Question

In China, Mother^’s Day is becoming more popular, and carnations（康乃馨）are a very popular gift. In 1997  48  was set as the day to help poor mothers, specially to remind people  49_ the poor mothers in rural areas. In the People^’s Daily,  50_ article explained that “despite originating in the United States, people in China take the holiday   51   it goes in line with（符合） the country^’s traditional ethics（道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn)）—respect to the elderly and filial piety（子女的孝順）to parents.” In recent years many people began 52  advocate for the official adoption of Mother^’s Day  53  memory of Meng Mu, the mother of Meng Zi, and some officials even formed a non-governmental organization called Chinese Mothers^’ Festival Promotion Society, with the support 100 Confucian scholars and lecturers of ethics. They also ask to replace the Western gift of carnations with lilies（百合花),   54_, were planted by Chinese mothers  55 children left home in ancient times.

Answer 1

小題1:it     
小題2:of    
小題3:an     
小題4:because/as
小題5:to     
小題6:in     
小題7:which    
小題8:when/whose

試題分析：
小題1:it     本句的it就是指代上文出現(xiàn)的同一名詞Mother^’s Day.
小題2:of    固定詞組remind sb of sth提醒某人某事。
小題3:an     名詞article是一個可數(shù)名詞，故使用an對它進(jìn)行修飾。
小題4:because/as 上下文是因果關(guān)系，中國人接受這個節(jié)日是因?yàn)樗�符合中國人的傳統(tǒng)。
小題5:to     固定搭配begin to do sth可數(shù)做某事。
小題6:in     固定短語in memory of紀(jì)念…；為了紀(jì)念孟母。
小題7:which  本句是定語從句，which指代先行詞lilies在句中做主語。
小題8:when/whose 本句連用使用定語從句,關(guān)系代詞whose指代先行詞在句中做定語；也可以使用狀語從句，用when引導(dǎo)，當(dāng)孩子離開家的時(shí)候。
點(diǎn)評：要求考生有較強(qiáng)的語法分析能力和很強(qiáng)的詞匯運(yùn)用能力，能根據(jù)上下文的語義串聯(lián)選擇合適的語法和詞匯完成句子，保持上下文語義的通暢。