首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
The sweet confection known as chocolate is consumed to the delight of millions worldwide every day. Few of those sweet-toothed n
The sweet confection known as chocolate is consumed to the delight of millions worldwide every day. Few of those sweet-toothed n
admin
2019-08-01
30
问题
The sweet confection known as chocolate is consumed to the delight of millions worldwide every day. Few of those sweet-toothed nibblers fully appreciate the long process by which chocolate is brought to their mouths, however. With an illustrious history, the story of chocolate is a fascinating one, almost rivaling its taste for the attention of its fans.
The dark treat’s life begins in the form of the dark, pulpy seeds of the cocoa tree, known as chocolate beans. The Mayans of Southern Mexico harvested these beans to produce a bitter drink, marking them as the first to consume chocolate. The first westerner to encounter chocolate, however, was none other than Christopher Columbus, who discovered an abandoned canoe in the American containing various trading goods, including the aforementioned chocolate beans, on August 15, 1502.
After Hernando Cortez encountered the Mayans and their curious drink, chocolate quickly became popular among the nobility in Europe, who sweetened it with sugar. In 1882, chocolate pioneer Conrad J. Von Houten earned the distinction of being the inventor of solid chocolate when he pulverized the beans to create a powder, which could then be mixed to create a solid form. Von Houten’s innovation made chocolate even more popular, allowing it to spread to the masses, particular in England, which was more egalitarian than most other European nations. Solid chocolate took off, never looking back, and has yet to slow down at all.
The health implications of eating chocolate are varied, depending on which reports one chooses to read. In general, most of the negative press that chocolate has received over the years has been refuted. The claim that consuming chocolate produces acne has been disproved in recent years, and it has even been concluded in some studies that eating chocolate can contribute to preventing heart disease.
As to why chocolate lovers seem so happy, science has provided some insight into that question as well. It has been determined that chocolate contains certain elements such as caffeine that increase the production of anandamides, the chemical produced by the body that makes us feel good. Further, other chemicals contained in chocolate have been proven to inhibit the breakdown of those anandamides, making the good feeling last longer.
The health effects of eating chocolate are discussed in paragraph 4 so as to______.
选项
A、persuade the reader that eating chocolate is not harmful
B、inform the reader of the current status of the study of chocolate’s health effects
C、refute claims that chocolate consumption is bad for one’s health
D、advocate the position that chocolate is beneficial to health
答案
C
解析
属信息推断题。相关信息在第四段第二句:从总体来看,这些年来大多数关于巧克力的负面评论都遭到了驳斥。下文是举例说明,由此可知,选项C正确,探讨吃巧克力对健康的影响,目的就是反驳吃巧克力对人体健康不利的主张)。选项A、D与本句的意思不符:只有大多数有关巧克力的负面评论被驳斥,这不能肯定地说明吃巧克力就没有害处。选项B与本段最后一句不符,句中使用了现在完成时态has been和时间状语in recent years,由此可推断这些都是最近几年的研究发现,并不是现在的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/m12Z777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Americanpresidentsseemtoagebeforeoureyes.Butthecommonbeliefthathigh-officestressgraysourleadersfasterthan【C1】
Americanpresidentsseemtoagebeforeoureyes.Butthecommonbeliefthathigh-officestressgraysourleadersfasterthan【C1】
Theaveragepriceofallgoodsandserviceshasrisenabout50percent.Butthepriceofacollegeeducationhasnearlydoubled
Theshortergrowingseasonsexpectedwithclimatechangeoverthenext40yearswillendangerhundredsofmillionsofalreadypo
Thetechnologyrevolutionmaybecomingtopoorcountriesviathemobilephone,notthepersonalcomputer,asitdidinrichone
WritealettertotheOfficeofSafetyManagementofyourschooltogiveyouradviceonhowtoimproveschoolsecurity.You
Justaseachweddingcreatespotentialbusinessfordivorcelawyers,soeachengagementgivesinsurersachancetodrumupbusin
WhilewesterngovernmentsworryoverthethreatofEbola,amorepervasivebutfarlessharmful【C1】______isspreadingthroughth
Despiteyourbestintentionsandefforts,itis【B1】______:Atsomepointinyourlife,youwillbewrong.【B2】_______canbehar
Horribletoilets.Stagnantpuddlesbuzzingwithdengue-spreadingmosquitoes.Collapsingmasonry.Laxsecurity.Aterroristattac
随机试题
某患者十二指肠球部溃疡病史8年,突发剧烈上腹痛,迅速波及全腹。查体:板状腹,全腹压痛、反跳痛、肌紧张,高度怀疑球部溃疡合并穿孔。此时最有诊断价值的检查为
()是对标分析的重要环节,需要花费大量的时间和资源。
对于挡水建筑物有时将坝轴线布置成折线,其主要考虑的理由是()。
企业年度会计报表的保管期限为()。
透明度原则是世界贸易组织的基本原则之一,其实质是()。
甲企业2009年12月31日资产负债表中流动资产为1280万元,流动负债为500万元。流动资产中“交易性金融资产”项目金额48万元,“存货”项目金额680万元,“预付款项”项目金额12万元。则2009年12月31日甲企业的速动比率为()。
甲乙结婚后,乙的父母于2011年11月1日出资300万元为甲乙购买了房屋,房屋产权登记在乙的名下,由于甲外出打工,乙长期在娘家居住,经夫妻协商将房屋出租。2012年4月20日,因甲在外出打工期间与他人同居,乙提起诉讼离婚,法院判决甲与乙离婚。下列说法不正
关于高通滤波器电路中电感L的作用,下列描述正确的有()。
破伤风患者在应用镇静药后集中采取护理措施的目的是()。
孔子提出的教学方法不包括下面哪一项()。
最新回复
(
0
)