Question

【题目】Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的单词）

We think of chocolate as something sweet. However, long time ago, people thought of chocolate as something very bitter. For us, chocolate is a candy, but o【1】 it was a medicine. Today, chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen, dessert, or just a snack. Sometimes it’s an ingredient in the main course of a meal. Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce c【2】 mole and pour it over chicken. The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices like chili peppers.

Chocolate is a p【3】 of the tropical cacao tree. Cacao beans taste so bitter that even monkeys say “ugh!” and run away. The word chocolate comes from a Mayan: word. The Mayas were an a【4】 people who once lived in Mexico. They valued the cacao tree. Some of the Mayas used cacao beans. f【5】 money, while others ground them to make a bitter drink.

When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the 16th century, they started drinking cacao, too. Because the drink was strong and bitter, they thought it was a medicine. When the Spaniards took the drink back to Europe, people discovered that sugar removed the bitter t【6】 of cacao. Wealthy Spaniards heated the sweet drink and thought that it was good for their health. In the 19th century, an English company made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate. Now people could both drink and eat chocolate. Later, a Swiss company mixed milk and chocolate together. People liked the taste of milk chocolate even better. (248 words)

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】once

【2】called

【3】product

【4】ancient

【5】for

【6】taste

【解析】

本文是说明文。巧克力来源于一种热带植物可可树的可可豆。开始是被做成调料，古玛雅人用它赚钱或者做成饮料，十六世纪，西班牙人来到墨西哥，开始饮用可可豆，后来他们带到欧洲，发现糖能够去除苦味。在19世纪，一家英国公司做出了第一块巧克力，后来一家瑞士公司把牛奶和巧克力混合在一起。

【1】句意：对我们来说，巧克力是糖果，但是它曾经是一种药。 根据下文介绍，巧克力在历史上一度被当成药品，故填once。

【2】句意：墨西哥人做成热巧克力酱叫做摩尔，浇在鸡肉上。 被称作，用过去分词called表示被动关系，故填called。

【3】句意：巧克力是一种热带的可可树的产品。 根据下文介绍的是可可豆，可知道是热带树木的产品，故填product。

【4】句意：玛雅人是曾经生活在墨西哥的古代人。 根据历史常识可知，玛雅人是古代的人，故填ancient。

【5】句意：一些玛雅人用可可豆换钱，而另外的人种植可可豆制作苦的饮料。短语use sth. for sth.用某物做某事，表示目的用介词for，故填for。

【6】句意：人们发现糖能够去除可可豆的苦味。根据常识可知，bitter苦是一种味道，故填taste。