单选题 It is known to us that English is not as old as Chinese, but it is widely used by most people all over the world. English speakers enjoy creating new words. In fact, a majority of words are traceable and each of them may have an interesting story.
However, no one will really care where a word comes from because it makes little difference in using them in our daily life. Did you ever feel confused about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham?
About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe, coming from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn"t know how to use English properly. Having seen them eating round pieces of beef, the American asked what it was. The Germans didn"t understand the questions exactly, so they answered, "We come from Hamburg." One of the Americans was an owner of a restaurant and got an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread with beef and began selling them. Such bread came to be called "hamburgers". Today, hamburgers are welcomed by lots of people coming from different nationalities.
单选题 According to the passage, English is ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题
根据第一段第一句“It is known to us that English is not as old as Chinese"可知，英语并不像中文那么悠久古老，故选C。
单选题 Hamburg originally is ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题
由文章第三段的小故事可知，一些来自汉堡的德国人由于没有理解美国人的问题，而回答道“我们来自汉堡”，然后一个美国人受此启发发明了一种面包，称之为汉堡包。所以，汉堡原本是德国的一个城市，故选C。
单选题 Which statement is correct according to the passage?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题
汉堡最初是德国的一个城市，故选项A(汉堡最初是一种面包)是错误的。文中并没有提到美国人喜不喜欢汉堡包，因此选项B (只有很少的美国人喜欢汉堡包)也是错误的。文中第二段提到汉堡包并不是由火腿做的，因此选项C (汉堡是用火腿做的)也是不正确的。第三段提到一百多年前美国人发明了汉堡包。故选项D(汉堡包在一百多年前第一次出售)为正确答案。故选D。
单选题 ______ begin to sell hamburgers to people.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题
根据第三段的故事可以知道，最早开始卖汉堡包的是美国人，故选A。
单选题 After reading this story, we know the word "hamburger" comes from ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题
阅读文章，我们知道是美国人看到了来自德国汉堡的人吃一种圆片状牛肉而发明了汉堡包，因此汉堡包这个词来源于美国。故选D。