Question

【題目】

In China, children like to make promises by hooking pinkies(用小手指拉鉤)with each other and saying, "A pinkie promise must be kept for 100 years. ”Then, they may press their thumbs (按拇指)together to _______ the promise. Sometimes, couples will hook pinkies and promise to be _______ together.

How did the pinkie promise come out? Some say it comes from a nursery thyme(童謠). Others say it was introduced from the West-born out of a love _______ where a man and a woman hooked fingers.

It is said that it may have something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese _______. The Chinese character (漢字) for "finger" also means "aim"-people's thoughts. So hooking fingers can be seen as the exchanging of thoughts. Therefore, the fingers _______ an important role in making a promise: they can not only be used to complete a promise, but also be cut _______ making a blood promise. _______ someone swears to heaven (對天發(fā)誓), they use their fingers to point to the sky.

Generally, hooking fingers means making a _______ promise. In some movies, if a person breaks a promise, he may even have his little finger _______ ! Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in the ________ world. But we can still see how important "pinkie promises" can be.

【1】A. completeB. keepC. holdD. remember

【2】A. everB. stillC. alwaysD. just

【3】A. lifeB. storyC. signD. secret

【4】A. valueB. societyC. mindD. culture

【5】A. showB. playC. shareD. produce

【6】A. withoutB. throughC. forD. by

【7】A. AfterB. BeforeC. UntilD. When

【8】A. seriousB. necessaryC. privateD. successful

【9】A. cut throughB. cut offC. cut upD. cut down

【10】A. openB. wholeC. futureD. real

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】

文章主要介紹了用小手指拉鉤承諾、保證一些事情，及可能的由來和在現(xiàn)實中的使用情況。

【1】句意：然后，他們按手指來完成承諾。考查動詞辨析．A完成；B保持；C堅持；C記得；根據(jù)A pinkie promise must be kept for 100years． "Then， they may press their thumbs （按拇指）together to 一個小承諾必須維持100年．"然后，他們可以把拇指壓在一起應(yīng)該是完成這個承諾，故答案是A。

【2】句意：有時，夫妻會用小手指拉鉤并且承諾總是在一起。考查副詞辨析．A曾經(jīng)；B仍然；C總是；D只，剛；根據(jù)前面 couples will hook pinkies and promise夫妻拉勾勾，應(yīng)該是承諾永遠(yuǎn)在一起，故答案是C。

【3】句意：其他人說這來自西方愛情故事，故事中男主和女主拉鉤�？疾槊�詞辨析．A生活；B故事；C標(biāo)志；D秘密；根據(jù)前面說Some say it comes from a nursery thyme有人說可能來自童謠，后面應(yīng)該說應(yīng)該來自后面是愛情應(yīng)該是愛情故事，故答案是B。

【4】句意：據(jù)說他可能和中國文化中手指的作用有關(guān)�？疾槊�詞辨析．A價值；B社會；C語音；D文化；根據(jù) It is said that it may have something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese 據(jù)說它可能與手指的作用有關(guān)．應(yīng)該是在中國文化中，故答案是D。

【5】句意：所以，手指在完成承諾中起到重要的作用�？疾閯釉~辨析．A展示；B玩；C分享；D生產(chǎn)；根據(jù)題干，應(yīng)該是固定短語play an important role in在…中起重要作用，故答案是B。

【6】句意：它們不僅被用于完成承諾，還切破手指用于歃血為盟�？疾榻樵~辨析．A沒有；B通過；C為…；D由；根據(jù)they can not only be used to complete a promise， but also be cut ______making a blood promise他們不僅可以用來完成承諾，也可以用來做一個承諾．表目的，故答案是C。

【7】句意：當(dāng)某人對天發(fā)誓時，他們用手指著天�？疾檫B詞辨析．A在…之后；B在…之前；C直到；D當(dāng)…時；根據(jù)someone swears to heaven （對天發(fā)誓）， they use their fingers to point to the sky．某人對天發(fā)誓，用手指著天，應(yīng)該是用when來引導(dǎo)時間狀語，故答案是D。

【8】句意：一般說來，拉鉤意味著做出嚴(yán)肅的承諾�？疾樾稳菰~辨析．A嚴(yán)肅的；B必要的；C私人的；D成功的；根據(jù)Generally， hooking fingers means making a______promise一般來說，鉤住手指意味著做出______承諾，結(jié)合后面打破會砍手指，應(yīng)該是嚴(yán)肅的承諾，故答案是A。

【9】句意：在一些電影中，如果一個人打錯諾言，他可能被切掉一段手指�？疾槎陶Z辨析．A穿過，擠進(jìn)；B切除，切斷；C切碎，砍傷；D把…砍掉，割掉；根據(jù)In some movies， if a person breaks a promise， he may even have his little finger在電視中，如果打破誓言，一般會砍掉手指，故答案是B。

【10】句意：當(dāng)然，這種事情不可能發(fā)生在真實的世界�？疾樾稳菰~辨析．A打開的；B全部的；C未來的；D真的；根據(jù)前面In some movies在電影中，會砍手指，可知這里是對比，在現(xiàn)實中一般不會這么辦，故答案是D。