专题8 语法填空_8

（2016·全国新课标III）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
 
In much of Asia,especially the so-called＂rice bowl＂ cultures of China,Japan,Korea,【小题1】 Vietnam,food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
 
Chopsticks are usually two long,thin pieces of wood or bamboo.They can also be made of plastic,animal bone or metal.Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic.Truly elegant chopsticks might【小题2】 (make)of gold and silver with Chinese characters.Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal 【小题3】 (create)special designs.
 
The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years.People probably cooked their food in large pots, 【小题4】(use)twigs(树枝)to remove it.Over time,【小题5】 thepopulation grew,people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.
 
Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 【小题6】(gradual)turned into chopsticks.
 
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 【小题7】 lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C.,influenced the 【小题8】 (develop)of chopsticks.Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and【小题9】(be)too violent for use at the table.
 
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia.In India,for example,most people traditionally eat  【小题10】their hands.