113. He is a ________ runner and he will be on our national track team in the future.
| A．swift | B．swiftly | C．rapidly | D．Immediate |
---Why are the housing prices in big cities going up all the time?
---One reason is that people are_______ into overcrowded cities in great numbers.
| A．breaking | B．filling | C．pouring | D．hurrying |
What lesson China can draw from ____ financial crisis (金融危机) in the United States has become _____ hot topic in Beijing..
| A．the; a | B．/; the | C．a; a | D．the; / |
--- Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I order?
--- Of course. _______, Sir.
| A．Make yourself at home | B．At your service |
| C．Take your time | D．It doesn’t matter |
The food we eat seems to have a great effect on our health．Although science has made big steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat．Some research has shown tha
t perhaps eighty percent of human illness is related to food and forty percent of cancer is related to food as well．That food is related to illness is not a new discovery．In 1945,some researchers realized that things commonly used to keep colors in meats and other food additives caused cancer．Yet, these additives remain in our food, and it is difficult to know which things on the wrappings of foods are helpful or harmful．The additives which we eat are not all so direct．Farmers often give penicillin to their animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of cows．Sometimes similar things are supplied to animals not for their health, but just to make a profit．
The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to get a higher price on the market．Although some countries have tried to control such things, the practice continues．According to this passage, we can know．
| A．perhaps most of human illness is caused by what we eat |
| B．perhaps most kinds of cancer are related to what people eat |
| C．cancer was discovered in 1945 |
| D．science has made food unfit to eat |
Things that are used to keep colors in meats are．
| A．harmful | B．useless | C．helpless | D．dangerous |
All the additives．
| A．are bright and colorless | B．are not bright and colorful |
| C．have indirect effects on our health | D．have direct effects on our health |
People use additives．
| A．to make food more unfit to eat | B．to improve the color and taste of the food |
| C．to change the color of the food | D．to take off the diseases of the food |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Some wrappings of food are harmful． |
| B．Farmers try to make more money on the market by fattening their animals． |
| C．“The practice continues” means “things are still going on like that”． |
| D．We needn't take care of what we eat． |
How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes
People have strange ideas about food．For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable．It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways．It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it．But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes．They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty．But they thought the vegetable was poisonous （有毒的）．They called tomatoes “poison apples．” President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat．He was a learned man．He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes．He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden．The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup．This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party．The guests thought the soup tasted really good．They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples．Jefferson never spoke
to his honored （忠实的） guests about the fact．After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?
| A．Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them． |
| B．Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century． |
| C．Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes． |
| D．In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes． |
The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes __________．
| A．while he was in Paris | B．when he was a little boy |
| C．because his parents told him so | D．from books |
According to the text, _______ made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party?
| A．the President himself | B．a French cook |
C．the President’s cook | D．the President’s wife |
From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were __________．
A．people from other countries B．from France
C．people of his own country D
．men onlyAccording to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes． |
B．All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice． |
C．All of the guests thought the taste of the beauti ful pink soup was nice． |
D．None of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples． |
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