Question

How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes
People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18^th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples.”
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠實的) guests about the fact.
小題1:From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were       .

A．people from other countries	B．from France
C．people of his own country	D．men only

小題2:After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A．Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

B．Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.

C．Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.

D．In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

小題3:The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes       .

A．while he was in Paris	B．when he was a little boy
C．because his parents told him so	D．from books

小題4:According to the text, _______ made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party?

A．the President himself	B．a(chǎn) French cook
C．the President’s cook	D．the President’s wife

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:C

試題分析：本文主要講述的是人們對土豆的認(rèn)識，原來人們認(rèn)為土豆是有毒的，后來在杰斐遜總統(tǒng)的推動下人們慢慢接受了土豆這種食物。
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠實的) guests about the fact.沒有提及是來自巴黎或者其它國家的客人，也沒有說只是男人。最可能是邀請的是自己國家里的人。故C正確。
小題2:B 推理題。根據(jù)第一段后四行But in the 18^th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples.”說明在18世紀(jì)人們都認(rèn)為土豆不能吃。也就是說18世紀(jì)以后人們逐漸知道土豆很美味，故B正確。
小題3:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第二行He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes.說明他在巴黎的時候知道了土豆很美味。故A正確。
小題4:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段3，4行The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party.說明是總統(tǒng)的廚師制作這些湯的。故C正確。
點評：本文介紹了人們對土豆的認(rèn)識過程。本文所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找，對于文章中的細(xì)節(jié)題，要注意文本內(nèi)容的理解。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯誤有：絕對化語言，范圍擴大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。