Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy(辛辣的)food? Is it because the spices make the food taste better? Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food，or is there some connection between spices and healthy food? Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria(细菌)which spoil food．
“Most common spices can kill 75 to 100 percent of the bacteria in food，”explains one of the scientists．The bacteria grow more easily and spoil(变质)food more quickly at higher temperatures．For this reason，it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates，
Do you like your food spicy? Your answer probably tells something about the country you come from．If you like spicy food，it is possible that hundreds of years ago，when there were no fridges，people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling．The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live longer，healthier lives．Today，in a time of fridges，the spices just make the food taste good．
1.The chemicals in spices keep food from spoiling by_________．
A．making food taste better
B．making food hotter
C．preventing bacteria getting into food
D．killing bacteria in food
2.Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates because_______．
A．cold temperature makes bacteria
B．bacteria get used to hot food
C．high temperature helps bacteria grow faster
D．bacteria spoil food only at high temperature
3. According to the passage，spices are useful in the following things except_____．
A．helping you to live longer
B．helping to keep you healthier
C．making your food taste better
D．taking the place of fridges
Tina was the best speed-walking partner I could ever meet. But I could never understand my friend's habit of while we walked.
Together we walked all over the town and even entered a marathon(马拉松）together，a full 26 miles, but she did give me a list to take with me. She told me that it her a lot. I thought it would just slow us down. I it along to the starting line. Twenty-six cheering ideas, one for every mile. I wasn’t really planning to slow myself down with all those ideas but I didn’t want to hurt Tina’s feelings, so I kept her .
I walked the first mile of the in 12 minutes—a new personal record. I looked at Tina’s cheering list when I checked my watch. was simply Yourself. It did give me a good start to the race, I thought. I thanked Tina for her cheering list. If I finished the race, I would thank her for the she gave me. By the time I finished the second mile, my husband and kids were cheering me on. It just so happened that “ ” was the next one on Tina’s cheering list. I had lots of things to be ready for them.
The next mile flew by, then the next and the next, each with a cheering idea. But by the time I neared the final mile? I was nearly out of breath. “I don’t know if I can the last mile,” I thought. In despair(绝望）I looked at the final cheering idea on Tina’s list，now sweaty in my hand: You just can make it!
I finished the marathon in less than six hours. I thought the cheering list would slow me down. ______, it carried me past the finishing line.
1.A. cheering B. smiling C. shouting D. chatting
2.A. taught B. saved C. calmed D. helped
3.A. hid B. gave C. moved D. carried
4.A. promise B.list C.word D. idea
5.A. round B.circle C.race D. road
6.A. At the back B.At the top C.In the beginning D. In the past
7.A. task B.strength C.thought D. way
8.A. Team B.House C.Family D. Home
9.A. have B.gain C.finish D. put
10.A. Besides B.Instead C.Later D. Again
---Bill, can I get you anything to drink? ---________.
A. You are welcome B. I wouldn’t mind coffee
C. No problem D. It doesn’t matter
--- This dress is last year’s style.
--- I think it still looks perfect _______ it has gone out this year.
A. so that B. as if C. even though D. ever since
---Could you tell me_______? ---More than a year.
A. how soon will the new airport be built
B. how long has the new airport been in service
C. how soon the new airport will be built
D. how long the new airport has been in service
We all know that the Anti-Japanese War_______ in 1937 and _______ for eight years.
A. broken out; was lasted B. was broken; lasted
C. was broken out; was lasted D. broke out; lasted
