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Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy 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 Comell University think that it is because spice plants contain some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria which spoil food. "Most common spices like garlic, onion, and hot peppers can kill 75 to 100 percent of the bacteria in food." Explains one of the biologists. 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 or mild? 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 refrigerators, 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 refrigerators and freezers, the spices just make the food taste good.
(1)The chemicals in spices keep food from spoiling by
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A. making food taste better
B. making food hotter
C. killing bacteria in food
D. preventing bacteria getting into food
(2)The word "hot" in the expression "hot food" means ________.
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A. the same as in "some hot countries"
B. the same as in "hot pepper"
C. the food has been heated
D. the food has been cooked
(3)Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates because ________.
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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
(4)People seldom enjoy hot peppers in ________.
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A. Canada |
B. Mexico |
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C. India |
D. the Arab Gulf |
(5)Spices are useful in all the following things except ________.
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A. taking the place of refrigerators
B. helping you to live longer
C. helping to keep you healthier
D. making your food taste better
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Can you make a telephone call? Of course you can make it in Chinese but I don' t know whether you can in English. The call in English is quite different from what it is in Chinese.
If you want to ask someone to answer the telephone, you can not say, "Please ask Mr....to answer the telephone." Instead, you must say, "May I speak to Mr....?" If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you should say, "Who is that? Is that Mr....(speaking)?" instead of "Who are you?" If you want to tell the other one who you are, you must say, "This is...(speaking)." Instead of "I'm..."
(1)A Chinese telephone call is _______ an English one.
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A. as good as
B. the same as
C. better than
D. different from
(2)If you want to know who is answering the call, you should say, "_____"?
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A. What's your telephone number
B. Who is speaking over there
C. Who are you speaking
D. Who is that
(3)When you want to tell who you are on the telephone, you must say, "______"?
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A. This is... |
B. I'm... |
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C. That's... |
D. My name is... |
(4)If you want to ask Mr. Smith to answer the call, you should say, "______"?
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A. May I speak to Mr. Smith
B. Are you Mr. Smith, please
C. Is Mr. Smith answering the call
D. Could I ask Mr. Smith to answer the call
(5)The passage is about how to ______________.
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A. talk with an English
B. tell something to somebody
C. make a telephone call
D. speak well in English
