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Olive oil (橄榄油) is probably the most widely-used oil for cooking. It is made (1)______ fresh olives. Olive oil has been a main food in the Mediterranean (地中海的) countries for (2)______ of years, and some olive trees which are hundreds of years old still (3)______ fruit.
Almost everyone knows that olive oil (4)______ our health. But what most people may not (5)______ is that olive oil is used for a lot more than just food. People make soap out of it, (6)______ diamonds (钻石) with it, and burn it for light. In ancient times, olive oil was even (7)______ as a weapon (武器).
These days, more and more people all over the world are discovering that olive oil may be the best oil for (8)______. In the United States, people use five times (倍) more olive oil today than they (9)______ 20 years ago.
Nowadays, most of the world’s olive oil is still produced in the Mediterranean countries, though (10)______ such as America and Australia also produce it. Spain produces the most olive oil in the world, followed by Italy and Greece.