Passage 1
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
As the New Year begins, many people across the globe celebrate the calendar change with a sweet cake ____1____（know）as the “king cake”. It is indeed a tradition to eat pies and cakes ____2____ (contain) little “prizes.”
【答案】1. known
2. containing
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍世界各地许多人用一种被称为“国王蛋糕”的甜蛋糕来庆祝新年。
【1题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：随着新年的开始，世界各地的许多人用一种被称为“国王蛋糕”的甜蛋糕来庆祝日历的改变。be known as以……著称；众所周知的……，修饰名词sweet cake，所以用过去分词形式。故填known。
【2题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：吃带有小“奖品”的馅饼和蛋糕确实是一个传统。名词pies and cakes和contain之间为主动关系，所以用现在分词作定语。故填containing。
