Question

How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes

People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very

delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grow them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (尊貴的) guests about the fact.

1.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A．Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

B．American didn’t eat tomatoes before the 19th century.

C．Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes

D．In the 18^th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

2.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes.

A．while he was in Paris .

B．when he was a little boy.

C．the President ’s cook.

D．the President’s wife.

3.According to the text, ________cooked the beautiful pink soup at the President ’s party?

A．the President himself.

B．A French cook

C．the President ’s cook

D．the President’s wife

4.The underlined word “cook”in paragraph2 means_______

A．廚房             B．廚師             C．廚具             D．做飯

5.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were______.

A．people from other countries               B．from France

C．People of his own country                 D．men only

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了美國人吃西紅柿的故事。

1.B 推理題。根據文章第一段But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grow them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty可知在18世紀的時候，美國人還不吃西紅柿，最快也就是在19世紀美國人才開始吃西紅柿。故B正確。

2.A 細節題。根據文章第二段第2行He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes.可知A正確。

3.C 推理題。根據第二段3，4,5行The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good.可知是總統的廚師來聚會上做出來的西紅柿湯。指不過這個方法是總統教會他的。故C正確。

4.B 推理題。根據The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup.可知總統是教人來做這個菜，只有B項指人，也就是廚師。故B正確。

5.C 推理題。根據文章倒數第二句They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples.可知這些人都認為西紅柿是poison apples說明他們都是美國人。根據文章第一段But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grow them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

在那個時候美國人稱西紅柿為“poison apples”。故C正確。

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點評：本文介紹了美國人吃西紅柿的故事。本文考查細節題為主，細節題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數據、圖表等細節信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關的詞語或句子，再對相關部分進行分析對比，找出答案。