Question

阅读下面短文，从方框内选择恰当的句子填入文中空白处，使短文内容完整、意思连贯。

Where do our favorite foods come from? The truth may surprise you. Did you know curry isn’t Indian? Did you know Americans weren’t the first to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasn’t created in Italy?

First, let’s talk about curry. 1. But in reality(事实)， wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices (香料) hundreds of years before British ships traveled to India.

2. Cooks of wealthy English families created curry dishes, and later these dishes became popular in other parts of England. 3. The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s-nearly one thousand years before pizza became popular in Naples, Italy!

Finally let’s look at the truth behind hamburgers. Many people think hamburgers are an American food. 4. A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors introduced hamburgers to Americans.

Where foods come from isn’t nearly as important as how they taste—delicious! 5.

A. However according to some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. B. So, go and get some of your favorite and enjoy it. C. Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1660s. D. As for pizzas, this dish was probably first made in Persia(波斯). E. In fact, the word “curry” can be found in the English language as far back as 1377.

Answer 1

1.C

2.E

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要告诉大家，我们最喜欢的食品来自哪里。咖喱。

1. let’s talk about curry.首先让我们谈论一下咖喱，可知答案应该选C。

2. of wealthy English families created curry dishes的描述，富有的英国家庭创造了咖喱菜。可知前句应选E。

3. these dishes became popular in other parts of England.和后句The Persians were eating round, flat bread.描述，可知答案应该选 D。

4. people think hamburgers are an American food.和后句A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891.描述，可知答案选A。

5. foods come from isn’t nearly as important as how they taste—delicious! 描述，可知答案应该选B。

考点：历史类阅读。