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【題目】People all over the world make edible (可食用的) homes and villages out of gingerbread (姜餅). Gingerbread can be smooth, soft bread, but if you want to build a house out of it, you make it as a cookie.

Gingerbread probably came from the Middle East or Asia. People there have been making it for over a thousand years. It is said that gingerbread arrived in Europe in the tenth century. A man named Gregory Makar brought the recipe (食譜) from Armenia to France.

Although gingerbread became popular in many parts of Europe, it really caught on in Germany. After the Brothers Grimm wrote the story of Hansel and Gretel, Germans began to make gingerbread houses. Later, when Germans moved to America, they brought this tradition with them. And it became a tradition for many Americans, especially around Christmastime.

In 1991, the city of Bergen, Norway, started a gingerbread tradition of its own. Every winter, children aged eleven and under are invited to build a city out of gingerbread.

There is also a gingerbread house competition in North Carolina, America. It’s called the National Gingerbread House Competition. Anyone aged five or older can join in.

From cookies to houses, and from Armenia to America, gingerbread has changed a lot over the past one thousand years. And people keep imagining new uses for the delicious dessert.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】We can learn from the passage that Gregory Makar ______.

A. was the first European to eat gingerbread

B. introduced gingerbread to Europe

C. built the first gingerbread house

D. made the first gingerbread

【2】What do the underlined words “caught on” mean?

A. Became cheap.

B. Became popular.

C. Became useful.

D. Became possible.

【3】Which of the following shows the correct order of the countries starting gingerbread traditions?

A. Armenia→France→Germany→America

B. Armenia→Germany→France→America

C. France→America→Armenia→Germany

D. France→America→Germany→Armenia

【4】Who can enter the National Gingerbread House Competition?

A. Only adults.??? B. Only kids.??? C. Anyone.??? D. People who are 5 or older.

【5】Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Gingerbread houses

B. How to make gingerbread

C. Why people eat gingerbread

D. The National Gingerbread House Competition

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】你聽說(shuō)過(guò)姜餅屋嗎？這篇短文給我們介紹了姜餅屋的由來(lái)，它來(lái)源于哪里，又是如何在整個(gè)世界變得受歡迎，以及這一傳統(tǒng)的發(fā)展變化。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中It is said that gingerbread arrived in Europe in the tenth century. A man named Gregory Makar brought the recipe (食譜) from Armenia to France.可知，是Gregory Makar把姜餅的食譜從亞美尼亞帶到了法國(guó)，法國(guó)是一個(gè)歐洲的國(guó)家。由此可知應(yīng)選B。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)這個(gè)短語(yǔ)所在的句子Although gingerbread became popular in many parts of Europe, it really caught on in Germany.可知，在德國(guó)姜餅尤其的受歡迎。劃線的短語(yǔ)跟上句話的became popular是同義的，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中Gingerbread probably came from the Middle East or Asia. It is said that gingerbread arrived in Europe in the tenth century. A man named Gregory Makar brought the recipe (食譜) from Armenia to France、Although gingerbread became popular in many parts of Europe, it really caught on in Germany. After the Brothers Grimm wrote the story of Hansel and Gretel, Germans began to make gingerbread houses. Later, when Germans moved to America, they brought this tradition with them.可知，姜餅來(lái)自于亞美尼亞，后來(lái)傳到了法國(guó)，然后是德國(guó)，后來(lái)又到了美國(guó)。因此應(yīng)選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中It’s called the National Gingerbread House Competition. Anyone aged five or older can join in.可知，五歲或以上的人都可以參加國(guó)家姜餅屋比賽。由此可知應(yīng)選D。

【5】主旨大意題。這篇短文給我們介紹的是姜餅屋的傳統(tǒng)以及它的歷史和發(fā)展變化。整篇短文都是圍繞Gingerbread House展開的，它是文章的主題，因此A選項(xiàng)最符合文章的大意，用它做題目是最合適的。