Succulent sausages, juicy steaks, and tender chicken legs—could you give all these tasty treats up? More and more people in the US are doing just that. There are millions more vegetarians in the US now than there were a decade ago, and the number just keeps _(1)_. Why have so many made the _(2)_ from being carnivores to veggies?
The biggest reason is an increasing objection to killing animals. More than half a million animals are killed for meat every hour in the US alone, and many people consider this _(3)_ and wasteful. Facebook's creator and one of vegetarianism's latest converts, Mark Zuckerberg, has recently _(4)_ to eat only animals that he's killed himself in order to show new respect for animal life.
Since the world is going _(5)_, vegetarians have become the new poster children for saving the environment. Land that is used for farming sheep and cows now could be used far more _(6)_ to grow important crops like wheat. It is _(7)_ that the meat industry produces even more greenhouse gases than all the traffic in the world combined.
While giving up meat may be good news for the planet, can the same be said for the people who _(8)_ cut meat from their diets? According to most medical studies, the answer is yes. Vegetarians enjoy healthier hearts, a lower _(9)_ of cancer and diabetes, and lower cholesterol. In fact, former world-class athlete Carl Lewis, who won nine Olympic gold medals in track and field, claims that his best year of _(10)_ went hand in hand with his decision to start eating a vegan diet. One thing is for certain—when World Vegetarian Day comes around on October 1, there will be more people advocating going veggie than ever before.
(A) cruel (B) risk (C) green (D) leap (E) competing (F) completely (G) pledged (H) growing (I) estimated (J) productively
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- There are millions more vegetarians in the US now than there were a decade ago, and the number just keeps growing.
理由:
a. 空格前有動詞 keeps，keep 有下列不同用法：
表『保留，持有』時：接名詞或代名詞作受詞
例: You may keep the change.
（零錢你留著吧。）
表『保持』時：接形容詞作主詞補語
例: Keep quiet, please.
（請保持安靜。）
表『繼續』時：接現在分詞，表進行的狀態
例: Keep working hard, and you'll be successful one day.
（繼續努力，那麼有朝一日你就會成功。）
b. 符合上述的選項有 (A) cruel（殘忍的）、(B) risk（危險；風險）、(C) green（綠色的）、(D) leap（轉變；跳躍）、(E) competing
（競爭）和 (H) growing（增加；成長），惟 growing 置入後符合語意，故選 (H)。
- Why have so many made the leap from being carnivores to veggies?
理由:
a. 空格前有定冠詞 the，可知空格內應置入名詞。
b. 符合上述的選項有 (B) risk（危險；風險）、(C) green（綠色）和 (D) leap（轉變；跳躍），惟 leap 置入後符合語意，故選 (D)。
c. leap n. 轉變；跳躍
by leaps and bounds 突飛猛進地；迅速地
例: My little sister has grown by leaps and bounds over the past year.
（我家小妹過去 1 年來長得很快。）
- More than half a million animals are killed for meat every hour in the US alone, and many people consider this cruel and wasteful.
理由:
a. 空格之前有動詞 consider（認為）以及受詞 this（這件事），後有對等連接詞 and 和形容詞 wasteful（浪費的），可知空格應置入形容詞。
b. 符合上述的選項有 (A) cruel（殘忍的）和 (C) green（環保的；綠色的），惟 cruel 置入後符合語意，故選 (A)。
c. cruel a. 殘忍的，殘酷的
- Facebook's creator..., Mark Zuckerberg, has recently pledged to eat only animals that he's killed himself in order to show new respect for animal life.
理由:
a. 空格前有現在完成式助動詞 has，後有不定詞片語 to eat only animals（只吃動物），可知空格內應置入及物動詞或片語及物動詞的過去分詞。
b. 符合上述的選項有 (G) pledged（承諾）和 (I) estimated（估計），惟 pledged 置入後符合語意，故選 (G)。
c. pledge vt. 承諾，允諾
pledge to V 承諾……
例: The rich man pledged to give all of his money to charity when he dies.
（那名有錢人承諾死後將所有財產捐給慈善機構。）
- Since the world is going green, vegetarians have become the new poster children for saving the environment.
理由:
a. 空格前有不完全不及物動詞 is going（正變得），可知空格內應置入形容詞或分詞。
b. 符合上述的選項有 (C) green（環保的）、(E) competing（競爭）和 (I) estimated（估計），然僅 green 置入後符合語意，故選 (C)。
c. green a. 環保的；綠色的
go green 綠化，（從事）環保
例: The country has developed new sources of green energy.
（該國已發展出新的綠能資源。）
- Land that is used for farming sheep and cows now could be used far more productively to grow important crops like wheat.
理由:
a. 空格前有動詞 be used（被使用）和表比較級的 more，可知空格內應置入副詞。
b. 符合上述的選項有 (F) completely（徹底地，完全地）和 (J) productively（有生產力地），惟 productively 置入後符合語意，故選 (J)。
c. productively adv. 有生產力地；有成效地
例: When Kathy studies, she uses her time productively.
（凱西唸書時會很有效地利用時間。）
- It is estimated that the meat industry produces even more greenhouse gases than all the traffic in the world combined.
理由:
a. 空格前有虛主詞 It 和 be 動詞 is，後有 that 引導的名詞子句作真主詞，可知空格內應置入形容詞或過去分詞。
b. 符合上述的選項僅有 (I) estimated（被估計），置入後亦符合語意，並形成下列固定用法：
It is estimated + that 子句 據估計……
estimate vt. 估計
例: It is estimated that 1,000 people will be at the concert.
（估計有 1 千人會來參加這場音樂會。）
c. 根據上述，故選 (I)。
- While giving up meat may be good news for the planet, can the same be said for the people who completely cut meat from their diets?
理由:
a. 空格位於句構完整的形容詞子句內，可知空格內應置入副詞來修飾動詞 cut（削減）。
b. 符合上述的選項僅剩 (F) completely（徹底地，完全地），置入後亦符合語意，故選 (F)。
c. completely adv. 徹底地，完全地
= totally adv.
例: Maggie was mad at her boyfriend because he completely forgot about her birthday.
（梅姬很氣她男友，因為他完全忘記她的生日。）
- Vegetarians enjoy healthier hearts, a lower risk of cancer and diabetes, and lower cholesterol.
理由:
a. 空格前有不定冠詞 a 和比較級形容詞 lower（較低的），後有介詞 of，可知空格內應置入單數可數名詞。
b. 符合上述的選項僅有 (B) risk（危險；風險），置入後亦符合語意，故選 (B)。
c. risk n. 危險；風險
increase/reduce the/one's risk of... 增加∕減少（某人）……的風險
例: Consuming too much fat increases one's risk of heart disease.
（攝取過量的脂肪會增加心臟疾病的風險。）
- In fact, former world-class athlete Carl Lewis...claims that his best year of competing went hand in hand with his decision to start eating a vegan diet.
理由:
a. 空格前有介詞 of，可知空格內應置入名詞或動名詞。
b. 符合上述的選項僅有 (E) competing（競爭），置入後亦符合語意，故選 (E)。
c. compete vi. 競爭
例: Andy competed with Jim for Mary's love and attention.
（安迪和吉姆競相爭取瑪麗的芳心與注意。）
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