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【題目】從方框中選擇恰當?shù)脑~語，并用其適當形式填空，使短文完整、通順，每個詞語限用一次。

use, produce, is good for, cook, do, realize, polish, from, country, thousand

Olive oil (橄欖油) is probably the most widely-used oil for cooking. It is made 【1】 fresh olives. Olive oil has been a main food in the Mediterranean (地中海的) countries for 【2】 of years, and some olive trees which are hundreds of years old still 【3】 fruit.

Almost everyone knows that olive oil 【4】 our health. But what most people may not 【5】 is that olive oil is used for a lot more than just food. People make soap out of it, 【6】 diamonds (鉆石) with it, and burn it for light. In ancient times, olive oil was even【7】 as a weapon (武器).

These days, more and more people all over the world are discovering that olive oil may be the best oil for 【8】. In the United States, people use five times (倍) more olive oil today than they【9】 20 years ago.

Nowadays, most of the world’s olive oil is still produced in the Mediterranean countries, though 【10】 such as America and Australia also produce it. Spain produces the most olive oil in the world, followed by Italy and Greece.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】from

【2】thousands

【3】produce

【4】is good for

【5】realize

【6】polish

【7】used

【8】cooking

【9】did

【10】countries

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述橄欖油的用途，它不僅可以食用，還可以用它制造肥皂等，現(xiàn)在越來越多的人發(fā)現(xiàn)，橄欖油可能是烹飪中食用最好的油。

【1】句意“它是由新鮮的橄欖制成的”。be made from由……制成（看不出原材料），橄欖油中看不出橄欖，故填from。

【2】句意“橄欖油幾千年來已經(jīng)成為地中海國家主要的食物了”。thousand千，thousands of成千上萬，故填thousands。

【3】句意“一些幾千年的橄欖樹仍然產(chǎn)橄欖果”。produce生產(chǎn)，故填produce。

【4】句意“幾乎每個人都知道橄欖油對我們的身體有好處”。be good for對……有好處，故填is good for。

【5】句意“但是很多人沒有意識到橄欖油不僅只是在食物中使用”。根據(jù)Almost everyone knows that olive oil ____4____ our health可知，指人們沒有意識到，realize意識到，故填realize。

【6】句意“人們用它做肥皂、磨光鉆石、燃燒取亮等”。polish磨亮，根據(jù)后一句中的and可知，空處與make和burn并列，用原形，故填polish。

【7】句意“在古時，橄欖油甚至用來做武器”。主語Oliver oil與謂語use之間為被動關(guān)系，be used as被用作，故填used。

【8】句意“如今，全世界越來越多的人發(fā)現(xiàn)，橄欖油是做飯最好的油”。cook做飯，且根據(jù)空前介詞for可知，用doing，故填cooking。

【9】句意“在美國，人們使用橄欖油的數(shù)量是20年前的5倍”。根據(jù)20 years ago可知，用一般過去時，且缺少謂語，用省略形式，代替used Oliver oil，故填did。

【10】句意“盡管一些像美國、澳大利亞這樣的國家也種植橄欖油，但是世界上生產(chǎn)橄欖油最多的國家仍然是地中海國家”。根據(jù)such as America and Australia also produce 可知，指的是國家，用復數(shù)，故填countries。