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【題目】Sorry, potato people! Although it’s probably no surprise that French fries are among the worst food you can eat, most of us still don’t believe it. After all, it doesn’t hurt to eat some every once in a while ... right? But some people feel guilty (內疚的) to eat French fries and they have a good reason for that.

According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people’s guilty feeling may be well-placed. The research, which researched potato eating in 4,400 older people between ages of 45 and 79 over the course of eight years, shows that eating fried potatoes at least twice a week highly increases our risk of death.

But hold up! Before you completely stop eating potatoes, you should know that it is found that eating potatoes overall (even a lot of them!) wouldn’t kill you. Instead, it’s the type of potato that makes all the difference between life and death.

Eating fried potatoes like French fries at least twice per week increased the risk of death in the study. On the other hand, potatoes that were not fried, such as boiled and baked potatoes, were less likely to cause death.

Why? Potatoes have healthy levels of fiber (纖維) and vitamins, so you can partake without feeling bad. But when it comes to the fried food, you might need to think again. French fries usually have lots of fat and added salt, leading to weight growth. Still, when all is said and done, connection isn’t totally equal to causation (因果關系). More research is needed before certainly concluding that eating French fries alone increases the risk of death.

Luckily, potatoes are still considered as one of your suggested three to five servings of vegetables per day. Just try not to eat the fatty ones, if you can.

【1】What’s the passage mainly about?

A. People’s reasons for feeling guilty.

B. The worst food that should be avoided.

C. A study about potatoes’ effects on people’s health.

D. Research on the relation between French fries and death.

【2】From the findings of the study, we learn that

A. potatoes aren't good for everyone

B. much food can mean life and death

C. we shouldn't eat one type of food too much

D. how food is cooked is important to our health

【3】What does the underlined word “partake” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Share. B. Cook.

C. Eat. D. Buy.

【4】What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A. People shouldn’t eat potatoes any more in daily life.

B. Although potatoes arc a kind of vegetables, we can't eat them.

C. People should eat potatoes which have less fat.

D. Potatoes aren’t allowed to eat by people who are in bad health.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 D

【3】 C

【4】 C

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述飲食與健康之間的關系。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)eating fried potatoes at least twice a week highly increases our risk of death可知，主要講述薯條與死亡之間的關系，故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Eating fried potatoes like French fries at least twice per week increased the risk of death in the study. On the other hand, potatoes that were not fried, such as boiled and baked potatoes, were less likely to cause death可知，土豆如何做對我們的健康很重要，故選D。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)Potatoes have healthy levels of fiber (纖維) and vitamins, so you can partake without feeling bad. But when it comes to the fried food, you might need to think again可知，土豆含有健康的成份，你可以吃，不會感覺很糟糕，故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)Just try not to eat the fatty ones, if you can可知，不要吃高脂肪的土豆，故選C。

解答詞義猜測題時，可以使用如下技巧：1、根據(jù)上下文來猜測詞義；2、通過同義詞或近義詞來猜測詞義；3、通過構詞法來猜測詞義；4、通過定義或釋義來猜測詞義；5、通過句法功能來猜測詞義；6、通過轉折和因果關系來猜測詞義；7. 通過生活常識來猜測詞義。對于這類題采取“代入法”也非常有效，即將備選答案逐一代入文中，哪一個選項能使句子的意思通順、連貫，且與上下文的內容一致，哪一個選項就是該題的正確答案。例如第3題。