《2025年实验班提优训练七年级英语上册译林版》

1. ______E______ 2. ______C______ 3. ______A______ 4. ______B______ 5. ______G______

答案： 1. E 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. G

We think of chocolate as something sweet. However1, a long time ago, people thought of chocolate as something very bitter. For us, chocolate is a candy, but once it was a medicine. Today, chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or just a snack2. Sometimes it's an ingredient in the main course of a meal. Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called mole and pour it over chicken. The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices like chili peppers3.
Chocolate is a product of the tropical(热带的)cacao tree. Cacao beans taste so bitter that even monkeys say "ugh!" and run away4. When the Spaniard came to Mexico in the 16th century, they started drinking cacao too. Because5 the drink was strong and bitter, they thought it was a medicine. When the Spaniards took the drink back to Europe, people found that sugar6 removed the bitter taste of cacao. Wealthy Spaniards heated the sweet drink and thought it was good for their health.
In the 19th century, an English company made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate. Then people could both7 drink and eat chocolate. Later, a Swiss company mixed milk and chocolate together8. People liked the taste of milk chocolate even better9.
Besides the chocolate candy bar, one of the most popular10 American snacks is the chocolate-chip cookie. Favourite desserts are chocolate cream pie and, of course, an ice cream sundae(圣代)with hot fudge sauce(热软质巧克力糖酱).

答案： 1. However 2. snack 3. peppers 4. away 5. Because 6. sugar 7. both 8. together 9. better 10. popular