Question

A. turn  B. eagerly  C. concerned  D. anxiously  E. growing   F. changed G. produced H. international   I. popular   J. called

There have been a lot of changes in American eating habits in the last ten years. One is the __1.__ awareness of the nutritional value of food. Another is an increasing interest in a variety of __2.__ foods. Since about 1970, Americans have been more and more __3.__ about health. They have begun to notice the ingredients（配料） in what they eat.

When they select food in the supermarket, they __4.__ the package over to read the labels carefully. They prefer to eat food that is __5.__ without unnecessary chemicals and often choose fruits and vegetables grown without poisons used to kill insects. A small group of Americans, __6.__ vegetarians, has decided not to eat meat. They choose a complete diet from other kinds of food because they think that meat products are not good for health.

Also more and more Americans have become interested in food from other countries. They have been going out to international restaurants and __7.__ trying unfamiliar dishes. Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, and Greek cooking as well as many other recipes（食谱） are all __8.__ these days in the United States. People used to say that Americans ate uninteresting, unhealthy food, but this has __9.__ in the last ten years.

Answer

1.E

2.H

3.C

4.A

5.G

6.J

7.B

8.I

9.F

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了美国人的饮食变化，他们越来越重视食物的营养价值和对健康的影响，他们去超市买东西要仔细看一下标签，他们愿意买不含化学物质的食品，有的人还愿意品尝外国的大餐。

1.因为空格前面有冠词，后有名词所以判断这里该用形容词，句意：一个是日益增长的有营养价值的食品的意识；根据an increasing interest 也可判断与increasing同一的词，所以用growing，故选E。

2.根据Also more and more Americans have become interested in food from other countries. 来自国外的食品所以用international，故选H。

3.这是固定短语be concernedabout关心；美国人越来越关心健康，故选C。

4.根据the package over to read the labels carefully.这里是turn over翻过来，他们要翻过来仔细地看一下标签，故选A。

5.这里是定语从句，先行词是food，关系词在从句中作主语，food与动词之间是被动关系，这里必须用谓语动词的过去分词，所以只有F、J和G，根据句意应该是食物被生产出来，故选G。

6.另外一组美国人被称为素食者，已经决定不吃肉，这里Americans与call之间是被动关系，这里是过去分词短语作定语，故选J。

7.他们出去到国际的餐馆迫切想尝吃一下不熟悉的菜，根据句意故选B。

8.在美国，日本、法国、意大利、希腊和许多其他国家的食谱都是受欢迎的，根据句意故选I。

9.人们过去常常说美国人吃的都是没有兴趣的不健康的食品，但是这种现象在过去的十年里已经发生了很大改变，故选F。

考点：选词填空。