Ⅰ.语法填空
Chopsticks (kuaizi) are a pair of small equallength tapered (锥形) sticks __1__ (use) for eating food in China. __2__ (usual) they are made of wood and sometimes they are made of other materials. The recorded history of eating with chopsticks __3__ (start) more than three thousand years ago. The earliest evidence of a pair of chopsticks __4__ (find) from Yin ruins in Anyang, Henan province, dating back to roughly 1200 BC.
Chopsticks play __5__ important role in Chinese food culture. Chinese chopsticks are usually 9 to 10 __6__ (inch) long. __7__ (they) two ends are usually different, one of which is round on the eating end, symbolizing the sky and the other end is square, symbolizing the earth. __8__ (maintain) an adequate food supply is one of the greatest concerns between the sky and the earth.
Chopsticks are so frequently used in daily life __9__ they have developed a set of customs of their own since they were born. For example, there is an old Chinese custom making chopsticks part of a girl's dowry (嫁妆), since the pronunciation of kuaizi is similar __10__ that of the words for “快” and “子”．
