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 fast, 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 of the market．
(1)
We learn from the text that the new type of pineapple is ________．
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A．
green outside and sweet inside
B．
good-looking outside and soft inside
C．
yellowy-gold outside and hard inside
D．
a little soft outside and sweet inside
(2)
Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?
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A．
It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice．
B．
It was less sweet and good for health．
C．
It was developed by Del Monte．
D．
It was used as medicine．
(3)
The underlined word “fixture” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something ________．
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A．
that people enjoy eating
B．
that is always present
C．
that is difficult to get
D．
that people use as a gift
(4)
We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte ________．
We have met the enemy and he i s our s．We bought him at a pet shop．When monkey-pox, a di sea se u sually found in the African rain fore st suddenly turn s up in children in the American Midwe st, it' s hard not to wonder of the di sea se that come s from foreign animal s i s homing in on human being s．“Mo st of the infection s we think of a s human infection s started in other animal s, ” say s Stephen Mor se, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedne s s at Columbia Univer sity．
It' s not ju st that we're going to where the animal s are; we're al so bringing them clo ser to u s．Popular foreign pet s have brought a whole new di sea se to thi s country．A strange illne s s killed I sak sen' s pet s and she now think s that keeping foreign pet s i s a bad idea, “I don't think it' s fair to have them a s pet s when we have such alimited knowledge of them．” say s I sak sen．
“Law s allowing the se animal s to be brought in from deep fore st area s without stricter control need changing．” say s Peter Schantz．Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call．Re searcher s believe infected animal s may infect their owner s．We know very little about the se new di sea se s．A new bug(病毒)may be kind at fir st．But it may develop into something harmful．Monkey-pox doe sn't look a major infectiou s di sea se．But it i s not impo s sible to pa s s the di sea se from per son to per son．
(1)
We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________．
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A．
come from Columbia
B．
prevent u s from being infected
C．
enjoy being with children
D．
suffer from monkey-pox
(2)
Why did I sak sen advi se people not to have foreign pet s?
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A．
Becau se they attack human being s．
B．
Becau se we need to study native animal s．
C．
Becau se they can't live out of the rain fore st．
D．
Becau se we do not know much about them yet．
(3)
What doe s the phra se “the wake－up call” in Paragraph 3 mo st probably mean?
