单选题 Where do our favorite foods come from? The truth may 31 you. Did you know curry (咖喱) isn"t Indian? Did you know Americans weren"t the 32 to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasn"t created in Italy?
First, let"s talk about curry. Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1600s. But 33 , wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices hundreds of years 34 British ships traveled to India. In fact, the word "curry" can be found in the English language as far back as 1377. Cooks of wealthy English families created curry dishes, and later these 35 caught on in other parts of England. 36 pizza, this dish was probably first made in Persia(what is now Iran). The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s-nearly one thousand years before pizza caught on in Naples, Italy!
Finally. let"s look at the truth behind 37 . Many people think hamburgers are an American food. However, 38 some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors 39 hamburgers to Americans.
Where foods come from isn"t nearly as 40 as how they taste-delicious! So, go get some of your favorite food and dig in.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 文章讲的是不同食物的起源,这样的故事最有可能令人“吃惊”,后面的三个例子也佐证了这样一种可能性。其他三个选项不符合语境的意思。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] B项在此意思不对。A和D项语法有误,在前面都不能省略“first”一词。所以答案只能是C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] “in reality”意思为“事实上”,在这里最符合上下文的背景;“in detail”意思为“详细的”;“in short”意思为“简而言之”;“in turn”意思为“按照顺序”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 注意这几个时间关系词之间的区别。下文讲到咖喱在英国人去印度之前早就存在了,所以此处应该选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 注意代词“these”的用法,后面的名词应该在前面出现过,并且要求意思上讲得通,只有C“这些咖喱菜”先是英国富人家庭享用,后来也传到英国其他地方。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] “As for”意思为“至于”,最符合本句话的意思。“Compared to”意思为“比较”;“But for”意思为“要不是”;“In addition to”意思为“此外”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 由于第一段中明确表述出三个例子,其中“curry”“pizza”在第二、第三段中讲到,所以此处只有没讲过的“hamburger”最有可能是正确答案。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本句话的意思为“根据(according to)一些说法”。其他选项的意思不符合语境要求。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句话意思为“德国海员将汉堡包介绍到了美洲”。只有动词“introduce”在此句中意思讲得通。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] “as good as”意思为“和……一样好”;“as far as”意思为“到……程度”;“as important as”意思为“和……一样重要”;“as long as”意思为“只有”。从上下文判断,C项为最佳答案。全句意思为“一种食物起源于何处几乎和其味道一样不怎么重要。”