天天向上独家原创 选 词 填 空 （ 12 选 10） 练 习 题 用 方 框 中 所 给 单 词 的 正 确 形 式 填 空 ， 其 中 有 两 个 词 是 多 余 的 。 1. carry be direction later one something along sell by another centuryother Why is"buy things"in Chinese spoken as maidongxi(buy east and west), but not mainanbei (buy south and north)? One theory(假 说 ) says maidongxi has 1_______ to do with the five elements(要 素 ): jin (metal), mu (wood), shui( water), huo (fire) and tu (earth ). In Chinese culture, the four 2________ have to do with these elements. East matches wood, west matches metal, southmatches fire, and north matches water. If someone carries nan(south)and bei(north)in a basket, it means to 3_______ water and fire, which is not evenpossible. But if one puts dong(east )and xi(west)in one’s basket, of course they can carry metal and wood. There are also more common explanations. One says that in the Tang Dynasty(唐代), here 4________two popular markets in Chang’an, the capital China at thattime. One was called the East Market, and the 5_______ was called the West Market. When shopping, people usuallywent to the 天天向上独家原创 East Market 6_______, and then went to the West Market. As time went 7_______,people started todescribe shopping as "buying east and west” . The last theory is about Chinas trading history. Around the 5th 8________ , China began trading with the world, andmostof its foreign goods (货 物 ) happened to come from the east (Japan)and the west(Arabia). Markets 9________ “thing from the east and west ”. It was short for"east and west" 10____________. Which theory do you prefer? 2. he writer famous encourage get dieas year terrible later until since Mao Dun was ...
