Question

Do you like eating hamburgers? Do you know why hamburgers are called “hamburgers” although they are not even with ham? Here is a story about this kind of food．

About a hundred years ago, some people went to America from Europe．They came from a big city called “Hamburger”．They couldn’t speak English well, but they could cook a kind of delicious food．When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked Germans what it was．The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburger．” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and he had an idea．Today, hamburgers are sold in many countries around the world．

Whether this story is true or not, it is certainly interesting．Knowing why every word has a certain meaning is interesting．too．This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary．

1.The Chinese meaning of the underline word ham is．________

A．鹽 B．茶 C．火腿 D．蜂蜜

2.In fact, Hamburger is ________ ．

A．a(chǎn) city in America

B．a(chǎn) city in Germany

C．the name of a German

D．a(chǎn) round piece of beef

3.Now we all know a hamburger is ________．

A．a(chǎn) kind of ham

B．a(chǎn) round piece of bread with ham

C．a(chǎn) round piece of bread with beef

D．a(chǎn) kind of beef

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE ?

A．Hamburgers are only made with ham．

B．Hamburgers are sold only in Germany．

C．Hamburgers were first sold about a century （世紀）ago．

D．Few Americans like hamburgers．

5.The best title of this passage is _______

A．People like eating hamburgers

B．How people went to America from Europe

C．The origin(起源) of “hamburgers”．

D．An American created hamburgers

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了漢堡包的起源

1.C詞義猜測題。結(jié)合常識可知，最早的漢堡包主要由兩片小圓面包夾一塊牛肉肉餅組成。根據(jù)下文When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef,描述，可知這是指的是由牛肉做的火腿。故選C。

2.2】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)They came from a big city called “Hamburger”．描述，可知漢堡是德國的一個城市。故選B。

3.3】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He cooked round pieces of bread with beef and started to sell them．Such bread came to be called “hamburger”．描述，可知漢堡包是一種圓條形的帶有牛肉的面包。故選C。

4.4】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段描述，可知這種食物出現(xiàn)在100多年前，故這種食物開始銷售大約有一個多世紀了。故選C。

5.5】C標題歸納題。閱讀短文可知這篇短文主要介紹了漢堡包這種食品的由來。故選C。

考點：歷史類閱讀