A Bottled Boost 喝了再上!
Many people need an extra boost to keep going. While they may need more energy to get through the day, it shouldn't be _(1)_. A few months ago, Taichung residents were paralyzed with fear after one person was killed and three others _(2)_ after drinking poisoned energy drinks. On each of the bottles that tested _(3)_ for poison, the poisoner placed a small note that read, "I am poisonous. Don't drink me." Police arrested the culprit and later _(4)_ him with lacing energy drinks with cyanide.
In Taiwan, energy drinks are usually marketed towards the indefatigable workers. These people put in long hours at jobs _(5)_ from factory worker to office employee. They want a refreshing drink that will give them more _(6)_ to finish out their long shifts. Widely available, energy drinks contain legal stimulants, vitamins, and minerals, and are usually the _(7)_ of a cup of espresso.
Because there are a variety of energy drinks to choose from, most people automatically assume that they are safe to _(8)_. Often attracted to performance-enhancing products, athletes especially need to be careful of some false claims of these products. They _(9)_ believe that energy drinks are adequate substitutes for the training, rest, and recovery required in sports.
A bottled boost may temporarily _(10)_ the trick. In the long run, however, nothing beats a hot bath, a soft bed, and hours of uninterrupted sleep to get you back on your feet.
──Marcus Maurice
(A) do(B) stamina (C) mistakenly (D) hospitalized (E) charged
(F) consume (G) equivalent (H) positive (I) deadly (J) ranging
單字:
1. culprit n.罪犯
2.cyanide n. 氰化物
3.indefatigable a. 孜孜不倦的
4.refreshing a. 提神的
5.shift n. 輪班時間
6.stimulant n. 興奮劑
7.espresso n. 濃縮咖啡
8.automatically adv. 自動地
9.performance-enhancing a. 增強表現的
10.adequate a. 適當的
11.temporarily adv. 暫時地
12.uninterrupted a. 不被打擾的
片語:
1.boost n. & vt. 提昇,增強
例:The new advertising campaign boosted sales by over 50 percent in one week.
(新的廣告活動一星期就將業績提昇逾50 %。)
2.be paralyzed with...
因……不知所措∕無法動彈
例:The driver was paralyzed with fear when a deer jumped in front of the car.
(一隻鹿突然跳到車前,把駕駛嚇得魂不附體。)
3.lace A with B 將B摻入A中
例:It is believed that the wife laced her husband's dinner with arsenic.
(據信是妻子將砒霜摻進丈夫的晚餐中。)
4.be attracted to + N/V-ing 受……吸引
例:Richard is attracted to living life on the edge. He loves danger.
(理查喜歡戰戰兢兢過生活。他熱愛涉險。)
5.substitute n. 代替品 & vt. 代替
substitute A for B 以A取代B
例:The woman substituted swimming for jogging during the summer.
(那女子夏天時改去游泳來取代慢跑。)
6.in the long run 最終,到頭來
例:In the long run, no one will win if we continue to argue about everything.
(如果我們每件事都要吵的話,最後沒人會贏。)
7.get sb back on one's feet
使某人回復到原本的狀況
例:Take this money to get you back on your feet. Pay me back whenever you can.
(把這錢拿去重新來過。你有能力時再還我就好了。)
解題:
1.第一題空格應選 (I) deadly
理由:
a.空格前有原形be動詞,得知空格內應置入名詞或形容詞作主詞補語。
b.deadly為形容詞,且置入後符合其後說明台中市有人死亡的案例,故(I)應為正選。
deadly a. 致死的
2.第二題空格應選 (D) hospitalized
理由:
a.空格前有對等連接詞and,而前句為one person was killed,故其後應為對等句構three others were...,唯此處的be動詞were因與其前was重複而可予以省略。
b.were之後可置入分詞作主詞補語,hospitalized為過去分詞,置入後符合語意、用法,故(D)應為正選。
hospitalized a. 入院的
hospitalize vt. 使入院
3.第三題空格應選 (H) positive
理由:
a.空格前的tested為不完全不及物動詞,表『化驗結果為……』,其後一般接形容詞positive或negative作補語。
b.選項中有positive,置入後符合語意、用法,故(H)應為正選。
c.test positive/negative
化驗結果呈陽性∕陰性反應的
例:The surgeon tested positive for the virus after being exposed to it during surgery.
(那名外科醫師在手術時接觸到病毒後,被測出遭受感染。)
4.第四題空格應選 (E) charged
理由:
a.由對等連接詞and之前的過去式動詞arrested和空格後的受詞him得知,此處應置入一過去式及物動詞。
b.charged為過去式動詞,且置入後形成下列用法:
charge sb with... 因……控告某人
例:Police charged the politician's assistant with lying under oath.
(警方控告那位政治人物的助理作偽證。)
c.根據上述,可知(E)為正選。
5.第五題空格應選 (J) ranging
理由:
a.空格所在的句子中,已有動詞put,而一個句子中不得同時存在兩個動詞,可知應置入分詞。
b.由空格後的"from...to..."可知,此處應置入現在分詞ranging,以形成下列固定用法:
range from A to B (範圍)從A到B都有
例:His collections of toys range from the useless to the priceless.
(他所蒐集的玩具從破銅爛鐵到稀世珍品都有。)
c.根據上述,可知(J)應為正選。
6.第六題空格應選 (B) stamina
理由:
a.由空格前的授與動詞give得知,此處應置入表『物』的名詞,以形成『give + 間接受詞(人) + 直接受詞(物)』(給某人某物)的用法。
b.選項(B) stamina為名詞,且置入後符合語意,故為正選。
stamina n. 元氣
7.第七題空格應選 (G) equivalent
理由:
a.空格前有定冠詞the,其後有介詞of,可知空格應為名詞。
b.equivalent n. 同等物 & a. 同等的
be equivalent to... 相等於……
例:This one-dollar bill is equivalent to about 115 yen.
(這張1元美鈔大約等於115日元。)
c.根據上述,可知選項(G)為正選。
8.第八題空格應選 (F) consume
理由:
a.空格前有不定詞的to,可知此處應置入原形動詞。
b.consume置入後形成不定詞片語to consume,作副詞用,修飾其前的形容詞safe;且they(即指energy drinks)可作consume的受詞,亦符合語意,故(F)為正選。
consume vt. 吃,喝
9.第九題空格應選 (C) mistakenly
理由:
a.本句為完整子句,可知應置入副詞修飾空格後的動詞believe。
b.選項(C) mistakenly為選項中唯一副詞,且置入後,"mistakenly believe..."表『誤信……』,符合語意,故選之。
mistakenly adv. 錯誤地
10.第十題空格應選 (A) do
理由:
a.空格前有助動詞may,可知此處應置入原形動詞。
b.選項(A) do為原形動詞,置入後又可與其後受詞形成以下固定用法:
do the trick 達到目的
例:Nothing will do the trick once this child starts crying.
(只要這小孩一開始哭,就無法叫他停下來。)
c.根據上述,可知(A)應為正選。
許多人需要多一點動力來繼續下去。他們需要的只是一些能度過今日的精力,而這應該不致於會要了他們的命。但幾個月前,台中居民因有人喝下有毒的提神飲料造成1人死亡、3人送醫後感到極度恐慌。在被檢測出有毒的每罐飲料身上,下毒者都貼了一張小條子,寫著:『我有毒,請勿喝。』警方逮捕了罪犯,並在稍後將他以在飲料摻氰化物的罪名起訴。
在台灣,提神飲料的廣大市場來自孜孜不倦的勞工們。這些長時間工作的人來自工廠的工人或辦公室的上班族。他們需要能夠提神的飲料,以便提供他們更多精力應付超長的工時。提神飲料到處都買得到,它們內含合法的興奮劑、維他命和礦物質,可說是等同喝上一杯濃縮咖啡。
由於市面上有各種提神飲料可以選擇,大部分人都自然而然認為喝提神飲料安全無虞。像運動員這種容易被能提昇體能的產品吸引的人,特別要注意這類產品某些不實的標榜。他們可能會誤以為提神飲料可以替代運動時所需的訓練、休息和體能恢復。
一罐瓶裝的振奮劑可能暫時有效。但最終,沒有什麼比洗個熱水澡、躺在柔軟的床上,和幾小時無擾的睡眠更能令你回復體力的了。
標準答案: 1. (I) 2. (D) 3. (H) 4. (E) 5. (J)
6. (B) 7. (G) 8. (F) 9. (C) 10. (A)
from 常春藤解析英語雜誌
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