题目内容
14.Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy(辛辣的)food?Is it because the spices make the food taste better?Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food,or is there some connection between spices and healthy food?Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals(化学物质).These chemicals can kill bacteria(细菌)which spoil food.
"Most common spices can kill 75to 100percent of the bacteria in food,"explains one of the scientists.The bacteria grow more easily and spoil food more quickly at higher temperatures.For this reason,it is more difficult to keep food from 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 fridges,people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling.The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live longer,healthier lives.Today,in a time of fridges,the spices just make the food taste good.
34.The chemicals in spices keep food from spoiling byC.
A.making food taste better
B.making food hotter
C.killing bacteria in food
D.preventing bacteria getting into food
35.Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates becauseB.
A.high temperature makes more bacteria
B.high temperature helps bacteria grow faster
C.bacteria get used to hot food
D.bacteria spoil food only at high temperature
36.According to the passage,spices are useful in an the following things exceptA.
A.replacing fridges
B.helping you to live longer
C.helping to keep you healthier
D.making your food taste better.
分析 生活在一些热带国家的人为什么吃很辣的食物?是因为辛辣使食物味道更好吗?这只是因为他们的父母和祖父母和外祖父母喜欢热的食物,或者辛辣调味料和健康食品之间有某种联系吗?
来自康奈尔大学的研究人员认为这是因为辛辣植物中有一些重要的化学物质.这些化学物质可以杀死破坏食物的细菌.
最常用的辛辣调味料可以杀死食物中的百分之七十五到百分之百的细菌."其中的一个科学家解释到.在更高的温度下,细菌生长更容易和更迅速地破坏食物.出于这个原因,在炎热的气候里防止食物变质更难.
你喜欢辛辣食物吗?你的答案可能会告诉你来自的国家的一些情况.如果你喜欢辛辣的食物,数百年前这是可能的,当没有冰箱的时候,你们国家的人开始使用辛辣调味料来防止食物腐烂.传统的辛辣的菜肴帮助人们过上更长寿、更健康的生活.今天,在冰箱的时代,辛辣使食物尝起来味道更好.
解答 34.C.细节考理题,根据These chemicals can kill bacteria(细菌)which spoil food,可知它们可以杀死食物中的细菌,故选C.
35.B.细节理解题.根据The bacteria grow more easily and spoil food more quickly at higher temperatures,可知气温越高细菌越容易越快生长,从而导致食物的变质,故选B.
36.A.细节理解题.根据The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live longer,healthier lives.Today,in a time of fridges,the spices just make the food taste good.可知.传统的辛辣的菜肴帮助人们过上更长寿、更健康的生活.今天,在冰箱的时代,辛辣使食物尝起来味道更好.可知选项BCD的说法都是正确的.选项A,replacing fridges,代替冰箱的说法是错误的.故选A.
点评 本篇是一篇健康环保类阅读短文.主要介绍辛辣食物.阅读时,首先对原文材料迅速浏览,掌握全文的主旨大意,在速读的过程中,应尽可能多地捕获信息材料.其次,细读题材,各个击破.掌握全文的大意之后,细细阅读每篇材料后的问题,弄清每题要求后,带着问题,再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息.
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