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3．Gingerbread Houses：A Popular，Classic Holiday Treat
You can cook with it．You can make candy from it．You can put it into drinks or take it as medicine．Ginger has many uses，but none as beautiful as when it is used in a gingerbread house．
Past and present
Ginger-he key part of gingerbread and the houses themselves-has a long history．It is believed that ginger was used as early as 2，000 B．C．in China．Gingerbread houses were first written about during the 15th century．But it was the 19'th century fairy tale"Hansel and Gretel"that started the trend．As European immigrants made their way around the world，so did gingerbread houses!
One example occurred in the town of Belleville in the 1850s．As large numbers of German immigrants moved there，many brought along their gingerbread house recipes．Today，during the holidays，Belleville hosts a"Gingerbread Walk"through its downtown area．Along the path，shop owners display beautifully-made gingerbread houses and other gingerbread creations．The event allows visitors and locals alike to enjoy Belleville's tastiest tradition．
The world's largest
In 2006，Roger Pelcher constructed the world's largest gingerbread house in Bloomington，Minn．Measuring over 60 feet tall，the house took Pelcher's team l，700 hours to complete．To achieve the world record，Guinness World Records said 95 percent of the outside had to be eatable．So Pelcher used 14，250 pounds of gingerbread and over a ton of candy on the house!
Winning houses
At Christmas time，people from Sweden to Seattle enter their creations in gingerbread house contests．Winners receive prizes for the most difficult to build，most creative，most beautiful as well as other categories．But winning contests isn't the main reason why making these houses is so popular．The wonderful smell as the gingerbread bakes and the joy of eating it are the real reasons！
DIY
Online directions and ready-to-assemble kits make creating gingerbread houses easier than ever before．You can make them as simple or as complex as you choose，Experience a"taste"of the holidays with your own gingerbread house this year!
45．We learn from the text thatB．
A．the fairy tale"Hansel and Gretel"made gingerbread houses popular in the world
B．"Gingerbread Walk"has attracted people to enjoy Belleville's tastiest tradition
C．gingerbread houses were brought to Belleville by Asian immigrants
D．gingerbread house making started in ancient China
46..What makes gingerbread houses so popular？C
A．An interesting origin．
B．Extraordinary prizes to winners．
C．The smell and enjoyment of eating．
D．Creations in gingerbread-house contests．
47．What can we infer from this passage？C
A．Gingerbread houses are eaten by people only at Christmas．
B．We can book many kinds of gingerbread houses through the Internet，
C．Immigration played an import ant role in the spread of gingerbread houses．
D．The gingerbread house made by Pelcher failed to achieve the Guinness World Records．

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了传统美食姜饼，它吸引了人们享受Belleville的美味的传统．

解答 45．B．细节理解题．根据第三段：The event allows visitors and locals alike to enjoy Belleville's tastiest tradition可知姜饼走"吸引了人们享受Belleville的美味的传统；故选B．
46．C．细节理解题．根据倒数第二段：The wonderful smell as the gingerbread bakes and the joy of eating it are the real reasons可知美妙的气味使姜饼屋如此受欢迎；故选C．
47．C．推理判断题．根据第二段：As European immigrants made their way around the world，so did gingerbread houses!可知移民在姜饼屋的传播的一个重要的角色；故选C．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．

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D．to let people disagree about something
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A．to let both people agree on something
B．to disagree about religion or politics
C．to start to learn a foreign language
D．to understand the importance of the language
39．When we say"Great game，isn't it？"what do we mean in fact？D
A．asking a question                         B．making small talk
C．greeting each other                       D．talking about the game
40．What can we learn from the passage？C
A．Different languages have different grammar．
B．We must have something special about small talk．
C．Small talk is an important part of a language．
D．In English-speaking countries we should talk about the weather．

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