4．The wild population of koalas is in danger of dying away.

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　　答案：away→out　die out "灭绝"。

　　5．She was pleased with the way which he had accepted her criticism.

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　　答案：which前加in或which→that或去掉which　the way作先行词，且在定语从句中作状语时，其引导词有三种形式：in which或that或不填。

　　Ⅲ.语法填空

　　Hongbao, a red envelope with small amounts of money in, is a gift that is warmly received, not only because of the money, but also because of its __1__(tradition) symbolism and best wishes for the future. This is true throughout China, __2__(especial) in the south where people regard receiving hongbao __3__an auspicious (吉祥的) beginning of the New Year.

　　Legend has it that a devil used to appear to harm children and the elderly. But loud noise would frighten __4__devil away, as did the color red.

　　Firecrackers made the noise __5__the Spring Festival couplets (对联) also helped keep him away. But firecrackers couldn't go off all day, so children and the elderly also got hongbao, red envelopes __6__(contain) money.

　　The tradition __7__(survive) millennia and giving hongbao to children and the elderly remains popular among Chinese people all over the world. It has also made its way into workplaces where bosses often give __8__(employ) hongbao and most recently, companies have adopted online marketing strategies __9__hongbao is distributed, hoping that companies and staff members have a good start. Giving hongbao at the beginning of the Lunar New Year __10__(mean) best wishes for the future.

　　1．________ 　2.________ 　3.________ 　4.________ 　5.________ 　6.________ 　7.________ 　8.________ 　9.________ 　10.________

　　篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。全文主要介绍了红包的由来及其所表征的意义。

　　1．traditional　考查词性转换。根据空后的名词symbolism可知，应用形容词。

　　2．especially　考查词性转换。especially "尤其"，在句中作状语，起强调作用。

　　3．as　考查介词。regard ... as ..."把......当作是......"。

　　4．the　考查冠词。此处指上文提到的"devil"，故用定冠词the。

　　5．and　考查连词。根据空格前后内容可知，应用and连接两个并列的句子。

　　6．containing　考查非谓语动词。envelopes与contain为逻辑上的主谓关系，故用现在分词作后置定语。

　　7．has survived　考查动词的时态。此处强调这个传统从过去开始，并且对现在仍有影响，故用现在完成时。

　　8．employees　考查词性转换。老板常常给员工们发红包。give sb. sth. "给某人某物"，故用名词。employee表示"雇员"，为可数名词，应用复数形式表泛指。

　　9．where　考查定语从句的引导词。本句中，"__9__ hongbao is distributed"是定语从句，修饰表抽象地点意义的先行词online marketing strategies，关系词在从句中作状语，表地点，故填关系副词where。

10．means　考查主谓一致。所填词在句中作谓语，句子的主语为动名词短语"Giving