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Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy(辛辣的)food? Is it because the spices make the food taste better? Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food,or is there some connection between spices and healthy food? Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria(细菌)which spoil food.
“Most common spices can kill 75 to 100 percent of the bacteria in food,”explains one of the scientists.The bacteria grow more easily and spoil(变质)food more quickly at higher temperatures.For this reason,it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates,
Do you like your food spicy? Your answer probably tells something about the country you come from.If you like spicy food,it is possible that hundreds of years ago,when there were no fridges,people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling.The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live longer,healthier lives.Today,in a time of fridges,the spices just make the food taste good.
The chemicals in spices keep food from spoiling by_________.

A.making food taste better
B.making food hotter
C.preventing bacteria getting into food
D.killing bacteria in food

Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates because_______.

A.cold temperature makes bacteria
B.bacteria get used to hot food
C.high temperature helps bacteria grow faster
D.bacteria spoil food only at high temperature

According to the passage,spices are useful in the following things except_____.

A.helping you to live longer
B.helping to keep you healthier
C.making your food taste better
D.taking the place of fridges
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A.Tony B.Susan
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How old is Tony?

A.11 B.12 C.13 D.14

What’s Betty’s Middle School?

A.No. 1 Middle School
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A.Tony and Betty B.Tony and Ben
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A.Yes, they are . B.No, they aren’t .
C.Yes, she is . D.No, he isn’t .

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A.513 B.1,646
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The word “extra” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

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People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.

A.France B.Germany
C.the United states D.Great Britain

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?.

A.No companies offer vacations to their workers.
B.Many people say they have enough time to relax.
C.Not all companies pay their workers for more work.
D.More than half of workers use all their vacation days.

What can we infer (推断)from the passage?.

A.Many workers have to work long hours.
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