So you thought the hamburger was the world’s most popular fast food? After all, McDonald’s Golden Arches span（跨越）the globe（全球）. But no, there is another truly universal fast food, the ultimate（极好的）fast food. It’s easy to make, easy to serve, much more varied than the hamburger, can be eaten with the hands and it’s delivered to your front door or served in fancy restaurants. It’s been one of America’s favourite foods for over 50 years. It is, of course, the pizza.

It’s kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was “invented”. It changed over the years, but one thing’s for certain—it’s been around for a very long time. The idea of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the Greeks. They called them “plakuntos” and ate them with various simple toppings（配料）such as oil, garlic（大蒜）, onions and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it “picea”. By about 1000 AD in the city of Naples, “picea” had become “pizza” and people were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies and finally the tomato, brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza capital of the world. In 1889, King UmbertoⅠand Queen Margherita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffele Esposito, to make it for them. He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese and green basil leaves. The Queen loved it and the new pizza was named “Pizza Margherita” in her honour.

Pizza went to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in 1905 at 53 Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza really exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World WarⅡ and raved about(夸赞) “that great Italian dish”. Americans are now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.

1.Which is the correct order of the changes of pizza?

A．Plakuntos→pizza→picea                  B．Pizza→plakuntos→picea

C．Picea→plakuntos→pizza                  D．Plakuntos→picea→pizza

2.Why are Mexico and Peru important in the development of pizza?

A．Because pizza first became popular in these countries.

B．Because pizza was invented in these countries.

C．Because one topping was brought to Italy from these countries.

D．Because people there are the greatest consumers of pizza.

3.What do the Italian flag and a Pizza Margherita have in common?

A．There is a picture of a Pizza Margherita.      B．They have the same colours.

C．Both of them represent Italy.               D．They are both popular in Italy.

4.When did pizza become really popular in the United States?

A. After 1945.      B. In 1889.     C. In 1905.         D. By 1000AD.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A．McDonald’s and Pizza                   B．Global Pizza

C．Pizza in the United States                  D．How to Make Pizza

So you thought the hamburger was the world’s most popular fast food? After all, McDonald’s Golden Arches span（跨越）the globe（全球）. But no, there is another truly universal fast food, the ultimate（极好的）fast food. It’s easy to make, easy to serve, much more varied than the hamburger, can be eaten with the hands and it’s delivered to your front door or served in fancy restaurants. It’s been one of America’s favourite foods for over 50 years. It is, of course, the pizza.
It’s kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was “invented”. It changed over the years, but one thing’s for certain—it’s been around for a very long time. The idea of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the Greeks. They called them “plakuntos” and ate them with various simple toppings（配料）such as oil, garlic（大蒜）, onions and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it “picea”. By about 1000 AD in the city of Naples, “picea” had become “pizza” and people were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies and finally the tomato, brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza capital of the world. In 1889, King UmbertoⅠand Queen Margherita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffele Esposito, to make it for them. He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese and green basil leaves. The Queen loved it and the new pizza was named “Pizza Margherita” in her honour.
Pizza went to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in 1905 at 53 Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza really exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World WarⅡ and raved about(夸赞) “that great Italian dish”. Americans are now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.
【小题1】Which is the correct order of the changes of pizza?

My wife passed away a few years ago,and I went through the worst time in my life.I even wanted to kill myself.Just for kids,I had to continue to live and work as small-town doctor at my medical clinic in Hawaii.My kids had gone to live on the mainland,and I was alone.Then they asked me to have a family trip.On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. Seeing it falling down, I said to my kids: “I’m going to Afghanistan”. And a few weeks later, international Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care. In these field clinics surrounded by frightening shoots or deadly bombs, we were eventually serving 27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule. Tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of achievement, a sense of purpose, and my depression went away.
In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami, Pakistan after the earthquakes, Sudan after the civil war and Iraq after more and more bombs. Each time after disasters one after another, hundreds of people were killed, wounded and many more had to flee. We once set up movable clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees, and it was supposed to hold 13,000 originally. Flu broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and food were also serious problems. “Adventures or not?” I often asked myself.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But in reality, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, she went unconscious. I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have.
I think about the moment many times during my “adventures”. I didn’t know how predictive those words would be. But I know that she is still with me

1. 1.

   Where has the doctor been in the past few years?

   1. A.
      Some countries where he could set up clinics
   2. B.
      Some African countries where flu broke out
   3. C.
      The places where the earthquakes happened
   4. D.
      The places that the horrible disasters struck
2. 2.

   How would the doctor describe his life after he had worked in Afghanistan?

   1. A.
      Tired and troublesome
   2. B.
      Busy and risky
   3. C.
      Meaningful and helpful
   4. D.
      Frightening and depressing
3. 3.

   The underlined word “refugees” means people______.

   1. A.
      who are robbed, killed, or wounded
   2. B.
      who suffer from flu in movable clinics
   3. C.
      who like to take adventures
   4. D.
      who have lost homes because of disasters
4. 4.

   Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   1. A.
      the doctor’s wife encouraged him to work in foreign countries
   2. B.
      What the doctor said to his wife before her death became reality
   3. C.
      The doctor’s adventures made him understand the love of his wife
   4. D.
      With the true love of his wife, the doctor started to change his life

My wife passed away a few years ago, and I went through the worst time in my life. I even wanted to kill myself. Just for my kids, I had to continue to live and work as a small town doctor at my medical clinic in Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone. Then they asked me to have a family trip.
On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. Seeing it falling down, I said to my kids：“ I'm going to Afghanistan.”And a few weeks later, International Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care. In these field clinics surrounded by frightening shoots or deadly bombs ，we were eventually serving 27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule.Tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of achievement, a sense of purpose, and my depression went away.
In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami (海啸), Pakistan after the earthquakes, Sudan after the civil war, and Iraq after more and more bombs. Each time after disasters one after another, hundreds of people were killed, wounded and many more had to flee. We once set up movable clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees,_and it was supposed to hold 13,000 originally. Flu broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and food were also serious problems. “Adventure or not？”I often asked myself.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was gone. But in reality, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, she went unconscious. I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have.
I thought about the moment many times during my“adventures”. I didn't know how predictive those words would be，but I knew that she was still with me.
【小题1】Where has the doctor been in the past few years?

Recently, we went on a vacation for a week that involved visiting four different ports in the sunny and warm climate of the Caribbean. There were         of laughter, fun and great food. It’s a        thing when you go away that each day of the vacation also        to the end and a return to work.

It was twelve years since we went on a vacation, so this vacation was viewed with         of a great break away from my daily routine. And we weren’t        .

But there was something very different about this vacation compared to those when we worked in a corporative environment. The main       was that when we returned, when the vacation was rapidly drawing to a close, we didn’t have the same feeling of      stress, anxiety and fear.

In this recent vacation, it wasn’t that we        enjoyed the various fun and new activities, the break away from routine, the pleasure of touring different countries and cultures, the         to do what we wanted when we wanted or the leisurely       of each day that was significant. What was significant was that we didn’t       fear the last day of vacation. You see, we know that we were        what we love to do not what we had to do.

The feelings experienced in the last couple of days of vacation were viewed with the same joy as the very first days. In the previous times, the last days of vacation were terrible. We experience an increasing        of stress       we knew that a return to our field of employment was “work” and not        that we loved and thoroughly enjoyed.

The        is this: If you do what you love, it doesn’t matter        that a vacation has to end. If you love what you do you will not         yourself wishing for even a few more days of vacation, or wishing that you could       enjoying this vacation for much, much longer. A love of what you do        you back like a magnet.

1.A. moments            B. possibilities           C. situations               D. ways

2.A. discouraging      B. bitter                               C. wonderful             D. funny

3.A. come up             B. count down                     C. give out                  D. die away

4.A. expectation                B. attempt                           C. opinion                  D. demand

5.A. satisfied                        B. tired                                  C. disappointed         D. optimistic

6.A. advantage           B. problem                          C. difference              D. drawback

7.A. approaching                B. relieving                          C. bearing                  D. overcoming

8.A. necessarily                  B. thoroughly                      C. relaxingly                D. smoothly

9.A. opportunity                B. desire                     C. possibility              D. right

10.A. pattern                      B. pace                                  C. lifestyle                   D. atmosphere

11.A. yet                               B. still                                    C. also                         D. even

12.A. returning to              B. submitting to                  C. turning to              D. heading for

13.A. number            B. knowledge                       C. sense                      D. awareness

14.A. although                    B. and                                   C. because               D. if

15.A. anything                    B. everything                      C. nothing                  D. something

16.A. lesson                        B. idea                                  C. point                        D. solution

17.A. in the least                B. for a moment                 C. after all                  D. at the moment

18.A. let                     B. find                                  C. make                      D. catch

19.A. maintain                    B. risk                                   C. keep                       D. stop

20.A. draws                         B. holds                                C. pushes                   D. welcomes