阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 If you always hate certain vegetables, you may be more than a picky
英语试题 07-09
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
If you always hate certain vegetables, you may be more than a picky eater. Instead, you might be a “super-taster”, a person ___41___ bitter genes (苦味基因). Those people who have the “bitter genes” are 2.6 times more likely to eat ___42___ (few) vegetables than others, according to a new study ___43___ (present) at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association.
“We don’t get the taste of food equally,” said professor Duffy, an expert in the study of food taste. “It could explain some of the differences in our food ___44___ (prefer).”
About half of us can taste bitter and sweet, so we are not especially sensitive to bitter food. Another 25% are called “non-tasters”, to ___45___ bitter food might actually be a bit sweeter. The rest of us are ___46___ (extreme) sensitive to the bitterness that some ___47___(plant) develop to keep animals from eating them.
Food scientists are trying to develop ways ___48___ (reduce) the bitterness in veggies, in the hope that we can keep super-tasters from rejecting vegetables. In fact, some vegetables we grow today ___49___ (be) much sweeter than before.
We might also try to use various cooking methods, either by adding some fat, sweetness, strong flavors like garlic ___50___roasting them, to improve the taste of the vegetables.
【答案】41. with
42. fewer 43. presented
44. preference
45. whom 46. extremely
47. plants 48. to reduce
49. are 50. or
【解析】
这是一篇说明文，作者主要介绍了科学家关于人类味觉的新研究成果：有的人有“苦味基因”，有的人则没有，这些人对食物的感觉不尽相同。现代人们通过多种方法使蔬菜食物更为可口。
【41题详解】
考查介词用法，句意：你或许是个超级品味师，一个有着“苦味”基因的人。with在此处表示“有着、带着”的意思，故填with。
【42题详解】
考查形容词的比较级，该空后有提示词than，故此处应将few改为其比较级，故填fewer。
【43题详解】
考查非谓语动词，本句 present 处及其后内容作定语，修饰前面的a new study。present属于非谓语动词，且表被动含义（研究成果在年会上被展示、介绍），故填presented。
【44题详解】
考查名词，our后面用名词或名词短语，此处表示“我们的食物喜好”，故填preference。
【45题详解】
考查定语从句，句意：对于这些人来说，苦味食物可能确实会有点甜（没那么苦）。分析句子结构可知，这是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词是non-tasters，因而引导词为who/whom，介词to之后应接whom，指代non-tasters，在从句中作宾语，故填whom。
【46题详解】
考查词类转换，副词修饰形容词，构成extremely sensitive，表示程度，故填extremely。
【47题详解】
考查名词单复数形式，plant在some之后应改为复数，故为plants。
【48题详解】
考查非谓语动词，本句已有谓语动词are trying，故reduce为非谓语动词，此处表示目的，故填to reduce。
【49题详解】
考查主谓一致和句子结构分析，本句主语部分含定语从句we grow today，修饰先行词vegetables，分析句子结构时应将定语从句整体隐去，可看出主语为some vegetables，谓语动词be用复数/现在时形式，故填are。
【50题详解】
考查连词，本句中either…or…（或者……或者……）为固定搭配，表示roasting...与adding...两者二选一的选择关系，故填or。
If you always hate certain vegetables, you may be more than a picky eater. Instead, you might be a “super-taster”, a person ___41___ bitter genes (苦味基因). Those people who have the “bitter genes” are 2.6 times more likely to eat ___42___ (few) vegetables than others, according to a new study ___43___ (present) at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association.
“We don’t get the taste of food equally,” said professor Duffy, an expert in the study of food taste. “It could explain some of the differences in our food ___44___ (prefer).”
About half of us can taste bitter and sweet, so we are not especially sensitive to bitter food. Another 25% are called “non-tasters”, to ___45___ bitter food might actually be a bit sweeter. The rest of us are ___46___ (extreme) sensitive to the bitterness that some ___47___(plant) develop to keep animals from eating them.
Food scientists are trying to develop ways ___48___ (reduce) the bitterness in veggies, in the hope that we can keep super-tasters from rejecting vegetables. In fact, some vegetables we grow today ___49___ (be) much sweeter than before.
We might also try to use various cooking methods, either by adding some fat, sweetness, strong flavors like garlic ___50___roasting them, to improve the taste of the vegetables.
【答案】41. with
42. fewer 43. presented
44. preference
45. whom 46. extremely
47. plants 48. to reduce
49. are 50. or
【解析】
这是一篇说明文，作者主要介绍了科学家关于人类味觉的新研究成果：有的人有“苦味基因”，有的人则没有，这些人对食物的感觉不尽相同。现代人们通过多种方法使蔬菜食物更为可口。
【41题详解】
考查介词用法，句意：你或许是个超级品味师，一个有着“苦味”基因的人。with在此处表示“有着、带着”的意思，故填with。
【42题详解】
考查形容词的比较级，该空后有提示词than，故此处应将few改为其比较级，故填fewer。
【43题详解】
考查非谓语动词，本句 present 处及其后内容作定语，修饰前面的a new study。present属于非谓语动词，且表被动含义（研究成果在年会上被展示、介绍），故填presented。
【44题详解】
考查名词，our后面用名词或名词短语，此处表示“我们的食物喜好”，故填preference。
【45题详解】
考查定语从句，句意：对于这些人来说，苦味食物可能确实会有点甜（没那么苦）。分析句子结构可知，这是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词是non-tasters，因而引导词为who/whom，介词to之后应接whom，指代non-tasters，在从句中作宾语，故填whom。
【46题详解】
考查词类转换，副词修饰形容词，构成extremely sensitive，表示程度，故填extremely。
【47题详解】
考查名词单复数形式，plant在some之后应改为复数，故为plants。
【48题详解】
考查非谓语动词，本句已有谓语动词are trying，故reduce为非谓语动词，此处表示目的，故填to reduce。
【49题详解】
考查主谓一致和句子结构分析，本句主语部分含定语从句we grow today，修饰先行词vegetables，分析句子结构时应将定语从句整体隐去，可看出主语为some vegetables，谓语动词be用复数/现在时形式，故填are。
【50题详解】
考查连词，本句中either…or…（或者……或者……）为固定搭配，表示roasting...与adding...两者二选一的选择关系，故填or。
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