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【題目】

The eggplant is a member of the potato family. Eggplant varieties differ in s【1】, shape, color, growth habit and even maturation（成熟）time. This strangely named vegetable used to come in only one color – white. It grows in a manner much like tomatoes, hanging from the vine（藤）of a plant that grows several feet in height. It can be steamed, fried, and baked. It can be eaten by l【2】 or combined with meats and other vegetables, Eggplant was first grown in India in the 5th century BC. Its propularity soon spread to China. Finally, during the Middle Ages the vegetable made its way to Europe. At that time, eggplant was not the shiny purple vegetable most people know today. Instead, it’s like a white egg. Due to this egg-like appearance, eggplant got its name. In its early days, the vegetable was so bitter（苦的）that people often called it a“mad apple.”This nickname started because people believed its bitterness was bad for one’s health. People a【3】 thought eggplant could cause madness and cancer. In fact eggplant is so healthy that it may prevent cancer. In addition, the brain and the heart benefit from this super vegetable. Since it’s high in fibre（纖維素），eggplant can i【4】 digestion（消化）. Italy, Turkey, Egypt, China and Japan are the leading growers of eggplant in the world today. Depending on its location, eggplant may be purple, green, orange or yellow, white. And it can be as s【5】 as a tomato or as large as a cucumber. Dish varieties range from simple to complex, with all of them being delicious.

Today, t【6】 of people gather in Loomis, Calif, for the annual Loomis Eggplant Festival. The main activity at the festival is eating delicious eggplant dishes. There is plenty more to do and see, though. Recipe（食譜）contests, arts and crafts, performers, races and children’s activities all“egg - cite”（excite）festival – goers （參加節(jié)目活動者）. Most people at the festival would agree --- eggplant is an“egg-cellent”（excellent）vegetable.

Eggplants are now available in markets t【7】 the year, but they are their best from August to October when they are in season.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】size

【2】itself

【3】always

【4】improve

【5】small

【6】thousands

【7】throughout

【解析】

本文講述了蔬菜—茄子的歷史及現(xiàn)狀。茄子最早是在印度種植，后來傳到歐洲，因?yàn)槟菚r的茄子只有白色而且外形像雞蛋所以得名—eggplant。茄子營養(yǎng)豐富，世界各國都有種植。加州還有專門的茄子節(jié)，活動主要是利用茄子做各種菜品。

【1】句意：茄子品種在大小、形狀、顏色、生長習(xí)性甚至成熟時間上都不同。

此處填名詞，根據(jù)常識茄子在大小，形狀等方面與馬鈴薯家族有區(qū)別。故填size.

【2】句意：它可以單獨(dú)食用，也可以與肉類和其他蔬菜搭配食用

由后文or combined with meats and others vegetables可推斷茄子可以單獨(dú)吃，也可以和肉和其他蔬菜混合。故此處填名詞性物主代詞itself.

【3】句意：人們總是認(rèn)為茄子會導(dǎo)致瘋狂和癌癥

根據(jù)后文In fact eggplant is so healthy that it may prevent cancer可知，事實(shí)上茄子是一種健康的食物，表轉(zhuǎn)折，所以前面應(yīng)該填過去人們總是認(rèn)為茄子導(dǎo)致癌癥，故填always。

【4】句意：因?yàn)榍炎痈缓�纖維，可以促進(jìn)消化

此處填動詞，由Since it’s high in fibre,eggplant can i____ digestion可知茄子含有豐富的纖維，所以有助于消化，故填improve.

【5】句意：它可以小如番茄，也可以大如黃瓜

此處填形容詞或副詞，由or as large as a cucumber可推斷前一空填small.

【6】句意：今天，成千上萬的人聚集在加利福尼亞州的盧米斯，參加一年一度的盧米斯茄子節(jié)。

此空用來修飾people,結(jié)合句意及詞組thousands of 表成百的，可知此空填thousands.

【7】句意：現(xiàn)在一年四季都可以在市場上買到茄子。

此處填介詞，根據(jù)t the year及前文可推斷是茄子是一年四季都有，所以是throughout the year.

本題首先要通讀全文，再細(xì)讀每個句子，看每個句子是什么意思。然后看索要填寫的內(nèi)容在句子中做什么成分，需要什么詞性；按照所給出的單詞首字母提示，根據(jù)句意，聯(lián)系上下文，結(jié)合相關(guān)的語法知識對單詞或短語做出形式上的變化。