncepeopledreamedofalanguagethateverybodyintheworldcouldunderstand.Now,forthe1. (one)timeinhumanhistory,perhapsthereisone—English.Itistheofficiallanguageinmorethan50countriesand250—300millionpeoplespeakit2. asecondlanguage.Somesaythathalftheworldwillbespeakingitintheyear2050. DifficulttoMaster? Englishisnotthe3. (easy)languagetolearn—mostofitscommonverbsareirregularandithasalargevocabulary—atleast200,000wordsareincommonuse. User-friendly Butsomethingsmakeiteasy.Forexample,nounsdon'thavegender(性别)andtheusagesofverbsare4. (simple)thanotherlanguages.Thereisonlyoneformtospeaktosomeone5. (direct)—“you”.Adjectivesdon'tagree6. nouns,andmanynounsareoftenalsoverbs. EnglishIsEverywhere Someotherlanguagesmayhavemore7. (speak),likeChinese.ButEnglish8. (use)inmanydifferentareas.Itisthelanguageoftransport:mostairlinepilotsandair-trafficcontrollersuseit.AtseaEnglishistheinternationallanguageof9. (communicate). 2\n TheFutureofEnglish WhatisthefutureofEnglishasagloballanguage?10. anotherlanguagereplaceit? Manythinknot—ithasbeenalreadytoopopular.B Differentgestures(手势)meandifferentthingsindifferentcountries.Sometimesagesturethatispoliteinonecountryisnotpoliteinanotherandshouldnot11. (use).Differentmeaningsofgesturescanalsocauseproblemsin12. (understand)whatanotherpersonistryingtosay. Agesturethatmanypeopledonotunderstandisthe13. thatusesthethumb.Most14. (western)willsometimesshowthattheylikesomethingbyholdingoutaclosedhandwiththethumbliftingintheair.Thisiscalledtogivesomeoneorsomething“thethumbsup”.Often,onlyonethumbisused,15. itshouldbe“thethumbup”. Theusualexplanation(解释)forthe16. (original)ofthisgestureisnotreallycorrect.ItsaysthatinancientRomantimes,whenpeoplewerepleased17. thewayagladiator(角斗士)hadfought,theyshowedtheirthumbsup.Whentheywerenotpleased,theygavetheirthumbs18. .Whenagladiatorwasgiventhethumbsup,theemperorallowedhim19. (live).Whenagladiatorwasgiventhethumbsdown,theemperororderedhimtobekilled. The20. (true)is,however,itwastranslatedintoawrongmeaningbymistake.Ifpeoplewantedtosavethegladiator,theyputouttheirhandsandhidtheirthumbsintheirhands.Iftheywantedthegladiatortodie,theypointedtheirthumbsstraightathim. 参考答案A 1.first 2.as 3.easiest 4.simpler 5.directly 6.with7.speakers 8.isused 9.communication 10.WillB 11.beused 12.understanding 13.one 14.westerners 15.so 16.origin 17.with 18.down 19.tolive 20.truth2
