Question

【題目】Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當?shù)膯卧~）

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】

本文是說明文。巧克力來源于一種熱帶植物可可樹的可可豆。開始是被做成調(diào)料，古瑪雅人用它賺錢或者做成飲料，十六世紀，西班牙人來到墨西哥，開始飲用可可豆，后來他們帶到歐洲，發(fā)現(xiàn)糖能夠去除苦味。在19世紀，一家英國公司做出了第一塊巧克力，后來一家瑞士公司把牛奶和巧克力混合在一起。

【1】句意：對我們來說，巧克力是糖果，但是它曾經(jīng)是一種藥。 根據(jù)下文介紹，巧克力在歷史上一度被當成藥品，故填once。

【2】句意：墨西哥人做成熱巧克力醬叫做摩爾，澆在雞肉上。 被稱作，用過去分詞called表示被動關(guān)系，故填called。

【3】句意：巧克力是一種熱帶的可可樹的產(chǎn)品。 根據(jù)下文介紹的是可可豆，可知道是熱帶樹木的產(chǎn)品，故填product。

【4】句意：瑪雅人是曾經(jīng)生活在墨西哥的古代人。 根據(jù)歷史常識可知，瑪雅人是古代的人，故填ancient。

【5】句意：一些瑪雅人用可可豆換錢，而另外的人種植可可豆制作苦的飲料。短語use sth. for sth.用某物做某事，表示目的用介詞for，故填for。

【6】句意：人們發(fā)現(xiàn)糖能夠去除可可豆的苦味。根據(jù)常識可知，bitter苦是一種味道，故填taste。