Electronic cigarettes _5_ use a rechargeable battery-operated heating element to vaporize thenicotine in a replaceable pipe. Nicotine is the substance in tobacco that people can becomeaddicted to. Some cigarettes are made to look like real cigarettes, cigars or pipes. Others looklike pens or USB memory devices. No tobacco is _6_ in e-cigarettes and there is no smokeeither. Instead, as users breathe in, they take in nicotine-filled vapor.

　　By isolating nicotine, e-cigarettes should carry far fewer chemical risks than _7_ cigarettes.Tobacco contains about 5,000 _8_ chemicals with as many as 100,000 more that haven’t yetbeen known. E-cigarettes _9_ many of those ingredients. Researchers also found evidencethat e-cigarettes reduce desires among smokers, not just for nicotine but also for the need tohold something in their hands and put something in their mouths. As a cigarette-quittingstrategy, it’s not that the devices are good for anyone, but they are just better than whatthey’re meant to _10_.

　　A) alternative B) engaged C) regular D) opaque

　　E)involved F)typically G)solely H) appeal

　　I) momentum J) equally K) replace L) unregulated

　　M) eliminate N) detect O)identified

　　解題思路

　　1.[L]空格作remained的表語，可能是名詞、形容詞或分詞。空格所在定語從句解釋紐約禁止電子香煙的原因。unregulated符合句法和語義要求，remained unregulated意為“(電子香煙)仍缺乏監管”。

　　2.[H] too much提示空格處應為不可數名詞。句子開頭提到“顏色可愛、水果味、設計巧妙”，這表明電子香煙對年輕人“很有吸引力”，appeal符合句意。

　　3.[J]此處需填人修飾strong的副詞。空格前后的criticisms和value形成對比，再結合下文提到電子香煙的好處，可知有些人批評，有些人贊成，equally符合上下文語境，指爭論雙方“旗鼓相當”。

　　4.[A] a提示空格處應為單數名詞。句子后半部分提到，很多人借助電子香煙戒煙，可見它可以“替代”普通香煙。名詞庫中alternative“供替代的選擇”能與to搭配，符合句意。

　　5.[F]句子主謂賓語齊全，空格處應填人副詞。本段從工作原理、外觀等方面介紹電子香煙。副詞庫中typically符合語義，表明電子香煙“通常”使用一個可充電電池驅動的加熱器對可替換煙管里的尼古丁進行加熱霧化。

　　6.[E]空格作句子表語,再結合其后的介詞in,推斷空格可能是分詞。上文提到，電子香煙利用加熱器對煙管里的尼古丁進行加熱并使其霧化，由此可知這種香煙不需要用到煙草。involved“含有”符合上下文語義。

　　7.[C]空格所在句意為“通過將尼古丁分離出來，與……香煙相比，電子香煙導致的化學危害要小得多”，regular符合語境，regular cigarettes意為“普通香煙”。

　　8.[O]空格在名詞前面，可能是名詞、形容詞或分詞作定語。空格后提到“仍有10萬種以上‘未知的’化學成分”，由此推斷空格所在部分講煙草中已有5000種“已知的”化學成分，identified作定語表示已鑒定的、已認出的”符合句意。

　　9.[M]空格處填人動詞原形作句子謂語。本段首句提到，電子香煙帶來的化學危害比普通香煙少得多，再結合上一句對煙草化學成分的描述，可以推斷電子香煙危害低是因為“去掉”了煙草中的許多化學成分,eliminate符合上下文語義。

　　10.[K]不定式標記to提示空格為動詞原形。此句總結電子香煙并不完美，但至少比普通香煙好。句中they指“電子香煙”，句中比較關系表明what應指“普通香煙”replace符合句意，指出電子香煙比它所要取代的香煙好。

　　The idea of using your dishwasher to cook a meal has been around since the ’80s. It’s beenused to cook _1_ , mainly fish. The Times ran a recipe on dishwasher-cooked salmon back in1986. The recipe said to _2_ the salmon in foil then run it through a full cycle without usingany soap.

　　That sounds like a fun dinner-party _3_ but not exactly a good way to _4_ your carbon

　　Emission. What’s more, using water and electricity to run a load without _5_ cleaning soundslike a waste of time and money.

　　But a recent survey suggested the technique could be making a _6_ It may have a littlesomething to do with the change to the original cooking technique that could prove to be _7_to a eco-friendly, convenience-focused generation in the kitchen.

　　lisa Casali, an Italian author, wrote a book on dishwasher cooking that’s actually meant to saveenergy. The book, “Cucinare in lavastoviglie” suggests recipes for meals cooked in airtight _8_during a regular dish cycle, with detergent, including one for cooking pasta with vegetables inthe dishwasher. A little salmon in a jar cooked next to last night’s dirty dishes doesn’t soundall that _9_.Initially, you may feel _10_ by such an idea, but when you get past that stage, itdoes make sense for the busy parent or college student looking to save time.

　　Will we see dishwasher-cooked fish on a restaurant menu anytime soon? Probably not, butsounds like it’s worth a try.Let us know if you’ve used your dishwasher to cook or if you，rewilling to give it a try.

　　A) trick B) appetizing C) sealed D) decrease

　　E) attractive F) comeback G) protein H) profoundly

　　I) prolonged J) shocked K) actually L) wrap

　　M) accordingly N) misleading O) menu

　　解題思路

　　1.[G]空格前的動詞cook提示空格處應為名詞作其賓語。句末的mainly fish提示該名詞應該是一種食物，據此

　　在詞庫中選用protein。

　　2.[L] 根據空格前的不定式標記to判斷空格應為動詞原形。空格所在句描述用洗碗機烹煮三文魚的方法，foil提示三文魚是用錫紙“包”起來的，詞庫中動詞wrap符合語義。

　　3.[A] a fun dinner-party…作sounds like的賓語，賓語部分缺少中心名詞。“用洗碗機烹煮三文魚”算是一種烹調技巧，因此選用trick一詞，a fun dinner-party trick意為“讓宴會變得有趣的小花招”。

　　4.[D]根據空格前的不定式to判斷空格應為動詞原形。a good way提示不定式短語應該是說具體的好處，故從詞庫中選取decrease一詞，表示“減少二氧化碳的排放量”。

　　5.[K]空格所在句不缺少主謂賓成分，由此推斷此處可能填人副詞，用以強調without cleaning anything。詞庫中actually符合語義。

　　6.[F]空格前的a提示此處填人名詞。上一段講到使用洗碗機煮食費時費錢，本段開頭的but提示，此處講的是現在人們對于這一煮食方法的不同看法。名詞庫中的comeback符合語義，表示“洗碗機煮食的做法再次流行起來”。

　　7.[E] prove to be后可接名詞、形容詞或分詞。洗碗機煮食方法改良后，更可能博得注重eco-friendly,convenience-focused的一代人的好感，題庫中attractive符合句意。

　　8.[C]空格位于形容詞airtight和名詞jars之間，據此推斷應填人名詞、形容詞或分詞，與airtight并列修飾jars。詞庫中sealed與airtight近義，填人文中表示“密封的罐子”，符合語義。

　　9.[B]空格需要一個形容詞，與副詞詞組all that"到那種地步”一起跟在動詞doesn’t sound后作表語。根據該句的主語“緊挨昨晚的臟碗碟煮熟的三文魚”，可推知這樣煮熟的三文魚讓人沒胃口。因此選用appetizing。

　　10.[J]空格位于系動詞feel之后，應填人名詞、形容詞或分詞。前半句講人們剛開始對用洗碗機煮魚的感受，后半句指出，對于那些繁忙的父母或想節省時間的大學生而言，這種做法是明智的。but前后內容形成對比，詞庫中的shocked符合文中語境。