Question

【题目】Potato chips are very popular in the world. Do you know how they were invented (发明)? In 1853, a native (本土的) American named George Crum made the first potato chips. Crum was a chef (厨师) in an expensive restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. One day, a customer (顾客) did not like the French fries. He said they were cut too thick. That day Crum was in a bad mood, so he cut the potatoes really, really thin and he cooked them for a long time until they were very crispy (酥脆的). He wanted to make the customer dislike them. But the customer loved them very much and asked for more.

Other people wanted Crum’s potato chips. Now, there was a new food on the menu—Saratoga chips. Soon Crum opened his own restaurant and made his special chips. It took a long time to make potato chips. People peeled the potatoes by hand. Then in 1920, the automatic (自动的) potato peeler changed everything. Now it was faster and easier to make potato chips. Now potato chips were not a specialty. They were a popular snack food, but only in the north.

A salesman named Herman Lay wanted to sell potato chips in the south. He sold potato chips in bags. His business grew. Today, Americans eat a lot of potato chips every day.

阅读短文, 判断正（T）误（F）。

【1】At first the French fries were very thin.

【2】George Crum didn’t open his own restaurant.

【3】Before 1920, it was not easy to make potato chips.

【4】George Crum invented (发明) a kind of machine which could peel potatoes.

【5】It was George Crum who brought the potato chips to the south.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 F

【2】 F

【3】 T

【4】 F

【5】 F

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。本文介绍了薯片的发明过程，如今世界上很多人每天都吃薯片。

【1】由第一段中的One day, a customer (顾客) did not like...too thick.可知此句表述错误。故选F

【2】根据Soon Crum opened his own restaurant可知描述不对；故选F

【3】由第二段中的It took a long time to make potato chips. People peeled the potatoes by

hand. Then in 1920, the automatic (自动的) potato peeler changed everything.可知1920年之

前, 制作薯片不容易。故选T

【4】根据Then in 1920, the automatic (自动的) potato peeler changed everything.可知没说谁发明的剥土豆机器；故选F

【5】根据A salesman named Herman Lay wanted to sell potato chips in the south.可知不是George Crum；故选F