People have strange ideas about food. For example, 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(營(yíng)養(yǎng)) and vitamin in it. But in the 18th 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 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 guests about the fact.
【小題1】Tomato is a kind of ___________.

A．poisonous fruitB．poisonous vegetable
C．tasty fruitD．tasty vegetable
【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】 Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat ____.
A．while he was in ParisB．when he was a little boy
C．because his parents told him soD．from books
【小題4】From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were____.
A．people from other countriesB．from France
C．people of his own countryD．men only
【小題5】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A．None of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.
B．All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.
C．President Thomas Jefferson knew that tomatoes were good to eat and not poisonous at all.
D．All of the guests didn’t know that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples.

  
【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：本文敘述了在18世紀(jì)的美國(guó)當(dāng)時(shí)都認(rèn)為西紅柿是可觀賞的有毒食物，但是了解西紅柿情況的總統(tǒng)用來招待了他的客人，結(jié)果客人都說西紅柿是很好吃的。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable.可知西紅柿是一種可口的蔬菜，選D
【小題2】推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grow them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty可知在18世紀(jì)的時(shí)候，美國(guó)人還不吃西紅柿，最快也就是在19世紀(jì)美國(guó)人才開始吃西紅柿。故B正確。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段第2行He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes.可知Jefferson 是在巴黎的時(shí)候知道西紅柿好吃的，選A。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. their president他們自己的總統(tǒng)，當(dāng)然客人是本國(guó)的。故選C。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. 可知這句B符合文意根據(jù)The guests thought the soup tasted really good.可知C這句符合文意；根據(jù)They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. 可知D這句符合文意，故選A
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