Question

【题目】You might want to think twice before purchasing【1】(conventional) grown strawberries or spinach(菠菜). According to a new report from the Environmental Working Group(EWG), these foods are the most likely【2】(pollute) with the pesticide.

Even low levels of pesticide exposure can be harmful to infants, babies and young children,【3】parents and caregivers should take measures to lower children’s exposures【4】pesticides while still【5】(feed) them diets rich in healthy fruits and vegetables.

Just last year, the red berry knocked apples and【6】(hold) the title of the most polluted. The pesticide increased in strawberries because of out-of-season demand. The most polluted strawberry had traces of 20【7】(vary) pesticides.

Also moving up on【8】list this year is spinach. Spinach jumps from the【9】(eight) to the second most polluted product. The study finds spinach samples contain more pesticides by weight than all other produce【10】(test). In high doses, it can cause damage to the nervous system.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】conventionally

【2】to be polluted/polluted

【3】so

【4】to

【5】feeding

【6】held

【7】various

【8】the

【9】eighth

【10】tested

【解析】蔬菜水果受杀虫剂污染会给身体带来危害，文章列举了最容易被污染的是草莓和菠菜。

【1】conventionally

考查副词。此处修饰动词grown用副词，指传统种植的草莓或菠菜，故填conventionally.

【2】to be polluted/polluted

考查不定式的被动。句中the most likely 修饰pollute可以用过去分词与前面are 构成被动语态。be likely to do很可能做某事，后加不定式。句中主语these foods和动词pollute是被动故选，指食物被污染，也可以用不定式的被动形式。故填to be polluted/polluted.

【3】so

考查连词。句意：即使低毒的杀虫剂可能对婴幼儿、儿童也有害，父母和看护人应该采取措施减少伤害。前后句是因果关系，表示“所以”，故填so.

【4】to

考查介词。此处指降低儿童对杀虫剂的接触，exposure to “曝光，受到，接触”，是固定搭配。故填to.

【5】feeding

考查动词形式。句中主语parents and caregivers和动词feed是主动关系用动词-ing形式，此处省略了they are，故填feeding.

【6】held

考查动词时态。根据时间状语last year，且和and前的knocked一致也用一般过去时，故填过去式held.

【7】various

考查形容词。此处修饰名词pesticides用形容词，指各种杀虫剂，故填形容词“各种各样的” various.

【8】the

考查冠词。此处特指上文提到的污染最严重的水果蔬菜名单，表示特指用定冠词，故填the.

【9】eighth

考查数词。此处由the修饰，后面用序数词，指从第八位前进到第二位，故填eighth.

【10】tested

考查过去分词。句中other produce和动词test是被动关系，用过去分词。此处是过去分词作定语修饰other produce,故填tested.