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【題目】Chopsticks

When were chopsticks invented?

In fact, before the invention of chopsticks, Chinese ancestors actually used hands to eat, but how did they eat soup and porridge? 【1】 Chinese Started to use chopsticks about 3,000 years ago in the Shang Dynasty.

Who invented chopsticks?

The records of using chopsticks have been found in many written books but have no exact evidence. However, many stories are about the invention of chopsticks. One says that Jiang Ziya, an ancient wise man,created chopsticks. 【2】 But there is no exact historical record about the invention. We can only say that smart ancient Chinese invented chopsticks.

How to use Chinese chopsticks?

【3】 you can do it if you practice it for some time, even if you are a foreigner. The key to managing chopsticks is keeping one chopstick in position while moving the other to pick up food. Remember to practice with patience.

【4】

Chopsticks are usually held in the right hand, and left-handed chopstick use is considered as improper in China. Playing with chopsticks is thought to be impolite. It is considered to be polite and thoughtful to pick up food for the elderly and children.

A chopstick-themed museum in Shanghai

If you are truly interested in chopsticks, it will be a good choice for you to pay a visit to the Shanghai Chopsticks Museum. The museum gathered more than 2,000 pairs of chopsticks from China, Korea, Japan and Thailand.【5】

A. Which hand to hold chopsticks?

B. Chopstick manners in China.

C. Chopsticks were introduced to many other countries because of their lightness.

D. Using two slim sticks to pick up food is actually not difficult.

E. The oldest one among them was from Tang Dynasty.

F. There also go around some other stories.

G. They had to use sticks to eat them.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】F

【3】D

【4】B

【5】E

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章介紹了筷子的什么時候被發(fā)明出來的，是誰發(fā)明了筷子，如何使用筷子以及使用筷子的禮儀等與筷子相關的話題。

【1】空格位于段中�？崭袂耙痪渚湟鉃椋簩嶋H上，在筷子被被發(fā)明出來之前，中國的先人是用手吃飯的，但是他們?nèi)绾纬灾嗪拖★埬�？選項G（他們不得不用木棍吃它們）與上句句意吻合。且選項G中的use與上句中的used呼應，其中的sticks與下句中的chopsticks也呼應。故選G。

【2】空格位于段中。根據(jù)本段的小標題“Who invented chopsticks?”可知，本段主要是圍繞誰發(fā)明了筷子進行展開的�？崭袂皟删渚湟鉃椋喝欢�，關于筷子的發(fā)明的故事有很多。其中一個說是中國古代一位很有智慧的人，姜子牙發(fā)明了筷子。選項F中的other stories與上兩句中的stories呼應，且句意（還有其它的故事）也與上兩句句意吻合。故選F。

【3】空格位于段首。根據(jù)本段的小標題“How to use Chinese chopsticks?”可知，本段主要是圍繞如何使用筷子進行展開的。選項D（用兩根細木棍挑起食物其實并不難）與這一小標題呼應，講述的是如何使用筷子。故選D。

【4】空格位于小標題處。根據(jù)文章結構，可知，這個空格處句子是下面一個小段落的中心話題。由下面段落中的“Chopsticks are usually held in the right hand, and left-handed chopstick use is considered as improper in China.（筷子經(jīng)常是抓在右手中，在中國用左手使用筷子被認為是不合適的）”以及“impolite（不禮貌的）”、“be polite and thoughtful（禮貌的并周全的）”可知，這段話講述使用筷子的禮儀。選項B（中國的筷子禮儀）與段落內(nèi)容符合。故選B。

【5】空格位于段尾。空格前一句句意為：博物館收集了來自于中國、朝鮮、日本以及泰國的2000多雙筷子。選項E中的“them”可與上句中的“more than 2000 pairs of chopsticks”形成呼應。且句意“它們中最老的一雙來自于唐代�！迸c上句句意符合。故選E。

七選五題目主要考查學生綜合的英語邏輯思維能力。一篇好的短文，不僅在內(nèi)容上要前后一致，而且還要語篇結構清晰，上下文邏輯意義嚴謹。內(nèi)容的前后一致體現(xiàn)在段內(nèi)及語篇內(nèi)話題的自然過渡。語篇結構主要體現(xiàn)為：文章是總分結構，還是按時間或空間順序發(fā)展的，還是辯證三段論的編排的。邏輯意義的嚴謹最主要的可以通過代詞、連詞和副詞等形式來體現(xiàn)。例如本文通過看首段及后續(xù)段落的小標題可知：這篇文章總體上是總分的形式，每個段落內(nèi)部都是圍繞本段的小標題展開的。本題中的第四題就可利用段落小標題間句式的一致性以及標題內(nèi)容與段落內(nèi)內(nèi)容一致的原則解題；第三題也是需要采用段落內(nèi)容與中心句一致的原則解題方法解題；第一、二、五題采用上下句邏輯關系的一致性解題。具體解題步驟參看詳解。所以拿到一篇文章，同學們首先要根據(jù)篇章類型與空格位置推斷使用什么方法解題，有助于加快解題速度。