They can be in different colours and they have different shapes. They can be both red or green, round or sharp, big or small, and more importantly, loved or hated by someone. What can they be? Right, the answer is chilies (辣椒) .
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies to our food, but do you know that this spicy (辣的) vegetable could also be very dangerous? A 34-year-old US man lost his life in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper, the spiciest chili. After taking just one bite, the man began to get serious headaches in the following days, reported by BBC News.
In fact, eating spicy food causes stomachache and headache. But if chilies are harmful, why do people to eat this vegetable? What makes people love chilies so much? The human body is influenced (影响) by natural chemicals (化学物质) that produce “a sense of happiness”, noted by BBC News.
And chilies do good to people in another way. Scientists found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The death rate is 14 percent lower for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. This makes people eat more spicy food to make their health better. So don’t worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are really good for us.
【小题1】What can we know according to Paragraph 2?| A．Eating the chilies makes people die. |
| B．Eating chilies sometimes can be dangerous. |
| C．Biting only a few chilies would not cause headaches. |
| D．Adding a lot of chilies to the food is usual in America. |
| A．Because chilies can make them happy. |
| B．Because food with chilies is more delicious. |
| C．Because chilies area kind of delicious vegetable. |
| D．Because chilies will never be bad for their health. |
| A．We should eat spicy food six times a week. |
| B．The more chilies one eats, the longer he can live. |
| C．Our body will produce bad chemicals when eating chilies. |
| D．Eating proper (适当的) spicy food may make us healthier. |
| A．Two sides of eating chilies. | B．Some loved-and-hated vegetables. |
| C．The reasons why chilies are loved. | D．The bad results that eating chilies brings. |
