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【題目】

A. longer B. connection C. percent D. easily F. getting into

Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy（辛辣的）food? Is it because the spaces（調(diào)味品）make the food taste better? Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food, or is there some 【1】 between spices and healthy food?

Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria which spoil food.

“Most common spaces can kill 75 to 100 【2】 of the bacteria in food,” explains one of the scientists. The bacteria grow more 【3】 and spoil food more quickly at higher temperatures. For this reason, it is more difficult to keep food frown spoiling in hot climates.

Do you like your food spicy? Your answer probably tells something about the country you come from. If you like spicy food, it is possible that hundreds of years ago, when there were no fridge, people in your country started using spaces to keep the food from spoiling. The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live 【4】, healthier lives. Today, in a time of the fridge, the spaces just make the food taste good.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

本文介紹的是人們?yōu)槭裁聪矚g吃辛辣的食物：過去是為了殺死細(xì)菌，而現(xiàn)在只是為了讓食物更美味。

【1】句意：在辛辣與健康的食物之間有一些聯(lián)系嗎？

Connection聯(lián)系，前文對人們喜歡吃辛辣食物的原因進(jìn)行了一些猜測，結(jié)合本句后半部分“between spices and healthy food?”在辛辣與健康的食物之間，可知是兩者之間的聯(lián)系。故選B。

【2】句意：大多數(shù)常見的調(diào)味品可以殺死食物中75%到100%的細(xì)菌。

依據(jù)本句 “of the bacteria in food,” 食物中細(xì)菌的，of表從屬關(guān)系，結(jié)合前面的數(shù)字75到100，可知是食物中75%到100%的細(xì)菌。故選C。

【3】句意：氣溫越高細(xì)菌越容易生長，導(dǎo)致食物越快的變質(zhì)。

Easily容易地，依據(jù)后面的more quickly，是副詞的比較級，結(jié)合前面有單詞more, 可知是more+副詞原級，形成副詞的比較級，越……，越……，意為“細(xì)菌越容易生長，食物越快的變質(zhì)”；另外所給單詞選項(xiàng)中只有easily為副詞的原級，故選D。

【4】句意：這些傳統(tǒng)的食物幫助這些人活的更長久，更健康。

前句提到“當(dāng)沒有冰箱時，你們國家人用調(diào)味品來防止食物變質(zhì)”，食物不變質(zhì)，結(jié)合本句“healthier lives”，前面也應(yīng)用一個比較級，形成對應(yīng)；所以應(yīng)該是 longer，故答案為A。

選詞填空，要求根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)和語境選擇合適的單詞填空，使句意通順、文意連貫，本題主要考查單詞形式，這類題目難度不大，重點(diǎn)是掌握句意，在理解的基礎(chǔ)上把握句子時態(tài)，從而判斷句子所缺的單詞。