Full Yellow Jacket|一天一根蕉身心好健康

Bananas have firm, creamy flesh packed with nutrients and health benefits.

香蕉丰厚绵密的果肉富含营养与健康益处。

Originating in Southeast Asia, bananas are one of the world's healthiest fruits. Thanks to Mother Nature, their firm, creamy flesh comes in thick _(1)_, which can be yellow, red, pink, purple, or black when ripe. Bananas are full of dietary fiber plus loads of vitamins and minerals, _(2)_ potassium, magnesium, vitamin C, and vitamin B6.

These nutritional benefits _(3)_ to the multitude of health benefits from eating bananas. Bananas have a reputation for high doses of potassium, which is _(4)_ for keeping the heart, nervous system, muscles, kidneys, and bones in good shape. Potassium has also been linked to lower _(5)_ of strokes, high blood pressure, kidney stones, and osteoporosis (骨质疏松症). What's more, bananas provide high amounts of vitamin B6, which helps _(6)_ blood production, blood sugar levels, and a healthy immune system. Vitamin B6 is also crucial to _(7)_ tryptophan (色氨基酸) into serotonin (血清素), which can help improve people's moods. All this is quite uncommon for just one fruit.

Another unique quality of bananas is that they grow in bunches, with each one producing _(8)_ 20 hands of bananas. Thus, a(n) _(9)_ bunch yields about 200 bananas and can weigh up to 50 kilograms. What's even more _(10)_ is the fact that bananas grow upwards against the force of gravity. All this is easily found in one portable package—a banana. So load up and give your body and mood one of the best fruits nature has to offer.

说明：请依文意在所提供的 (A) 到 (L) 12 个选项中，选出最适当的10 个选项。

(A) contribute  (B) peels   (C) risks   (D) especially

(E) average (F) amazing (G) roughly (H) converting

(I) greater (J) essential   (K) maintain    (L) in particular

　源自于东南亚的香蕉是世界上最健康的水果之一。由于大自然的赋予，丰厚绵密的香蕉果肉包覆在厚实的外皮内，香蕉成熟时外皮颜色有黄、红、粉、紫或是黑色。香蕉富含膳食纤维以及大量的维生素和矿物质，尤其是钾、镁、维他命 C 和维他命 B6。

　　这些营养的好处使得吃香蕉对健康有许多益处。香蕉以富含钾而闻名，钾对于维持心脏、神经系统、肌肉、肾脏及骨骼的健康很重要。钾同时也和降低中风、高血压、肾结石及骨质疏松症的风险有关。再者，香蕉提供大量的维他命 B6，对维持造血、血糖值以及健全的免疫系统有益。维他命 B6 对于将色氨基酸转换成血清素也很重要，而血清素则有助于改善心情。光是一种水果就具有这么多好处实在是很罕见。

　　香蕉的另一项特点是它们成束生长，每一束可生产约  20 串香蕉。因此，平均一束可产出约 200 根香蕉，重量可高达 50公斤。更令人惊奇的是，香蕉抵抗地心引力而往上生长。所有的这些特性都属于轻巧易携带的香蕉。所以多吃点香蕉，让你的身心都能享受到这最佳天然水果所提供的养分吧！

标准答案:   1. (B)  2. (D)  3. (A)  4. (J)  5. (C)
   6. (K)  7. (H)  8. (G)  9. (E)  10. (F)

For Your Information

吃剩的香蕉皮别急着丢掉！它可能是保护眼睛的圣品。台湾中山医学大学副校长王进昆率领的研究团队发现，香蕉皮萃取物经过实验，可以保护视网膜细胞，免受光线伤害而且有助再
生，还能改善忧郁情绪，因此失恋吃香蕉皮的玩笑话，如今是很有道理。

教授表示，一般民众可以整根香蕉带皮，洗干净后加水打成汁，每次喝一根，一星期喝个几次，或是香蕉皮剁碎加水煮开，喝香蕉水，不过教授也提醒，不是人人都可以这样喝。惟眼科医师持保留看法，认为研究团队是以减压浓缩萃取汁液，一般民众不建议直接吃香蕉皮，对此，教授也表示，香蕉用在预防保健确定有效果，但不能取代正统医疗。