Question

Do you like eating hamburgers? Do you know why hamburgers are called “hamburgers” although they are not even with ham? Here is a story about this kind of food．

About a hundred years ago, some people went to America from Europe．They came from a big city called “Hamburger”．They couldn’t speak English well, but they could cook a kind of delicious food．When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked Germans what it was．The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburger．” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and he had an idea．Today, hamburgers are sold in many countries around the world．

Whether this story is true or not, it is certainly interesting．Knowing why every word has a certain meaning is interesting．too．This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary．

1.The Chinese meaning of the underline word ham is．________

A．盐 B．茶 C．火腿 D．蜂蜜

2.In fact, Hamburger is ________ ．

A．a city in America

B．a city in Germany

C．the name of a German

D．a round piece of beef

3.Now we all know a hamburger is  ________．

A．a kind of ham

B．a round piece of bread with ham

C．a round piece of bread with beef

D．a kind of beef

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE ?

A．Hamburgers are only made with ham．

B．Hamburgers are sold only in Germany．

C．Hamburgers were first sold about a century （世纪）ago．

D．Few Americans like hamburgers．

5.The best title of this passage is _______

A．People like eating hamburgers

B．How people went to America from Europe

C．The origin(起源) of “hamburgers”．

D．An American created hamburgers

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了汉堡包的起源

1.C词义猜测题。结合常识可知，最早的汉堡包主要由两片小圆面包夹一块牛肉肉饼组成。根据下文When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef,描述，可知这是指的是由牛肉做的火腿。故选C。

2.2】B细节理解题。根据They came from a big city called “Hamburger”．描述，可知汉堡是德国的一个城市。故选B。

3.3】C细节理解题。根据He cooked round pieces of bread with beef and started to sell them．Such bread came to be called “hamburger”．描述，可知汉堡包是一种圆条形的带有牛肉的面包。故选C。

4.4】C细节理解题。根据短文第二段描述，可知这种食物出现在100多年前，故这种食物开始销售大约有一个多世纪了。故选C。

5.5】C标题归纳题。阅读短文可知这篇短文主要介绍了汉堡包这种食品的由来。故选C。

考点：历史类阅读