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
: 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...
: 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AB
: 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
: 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
: 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)
: 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。
: 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
: 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
: 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)……
: 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
: 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)
: 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 nothingsomethingeverythinganything 等不定代名詞時,須使用後位修飾。
: 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……
: 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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