3．Whether it is thin crust （酥皮），thick crust，stuffed，rolled，topped with a dozen ingredients （酥料） or served simply with tomato and cheese，there are few people who do not appreciate good pizza can be traced back to the 18th century when sellers wandered in the streets of Naples selling picces of flatbread to the poor．
Although it is commonly believed that Italians invented the pizza，its orgins can actually date back to ancient times．The lsraelites，Egyptians，and other Middle Eastern cultures ate flatbreads cooked in mub ovens similar to today's pita bread，and later the Romans and Greeks began topping this flatbread with olive oil and native spices．Once the Italians accepted the use of cooking with tomatoes，they perfected the pizza，and it developed into what we call pizza today．
It is said that the famous Margherita pizza from Naples，considered the"true"pizza by many，came about when Queen Margherita，while traveling through Italy，fell in love with the flatbreads being sold to the poor．She ordered a baker named Raphelle to bake her a selection of pizzas to try．One type，consisting of tomatoes，mozzarella，became her favorite，and was named to honor her appreciation for pizza．
Pizza Margherita is still a favorite pizza choice in Ital today．Although many cultures learned to back flatbreads with some type of topping，only southern Italy had rich，creamy buffalo-milk mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes，the most important ingredients for Neapolitan pizza．
The world's first pizzeria is believed to have opened in Naples，Italy，although street peddlers （�。� may have sold pizza for many years before that．By the beginning of the 1900's pizza made its way to the inner cities in the States，thanks to Italian immigrants，particularly New York and Chicago，which both have large Italian populations．
While living in Italy．I learned to love the thin-crusted pizza cooked in wood burning ovens that differs from the pizza sold in chain restaurants here in the US in any way．While the Neapolitan pizza consists of a few，fresh ingredients on a tasty，thin crust，the American pizza consumed here，is often packed with various ingredients，topped with a layer of heavy cheese，and prepared with a much thicker crust．True Italian pizza has a light，chewy crust，which may surprise those used to the taste of brick-oven pizza in America．
49．The passage is intended toB．
A．show the author's disapproval of American pizza
B．introduce the popular Italian pizza
C．describe people's appreciation for pizza
D．explain why piazza is so popular today
50．What is the third paragraph mainly about？A
A．How pizza Margherita was named． B．Differences between pizza and pita．
C．The history of pizza． D．Different ways to cook pizza．
51．We can learn from the passage thatB．
A．pizza has become popular in the US since the nineteenth century
B．Italian pizza features a thin crust with fresh ingredients
C．flatbreads were first invented by the Romans and Greeks
D．Italian people seldom use tomatoes when they prepare pizza
52．The last paragraph is developedC．
A．by space B．by examples C．by comparison D．by time．
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，無論是薄皮，厚皮，塞，卷，上面設(shè)有12種食材或簡單的西紅柿和奶酪，幾乎沒有人不喜歡披薩，可以追溯到18世紀，當賣家在那不勒斯的街道將援助的面包賣給窮人．本文以此展開，主要介紹了意大利披薩．
解答 49．答案：B．主旨大意題．閱讀全文，根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知，本文主要介紹了受歡迎的意大利披薩．故選B．
50．答案：A．段落大意題．根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容，尤其是"She ordered a baker named Raphelle to bake her a selection of pizzas to try．One type，consisting of tomatoes，mozzarella，became her favorite，and was named to honor her appreciation for pizza"可知，本段主要講述了瑪格麗塔披薩是如何命名的．故選A．
51．答案：B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"While the Neapolitan pizza consists of a few，fresh ingredients on a tasty，thin crust，the American pizza consumed here，is often packed with various ingredients，topped with a layer of heavy cheese，and prepared with a much thicker crust．True Italian pizza has a light，chewy crust，which may surprise those used to the taste of brick-oven pizza in America．"可知，意大利披薩有薄的皮與新鮮的食材．故選B．
52．答案：C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容，主要將意大利披薩與在美國的意大利披薩作比較．運用了作比較的手法．故選C．
點評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題．詞義猜測題．做題時學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測．
