单选题

请阅读Passage 2,完成26-30小题。 
Passage 2 
    According to one account, the hamburger was first sold at the Erie County Fair in Hamburg,New York, in 1885, by brothers Frank and Charles Menches. The two Ohio brothers had arrived on the grounds of the fair too late to get a supply of chopped pork for their sandwich concession. The butcher sold them beef instead, and after some experimentation they formulated a sandwich, which they named after the Buffalo, New York, suburb where they were doing business. 

    Hamburg´s claim to be the site of the first hamburger is,disputed by the town of Seymour,Wisconsin, where a man named Charles Nagreen is claimed to have served hamburger sandwiches in 1885. 

     

单选题

What are hamburgers most likely to be named after? 

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

推断题。题干:汉堡包最可能是以什么命名的。根据第一段第一句“thehamburgerwas first sold at the Erie County Fair in Hamburg”和第二段第一句“Hamburg’d claim to be the site of the first hamburger”可知,第一个汉堡包是以它所在的地方命名的。

单选题

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word"ubiquitous" in PARAGRAPH THREE?

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

词义题。考查ubiquitous的含义。根据第三段开头“Another storyaboutthe origins of"’,第五段开头“Anothercontenderinthe‘hamburgerinvention’contest”可知本文讲的是汉堡包的发明之争,而最后一段Well,you know the rest…burgers everywhere.表现了作者对汉堡包的态度——它无处不在,因此推断该词意为“容易被发现的”,选B。A项“制作可口的”,C项“共同提到的”,D项“争议激烈的”,均不合适。 

单选题

How did Fletcher Davis make a living before starting to sell his "hamburgers"?

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】

细节题。题干:Fletcher Davis在开始卖汉堡包之前是以什么谋生的。根据第三段“…Fletcher Davis,a poRer in Athens,Texas,wash’t selling enough poRery.Therefore he opened a lunch counter.His specialty? A ground-beefpatty served between slices of home.made bread.In 2904 Davis went to the Wodd’s Fair inst.Louis.Missouri,with his recipe,which Was,of course,a big hit.At the Fair the ground beef sandwich Was deemed the hamburger”可知,Fletcher Davis最初是一个制陶工,因为没有足够的陶瓷卖了,所以他开了一个午餐柜台,卖自制的三明治,即自制的两片面包中间夹上碎牛肉小馅饼。1904年他去密苏里州的圣路易斯参加世界博览会,他的三明治大卖并被称为“汉堡包”。即他开午餐柜台卖的就是后来被称为“汉堡包”的食物。所以在卖汉堡包之前他以卖陶瓷产品赚钱谋生,故选D。 

单选题

Which of the following best describes the author´ s tone of writing this article?

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

推断题。考查作者的语气。文章前面都是客观介绍几个自称汉堡包发源地的由来的故事,在最后一段,作者写道“接下来的事你也都知道了,就是McDonald’s,Burger King,Wendy’s,White Castle等,到处都是汉堡包。有的好吃,有的一般。但毫无疑问是所有美国人的最爱。堪称经典。”可见作者就是用事实性的笔调叙述的,因此选A。critical“批判的”,humorous“幽默的”,sarcastic“讽刺的”,均不符合。 

单选题

Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

主旨题。要求选择最合适的标题。文章一直围绕汉堡包起源(origin)这个话题进行,因此最恰当的是C项Burger Beginnings(汉堡包的起源)。A项“汉堡包的风味”,B项“汉堡包的配方”,D项“汉堡包的原料”,均不合适。