Question

People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of  very delicious vegetable. It is one of the useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition(营养) and vitamin (维他命) in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous(有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

President(总统) Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.

1.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A. Americans never ate tomatoes in the 18th century while they began to plant them.

B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.

C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.

D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

2.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President of ______?

A. a European country    B. England    C. France    D. the United States

3.Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat ___.

A. while he was in Paris    B. when he was a little boy

C. because his parents told him so    D. from books

4.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were _____.

A. people from other countries    B. from France

C. people of his own country    D. men only

5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.

B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.

C. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.

D. All the guests didn’t know that their president would serve his honored guests with “poison apples”.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

【解析】试题本文介绍了美国人由不吃西红柿到发现其美味的过程。在18世纪的美国，当时人们都认为西红柿是可观赏的有毒食物，但是了解西红柿情况的总统用来招待了他的客人，结果客人都说西红柿是很好吃的。

1.题意：读完这篇文章，你认为下列哪一项是正确的？考查细节理解题。A. Americans never ate tomatoes in the 18th century while they began to plant them.美国人在十八世纪种植西红柿的时候从不吃西红柿。B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.美国人在十九世纪之前没有吃西红柿。C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.即使是现在美国人也不吃西红柿。D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.十八世纪，美国人吃了很多西红柿。根据But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. 在十八世纪，美国人从不吃西红柿，可知选A。

2.题意：这篇文章告诉我们，杰佛逊是一位 的总统？考查细节理解题。however然而，表示和前文所述的情况不同；根据文意，前面讲的是“美国人”对西红柿的看法，这里转到了总统的看法，可知是美国总统，故选D。

3.题意：杰佛逊在 听说西红柿很好吃。考查细节理解题。根据He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes.，可知是在巴黎，故选A。

4.题意：从这篇文章中，我们知道杰佛逊所邀请的所有贵宾都是 。考查细节理解题。根据They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples.， their president他们自己的总统，当然客人是本国的，可知选C。

5.题意：根据文章，下面哪一个不是对的？考查细节理解题。A. All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes. 所有的客人都知道在总统宴会上喝的汤是西红柿做的。B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.所有的客人都认为总统的厨师准备的汤很好吃。C. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.所有的客人都认为这道漂亮的粉红汤味道不错。D. All the guests didn’t know that their president would serve his honored guests with “poison apples”.所有的客人都不知道他们的总统会用“毒苹果”来招待他的贵宾。根据最后The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.，总统没有告诉客人们喝的汤是西红柿做的这个真相，可知A项说法错误，故选A。