2017届高考英语一轮复习考点全接触：section 15 语法填空（含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习考点全接触：section 15 语法填空（含解析）

　　(2016·全国)In much of Asia，especially the so－called “rice bowl” cultures of China，Japan，Korea，__1__Vietnam，food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

　　Chopsticks are usually two long，thin pieces of wood or bamboo.They can also be made of plastic，animal bone or metal.Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic.Truly elegant chopsticks might__2__(make)of gold and silver with Chinese characters.Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal __3__(create)special designs.

　　The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years.People probably cooked their food in large pots, __4__(use)twigs(树枝)to remove it.Over time，__5__the population grew，people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

　　Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which__6__(gradual)turned into chopsticks.

　　Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius，__7__lived from roughly 551 to 479 B．C.，influenced the__8__(develop)of chopsticks.Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and __9__(be)too violent for use at the table.

　　Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia.In India，for example，most people traditionally eat 10__their hands.

　　(2016·四川高考)The giant panda__1__(love) by people throughout the world.Chinese scientists __2__(recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby.She was a very __3__(care)mother.For 25 days，she never left her baby，not even to find something __4__(eat)！She would not let any other pandas come near.She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean.Any smell might attract natural __5__(enemy)that would try to eat the little panda.The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does.__6__it cried，she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats.The mother continued to care for the young panda __7__more than two years.By that time，the panda no longer needed __8__(it)mother for food.However，it stayed with her and learned about the ways of the forest.Then，after two and a half years，the mother __9__(drive)the young panda away.It was time for her to have a new baby，__10__it was also time for the young panda to be independent.