Question

  Now the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire has produced a fiery export after a local produc?er grew the world's hottest chilli(紅辣椒) .

  Measuring 1. 17 million on the Scoville Scale(史高維爾指示) 一an official 1 of spicy(辛

辣的) heat the chilli is so 2 that it is not good to health.

  3by Nick Woods， 39 ， the chilli―which was planted in a  4  made it to the Guin?ness Book of World Records 5 it is much hotter than its previous title holder， the Bhut Jolo-kia,from India.

  Mr Woods said that he grew the record-breaking chilli 6 .

   He 7 ，"I did not set out to grow it. It is really easy for chillies to crossbreed(雜交) in a greenhouse. It tasted nice at first when I  8 ，like a strange fruity  9 . After a while, it hit me. All of a sudden I felt it 10 in the back of my throat so hot that I could not 11 . In the meantime,I 12 to shake uncontrollably. I had to sit down,and I felt physically.

  13 The burn on my tongue lasted half an hour and the 14 went on and on. I was real?ly 15   . I really don't suggest anybody 16 it raw like that."

He said， " We do feel quite 17 to get it because everyone in the world has heard of the Guinness Book of Worm Records. 18 someone else comes along and 19 it,they can never take it away from us that we once 20 the world record." 

(   ) 1.A. account   B. measure   C. assessment   D. analysis

(   ) 2.A. hot   B. big   C. red   D. smelly、

(   ) 3.A. Cooked   B. Improved   C. Grown   D. Created

(   ) 4.A. garden   B. forest   C. cave   D. greenhouse

(   ) 5.A. because   B. if   C. until   D. although

(   ) 6.A. secretly   B. accidentally   C. eagerly   D. bravely

(   ) 7.A. explained   B. argued   C. complained   D. announced

(   ) 8.A. listened   B. tried   C. watched   D. felt

(   ) 9.A. taste   B. smell   C. appearance   D. size

(   ) 10.A. swinging   B. burning   C. jumping   D. melting

(   ) 11.A. speak   B. write   C. remember   D. understand

(   ) 12.A. continued   B. pretended   C. began   D. avoided

(   ) 13.A. sick   B. tired   C. strong   D. excited

(   ) 14.A. adjustment   B. thought   C. effect   D. impression

(   ) 15.A. sorry   B. worried   C. guilty   D. careful

(   ) 16.A. describe   B. carry   C. eat   D. touch

(   ) 17.A. puzzled   B. depressed   C. satisfied   D. honored

(   ) 18.A. Even if   B. As if   C. Since   D. Unless

(   ) 19.A. proves   B. avoids   C. treats   D. beats

(   ) 20.A. supported   B. found   C. organized   D. held

Answer 1

1- 5 BACDA 6—10 BABAB

11— 15 ACACB 16—20 CD ADD

Nick Woods在自家的溫室里栽培出了世界上最辣的辣椒。

1.B從ScovilleScale的漢語(yǔ)意思可知，這是一種計(jì)量制。

2.A這種辣椒太辣了，所以它對(duì)健康沒(méi)好處。

3.C從下文可知，世界上最辣的辣椒是Nick Woods種植的。

4.D從倒數(shù)第二段中的greenhouse可知，這個(gè)辣椒是NickWoods在溫室里栽培出的。

5.A由于它比之前被鑒定為世界上最辣的辣椒還要辣，所以擊敗了先前的印度人保持的吉尼斯世界記錄。

6.B從下段第一句判斷，Nick Woods不是刻意去培育這種辣椒的，純屬偶然。

7.A下文內(nèi)容是Nick Woods在解釋事情的過(guò)程。

8.B Nick Woods嘗了嘗這個(gè)辣椒。

9.A根據(jù)上文的taste可知，一開(kāi)始嘗的時(shí)候這種辣椒有一種奇怪的水果的味道。

10.B從下文的The burn on my tongue可知， NickWoods的嗓子深處辣得都冒煙了。

11.A由本空前throat判斷，嗓子火辣辣的， Nick Woods無(wú)法說(shuō)話。

12.C NickWoods開(kāi)始不由自主地顫抖了。

13.A NickWoods感覺(jué)身體很不舒服。

14.C Nick Woods的舌頭一直感覺(jué)火辣辣的，這種影響一直在持續(xù)。

15.B Nick Woods感覺(jué)很不舒服，所以他開(kāi)始擔(dān)心。

16.C Nick Woods希望任何人都不要像他那樣去生吃它。

17.D大家都知道吉尼斯世界記錄，所以能被載入吉尼斯世界記錄，NickWoods感到很榮幸。

18.A即使還有別人來(lái)沖擊吉尼斯世界記錄，他們也不能否認(rèn)我們?cè)��?jīng)持有過(guò)這個(gè)世界記錄。

19.D參見(jiàn)第18題解析。

20. D參見(jiàn)第18題解析。