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 后面是举例说明前面的观点，所以用for example"例如"的意思。

2. B show bravery是固定搭配，"表现勇敢"的意思，show的过去分词为shown。

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

4. A 与memory (记忆力) 相匹配的词应该是"提高",improve the memory"提高记忆力”。

5. D "使……怎么样"，"使得"用make。

6. A 表示递进关系，用"也"，句中用also。

7. C 固定词组fall in love"坠人爱河中"，因为前面提到了love apples。

8. D grow up在这里是"发展"的意思。

9. C 根据下文，有人认为西红柿有毒，但在二战期间却给士兵吃了很多，这会使人们感到多么惊讶！

10. D "在战争期间"，表示"在……期间"用during 。

11. B 从下文可以判定这些观点是错误的，故选B 

12. B"这样的观点"，"观点"是名词，"这样的" 用such;而so (这样的) 是用来修饰形容词或副词的。

13. B show"表明"。

14. C 多个物体中的"另一个"用another。

15. C 前一句讲用水吞食物没有咀嚼好，中间用but转折，说明有时吃饭喝水有帮助，故选C。