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【題目】MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a food additive (食品添加劑), which has been widely used by many food factories all over the world since it appeared first in Japan in 1909.

MSG is a substance that is added to some food to improve its original (原先的) taste and colour. It is used in foods around the world such as cakes, bread, frozen meats, fish and vegetables. In the beginning, people thought MSG was safe just like salt and sugar. However, in 1968 some people reported they seemed to have bad reactions (反應(yīng)) to MSG after having had a meal at a restaurant. They included headaches and quick heartbeat (心跳). It was also reported that MSG excited a person's brain and caused his death in Japan. Scientists think that MSG may lead to many neurological disorders (神經(jīng)紊亂). In mice studies done by a university, the evidence showed the mice didn’t want to eat the food including MSG.

Today many food companies “hide” MSG on food labels (標(biāo)簽) by using different names. If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you are probably seeing a hidden way to “report” MSG in a food label. Every time we have a meal in a restaurant, we always feel the food very delicious to taste, but sometimes it is dangerous for our health because some poisonous food additives have been added to the food.

To protect people’s health, our governments, from central to local, are taking actions to stop factories producing poisonous food additives.

【1】Monosodium Glutamate is _______.

A. a food B. an additive

C. a factory D. a country

【2】MSG is often used in _______.

A. frozen meats B. cups C. clothes D. book covers

【3】The examples in the second paragraph tell us ________.

A. the food including MSG is delicious

B. people like to eat in a restaurant

C. mice like eating the food including MSG

D. MSG is not safe sometimes

【4】If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you will know________.

A. you must eat the food in a hidden way

B. the food label must be hidden

C. MSG is probably added to the food

D. you must report the food to your parents

【5】The underlined word “substance” in the article means __________.

A. colour B. material C. taste D. Food

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹的是食品添加劑味精。它首次于1909年出現(xiàn)在日本；科學(xué)研究表明，味精可能導(dǎo)致許多疾�。滑F(xiàn)在許多食品公司用了一些其它的名詞替代“味精”；為了保護(hù)人們的健康，我們的政府，從中央到地方，正在采取行動。

【1】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：Monosodium Glutamate是什么？A. a food食物；B. an additive添加劑；C. a factory工廠；D. a country國家。由短文第一句：MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a food additive 可知這是一種食品添加劑，可選B。

【2】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：味精經(jīng)常用在哪里？A. frozen meats凍肉里；B. cups杯子里；C. clothes衣服里；D. book covers書本封面上。由第一段的：由第二段里的：It is used in foods around the world such as cakes, bread, frozen meats, fish and vegetables. 可知，味精廣泛地被用于各類食品里。故選A。

【3】D 推理判斷題。題意：第二段里的例子告訴人們什么？A. the food including MSG is delicious 含味精的食物可口；B. people like to eat in a restaurant人們喜歡在飯店里吃東西；C. mice like eating the food including MSG 老鼠喜歡吃含味精的食物；D. MSG is not safe sometimes有時(shí)味精不安全。本例子說有些人對味精有過敏反應(yīng)，故選D。

【4】C 推理判斷題。題意：如果你在食物標(biāo)簽上看到“天然香料”、“水解蛋白”和“香料”，你會知道什么？A. you must eat the food in a hidden way你得隱藏著吃這種食物；B. the food label must be hidden這種食物標(biāo)簽一定隱藏了；C. MSG is probably added to the food 食物里可能添加了味精；D. you must report the food to your parents你必須向父母報(bào)告這種食物。由短文倒數(shù)第二段可知，許多食品公司用“天然香料”、“水解蛋白”和“香料”等等名稱代替味精標(biāo)簽。故選C。

【5】B 詞義猜測題。題意：文中有下劃線的“substance” 是什么意思？A. colour顏色；B. material材料；C. taste口感；D. Food食物。句意：MSG is a substance that is added to some food to improve its original (原先的) taste and colour.味精是一種添加到食物里改變其原先的口感和顏色的substance.由此可以推測出其意思是原料、材料。故選B。