Question

【题目】

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（调味品）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】

本文介绍的是人们为什么喜欢吃辛辣的食物：过去是为了杀死细菌，而现在只是为了让食物更美味。

【1】句意：在辛辣与健康的食物之间有一些联系吗？

Connection联系，前文对人们喜欢吃辛辣食物的原因进行了一些猜测，结合本句后半部分“between spices and healthy food?”在辛辣与健康的食物之间，可知是两者之间的联系。故选B。

【2】句意：大多数常见的调味品可以杀死食物中75%到100%的细菌。

依据本句 “of the bacteria in food,” 食物中细菌的，of表从属关系，结合前面的数字75到100，可知是食物中75%到100%的细菌。故选C。

【3】句意：气温越高细菌越容易生长，导致食物越快的变质。

Easily容易地，依据后面的more quickly，是副词的比较级，结合前面有单词more, 可知是more+副词原级，形成副词的比较级，越……，越……，意为“细菌越容易生长，食物越快的变质”；另外所给单词选项中只有easily为副词的原级，故选D。

【4】句意：这些传统的食物帮助这些人活的更长久，更健康。

前句提到“当没有冰箱时，你们国家人用调味品来防止食物变质”，食物不变质，结合本句“healthier lives”，前面也应用一个比较级，形成对应；所以应该是 longer，故答案为A。

选词填空，要求根据句意结构和语境选择合适的单词填空，使句意通顺、文意连贯，本题主要考查单词形式，这类题目难度不大，重点是掌握句意，在理解的基础上把握句子时态，从而判断句子所缺的单词。