Question

   You can buy chewing gum in nearly every country of the world.① But it wasn’t always like that.

   The American Indians were the first people to chew gum. This gum came from a special tree that grew on their land. In 1848,a sailor called John Curtis began selling it. He was the first person to sell chewing gum. The gum he sold cost just a few cents for two pieces. It became popular very quickly even though it was very hard to chew.② Nowadays,other things are added to the gum to make it soft and sweet.

   By 1890,there were hundreds of different chewing gums. The most famous name in chewing gum,however,is probably William Wrigley. He spent a lot of money in advertising and even sent free pieces of gum to children on their birthdays.③ He also said that chewing gum helped people work better and that it stopped people from feeling tired.

   Although today many millions of people chew gum,not everyone thinks it is a good thing to do. Many people think it is dirty. The Singapore government does not allow people to buy chewing gum. One reason for this is that when some people have chewed all the taste out of their piece of gum,they take it out of their mouths and put it on to the backs of seats or other places.

1. 請將①處翻譯成漢語。

2. 請根據②處內容完成下面句子。(每空一詞) 

People make chewing gum soft and sweet something to it.

3. 把③處改為直接引語。(每空一詞) 

He also said, “Chewing gum people work better and it people from feeling tired. ”

Answer 1

  本文主要介紹的是口香糖的發展歷史。起初的口香糖 來自一種特殊的樹，名叫John Curtis的海員是第一個賣口香 糖的人，后來口香糖發展成幾百種不同的種類。現在許多人 都嚼口香糖，但并不是每一個人都覺得嚼口香糖是件好事。 

1. 但是過去并非如此。/但是過去和現在的情況不一樣。

2. by; adding by意為“通過”，表示方式、方法，后接動詞 的-ing形式;add意為“增加，添加”，根據上一空所填的 by可知，應填adding。

3. helps;stops動名詞作主語時，謂語動詞用單數第二人稱形式;第二空的主語是it ,謂語動詞也用單數第三人稱 形式。