Question

 When we think of chocolate, many of us think of candy bars and sweet. But this is not the history of chocolate. In fact, it comes from the cacao tree that is found in the tropical (熱帶的)forests in the middle and south    America, because cacao beans need to grow in a hot and humid    climate (濕熱的氣候).

The Mayas knew    that they could get food and drink from the tree. The Aztecs    first took the    cacao    beans

and broke them into pieces in hot water. The drink was delicious and energy-producing for the body.

When Columbus and Cortez came to America, they shipped cacao beans back to Spain. However, at first few people accepted the drink because the taste was strange. When Columbus gave the

information back to the Spanish Queen and King that one cup of chocolate from the cacao beans could provide a whole day’s energy for a man without the need for other food, attitudes (態(tài)度）quickly changed.

The need and the cost for chocolate produced by the cacao beans rose sharply. Soon all Europeans had fallen in love with chocolate. But chocolate was so expensive at that time that only the riches could afford this confection (甜食).At first, too much chocolate made people sick because more than half of the cacao bean is formed from fat, and few people knew how to remove the too much fat content (脂肪含量).Perhaps that is how we arrived at the expression, “Too much of a good thing can be bad for you.”

Places	1   chocolate comes to us	Function (功能）
2	It comes from the cacao tree. The Mayas got food and drink from the tree. The Aztecs 3 the drink.	It was delicious and energy-producing.
& South America
Europe	Columbus and Cortez sent cacao beans back to Spain by ship. It was widely accepted after people are 4 of the   information of chocolate.	One cup of chocolate provides a whole day’s energy   for a man. It’s good. However, eating too much is not the 5 . Too much of   chocolate does
		do harm to people’s health.

1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5.

Answer 1

 1. How    2. Central/Middle    3. invented

4. reminded    5. ease