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The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American
by Jeff Smith
Our real American foods have come from our soil and have been used by many groups — those who already lived here and those who have come here to live. The Native Americans already had developed an interesting cuisine using the abundant foods that were so prevalent.
The influence that the English had upon our national eating habits is easy to see. They were a tough lot, those English, and they ate in a tough manner. They wiped their mouths on the tablecloth, if there happened to be one, and they ate until you would expect them to burst. European travelers to this country in those days were most often shocked by American eating habits, which included too much fat and too much salt and too much liquor. Not much has changed! And, the Revolutionists refused to use the fork since it marked them as Europeans. The fork was not absolutely common on the American dinner table until about the time of the Civil War, the 1860s. Those English were a tough lot.
Other immigrant groups added their own touches to the preparation of our New World food products. The groups that came still have a special sense of self-identity through their ancestral heritage, but they see themselves as Americans. This special self-identity through your ancestors who came from other lands was supposed to disappear in this country. The term melting pot was first used in reference to America in the late 1700s, so this belief that we would all become the same has been with us for a long time. Thank goodness it has never worked. The various immigrant groups continue to add flavor to the pot, all right, but you can pick out the individual flavors easily.
The largest ancestry group in America is the English. There are more people in America who claim to have come from English blood than there are in England. But is their food English? Thanks be to God, it is not! It is American. The second largest group is the Germans, then the Irish, the Afro-Americans, the French, the Italians, the Scottish, and the Polish. The Mexican and American Indian groups are all smaller than any of the above, though they were the original cooks in this country.
单选题
Which of the following statements is nearly identical in meaning with the sentence "they ate until you would expect them to burst" in the second paragraph?
单选题
Which of the following statements is Not true?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】是非题型。根据第二段第二句they ate in a tough manner可以得知A项正确。由第四句European travelers to this country in those days were most often shocked by American eating habits，which included too much fat and too much salt and too much liquor．可以判断出C、D两项正确。
单选题
The author's attitude towards American food is that
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】态度题型。答案出自第三段最后一句The various immigrant groups continue to add flavor to the pot，all right，but you can pick out the individual flavors easily．(移民为美国的食品加进了很多风味，但是，大家很容易品出来自其他国家的独特风味。)
单选题
Immigrant groups, when they got. settled down in the United States, still have had their own sense of self-identity because
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】推断题型。参看第二段第四、五句European travelers to this country in those days were…too much liquor．Not much has changed!
单选题
Which of the following statements is true?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】是非题型。答案出自第三段的倒数第三句The term melting pot was…flavors easily。