You can't 1. ______ how potatoes are popular today. They are ranked the world's fourth largest food crop, following corn, wheat, and rice. In the past, it was not true. It is hard to believe that it has only been 2. ______ as food by most of the Western world for the past 200 years. Potatoes grew in South America seven thousand years ago, and they only became popular in other places two hundred years ago. Potatoes were 3. ______ to Europe in the second half of the 16th century by the 4. ______. But they did not want to eat this strange vegetable because they feared that it was 5. ______ in the leaves, which would make them ill. In fact, nobody but the Irish were willing to eat this 6. ______ vegetable. They found many 7. ______ of planting potatoes, for example, they grew well in their climate, and needed little work. When potatoes first arrived in Germany, people there preferred to die 8. ______ eat them. In 1774, King Frederick ordered people to plant potatoes to save their lives, and threatened to 9. ______ the nose of anyone who didn't obey this. Today, German eat more potatoes than people in any other countries. Among the potato 10. ______, French fries are popular all over the world and commonly found in typical American fast-food restaurants.
You can't 1. ______ how potatoes are popular today. They are ranked the world's fourth largest food crop, following corn, wheat, and rice. In the past, it was not true. It is hard to believe that it has only been 2. ______ as food by most of the Western world for the past 200 years. Potatoes grew in South America seven thousand years ago, and they only became popular in other places two hundred years ago. Potatoes were 3. ______ to Europe in the second half of the 16th century by the 4. ______. But they did not want to eat this strange vegetable because they feared that it was 5. ______ in the leaves, which would make them ill. In fact, nobody but the Irish were willing to eat this 6. ______ vegetable. They found many 7. ______ of planting potatoes, for example, they grew well in their climate, and needed little work. When potatoes first arrived in Germany, people there preferred to die 8. ______ eat them. In 1774, King Frederick ordered people to plant potatoes to save their lives, and threatened to 9. ______ the nose of anyone who didn't obey this. Today, German eat more potatoes than people in any other countries. Among the potato 10. ______, French fries are popular all over the world and commonly found in typical American fast-food restaurants.
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这是一道完形填空题,文章讲述的是土豆(potato)在世界范围内的传播历史及其受欢迎程度的变化。我们需要根据上下文逻辑和语法搭配,选择最合适的词语填入空白处。
我们逐句分析并填空:
1. You can't ____ how potatoes are popular today.
句意:你无法______土豆今天有多受欢迎。
这里需要一个动词,表达“想象”或“估计”的意思。常见搭配是 “can't imagine”(无法想象)。
✅ 正确答案:imagine
2. It is hard to believe that it has only been ____ as food by most of the Western world for the past 200 years.
句意:很难相信,大多数西方世界仅仅在过去200年里才开始______它作为食物。
这里需要一个动词的过去分词,与“has been”构成现在完成时的被动语态。意思是“被当作食物使用”。“regarded as” 是固定搭配,表示“被视为……”。
✅ 正确答案:regarded
3. Potatoes were ____ to Europe in the second half of the 16th century by the ____.
句意:土豆是在16世纪下半叶由____ ______到欧洲的。
第一个空是动词的过去分词,表示“被带到”。常见动词是 “brought”(带来)或 “introduced”(引入)。根据历史事实,土豆是由西班牙人从美洲带回欧洲的,所以“introduced”更贴切,强调“引入新事物”。
第二个空是“by the ____”,表示“被……(人)”。根据历史,是西班牙殖民者把土豆带回欧洲。
✅ 第三个空:introduced
✅ 第四个空:Spanish
4. But they did not want to eat this strange vegetable because they feared that it was ____ in the leaves, which would make them ill.
句意:但他们不想吃这种奇怪的蔬菜,因为他们担心叶子中含有____,会让他们生病。
土豆的叶子含有毒素,尤其是龙葵素(solanine),所以人们害怕有毒。
空格需要一个名词,表示“毒”或“毒素”。
✅ 正确答案:poison
5. In fact, nobody but the Irish were willing to eat this ____ vegetable.
句意:事实上,除了爱尔兰人,没人愿意吃这种______蔬菜。
前文提到土豆是“strange vegetable”,而且人们害怕它有毒,所以这里应填一个表示“奇怪、陌生”或“令人怀疑”的形容词。
前面用过“strange”,但这里可以换一个近义词,如 “unfamiliar” 或 “mysterious”。但结合上下文,“strange” 最合适,且符合语言习惯。
但注意:第4空前用了“strange”,这里可能换词。不过,文章允许重复使用。更可能的是 “unknown” 或 “foreign”。
但最自然的是 “strange” 或 “unfamiliar”。考虑到语境,strange 依然合适。
不过,更准确的是强调它不被接受,所以 unfamiliar 或 foreign 也可以。但结合选项逻辑,strange 是最直接的。
但再看:前文已说“this strange vegetable”,这里重复使用可能不理想。但语法上没问题。
另一个可能是 poisonous,但前文说“fear it was poisonous”,实际不是整株有毒,只是叶子。所以“poisonous vegetable”不准确。
最合理的词是 strange 或 unfamiliar。但根据常见表达,strange 更自然。
✅ 正确答案:strange
6. They found many ____ of planting potatoes, for example, they grew well in their climate, and needed little work.
句意:他们发现了许多种植土豆的____,例如,它适合他们的气候,而且需要很少劳作。
这里需要一个名词,表示“优点”或“好处”。“many” 后接可数名词复数。
“advantages” 或 “benefits” 都合适。
✅ 正确答案:advantages
7. When potatoes first arrived in Germany, people there preferred to die ____ eat them.
句意:当土豆刚到德国时,那里的人宁愿死也不愿吃它们。
“prefer to die rather than do something” 是固定表达,意思是“宁可死也不做某事”。
结构是:prefer to die rather than + 动词原形
✅ 正确答案:rather than
8. In 1774, King Frederick ordered people to plant potatoes to save their lives, and threatened to ____ the nose of anyone who didn't obey this.
句意:1774年,腓特烈国王命令人们种植土豆以挽救生命,并威胁要______任何不服从者的鼻子。
这里需要一个动词,表示“割掉”或“切除”。常见动词是 “cut off”。
但空格只有一个词,所以可能是 “cut”?但“cut the nose” 不如 “cut off” 完整。
但题目只给一个空,所以必须是一个动词,能搭配“the nose”。
历史典故中,腓特烈大帝确实用强制手段推广土豆,但“割鼻子”可能是夸张说法。
最合适的动词是 cut,但更可能是 cut off。但空格只允许一个词。
另一个可能是 remove,但不够生动。
最可能的是 cut,虽然不完整,但在语境中可接受。
但更符合历史表达的是 cut off,但只能填一个词。
再看:cut 是最直接的。
但也有说法是“punish by cutting nose”,所以 cut 可行。
✅ 正确答案:cut
(注:虽然“cut off”更准确,但题目只允许一个词,所以填“cut”)
9. Today, German eat more potatoes than people in any other countries.
这句没有空,是陈述句,但注意:German 应为 Germans(德国人),但题目无空,不需改。
10. Among the potato ____, French fries are popular all over the world...
句意:在各种土豆______中,炸薯条风靡全球。
这里需要一个名词,表示“食品”或“制品”、“菜肴”。常见词是 “dishes” 或 “products”。
“potato dishes” 指“土豆类菜肴”,最符合语境。
✅ 正确答案:dishes
综合所有答案:
- imagine
- regarded
- introduced
- Spanish
- poison
- strange
- advantages
- rather than
- cut
- dishes
完整填空后文章(中文翻译帮助理解):
你无法想象土豆今天有多受欢迎。它们是世界第四大粮食作物,仅次于玉米、小麦和大米。在过去并非如此。很难相信,大多数西方世界仅仅在过去200年里才开始将其视为食物。七千年前土豆生长于南美洲,而它们在其他地方流行起来只是两百年前的事。在16世纪下半叶,土豆由西班牙人引入欧洲。但他们不想吃这种奇怪的蔬菜,因为他们担心叶子中含有毒素,会让他们生病。事实上,只有爱尔兰人愿意吃这种奇怪的蔬菜。他们发现了种植土豆的许多优点,例如,土豆很适合他们的气候,而且需要很少劳作。当土豆刚到德国时,那里的人宁愿死也不愿吃它们。1774年,腓特烈国王下令人们种植土豆以挽救生命,并威胁要割掉任何不服从者的鼻子。如今,德国人吃的土豆比任何其他国家的人都多。在各种土豆菜肴中,炸薯条风靡全球,在典型的美式快餐店中随处可见。
最终答案:
- imagine
- regarded
- introduced
- Spanish
- poison
- strange
- advantages
- rather than
- cut
- dishes
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