Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
If you've ever looked at the ingredients list while grocery shopping,chances are you've seen the term"natural flavors". But have you taken a 26 to consider what these natural flavors actually are?
Most of us might think that "natural flavors" are, well, naturally good for us. A recent study in the journal Appetite found that when the word "natural" appears on packaging,people 27 that the food within is indeed healthier.In truth,natural flavors do not 28 much,at least chemically speaking, from their flavor-boosting 29 ：artificial flavors. Both can be made in a lab by trained flavorists,but artificial flavors use chemicals to give a product a 30 smell or taste.
Natural flavors come from plant or animal 31 , like fruit, vegetable,meat,fish or milk that is then processed or refined in some way.In short,natural flavors are 32 from plants and animals to create specific flavors for processed foods. But that does not 33 make it easier to tell what is really in your food. Because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not 34 the term, companies can use it to refer to pretty much anything derived from a plant or animal. And natural flavors can also include a variety of chemical additives, such as preservatives. The FDA doesn't require companies to reveal what additional chemicals a specific item 35 .
So if you want to know for certain what you're getting with your groceries,you might want to stick to the farmer's market.
A) acknowledge I) implies
B) chance J) necessarily
C) contains K) particul
D) counterparts L) perceive
E) defined M) second
F) differ N) sources
G) especially O) strange
H) extracted
答案解析：
26. 根据“But have you taken a...to consider what these natural flavors actually are?”可知，此处表达“你是否停下来思考过这些天然香料到底是什么”，“take a second”表示“停顿一下，稍作思考”，所以选M。
27. 根据“people...that the food within is indeed healthier”可知，此处表达“人们认为里面的食物确实更健康”，“perceive”表示“认为，感知”，符合语境，所以选L。
28. 根据“at least chemically speaking, from their flavor-boosting...：artificial flavors”可知，此处表达“天然香料和人工香料在化学上没有太大区别”，“differ”表示“不同，有区别”，所以选F。
29. 根据“from their flavor-boosting...：artificial flavors”可知，此处是在将天然香料和人工香料进行对比，“counterparts”表示“对应物，对比物”，所以选D。
20.(此处序号应为30)根据“but artificial flavors use chemicals to give a product a...smell or taste”可知，此处表达“人工香料使用化学物质给产品一种特殊的气味或味道”，“particular”表示“特别的，特殊的”，所以选K。
31. 根据“Natural flavors come from plant or animal...”可知，此处表达“天然香料来自植物或动物来源”，“sources”表示“来源”，所以选N。
32. 根据“natural flavors are...from plants and animals to create specific flavors for processed foods”可知，此处表达“天然香料是从植物和动物中提取出来的”，“extracted”表示“提取”，所以选H。
33. 根据“But that does not...make it easier to tell what is really in your food”可知，此处表达“但这并不一定让你更容易知道你的食物里到底有什么”，“necessarily”表示“必然地，一定地”，所以选J。
34. 根据“Because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not...the term”可知，此处表达“因为食品药品监督管理局(FDA)还没有定义这个术语”，“defined”表示“定义”，所以选E。
35. 根据“The FDA doesn't require companies to reveal what additional chemicals a specific item...”可知，此处表达“FDA不要求公司透露特定物品包含什么额外的化学物质”，“contains”表示“包含”，所以选C。
