Question

People have strange ideas about food. In the 18th century, people in the USA g　1.　 tomatoes, but they never a　　2. them. They thought tomatoes were d　　 3. food. People called them poisonous (有毒的) apples.

Thomas Jefferson was a learned president (有學(xué)問的總統(tǒng)) and he knew people in Paris enjoyed the nice t　　 4. of tomatoes. He wanted his people to enjoy tomatoes, but h　　5. could he change their ideas?

Jefferson grew some tomatoes in his garden. And he t　6.　 his cook to cook tomato soup (湯). Then he held a party. There was p　　 7. of tomato soup on the table. He invited visitors to try the soup. He wasn’t s　　 8. when he found all of them liked the soup. Of course, he n　　9. told them they were eating poisonous apples.

Soon a　　10. that, more and more Americans loved tomatoes.

 

Answer 1

1.grew

2.ate

3.dangerous

4.taste

5.how

6.told

7.plenty

8.surprised

9.never

10.after

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了在18世紀(jì)的美國(guó)人開始誤認(rèn)為西紅柿是有毒的食物。為了改變?nèi)藗兊倪@種想法，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)Thomas Jefferson在一次宴會(huì)上，讓廚師做了西紅柿湯來招待客人，結(jié)果客人喝了之后都喜歡上西紅柿，在那之后越來越多的美國(guó)人喜歡吃西紅柿了。

1.句意：在18世紀(jì)美國(guó)人種植西紅柿。根據(jù)In the 18th century 可知句子的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該用過去式，故用grew。

2.句意：但是他們從不吃它們。But后的敘述的內(nèi)容還是指的是18世紀(jì)的事情，所以應(yīng)該用過去式，故用ate。

3.3】句意：他們認(rèn)為西紅柿是有危險(xiǎn)的食物。根據(jù)People called them poisonous (有毒的) apples. 可知這里指危險(xiǎn)的，故用dangerous。

4.4】句意：他知道巴黎人喜歡好味道的西紅柿。這里形容詞后應(yīng)該用名詞taste“味道”。

5.5】句意：他想要人們喜歡西紅柿，但是他怎樣讓人們改變他們的想法呢？根據(jù)句意這里應(yīng)該用how表示方式。

6.6】句意：他告訴他的廚師去做西紅柿湯。根據(jù)上文可知這是過去的事情，所以應(yīng)該用過去式。短語(yǔ)tell sb to do sth告訴某人某事，故用told。

7.7】句意：在桌上有許多西紅柿湯。這里plenty of修飾不可數(shù)名詞，故用plenty。

8.8】句意：當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的人都喜歡西紅柿湯的時(shí)候他一點(diǎn)沒有感到吃驚。這里表示人感到吃驚的用surprised。

9.9】句意：他從沒有告訴他們他們吃的是有毒的蘋果。根據(jù)句意這里用否定副詞never。

10.10】句意：在那之后不久越來越多的美國(guó)人喜歡西紅柿了。這里指參加宴會(huì)的人吃了西紅柿之后，故用after。

考點(diǎn)：考查的用法。