单选题
单选题 Where did the idea for this type of food originate?
  • A. In Connecticut, America.
  • B. In Louisiana, America.
  • C. In Hamburg Germany.
  • D. In Russia.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 21-25 Hello, boys and girls. Welcome to our McDonald's restaurant. Do you know how the hamburger came into being? Let me tell you the story while you enjoy the food. The original hamburger can be traced back to the Middle Ages, when Russians ate raw meat cut into small pieces and formed into patties. This was the first step in a long series of developments that eventually resulted in hamburger as we know it today. German sailors picked up the raw meat delicacy in their contacts with Russians and brought it back to their home port of Hamburg. But the people there were not accustomed to eating raw meat, so they roasted the outside of the Russian steak; and so the hamburg steak was born. The hamburg steak was brought to America in the nineteenth century, by German immigrants. Louis Lassen, a cook in New Haven, Connecticut, modified the hamburg steak by sandwiching it between two pieces of bread. But the true American hamburger came into existence in St. Louis, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. A harried cook at the fair quickly slapped broiled beef patties between buns and served them to a demanding crowd, which gulped them down joyously. At first this new food creation was made from scraps of poorer cuts of meat that were not used for anything else, but before long scraps were not enough. The demand for greater quantities of hamburger could only be met by using the whole cow. Hamburger stands sprang up all over the country, and a side industry of seasoning, such as ketchup and spices, grew up and prospered along with the popular hamburger.
单选题 What can we assume about the citizens of Hamburg?
  • A. They liked only fresh raw meat.
  • B. They were slow in taking on new customs.
  • C. They were very creative.
  • D. They found raw meat unappetizing.
【正确答案】 D
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单选题 What contribution did the Germans make to the development of the hamburger?
  • A. They were the first to form the meat into patties.
  • B. They were the first to roast the meat.
  • C. They were the first to eat it with bread.
  • D. They were the first to eat it with ketchup.
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 Who brought the hamburger to America?
  • A. Sailors.
  • B. Immigrants.
  • C. A famous cook.
  • D. Participants in a trade fair.
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 In the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, why did a cook serve the beef patties between buns?
  • A. It looked good.
  • B. It was the usual way of serving it.
  • C. Participants asked him to do so.
  • D. It could be prepared quickly.
【正确答案】 D
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