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【題目】Pizza: the World's Favorite Food

Food, and the way we eat it, is always changing. As society develops, we learn new ways of growing, processing and cooking food. What we ate 200 years ago was very different from what we eat today. Also, when people travel to live in other countries, they take their knowledge of cooking with them. And food must fit modern lifestyles and local tastes, too. One food that has done this successfully is pizza.

The pizza we recognize today first appeared in Italy in 1889. A famous baker from Naples made a special Pizza for the Italian royal (皇室的) family. He was very worried they wouldn't like it, but they did. Queen Margherita loved the dish so much, and the baker named it after her. Since then, this simple meal of bread, cheese and tomato has traveled the world, and it has adapted (適應) to local cultures. The pizza began its journey in the 1890s, when many Indians moved to New York in search of a better life. There they continued to make pizzas, and the first pizzeria opened in 1905.

At first it was only popular with Indians, but by the late 1940s, Americans discovered a taste for it. Today they spend $37 billion a year on pizzas. That's more than $100 per American.

The Pizza continued its travels around the world, adapting all the time. In Sweden, for example, it is usual to have bananas on pizzas. In Belgium, people eat chocolate pizzas with marshmallows on top. Japan is a nation of seafood lovers, so not surprisingly, they love octopus and squid, as well as roasted seaweed, toppings. Australians sometimes choose kangaroo or crocodile on their pizza.

The popularity of the pizza is also related to our changing lifestyles. In today's super-fast society, people often don't have the time or energy to cook. So, they order take-out and very often, it's a pizza. Sometimes you don't even have to pick it up, it's delivered (遞送) to your home. If you don't even have time to sit down, buy a single slice and eat it standing up.

The Pizza has come a long way. From its beginnings in an Italian city, it has grown to become one of the world's favorite foods.

【1】What do people like taking when they travel to live in other countries?

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【2】Did the Italian royal family like the pizza?

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【3】When did the pizza move to New York?

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【4】In which country do people love pizzas with bananas?

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【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Their knowledge of cooking.

【2】Yes, they did.

【3】In the 1890s.

【4】In Sweden.

【5】How the pizza gets popular.

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了披薩的起源，發(fā)展和傳播，到最后流行全世界，成為全世界最為人喜愛的食物的過程。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據“..when people travel to live in other countries, they take their knowledge of cooking with them.”可知，當人們到其他國家生活的時候，帶去的是烹飪的知識。故填：Their knowledge of cooking.

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據“He was very worried they wouldn't like it, but they did.”可知，意大利的皇族是喜歡披薩的。故填：Yes, they did.

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據“The pizza began its journey in the 1890s, when many Indians moved to New York in search of a better life.”可知，在19世紀90年代的時候，披薩隨著意大利人一起“搬”到紐約了。故填：In the 1890s.

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據“In Sweden…it is usual to have bananas on pizzas.”可知，是在瑞典這個國家的人喜歡吃用香蕉制成的披薩。故填In Sweden.

【5】主旨大意題。本文主要介紹了披薩的發(fā)展，傳播到最后風靡全世界的過程。故填How the pizza gets popular.

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