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Do you know that when you eat an ice-cream cone (卷筒冰淇淋) you are eating a dish?
Ice-cream cones were first made in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. A. They were made because the ice-cream man ran out of dishes.
Ernest Hamwi was a pastry (馅饼) maker. One day he saw crowds of people buying ice cream nearby while he was selling pastry.
“Where is the ice cream?” he heard people say.
“It takes too much time to get one. ”
“Come on. We don't have it all day!”
Ernest saw the ice-cream man washing dishes faster and faster. He saw the man's helper drying dishes faster and faster.
The men would wash and dry a few dishes. They would put ice cream in the clean dishes and give the dishes of ice cream to some people.
They would take the money in one hand and dirty dishes in the other. They would wash and dry a few more dishes. Then they would hurry to fill them with ice cream.
The ice-cream man and his helper just could not keep up with the crowd.
“I wish I could help,” Ernest Hamwi said to himself. “What they need are some dishes that don't have to be washed.”
Suddenly Ernest had an idea. He cooked a kind of pastry and rolled(卷) it. The pastry was open at one end and closed to a point at the other. The pastry soon cooled.
Then Ernest pushed his way through the crowd to the ice-cream man.
“See if this will hold ice cream,” Ernest said to the man. “It is a dish you can eat.”
The crowd around the ice-cream man became quiet. The people watched the ice-cream man fill the dish with ice cream.
“I'll try it!” a man said.
The rest of the crowd watched as he ate it.
“It is very good!” said the man. “Try one, everybody!”
Ernest Hamwi's cones became popular soon. And today, people in many different parts of the world eat ice-cream cones thanks to Mr. Hamwi.
(1)“They were made because the ice-cream man ran out of dishes.”The underlined part means ________.
[ ]
(2) Ernest heard the ice-cream man say, ________.
[ ]
A.“Where is the ice cream?”
B.“It takes too much time to get one.”
C.“Come on. We don't have it all day!”
D.“What they need are some dishes that don't have to be washed.”
(3) The ice-cream man and his helper couldn't keep up with the crowd because they didn't ________.
[ ]
(4)“Then Ernest pushed his way through the crowd to the ice-cream man.”The underlined part means ________.
[ ]
(5) The first ice-cream cone was made by ________.
[ ]
A.a pastry maker
B.an ice-cream man and his helper
C.an ice-cream man
D.a man who was buying ice cream
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New York , May 25?
Millions of volunteers (志愿者)joined in a long chain spreading 4 125 miles across the world's richest nation Sunday and burst into songs , reaching the highest
development in the Hands Across America road to raise 50 million for the nation's homeless and hungry.
The chain began with a 6-year-old homeless girl named Amy in New York's Buttery Park. It spread across 16 states and Washington, D.C. where it crossed the White House to the Queen Mary's port in California. The last people in the line were Bill and Mary Jones and their five small children, who lived in a family shelter (收容所) for the homeless in Venice, California.
The chain was not unbroken some gaps were planned for safety, others opened where there were not enough people to cover the ground. But along most of the route, the healthy joined the sick, beautiful film stars , homeless beggars , wealthy artists , poor children and President and Mrs Regan all took places in the long line.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
[ ]
A.Millions of volunteers support the poor.
B.The longest line is waiting for support.
C.The homeless and poor need help.
D.The richest nation faces the problem.
2.The underlined word “raise” in the first paragraph means _______.
[ ]
A.try to lift |
B.manage to collect |
C.bring up |
D.join up |
3.From the article, we know that the volunteers were made up of ________.
[ ]
A.both the homeless and the poor
B.the government officials, including President Regan
C.people in every field
D.people of 16 states except Amy
4.What do you think of the people in the chain spreading 4 125 miles?
[ ]
A.They were hand in hand. |
B.They were in good order. |
C.They were troublesome. |
D.They were planned for safety. |
5.Although the United States is a developed country, ________.
[ ]
A.there is still a rebellion sometimes.
B.there is still many people waiting for jobs
C.there are still some family shelters
D.there are still many social problems to be solved.
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New York , May 25?
Millions of volunteers (志愿者)joined in a long chain spreading 4 125 miles across the world's richest nation Sunday and burst into songs , reaching the highest
development in the Hands Across America road to raise 50 million for the nation's homeless and hungry.
The chain began with a 6-year-old homeless girl named Amy in New York's Buttery Park. It spread across 16 states and Washington, D.C. where it crossed the White House to the Queen Mary's port in California. The last people in the line were Bill and Mary Jones and their five small children, who lived in a family shelter (收容所) for the homeless in Venice, California.
The chain was not unbroken some gaps were planned for safety, others opened where there were not enough people to cover the ground. But along most of the route, the healthy joined the sick, beautiful film stars , homeless beggars , wealthy artists , poor children and President and Mrs Regan all took places in the long line.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
[ ]
A.Millions of volunteers support the poor.
B.The longest line is waiting for support.
C.The homeless and poor need help.
D.The richest nation faces the problem.
2.The underlined word “raise” in the first paragraph means _______.
[ ]
A.try to lift |
B.manage to collect |
C.bring up |
D.join up |
3.From the article, we know that the volunteers were made up of ________.
[ ]
A.both the homeless and the poor
B.the government officials, including President Regan
C.people in every field
D.people of 16 states except Amy
4.What do you think of the people in the chain spreading 4 125 miles?
[ ]
A.They were hand in hand. |
B.They were in good order. |
C.They were troublesome. |
D.They were planned for safety. |
5.Although the United States is a developed country, ________.
[ ]
A.there is still a rebellion sometimes.
B.there is still many people waiting for jobs
C.there are still some family shelters
D.there are still many social problems to be solved.
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