C．The importance of banana skins.

　　D．The ways of choosing organic bananas.

　　4．In which section of a newspaper can we read this passage?

　　A．Education. B．Health.

　　C．Culture. D．Science.

　　【解题导语】本文反驳了"吃香蕉会使人发胖"这一错误观点，告诉大家香蕉不会使身体分泌很多胰岛素而导致脂肪增加，相反，香蕉对身体健康有着诸多好处。

　　1．C　考查推理判断。根据第二段中"How can you know if food makes a lot of sugar quickly? The glycemic index(血糖指数)．..faster sugar development"可知，血糖指数高的食物往往能更快地转化成糖分，反之，血糖指数低的食物转化成糖分的速度较慢。故选C。

　　2．A　考查推理判断。根据文章第三段中的"diabetics lost significantly more weight than on a control diet.They also saw improvements in insulin sensitivity from the banana diet"及第四段的"bananas have been shown to cut risks of strokes，diabetes and cancers...weight loss"可知，香蕉可以帮助人们减肥，也能降低人们患中风、糖尿病及癌症的风险，由此可得出这样的结论：将香蕉列入日常饮食对人们的健康有益，故选A。

　　3．A　考查主旨要义。根据最后一段的内容尤其是"...can be made into a tea or added to a dish"可知，本段主要讲的是香蕉皮的用途。故选A。

　　4．B　考查推理判断。纵观全文可知，香蕉不仅有助于减肥，还能降低人们患中风、糖尿病及癌症的风险，而且香蕉皮也有用处。由此可知，本文最有可能出现在报纸的健康专栏。故选B。

　　二、单句语法填空

　　1．(2017·北京高考)Samuel, the tallest boy in our class, ________ easily reach the books on the top shelf.

　　答案：can　此处表示能力，要用can。

　　2．I think you should apologize to your brother ________your rudeness.

　　答案：for　apologize to sb. for sth. "因为某事向某人道歉"。

　　3．It is surprising that there are still many people in the world ________(starve) to death each year.

　　答案：starving　starve to death "饿死"，people和starve在逻辑上存在主谓关系，故要用starve的现在分词形式，作后置定语。

　　4．No official ________(permit) has been given for the event to take place.

　　答案：permission　official permission "官方许可"，在句中是名词短语作主语。

5．Forgive others, and you ________(forgive)．