Ex.
B  We hypothesized initially that the benefit of spices might lie in their anti-microbial properties. Those compounds in spice plants which give them their distinctive flavours probably first evolved to fight enemies such as plant-eating insects, fungi, and bacteria.  Many of the organisms which afflict spice plants attack humans too, in particular the bacteria and fungi that live on and in dead plant and animal matter. So if spices kill these organisms, or inhibit their production of toxins, spice use in food might reduce our own chances of contracting food poisoning.

Questions 1
Answer the questions below with words taken from the passage.         
Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
1. According to the writers, what might the use of spices in cooking help people to avoid?  
作答原則首先就題幹之敘述，仔細檢視問題為何，再根據核心關鍵詞，進行原文定位，尋索正確答案。
1. 根據作者，在烹調食物時，使用香料可以幫助人們避免什麼? 
關鍵字：use of spices in cooking  /  avoid 
B段落訊息：Many of the organisms which afflict spice plants attack humans too, in particular the bacteria and fungi that live on and in dead plant and animal matter. So if spices kill these organisms, or inhibit their production of toxins, spice use in food might reduce our own chances of contracting food poisoning.
許多對於香味植物造成危害的生物也同樣會攻擊人類，尤其是細菌或黴菌真菌(fungi)，因此，假如香味殺死這些生物或抑制其毒性之產生，那麼食物中使用香料可以降低染患食物中毒的機會。
答案為 food poisoning