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PAGE 题组提分练四十　选修8　Unit 5 限时30分钟　见学生用书P387 语法填空　(原创)　 Every time a new year comes, people set out to better themselves. They promise they will lose weight, find a new job, 1.____________ maybe even take that vacation theyve talked about. But why do we make these 2.____________ (promise) to ourselves, and where did this tradition come from? Why does this tradition live on when so many people fail 3.____________ (keep) the resolutions (决心) they make? Well, we can start by blaming the ancient Babylonians. Around 4,000 years ago in Babylon, the earliest 4．____________ (record) celebration took place to honour the coming of a new year. Calendars (日历) werent the same as they are today, and a series of ceremonial events 5.____________ (hold) in late March and lasted 11 days. Resolutions continued with the Romans. When the early Roman calendar no longer synced up with (与……同步) the sun, Julius Caesar decided to make 6.____________ change. He 7.____________ (final) introduced the Julian calendar, 8.____________ more closely represented the modern calendar we use today. Caesar declared January 1 the first day of the year. Google launched a Resolution Map in 2013 where people could add resolutions and see others adding 9.____________ (they) in real time. However, no matter how many people participate in Googles project, only eight percent of people are 10.____________ (succeed) in sticking their resolutions out. 答案与解析　 【语篇解读】　为什么我们要在新年下决心？这一传统从何而来呢？为什么这么多人都坚持不了新年决心，这项传统还是不能延续下去呢？追根溯源，这要从古巴比伦人说起。 1．or　考查连词。设空前后的lose weight, find a new job和 maybe even take that vacation是选择关系，应用连词or。or “或者”。 2．promises　考查名词的数。设空前是these, 故设空处应填复数名词。 3．to keep　考查非谓语动词。fail to do sth.“不能做某事”。 4．recorded　考查非谓语动词。设空处所填词在句中作定语修饰名词celebration，应用非谓语动词。record与celebration是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词作定语。the_earliest_recorded_celebration“最早的有记载的庆祝仪式”。 5．were held　考查动词时态语态和主谓一致。设空处所填谓语动词与and后的谓语动词lasted时态一致，应用一般过去时；主语events与hold是被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态，且谓语动词应用复数形式，故填were held。hold(举行)—held—held。 6．a　考查冠词。make a change “做出改变”。