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【題目】More than 10 years ago,it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple.The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and,more often than not,hard with an unpleasant taste within.Then in 1966,the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.

The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green.It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside.But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known.In no time,the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm,rapidly becoming the world's best-selling pineapple variety,and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth,up until then only found in tinned pineapple.

In nutrition it was all good news too.This nice tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C than the old green variety.Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins,but also good against some diseases.People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit.The new type of pineapple was selling fast9 and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.

Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple,Del Monte tried to keep market to itself.But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples.Del Monte turned to law for help,but failed.Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte's attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out the market.

【1】We learn from the text that the new type at pineapple is .

A. green outside and sweet inside

B. a little soft outside and sweet inside

C. yellowy-gold outside and hard inside

D. good-looking outside and soft inside

【2】Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?

A. Because it was rich in nutrition and tasted nice.

B. Because it was less sweet and good for health.

C. Because it was developed by Del Monte.

D. Because it was used as medicine.

【3】The underlined word "fixture" in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something .

A. that people enjoy eating

B. that people use as a gift

C. that is always present

D. that is difficult to get

【4】We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte .

A. slowed other companies to develop pineapples

B. succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself

C. tried hard to control the pineapple market

D. planned to help the other companies

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。主要講述了水果菠蘿的歷史發(fā)展過程，由剛開始菠蘿市場的空缺到后來市場的不斷增長，描述了菠蘿市場的演進(jìn)過程。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside.But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known”可知，新品種的菠蘿外面有點(diǎn)軟，里面是甜的。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“rapidly becoming the world's best-selling pineapple variety,and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth,up until then only found in tinned pineapple.

In nutrition it was all good news too”可知，新品種菠蘿賣的比較好的原因是它的營養(yǎng)豐富，味道比較甜。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“This nice tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C than the old green variety.Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins,but also good against some diseases.People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit.The new type of pineapple was selling fast9 and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater”由于菠蘿不僅口感好，而且含有較多的維生素，并且可以預(yù)防疾病，因此“the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater”菠蘿總會(huì)出現(xiàn)在健康飲食者的購物籃中，故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Del Monte tried to keep market to itself.But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples”，可知，Del Monte嘗試著去控制現(xiàn)有的菠蘿市場。故選C。