Ⅲ. 语法填空

Giving hongbao, or red packets, during the Spring Festival or other important occasions is a long Chinese tradition. A red packet, usually a red envelope with money in it, 1. __________ (give) out to children by parents, grandparents, or relatives and friends as a way of wishing them good luck or good fortune.

According to the Internet, 2. __________ (compare) with the fat hongbao children got in previous years, red envelopes during this Spring Festival became fewer and 3. __________ (thin). For those children who had got a lot of money from their red envelopes in the past, the slim red packets they 4. __________ (receive) this year might lead to their complaints 5. __________ make them less happy during the festival.

However, fewer red packets stand for a positive social trend, 6. __________ should be encouraged. 7. __________ (hand) out red packets is a kind of expression of love to children, regardless of how much money they contain. With a large amount of 8. __________(luck) money during the Spring Festival, some children become moneybags over one night. Too much money won't be beneficial for children to make a wise choice 9. __________ saving and spending. In this reason, it is necessary 10. __________ (change) the way to express our feelings.

【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文。过年给孩子们发红包一直是中国的一项传统。不过, 一项互联网调查发现, 和往年相比, 今年的红包"扁"了, 这使一些孩子不高兴了。实际上, 红包里无论有多少钱都代表了长辈们的爱, 而且过多的钱对孩子而言并非好事。

1. 【解析】is given。考查时态和语态。分析句子结构可知, 本句主语是"A red packet", 与所给词give之间是被动关系, 故用被动语态形式, 从全篇时态来看应用一般现在时。

2. 【解析】compared。考查非谓语动词。根据句意可知, 此处是将今年的红包与往年的红包进行比较, 空格处与"the fat hongbao . . . in previous years"之间为动宾关系。故填compared。

3. 【解析】thinner。考查比较级。根据空格前的"fewer and"可知, 空格处应与"fewer"形式一致, 用比较级。故填thinner。

4. 【解析】received/have received。考查时态。根据句中的时间状语"this year"可知, 本句强调receive的动作已经发生。故填received/have received。

5. 【解析】and/or/which/that。考查连词。分析句子结构和句意可知, "make them less happy during the festival"可以作为定语从句, 修饰先行词"complaints", 故可填which/that; 同时可将此句看作是与"lead to their complaints"并列的成分, 故可填and/or。

6. 【解析】which。考查定语从句。根据句意和句子结构可知, 本句属于非限制性定语从句, 先行词为整个主句的内容, 在从句中作主语。故填which。

7. 【解析】Handing/To hand。考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知, 所给动词hand在句中作主语。v. -ing形式或不定式形式在句中均可作主语。故填Handing/To hand。

8. 【解析】lucky。考查词性转换。修饰名词应用形容词形式。

9. 【解析】between。考查介词。根据句意可知, 此处应填介词between, 强调在存钱和花钱之间做出选择。