A. it made Christians evil

　　B. it was the apple of Eden

　　C. it came from a forbidden land

　　D. it was religiously unacceptable

　　69. What can we infer from the underlined part in Paragraph 3?

　　A. The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down.

　　B. There was little progress in the study of the tomato.

　　C. The tomato was still refused in most western countries.

　　D. Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato.

　　70. What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato publicly?

　　A. To make himself a hero.

　　B. To remove people's fear of the tomato.

　　C. To speed up the popularity of the tomato.

　　D. To persuade people to buy products from his factory.

　　71. What is the main purpose of the passage?

　　A. To challenge people's fixed concepts of the tomato.

　　B. To give an explanation to people's dislike of the tomato.

　　C. To present the change of people's attitudes to the tomato.

　　D. To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence.

　　【要点综述】本文介绍了西红柿被欧洲人视为禁果而长期受到敌视的历史渊源，而文章最后叙述的第一位在公众面前食用该禁果的先贤Robert Johnson的壮举则让西红柿红遍全球。

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