Question

Almost everyone likes to eat apples．Apples grow in nearly every part of the world．The United States produces more apples than any other country except France．The states of Washington and New York grow the most apples．1.  New York is on the east coast and Washington is on the west near Canada．

         Apples are red, yellow or green．They are very popular in the United States．2.  Most American people are often too busy or too tired to cook dinner, so they often have their dinners very simply．Apple juice is also a popular drink and apple pie is the favorite sweet dish for many Americans．

         3. The trees there produce nearly five billion apples every year—one apple for every man, woman and child in the whole world．

         4.  For example, “You are the apple of my eye．” means “You are actually the one I love best and care most．” In China, it is a custom in some places for the marrying couple to hold an apple in each one’s hand, promising that their marriage will be “safe” without anything bad and that their marriage will never be broken．“To apple polish” often refers to a man who fawns （奉承） on somebody for the purpose of getting some benefits．So you can easily get “apple polisher”．However, “in apple-pie order” usually has the same meaning as “in good order”． 5. In fact, it’s another saying about “compare two things that can’t be compared”．

A．The state of Washington is proud of its apples

B．Apples play an important part in people’s health

C．There are many stories and sayings about apples

D．Perhaps this is why “New York” is often called “Big Apple” by some people

E．The apples in France are better than those in America

F．Many people like to carry apples to work or to school to eat with their lunches

G．It is likely that you hear about “compare apples and oranges”

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.F

3.A

4.C

5.G

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了蘋果是很受人們喜愛的水果，在美國人也同樣喜歡吃蘋果，并且蘋果在美國的種植面積大，產量大。短文還介紹了關于蘋果的故事和諺語。

1.根據The states of Washington and New York grow the most apples．因為紐約生產大部分的蘋果。所以這就是為什么紐約被稱為大蘋果，故選D。

2.根據They are very popular in the United States．因為蘋果在美國很受歡迎，所以有些人喜歡帶著午飯的同時還帶著蘋果去上學或上班，故選F。

3.根據The trees there produce nearly five billion apples every year—one apple for every man, woman and child in the whole world．華盛頓的州以蘋果而著稱，那里的蘋果每年生產的接近五十億，能夠全世界是每個人一人一個蘋果，故選A。

4.根據For example, “You are the apple of my eye．可以看出下文是敘述了關于蘋果的一些傳說，故選C。

5.根據In fact, it’s another saying about “compare two things that can’t be compared”很可能你聽說過不能相提并論吧，事實上就是兩個不能相比的兩個東西，故選G。

考點：信息匹配。