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When the Spanish explorer Cortez reached Mexico in the sixteenth century, he found people there using a drink ___7___ was called chocolate. It tasted quite strong because it had pepper in it. ___8___ (make) it taste better, the Spanish added sugar. When chocolate first came to Europe in the seventeenth century, people ___9___ (start) to drink it with milk, instead of water. Nowadays, tons of chocolate ___10___ (deliver) to factories, where they are turned into many popular sweets and cakes.
【答案】7. which/that
8. To make 9. started
10. are delivered
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述巧克力在全世界的盛行。如今,成吨的巧克力被送到工厂,在那里它们被制成许多受欢迎的糖果和蛋糕。
【7题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:当西班牙探险家Cortez在16世纪到达墨西哥时,他发现那里的人们使用一种叫做巧克力的饮料。此处a drink是先行词,指物,在后面的定语从句中作主语,故答案为which/that。
【8题详解】
考查动词不定式做目的状语。句意:为了让味道更好,西班牙人加入了糖。此处是动词不定式作目的状语。故答案为To make。
【9题详解】
考查时态。句意:17世纪,当巧克力第一次来到欧洲时,人们开始加牛奶而不是水来喝巧克力。此处是when引导的时间状语从句,从句用一般过去时态,从句也用过去时态,故答案为started。
【10题详解】
考查一般现在时态的被动语态。句意:如今,成吨的巧克力被送到工厂,在那里它们被制成许多受欢迎的糖果和蛋糕。此处句子主语tons of chocolate是复数形式, 和deliver之间是被动关系,结合句意可知句子用一般现在时态的被动语态,故答案为are delivered。
【点睛】分析定语从句关键抓住两点:第一、找准先行词;第二、看先行词在定语从句中