Question

【題目】 The olive (橄欖) tree【1】（probable）first grew in southern Asia. And then it 【2】（spread）to the Mediterranean (地中海的) countries about 6,000 years ago. Since then, it has been important in Mediterranean people’s【3】（life）.

The olive tree grows in rocky (多巖石的) places and it doesn’t need much water【4】it）fruit can be made into olive oil. People have used olive oil to cook dishes for centuries. But they haven’t only used it for cooking. Some ancient cultures believed【5】it was useful as medicine. In modern times, people still use olive oil 【6】for its taste and its health advantages.

Olive oil has also been an important 【7】production）in the business and culture of Mediterranean countries. InAncient Greece, for example, anyone 【8】cut down an olive tree was heavily punished (懲罰). Winners at the Olympic Games wore wreaths (花環(huán)). They【9】（make）of olive branches (樹枝). Sometimes winners were also given a prize of olive oil. People from Greece built ships so that they could use olive oil for trade. But it was the Romans who grew the olive tree in the rest of southern Europe and northern Africa.

Today, olive oil is still a very 【10】（value）product, and many different kinds of olive oil are sold in countries allover the world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】probably

【2】spread

【3】lives

【4】Its

【5】that

【6】both

【7】product

【8】who

【9】were made

【10】valuable

【解析】

本文主要介紹了橄欖樹最初生長在南亞，六千年前傳到地中海國家。自從那時，一直到現(xiàn)在，橄欖樹一直在地中海人們的生活中是重要的。橄欖油不僅用來做菜而且人們認為它也可以做藥。橄欖油在地中海國家不僅是重要的商品也是一種文化。

【1】句意：橄欖樹可能最早生長在南亞。

修飾動詞grew用副詞，故此處為probably。

【2】句意：然后大約6000年前，它傳到地中海國家。

spread“傳播”是不及物動詞，根據(jù)about 6,000 years ago此處用一般過去時，其過去式為spread。

【3】句意：自從那時，它已經在地中海人們的生命中非常重要。

有名詞所有格people’s修飾，用名詞，表示人們的生命，用復數(shù)形式，故此處為lives。

【4】句意：橄欖樹生長在巖石地區(qū)，它不需要很多水，它的果實能被制成橄欖油。

修飾名詞fruit用it的形容詞性物主代詞，故此處為Its。

【5】句意：一些古代的文化認為它像藥一樣有用。

此處位于動詞believe后，接賓語從句，用that引導。

【6】句意：在現(xiàn)代，人們仍然使用橄欖油是因為它的味道和它的健康優(yōu)勢。

both…and…“……和……都”，故此處為both。

【7】句意：橄欖油也是地中海國家商業(yè)和文化的重要產品。

有不定冠詞an修飾，用單數(shù)名詞，故此處為product。

【8】句意：例如，在古希臘，任何砍下橄欖樹的人都會受到嚴厲的懲罰。

此處定語從句，修飾名詞anyone，用who引導。

【9】句意：它們是由橄欖枝做成的。

be made of由……制成的，主語they是復數(shù)，謂語用復數(shù)形式，根據(jù)In Ancient Greece,此處用一般過去時，故此處為were made。

【10】句意：今天，橄欖油仍然是一種很有價值的產品，許多不同種類的橄欖油銷往世界各地。

修飾名詞product用value的形容詞，故此處為valuable。