Life in the Fast Lane 禁食之道
Fasting is abstaining from all food and drink, save for water, for a short period of time. While _(1)_ energy, food also introduces toxins into the body. By not eating, the body has time to heal itself naturally. The first day or two of a fast are _(2)_ painful because toxins are being pushed out of the body. Also, a person misses the _(3)_ of eating.
Twenty years ago, an Olympic ice-skating hopeful injured his leg in a car accident. After a year of tests, the man still could not walk. His doctor informed him his only hope of walking again was experimental surgery. The man angrily grabbed his _(4)_ and hobbled out of the hospital. As he _(5)_ to get home, he remembered his arthritic father, who had healed himself some years ago by fasting. He decided that this was his only chance to _(6)_. After fasting for a month, the man was able to walk again. Within three years, he _(7)_ third in the World Professional Figure Skating Championships.
Fasting is _(8)_ new. It was written about in the times of the great _(9)_, Plato and Aristotle, and even Jesus went into the woods and _(10)_ food for 40 days. If you have a nagging injury or are just interested in giving your body a natural tune-up, fasting might be for you.
──by Marcus Maurice
(A) gave up
(B) crutches
(C) placed
(D) nothing
(E) recover
(F) philosophers
(G) sensation
(H) struggled
(I) somewhat
(J) providing
單字
1. fast a. 快速的 & vi. 禁食,齋戒
fasting n. 禁食,齋戒
2. toxin n. 毒素
3. hopeful n. 有成功希望的人
4. experimental a. 實驗的,試驗性的
5. arthritic a. 關節炎的
arthritis n. 關節炎
片語:
1. abstain from... 戒除斷絕……
abstain vi. 戒除;斷絕
例: John has decided to abstain from drinking and smoking for two months.
(約翰決定2個月不抽菸不喝酒。)
2. save for... 除……外(= except...)
例: Save for Wayne, no one else can fix this complex computer network.
(除了韋恩外,沒人會修理這複雜的電腦網路。)
3. introduce A into B 引進A到B
例: When the new fish were introduced into the river, there were many problems.
(該新品種魚類被引進這條河流後,產生許多問題。)
4. hobble vi. 跛行,蹣跚
例: Several people hobbled from the train wreck looking for friends and relatives.
(幾個人從火車殘骸蹣跚走出,尋找親朋好友。)
5. nagging a. 使人不得安寧的
nag vt. 煩擾;嘮叨
例: Edna nags her husband so much that he's hoping he'll go deaf.
(愛德娜常對她先生嘮叨,他真希望自己聾掉。)
6. tune-up n. 調整
tune up... 調整……(使情況良好)
例: We'll have to tune up the car before we go on our trip down the coast.
(我們啟程到海灘前,必須要先調整好車況。)
解題:
1. 第一題空格應選 (J) providing
理由:
a. 空格前為副詞連接詞While,之後則無主詞和動詞,可知此為副詞子句化簡為副詞片語之句構。
例: While driving to his office, Mr. Smith nodded off and crashed into a pole.
(開車去上班時,史密斯先生打瞌睡而撞上電線桿。)
b. 空格後為名詞 energy,得知應置入一及物現在分詞。選項中僅 (J) providing 為及物現在分詞,且置入後符合語意,故選之。
c. 本句解析如下:
While food provides energy, food also introduces toxins into the body.
→ While providing energy, food also introduces toxins into the body.
(食物提供能量的同時,也會將毒素引進體內。)
2. 第二題空格應選 (I) somewhat
理由:
a. 空格前為 be 動詞 are,空格後為形容詞 painful,得知空格應置入一副詞,修飾其後的 painful。
b. 選項中僅 somewhat 為副詞,故 (I) 應為正選。
c. somewhat [ `sVm:hwat ] adv. 稍微,有點
例: Though I'm somewhat hungry, I'm going to wait until this evening to eat.
(雖然我有點餓,我還是要等到晚上再吃。)
3. 第三題空格應選 (G) sensation
理由:
a. 此處空格前為定冠詞 the,而其後是介詞片語 of eating,得知空格內應置入一名詞。
b. 選項中,(B)、(D)、(F)、(G)為名詞;但根據語意,僅 (G) sensation 為正選。
c. sensation n. 感覺
例: After the accident, Marvin lost all sensation below the waist.
(那場意外後,馬文的下半身失去了知覺。)
4. 第四題空格應選 (B) crutches
理由:
a. 空格前為所有格 his,得知空格應置入一名詞。
b. 前面提到溜冰選手因車禍而無法行走,後面則說他一跛一跛走出醫院(hobbled out of the hospital),故應置入 crutches,說明不良於行的人得拄『拐杖』才能行走。
crutch [ krVtS ] n. 拐杖
c. 根據上述,(B)應為正選。
5. 第五題空格應選 (H) struggled
理由:
a. 空格前有代名詞 he 作主詞,其後為不定詞片語to get home,作副詞用,得知空格內應置入一不及物動詞。
b. 選項中,僅 (H) 為不及物動詞,置入後形成下列固定用法:
struggle to V 努力掙扎(做)……
例: During the boring CPR class, many of us struggled to stay awake.
(在無聊的心肺復甦術訓練課程中,我們許多人都努力保持清醒。)
c. 根據語意、用法,故 (H) 應為正選。
6. 第六題空格應選 (E) recover
理由:
a. 空格前為不定詞的 to,得知空格內應置入一原形動詞。
b. 選項中,僅 (E) recover 為原形動詞,故應為正選。
c. recover vi. 恢復健康
recover from... 從……復原
例: I'll stay home for a few days until I recover from the flu.
(我這幾天會待在家,直到我感冒康復。)
7. 第七題空格應選 (C) placed
理由:
a. 本句為缺少動詞之不完整句構,得知空格內應置入動詞。
b. 空格後為副詞 third(第三名),得知應置入 (C) placed,形成下列固定用法:
place + 名次 得到……(名次)
例: Gina placed last in the race but feels successful because she finished.
(吉娜在比賽中名列最後一名,但卻覺得很成功,因為她跑完全程。)
c. 根據上述,(C) 應為正選。
8. 第八題空格應選 (D) nothing
理由:
a. 空格前為 be 動詞 is,後為形容詞 new,故應置入 nothing,因形容詞修飾 nothing、something、everything、anything 等不定代名詞時,須使用後位修飾。
例: Did anything interesting happen on the company trip to Hualien?
(公司的花蓮之旅有發生什麼有趣的事嗎?)
b. 根據上述,(D) 應為正選。
9. 第九題空格應選 (F) philosophers
理由:
a. 空格前有定冠詞the及形容詞great,得知應置入一名詞。
b. 空格後有Plato(柏拉圖)及Aristotle(亞里斯多德)兩位偉大哲人的名字作同位語,得知應置入 (F) philosophers 方符合語意。
philosopher n. 哲學家
c. 根據上述,(F)應為正選。
10. 第十題空格應選 (A) gave up
理由:
a. 空格前為對等連接詞and,得知應置入過去式動詞,以與前面went into對等。
b. 空格後為名詞food,可知空格內應為及物動詞。選項(A) gave up為片語及物動詞,置入後合乎語意,說明耶穌進入森林絕食40天,故選之。
c. give up... 放棄停止……
例: Bill should give up smoking before it does permanent damage to his lungs.
(比爾該在抽煙對肺部造成永久傷害前,把它給戒掉。)
禁食就是短期內斷絕除了水以外的一切飲食。食物提供能量的同時,也會將毒素引進體內。藉由禁食,身體就會有時間自然地自我修復。禁食頭一、兩天會有一點痛苦,因為毒素正被排出體外,而且人也會想念吃東西的感覺。
20年前,一名有希望在奧運溜冰項目奪牌的選手在一場車禍中傷了腿。經過一年的檢查後,這名男子仍無法行走。他的醫生告知說,他若想再度行走的話,唯一的希望就是接受實驗性手術。他聽完就氣沖沖地抓起拐杖,一拐一拐走出醫院。在他努力回到家後,他想起幾年前,得關節炎的父親曾靠著禁食自力痊癒。他決定這就是他康復的唯一機會。禁食1個月後,他又能行走了。3年內,他在世界花式溜冰錦標賽中排名第三。
禁食不是什麼新鮮事。在哲學巨擘柏拉圖與亞里斯多德的時代就曾記載過,甚至耶穌都曾進入森林絕食40天。如果你有個惱人的傷處,或只是有興趣給自己身體來場自然調適,禁食或許會適合你。
標準答案:
1. (J) 2. (I) 3. (G) 4. (B) 5. (H) 6. (E) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (F) 10. (A)
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