閱讀理解

  Many years before the United States was founded(建立), Americans had already invented barbecues.But the first barbecues, in fact, were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames(架子)of sticks over fires.Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.

  One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary,“Fair and hot ; Browne; hack overset.”That is, on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attend a barbecue, and his carriage(馬車(chē))fell over.It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time.Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.

  In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit(坑)for fuels(燃料)such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep.Today, the barbecue grills(燒烤架)which are fueled by charcoal(木炭)or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move, and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.

(1)

Who invented the barbecues first in history?

[  ]

A.

American people.

B.

Taino Indians.

C.

Spanish explorers.

D.

English settlers.

(2)

The second paragraph mainly tells us that the barbecue ________.

[  ]

A.

is only held on a hot sunny day

B.

welcomes people who keep diaries

C.

is held both indoors and outdoors

D.

has its social occasion for over 200 years

(3)

The underlined expression“social occasion”can be best translated into ________.

[  ]

A.

社交功能

B.

社會(huì)福利

C.

社會(huì)地位

D.

社會(huì)背景

(4)

The following are all the barbecue ways EXCEPT ________.

[  ]

A.

drying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires

B.

roasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches

C.

cooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal

D.

heating meat in the bright and hot daylight

答案:1.B;2.D;3.A;4.D;
練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目:初中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:江蘇省如皋市教育共同體2012屆九年級(jí)上學(xué)期期中考試英語(yǔ)試題 題型:050

閱讀理解

  Food may help you understand more about yourself.Choose your favourite food from the five below.See the answers.Does your choice really tell you who you are?

  A.noodles with beef(the hotter, the better);

  B.big dinner with all kinds of dishes;

  C.pizza;

  D.fried chicken;

  E.cakes.

  Answer:

  A.You always try to make yourself different others.Success and fame are your only interests.

  B.You finish things quickly and don't like changing your ideas.You're never afraid of hard work.But you always buy lots of things that you don't need.

  C.You work hard and always save money.But sometimes you aren't kind to others and always think you are right.

  D.Exercise is not your favourite thing.You don't like staying by yourself very much.People think that you're shy but sweet.

  E.Because you are nice and easy-going, you have lots of friends.You are always ready to help others.

(1)

The passage is probably a/an ________.

[  ]

A.

news report

B.

science discovery

C.

personality test

D.

interesting story

(2)

According to the passage, a person who has a lot of friends may choose ________.

[  ]

A.

noodles with beef

B.

fried chicken

C.

big dinner with all kinds of dishes

D.

cakes

(3)

Who will works hard, but always wastes money according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

the man who chooses pizza

B.

the man who chooses cakes

C.

the man who chooses noodles with beef

D.

the man who chooses a big dinner with all kinds of dishes

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:050

閱讀理解

    Mr and Mrs Green do not often go out in the evening, but one Saturday, Mrs Green says to Mr Green, "There is a good film at   the cinema tonight. Shall we go to see it?"

    Mr Green is quite happy about it. So they went, and both of them enjoy the film.

  They come out of the cinema at 11 0'clock, get into their car and begin driving home. They see a woman running along the road very fast, and a man is running after her. So Mr Green drives the car very slowly near the woman and says to her, "Can we help you?"

  "No, thank you." the woman says, "My husband(丈夫)and I always run home after the cinema, and the last one must wash the dishes at home!"

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢浮?/p>

  1. Mr and Mrs Green goes out _____ one evening.

[  ]

  A. to see a film       B. to drive a car

  C. to run along the road   D. to take a walk

  2. _____ enjoy the film.          

[  ]

  A. Mr Green       B. Mrs Green

  C. Mr and Mrs Green   D. Everybody there

  3. Mr Green wants to _____.          

[  ]

  A. drive the car slowly   B. help that woman

  C. run along the road    D. look at the woman

  4. That woman ____.              

[  ]

  A. wants to get help   B. is running back home to wash dishes

  C. is running for fun  D. doesn't want to do the washing

  5. Mr and Mrs Green _____.          

[  ]

  A. don't help the woman       B. run after the woman

  C. help the woman wash the dishes  D. are afraid to help her

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:050

閱讀理解

  No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him. As the centuries(世紀(jì)) went by, he made more and more new words, This is what we mean by language.

  People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in

the world. Each has many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, has four or five hundred thousand words.  But before you leave school you will learn only a few thousands more. Then you should learn more and more words. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your  dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢浮?/p>

1. The main idea of the first paragraph is ______.  

                          

[  ]

A. how animals make sounds

B. how man made words

C. man heard different sounds round him

D. man made more and more words

2. About how many different languages are there in the world?

                          

[  ]

A. 150  B. 1500  C. 5000  D. 500

3. A very large English dictionary might have over ______ words.

                          

[  ]

A. 400,000  B. 50,000  C. 40,000  D. 800,000

4. After you leave school, you should learn ______.

                          

[  ]

A. only a thousand words  B. all the words

C. more words         D. all kinds of languages

5. If you want to know more new words, you can ______.

                          

[  ]  

A. read many difficult books  B. read easy books

C. written easy English     D. look them up in your dictionary

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:牛津8年級(jí)(A)Unit 1測(cè)試題-牛津英語(yǔ) 題型:050

閱讀理解

  Jack is a twenty-year-old young man.Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop.Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening.He is very tired when he gets home.After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep.His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him.

  One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary.They were both happy.He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily.He bought some fruit and drinks for her.And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future.They talked for a long time.

  “Have a look at your watch, please,”said the girl.“What time is it now?”

  “Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack.“Where’s yours?”

  “I left it at home.”

  Jack thought for a moment and found a way.He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

  The sound woke his grandma up.The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack.Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

(1)

Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

[  ]

A.

sixteen

B.

eighteen

C.

twenty

D.

fifteen

(2)

The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.

[  ]

A.

he’s her grandson

B.

he’s clever

C.

he can keep quiet

D.

he gets home on time

(3)

From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________.

[  ]

A.

classmate

B.

colleague (同事)

C.

aunt

D.

wife

(4)

The word “stamp” in the story means ________ in Chinese.

[  ]

A.

蓋印

B.

C.

貼郵票

D.

承認(rèn)

(5)

Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order to (為了)________.

[  ]

A.

wake his grandma up

B.

make his grandma angry

C.

let his grandma tell him the time

D.

let his grandma buy him a watch

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:山東省中考真題 題型:閱讀理解

閱讀理解。
     I have been a friend of Bill Gates for a long time. I knew him when he was a student at Harvard
University. We were surprised when he left University to set up his own company "Microsoft" and make
his own software.
But he was the clever one! He is very good at writing computer languages and almost
all computers now use Microsoft software. The program "Word" is used from Britain to China!
     Of course he has made a lot of money and that makes people very jealous. They want to stop his success.
Even the government is against him and has tried to break his company into two parts. The government says
that it is unfair to other people who want to sell similar software. And what's more, because he fits his new
software free in every new computer, the government says he is stopping other companies from selling their
programs. This is not fair. Everyone should be able to do what they can to make their company bigger and
stronger. Bill Gates has only done what he can to stop other competitors.
     He is very rich, but he is generous. He has given millions of dollars to help the education and health of
many children around the world. You could not meet a better man than Bill Gates.
1. 將文中畫(huà)線(xiàn)句子翻譯成漢語(yǔ)。
    _____________________________________________________________________________
2. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問(wèn)題。
   What are the two reasons for which the government has tried to break Bill Gates' company up?
   (1)_____________________________________________________________________________                                    
   (2)_____________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                   
3. 從文中找出與下句意義相近的句子。
   Each person in the company should try his best to make their business more successful. 
   _____________________________________________________________________________
4. 文中劃線(xiàn)單詞generous的漢語(yǔ)意思是: 
   _____________________________________________________________________________             
5. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,用四個(gè)形容詞描述一下Bill Gates。
   (1) _________________     (2) _________________       
   (3) _________________     (4) _________________       

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案