Question

  Many people of the early times believed that by eating an animal they could get some of the good qualities of that animal for themselves. They thought,1       ，that eating a deer would make them run like a deer. Some people believed that eating enemies who had 2        bravery in the battle would make them brave. The practice of eating human flesh might have started because people were 3        to become as strong and brave as their enemies.

Many people once thought that ginger roots (姜根) by some magical power could 4        the memory. Eggs were thought to 5        the voice pretty. Tomatoes were 6        believed to have magical powers. They were called love apples and were believed to make people who ate them fall in 7       .

Later,another wrong idea about tomatoes 8       The idea was that they were poisonous (有毒的) .How 9       the people who thought tomatoes were poisonous would be if they could know that millions of tomatoes were given to the soldiers abroad 10        the Second World War.

Even today there are still a great many 11        ideas about food. Some of them are found in many places. One 12       idea is that fish is the best brain food. But no one has been able to 13        that fish is better for the brain than many other kinds of food. 14       such idea is that people should not drink water with meals. Washing food down with water instead of chewing it is not a good idea,but some water with meals has been found to be 15       It helps to digest (消化) the food.

(   ) 1. A. for example   B. in fact   C. in general   D. later on

(   ) 2. A. seen   B. shown   C. found   D. realized

(   ) 3. A. excited   B. pleased   C. worried   D. anxious

(   ) 4. A. improve   B. help   C. use   D. make

(   ) 5. A. leave   B. let   C. get   D. make

(   ) 6. A. also   B. too   C. either   D. neither

(   ) 7. A. likeness   B. enjoyment   C. love   D. friendship

(   ) 8. A. used up   B. thought of   C. thought about   D. grew up

(   ) 9. A. bored   B. terrified   C. surprised   D. interested

(   ) 10. A. through   B. of   C. before   D. during

(   ) 11. A. right   B. wrong   C. good   D. true

(   ) 12. A. so   B. such   C. what   D. how

(   ) 13. A. say   B. show   C. find   D. think

(   ) 14. A. Other   B. Others   C. Another   D. The other

(   ) 15. A. wonderful   B. useless   C. helpful   D. thankful

Answer 1

1. A 后面是舉例說明前面的觀點，所以用for example"例如"的意思。

2. B show bravery是固定搭配，"表現勇敢"的意思，show的過去分詞為shown。

3. D be anxious to do sth"急于干某事"，符合上文的內容。

4. A 與memory (記憶力) 相匹配的詞應該是"提高",improve the memory"提高記憶力”。

5. D "使……怎么樣"，"使得"用make。

6. A 表示遞進關系，用"也"，句中用also。

7. C 固定詞組fall in love"墜人愛河中"，因為前面提到了love apples。

8. D grow up在這里是"發展"的意思。

9. C 根據下文，有人認為西紅柿有毒，但在二戰期間卻給士兵吃了很多，這會使人們感到多么驚訝！

10. D "在戰爭期間"，表示"在……期間"用during 。

11. B 從下文可以判定這些觀點是錯誤的，故選B 

12. B"這樣的觀點"，"觀點"是名詞，"這樣的" 用such;而so (這樣的) 是用來修飾形容詞或副詞的。

13. B show"表明"。

14. C 多個物體中的"另一個"用another。

15. C 前一句講用水吞食物沒有咀嚼好，中間用but轉折，說明有時吃飯喝水有幫助，故選C。