Question

In the Western countries, especially in America, some social customs have lasted till today. For example, Ladies First, that is to say, women in these countries 1. (respect) in many ways.

In the USA, 2. in Europe, you will see men usually open doors for women, and women generally walk ahead of men into a room or restaurant, 3. the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or to give other services. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the side of the ladies 4. is closer to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between 5. .

If the host or hostess comes to fetch their guest for dinner in a car, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat free, as the host or hostess is also 6. driver. When the host shows the guest to the sitting room, most men 7. (seat) in the room will stand up if the guest is a lady. Generally speaking, younger ones are introduced to older ones first. The ladies in the sitting room will not stand up 8. the new comer is a man or a woman.

Though today it is the fact that the custom is followed by 9. (few) people than in the past, especially among the young people, women of all ages still want to keep the custom. Anyhow, 10. is believed that women are still respected in many ways in the Western countries.

 

Answer 1

1.are respected

2.as

3.unless

4.which / that

5.them

6.the

7.seated

8.whether

9.fewer

10.it

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要說明的是西方社會里的尊敬女性的風俗傳統，并通過舉例進行了詳細地說明。

1.1】are respected 本句是一個被動語態。句義：在很多方面在西方國家里女性都受到尊敬。根據句義說明表示的是被動的含義。

2. 本句是一個省略句，在as后面省略了it is；as引導的是一個方式狀語，意為“正如”；在美國，正如在歐洲一樣，你會看見男性為女性開門。

3. 在歐洲女性通常都走在男性的前面，除非男性不得不為女性選擇桌子，開門或者提供其他服務。根據句義本句中的unless表示“除非，如果…不…”，引導的是一個條件句。

4. 本句是一個定語從句，先行詞是the side，which指代先行詞在句中做主語。指男性在和女性走路的時候，總是走在靠近汽車的一邊。

5.

6. 本句中的the特指說話雙方都知道的那個司機，也就是來接客人的男女主人。

7. 本句中的seated是過去分詞轉換的形容詞，seat使…就坐；與前面的名詞most men構成被動關系，使用過去分詞轉換的形容詞作為后置定語。

8.whether 本句whether… or ….無論…還是…；引導的是一個讓步狀語從句。無論新來的人是男的還是女的，房間里的女性都不需要站起來。

9. 本句后面的than說明應該使用比較級的形式，指現在與過去相比較，遵守風俗習慣的人更少了。

10.10】it 考察固定句式It is believed that…人們認為….；句中的it是一個形式主語，真正的主語是后面的that引導的主語從句。

考點：考察說明文