【题目解析】 1.首先要注意的是此题只允许在每个空格上写一个单词。 2.第1小题：树的叶子是__________形状 第2小题：__________围绕着果实并且会打开，当果实成熟的时候 第3小题：__________被用来制造spice nutmeg 第4小题：作为aril而著名的覆盖物被用来制造__________ 3.根据第一段中的The tree is thickly branched with dense foliage of tough, dark green oval leaves，可以知道关于树叶的描写，所以第1小题答案是oval； 根据第一段中的When the fruit is ripe, this husk splits into two halves along a ridge running the length of the fruit，可以得知husk会破裂成两半，因此第2小题答案是husk； 根据第一段中的Inside is a purple-brown shiny seed, 2–3 cm long by about 2 cm across, surrounded by a lacy red or crimson covering called an ‘aril’. These are the sources of the two spices nutmeg and mace, the former being produced from the dried seed and the latter from the aril.可以得知spices mutmeg是由dried seed产生，mace是由aril产生，因此第3小题的答案是seed，第4小题的答案是mace。 第5小题：F ➡️ 文中第二段but they never revealed the exact location of the source of this extremely valuable commodity； 第6小题：NG ➡️ 文中第四段In 1602, Dutch merchants founded the VOC, a trading corporation better known as the Dutch East India Company. By 1617, the VOC was the richest commercial operation in the world.没提到是否是第一家主要的贸易公司； 第7小题：T ➡️ 文中第五段The Dutch now had a monopoly over the nutmeg trade which would last for another century. 第8小题：Arabs ➡️文中第二段Throughout this period, the Arabs were the exclusive importers of the spice to Europe. 第9小题：plague ➡️文中第四段At the same time, thousands of people across Europe were dying of the plague； 第10小题：lime ➡️文中第五段In addition, all exported nutmeg was covered with lime； 第11小题：Run ➡️ 文中第五段if the British would give them the island of Run, they would in turn give Britain a distant and much less valuable island in North America； 第12小题：Mauritius ➡️ 文中第六段a Frenchman named Pierre Poivre successfully smuggled nutmeg plants to safety in Mauritius, an island off the coast of Africa. 第13小题：tsunami ➡️文中第六段a volcanic eruption in the Banda region caused a tsunami that wiped out half the nutmeg groves.