Saffron

文章大意

本文介绍名贵香料藏红花（番红花）的种植与加工：它由番红花花朵的柱头制成，秋季开花，需人工采摘约400小时才得1公斤，经干燥去除98%水分以保存。藏红花香气似蜂蜜、色泽金黄，广泛用于东西方烹饪尤其是米饭，还可能用于治疗眼部疾病的医学研究。

题目与答案

1. Saffron: a spice which comes from the crocus flower

   Cultivation and production

   ·Harvested on October

   ·Number of stigmas need for 50 grams: 31_____

   答案：14000

   原文定位：One person must pick for almost four hundred hours to produce just one kilo of saffron, and amazingly, to produce just fifty grams, it takes about 14000 individual stigmas

   同义替换：「need for」↔「takes」

2. ·Method of preservation: 32_____

   答案：drying

   原文定位：to preserve the intensive taste, smell, and color of the product, the stigmas are subject to a process of drying

   同义替换：「Method」↔「process」

3. ·Taste and aroma: like honey

   ·Forms in which sold: as whole stigmas and as a 33_____ .

   答案：powder

   原文定位：saffron is either sold as whole stigmas or ground up as a powder

4. Use of saffron today

   ·To Colour and flavour food in many countries especially for making 34_____ dishes.

   答案：rice

   原文定位：it is most commonly added to recipes for the cooking of rice

   同义替换：「flavour food」↔「added to recipes」

5. In medicine

   ·as a drug in treatment of problems affecting the 35_____ .

   答案：eyes

   原文定位：medical research indicates that saffron may have important applications as a drug in the clinical treatment of a number of eyes disorders

   同义替换：「problems」↔「disorders」

6. ·experiments with rats as protection from exposure to some types of 36_____ .

   答案：lights

   原文定位：protecting the animals from damage caused when they are exposed to potentially harmful lights

7. History of saffron use

   ·Ancient Crete as a dye for 37_____ .

   答案：clothes

   原文定位：women wore beautiful saffron-colored clothes. This is the earliest evidence of saffron being used as a dye

8. ·Roman Empire

   ·in oil used for the production of 38_____ .

   答案：cosmetics

   原文定位：During the Roman Empire, saffron oil was produced;used to create cosmetics

   同义替换：「production」↔「create」

9. ·as a 39_____ in public baths.

   答案：perfume

   原文定位：Another use of saffron was to be found in the public baths. There, saffron was used as a perfume to keep the places smelling fresh

10. ·Persia(Iran) as a dye used in the making of 40_____ .

    答案：carpets

    原文定位：One of the most well-known examples was in Persia, which is modern-day Iran, where saffron was a vital part of the process of manufacturing carpets, being used as a traditional dye along with other natural products like berries and minerals

    同义替换：「making」↔「manufacturing」