Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多途选项。

Carrots are easy to raise and easy to harvest. They taste good. 【1】

When people think of carrots, they usually picture in their mind a vegetable that is long, thin and orange. 【2】 And not all carrots are orange. For example, Paris Market carrots are about five centimeters around. Rome carrots are thin and about twenty-five centimeters long. And Belgian White carrots are, as their name suggests, white.

For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time. The soil also should have no rocks. To prepare your garden for carrots, dig up the soil, loosen it and turn it over. Then, mix in some plant material or animal fertilizer (肥料).

【3】 Experts say warm days, cool nights and a medium soil temperature are the best conditions for growing carrots that taste great.

Carrots need time to develop their full sugar content. This gives them their sweetness if you wait too long to pull them from the ground. 【4】 Usually, the brighter the color, the better the taste.

【5】 If the winter is not cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow and harvest carrots the same way as during the summer months. If the ground does freeze, simply cover your carrot garden with a thick layer of leaves or straw. This will prevent the ground from freezing.

A. But carrots come in many different sizes and shapes.

B. They are economic crops.

C. The best time for planting carrots is during the winter months.

D. Weather, soil conditions and age will affect the way carrots taste.

E. The best way to judge if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its color.

F. And they contain a lot of carotene (胡萝卜素), which the body make into vitamin A.

G. Many people do not know that carrots can be grown during the winter months.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】A

【3】D

【4】E

【5】G

【解析】

试题分析：本文为一篇说明文，胡萝卜是全世界最受欢迎的蔬菜之一，可以有多种烹调方法，只要从土壤中拔出洗干净后就可以吃了。而谈到胡萝卜，人们脑海里浮现的总是长条状、细细的、橙色的样子，事实上，胡萝卜有各种大小和形状，而且不是所有的胡萝卜都是橙色的。

【1】F考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据前一句They taste good知道这里是描述胡萝卜的好处，结合主语使用的是they，可以得出答案是F，故选F。

【2】A考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据前一句long，thin可知这里描述的是大小，也就是size，故选A。

【3】D考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后一句使用的词是conditions和taste good，可知答案应包含这两个词，故选D。

【4】E考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后一句的描述颜色越亮味道越好，可以得出答案需要包含颜色和成熟，故选E。

【5】G考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后一句的winter，可以得出答案需要包含winter，故选D。