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【题目】 What makes Belgian (比利时的) chocolate so special? How has Belgian chocolate become so famous? What are the reasons why Belgian chocolate is so good? After reading the text, you will find the answers.

Congo (刚果) became their gateway to Africa’s cocoa plantations and resulted in Belgium bringing back cocoa beans to Europe from Africa around the 1880s. Therefore, Belgium could produce quality chocolate before anyone else in Europe and before most countries in the world. Even the Swiss, who are farmed for their chocolate, learnt much of what they know from the Belgians.

Belgians are naturally good at engineering---They developed processes; they created new methods. Firstly, Belgium was one of the first countries to come up with machines which could make the cocoa beans really thin so that the chocolate was extremely smooth.

Another example of this Belgian innovation was the process brought about by Jean Neuhaus in 1912. He developed a way to make a cold shell of chocolate for what he called “pralines (干果糖)”. These were different and for the first time the chocolate could be filled with a variety of flavored creams, such as coffee, fruit or even more chocolate. No one else at that time could make chocolate with such a complexity of flavor and this development changed the way people would eat chocolate forever.

Just as many Italian villages have a specialty olive oil supplier and many French villages have a local vineyard (酒庄), so is it true that every Belgian village has its own small chocolate shop. Recipes have been passed down through for families for generations. This culture extends to both the quality of ingredients used and the care that is taken when people make the chocolate. The most delicious Belgian chocolate is made not by large manufacturing companies, but in small family chocolate shops by hand and basic equipment.

【1】What makes Belgians produce quality chocolate first in Europe?

A.The perfect location.B.The improved process.

C.The advanced equipment.D.The earlier access to cocoa beans.

【2】What does the underlined word” innovation” in paragraph 4 mean?

A.devotion.B.creation.

C.strength.D.preference.

【3】What can we infer from the passage?

A.Chocolate has been the typical product of Belgium.

B.Belgian chocolate has been also famous in Italy and France.

C.It is hard to buy Belgian chocolate made by small family shops.

D.Recipes of Belgian chocolate were introduced from other countries.

【4】What is the structure of the passage?

A.①---②③④---⑤B.①--②--③--④--⑤

C.①--②--③④--⑤D.①--②--③④⑤

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了比利时巧克力出名的原因。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容“Congo became their gateway to Africa’s cocoa plantations and resulted in Belgium bringing back cocoa beans to Europe from Africa around the 1880s. Therefore, Belgium could produce quality chocolate before anyone else in Europe and before most countries in the world.( 刚果成为他们进入非洲可可种植园的门户，并导致比利时在19世纪80年代左右将可可豆从非洲带回欧洲。因此，比利时可以在欧洲和世界上大多数国家之前生产出高质量的巧克力。)可知较早得到可可豆种子使比利时人首先在欧洲生产高质量的巧克力。故选D项。

【2】词义猜测题。根据本句“Another example of this Belgian innovation was the process brought about by Jean Neuhaus in 1912.”中another，可知可对应上文提及的“Firstly, Belgium was one of the first countries to come up with machines which could make the cocoa beans really thin so that the chocolate was extremely smooth.”句中的be one of the first countries（成为首批国家中的一个），first，第一个，带有“先驱，创新”含义，因此可推知，innovation可以表雷同含义“创新”。故选B项。

【3】推理判断题。根据文章首段内容“What makes Belgian chocolate so special? How has Belgian chocolate become so famous? What are the reasons why Belgian chocolate is so good?( 是什么让比利时巧克力如此特别?比利时巧克力是如何变得如此出名的?比利时巧克力如此美味的原因是什么?)”以及末段内容“The most delicious Belgian chocolate is made not by large manufacturing companies, but in small family chocolate shops by hand and basic equipment.( 最美味的比利时巧克力不是由大型制造公司生产的，而是由小型家庭巧克力商店手工和基本设备生产的。)可推知，巧克力是比利时的“特产”。故选A项。

【4】推理判断题。根据文章结构可知第一段为总段，提出话题：比利时巧克力；第二段讲述了比利时生产高质量的巧克力的原因；第三段和第四段讲述了比利时人在生产巧克力时的两个创新；第五段强调了小型家庭巧克力商店手工和基本设备生产的巧克力最美味。因此本篇文章的结构为：①--②--③④--⑤。故选C项。