Question

【題目】 What can be both red or green, round or sharp, big or small, and more importantly, loved or hated by someone？Yes, the answer is chilies. Humans are the only animals to eat Chilies, even though they sometimes cause us discomfort.

About 600 million of Chinese, almost half of the national population, are chili eaters. However, did you know that this spicy （辣的）vegetable could put you in danger？A 34-year-old US man recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper, the spiciest chili people have known so far. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following days, reported BBC News.

It is a fact that eating spicy food causes stomachache and headache. But if chilies are truly harmful, why do people like to eat this vegetable？So what makes people love chilies so much？The secret lies in a natural chemical reaction within human bodies. After eating chilies, the human body reacts to some natural chemicals that produce “a sense of happiness”, noted BBC News.

What’s more, chilies do good to people in another way. Scientists found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The death rate is 14 percent lower for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. This encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and bring less death risk at an early age So, don’t worry if you love spicy food．It seems that chilies are actually good for us．

【1】What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A.The US man died in hospital．

B.Eating chilies can be dangerous．

C.The US man often had headaches．

D.BBC news warns people not to eat chilies.

【2】People like to eat chilies because　 　．

A.they can get personal enjoyment．

B.the chili is a kind of vegetable．

C.chilies do no harm to people．

D.people might feel unhappy

【3】What does the underlined word “encourage” mean?

A.勇氣B.鼓勵C.沉迷D.導(dǎo)致

【4】Which of the following statements is true?

A.Those who often suffer stomachache can feel better if they eat chilies.

B.Whether people live longer or not depends on eating chilies.

C.It seems that people who often eat chilies live longer.

D.Those who don’t eat chilies live longer than those who do.

【5】Which of the following can be the best title?

A.Eating Chilies, A Healthy Lifestyle

B.Chili-A Harmful Vegetable

C.A Loved and Hated Vegetable

D.Love for Chilies

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】

本文講述了一種人們又愛又恨的蔬菜——辣椒。吃辛辣食物會引起胃痛和頭痛，但是食用辣椒后，人體會對一些天然化學(xué)物質(zhì)產(chǎn)生“幸福感”。一周吃六到七次辛辣食物的人的死亡率要比常人低14%。這鼓勵人們多吃辣的食物來改善健康，減少過早死亡的風(fēng)險。

【1】段落大意題。根據(jù)“A 34-year-old US man …After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following days, reported BBC News．”可知一個34歲的美國人吃了辣椒，在接下來的幾天里患上了嚴重的頭痛，可推測出吃辣椒是很危險的。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“After eating chilies, the human body reacts to some natural chemicals that produce “a sense of happiness”, noted BBC News．”可知BBC新聞指出，食用辣椒后，人體會對一些天然化學(xué)物質(zhì)產(chǎn)生“幸福感”。故選A。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)“The death rate is 14 percent lower for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week．”可知一周吃六到七次辛辣食物的人的死亡率要比常人低14%，可推測出這個單詞是“鼓勵”的意思，故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“It is a fact that eating spicy food causes stomachache and headache．”可知吃辛辣食物會引起胃痛和頭痛，這是事實，與選項A不符，所以排除A；根據(jù)“This encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and bring less death risk at an early age”可知多吃辣的食物來改善健康，減少過早死亡的風(fēng)險，并沒有說人們是否長壽取決于吃辣椒，與選項B不符，所以排除B；根據(jù)“The death rate is 14 percent lower for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week”可知一周吃六到七次辛辣食物的人的死亡率要比常人低14%，與選項C相符，與選項D不符，所以排除選項D，故選C。

【5】最佳標題。根據(jù)“It is a fact that eating spicy food causes stomachache and headache．”可知吃辛辣食物會引起胃痛和頭痛，人們不喜歡，再根據(jù)“It seems that chilies are actually good for us．”可知看起來辣椒對我們有好處。可推測出本文講述了一種人們既愛又恨的蔬菜，故選C。