Canadian maple syrup

文章大意

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题目与答案

1. Description

   · It is a sweet liquid poured over pancakes etc.

   · They production of sap needs a climate where night and day temperature are very 31_____ .

   答案：different

   原文定位：In spring, the temperatures need to drop to well below zero at night, but then they need to rise sharply during the day, so they're hugely different over a twenty-four-hour period

   同义替换：「very」↔「hugely different」

2. History

   · Folk stories claim that maple syrup was first used to cook 32_____ .

   答案：meat

   原文定位：His wife used this sap to boil meat, and the heat turned it into a sweet syrup, which they found delicious

   同义替换：「first used to cook」↔「used this sap to boil」

3. · Sap collection in spring developed into a First Nations 33_____ .

   答案：tradition

   原文定位：Collecting the sap each spring became a tradition among them

   同义替换：「developed into」↔「became」

4. · The sap was collected in buckets.

   · The sap was concentrated into syrup by:

   - using hot stones to produce 34_____

   答案：steam

   原文定位：One way was to drop hot stones from a fire into the buckets to create steam

   同义替换：「produce」↔「create」

5. - leaving it outside at night and then removing the layer of 35_____

   答案：ice

   原文定位：This would mean that a thick layer of ice would form on top, which could be discarded, leaving the sugary sap below

   同义替换：「removing」↔「discarded」

6. Uses

   · First Nations people drank the fresh sap to give them energy.

   · European settlers put the syrup in various types of 36_____ .

   答案：medicine

   原文定位：For example, they incorporated it into medicine of different kinds

   同义替换：「various types」↔「different kinds」，「put the syrup in」↔「incorporated it into」

7. · They also used it for drink and for candy.

   · Its use for making sugar declined after 1880, when the 37_____ on Caribbean sugar was removed.

   答案：tax

   原文定位：However, after eighteen eighty, the Canadian government decided to stop charging tax on Caribbean sugar, and this made it much cheaper

   同义替换：「removed」↔「stop charging」

8. Threats

   · Natural

   - Harvests may be affected by storms and destructive 38_____ .

   - Climate change may also affect sap production.

   答案：insects

   原文定位：Like any agricultural product, the harvest is subject to such things as major storms or the arrival of invasive insects, both of which have happened, and these could destroy everything

   同义替换：「destructive」↔「invasive」，「affected by」↔「subject to」

9. Social

   - Maple syrup is expensive and faces considerable 39_____ .

   - The obesity issue is affecting sales

   答案：competition

   原文定位：And of equal concern is the fact that nowadays there's a lot of competition from cheaper, artificially flavored brands

   同义替换：「faces considerable」↔「there's a lot of」

10. Reasons for optimism

    · Maples syrup is an important export.

    · It is quite 40_____ compared with other sweeteners.

    · Its taste is the main reason for its popularity.

    答案：healthy

    原文定位：As such, it is still relatively healthy when you compare it with sugar or corn syrup

    同义替换：「quite」↔「relatively」，「sweeteners」↔「sugar or corn syrup」