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

Thomas Jefferson was a learned president (有学问的总统) and he knew people in Paris enjoyed the nice  t  小题4:     of tomatoes. He wanted his people to enjoy tomatoes, but  h  小题5:      could he change their ideas?

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

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

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小题1:grew

小题2:ate

小题3:dangerous

小题4:taste

小题5:how

小题6:told

小题7:plenty

小题8:surprised

小题9:never

小题10:after

题目分析:本文叙述了在18世纪的美国人开始误认为西红柿是有毒的食物。为了改变人们的这种想法,美国总统Thomas Jefferson在一次宴会上,让厨师做了西红柿汤来招待客人,结果客人喝了之后都喜欢上西红柿,在那之后越来越多的美国人喜欢吃西红柿了。

小题1:句意:在18世纪美国人种植西红柿。根据In the 18th century 可知句子的谓语动词应该用过去式,故用grew。

小题2:句意:但是他们从不吃它们。But后的叙述的内容还是指的是18世纪的事情,所以应该用过去式,故用ate。

小题3:句意:他们认为西红柿是有危险的食物。根据People called them poisonous (有毒的) apples. 可知这里指危险的,故用dangerous。

小题4:句意:他知道巴黎人喜欢好味道的西红柿。这里形容词后应该用名词taste“味道”。

小题5:句意:他想要人们喜欢西红柿,但是他怎样让人们改变他们的想法呢?根据句意这里应该用how表示方式。

小题6:句意:他告诉他的厨师去做西红柿汤。根据上文可知这是过去的事情,所以应该用过去式。短语tell sb to do sth告诉某人某事,故用told。

小题7:句意:在桌上有许多西红柿汤。这里plenty of修饰不可数名词,故用plenty。

小题8:句意:当他发现所有的人都喜欢西红柿汤的时候他一点没有感到吃惊。这里表示人感到吃惊的用surprised。

小题9:句意:他从没有告诉他们他们吃的是有毒的苹果。根据句意这里用否定副词never。

小题10:句意:在那之后不久越来越多的美国人喜欢西红柿了。这里指参加宴会的人吃了西红柿之后,故用after。

阅读理解

Buckminster Fuller once said, “The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it’s a different kind of life.” If you want to live abundantly, decide what you really want and figure out a way to do it. Be clear and live with intent (意向).

You may have heard of Fred Lebow. He complained to his doctor that he lacked energy. His doctor advised him to take up running. He fell in love with it! He was 39 years old when he entered his first race.

Fred joined the New York Road Runners Club and organized New York City’s first marathon race. But what Fred truly wanted to do was to bring people together. He believes that anybody should be able to run — people of all ages and of any country.

Not everyone in New York was excited about people running through their neighborhood. A youth gang warned him that nobody had better run through their turf. “That’s great,” Fred said. “I need someone to protect the runners in your area, and you look like just the fellows to do it.”

He gave them each a hat, shirt and jacket and that year, when the marathon went through their neighborhood, these young men proudly guarded the runners along their way.

Fred decided what was truly important to him and he found a way to do it. He lived with intent. That single decision made his life remarkably different.

As one sports writer said, “Fate handed him a short race. With his goal, with his love of life, Fred turned it into a marathon.” Fred would say that it’s not about how long you live, but how you run the race of life.

小题1:The purpose that Fred Lebow organized New York City’s first marathon race was _____.

A.to be popular with people

B.to display his true love for sports development

C.to drive away his loneliness in the running

D.to get more people together小题2:Which word in the passage is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “turf”?

A.Neighborhood.

B.Way.

C.Decision.

D.Race.小题3:What’s the best title for this passage?

A.Determination guarantees you a success.

B.The race of life with intent.

C.Nothing is impossible in one’s life race.

D.The benefits of taking up running.

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