So you thought the hamburger was the world’s most popular fast food? After all, McDonald’s Golden Arches span(跨越)the globe(全球). But no, there is another truly universal fast food, the ultimate(極好的)fast food. It’s easy to make, easy to serve, much more varied than the hamburger, can be eaten with the hands and it’s delivered to your front door or served in fancy restaurants. It’s been one of America’s favourite foods for over 50 years. It is, of course, the pizza.
It’s kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was “invented”. It changed over the years, but one thing’s for certain—it’s been around for a very long time. The idea of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the Greeks. They called them “plakuntos” and ate them with various simple toppings(配料)such as oil, garlic(大蒜), onions and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it “picea”. By about 1000 AD in the city of Naples, “picea” had become “pizza” and people were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies and finally the tomato, brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza capital of the world. In 1889, King UmbertoⅠand Queen Margherita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffele Esposito, to make it for them. He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese and green basil leaves. The Queen loved it and the new pizza was named “Pizza Margherita” in her honour.
Pizza went to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in 1905 at 53 Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza really exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World WarⅡ and raved about(夸贊) “that great Italian dish”. Americans are now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.
【小題1】Which is the correct order of the changes of pizza?
A.Plakuntos→pizza→picea | B.Pizza→plakuntos→picea |
C.Picea→plakuntos→pizza | D.Plakuntos→picea→pizza |
A.Because pizza first became popular in these countries. |
B.Because pizza was invented in these countries. |
C.Because one topping was brought to Italy from these countries. |
D.Because people there are the greatest consumers of pizza. |
A.There is a picture of a Pizza Margherita. | B.They have the same colours. |
C.Both of them represent Italy. | D.They are both popular in Italy. |
A.McDonald’s and Pizza | B.Global Pizza |
C.Pizza in the United States | D.How to Make Pizza |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】B
解析試題分析:本文講述的是披薩的由來,披薩的名稱的變化以及披薩在歐美流行的發(fā)展情況。
【小題1】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段3,4,5,6行They called them “plakuntos” and ate them with various simple toppings(配料)such as oil, garlic(大蒜), onions and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it “picea”. By about 1000 AD in the city of Naples, “picea” had become “pizza” and people were experimenting with more toppings說明D項的順序是正確。
【小題2】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段8,9行cheese, ham, anchovies and finally the tomato, brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century.說明C項正確。
【小題3】B 推理題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)2,3,4行He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese and green basil leaves.說明B正確。
【小題4】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段3,4行But the popularity of pizza really exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World WarⅡ and raved about(夸贊) “that great Italian dish”.說明在二戰(zhàn)以后披薩在美國才真正流行起來,故A正確。
【小題5】B 主旨大意題。本文講述的是披薩的由來,披薩的名稱的變化以及披薩在歐美流行的發(fā)展情況,故B正確。
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2. Coffee Fights Free Radicals(自由基)
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