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How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes
People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very
delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grow them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (尊贵的) guests about the fact.
1.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?
A．Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.
B．American didn’t eat tomatoes before the 19th century.
C．Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes
D．In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
2.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes.
A．while he was in Paris .
B．when he was a little boy.
C．the President ’s cook.
D．the President’s wife.
3.According to the text, ________cooked the beautiful pink soup at the President ’s party?
A．the President himself.
B．A French cook
C．the President ’s cook
D．the President’s wife
4.The underlined word “cook”in paragraph2 means_______
A．厨房 B．厨师 C．厨具 D．做饭
5.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were______.
A．people from other countries B．from France
C．People of his own country D．men only
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It’s not ____books you read but the way___ you read them that decides how successfully you gain knowledge .
A．a number of ; in which B．the number of ; /
C．a good many ; which D．quite a few ; in which
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Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. 1 Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.
You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. 2 whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process. 3
The following methods may work best for you.
? Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.
? Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.
? Write your notes in your own words.
? 4
? Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.
As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time. 5
A．Use words, not complete sentences.
B．There are three practical note-taking methods.
C．You must write your notes on separate paper.
D．Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.
E. You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.
F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.
G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.
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To master a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and write．Lenin and his wife translated a long English book into Russian but when they went to England in 1902, English people couldn't understand a word Lenin and his wife said, and Lenin and his wife couldn't understand what was said to them．This shows the importance of spoken language．
Speaking, of course can't go without listening．If you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctly．The sounds of Chinese and English languages are not exactly the same．If you don't listen carefully, you'll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers．
Well, what about writing﹖ Like speaking, it's to exchange ideas．People usually use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing．
The important thing is to make your idea clear in your mind and then to write it in a clear lively language．
Chinese students read too slowly．If you read fast, you understand better．If you read too slowly by the time you have reached to the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about．When you meet with new words don't look them up in the dictionary．Guess the meaning to form the context. You may not guess quite correctly the first time but as new words appear again and again in different context their meaning will become clearer and clearer. If you look up every word you'll never finish a book．
Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language they're studying. They should study those subjects in the foreign language not only in translation．In this way one can kill two birds with one stone: learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time．
1.In England Lenin ．
A．could be understood by Englishmen
B．could understand Englishmen
C．and Englishmen couldn't understand each other
D．and Englishmen could understand each other
2.In the first paragraph the writer told us ．
A．how to speak English
B．how to read and write
C．why English people couldn't understand the Lenins
D．spoken English is important
3.In the fifth paragraph the writer advised us on ．
A．how to guess the meaning of the words
B．how to read fast
C．how to look up new words in the dictionary
D．how to read carefully
4.“Kill two birds with one stone” means ．
A．to get some particular knowledge
B．to get more than what one pays
C．the stone is very useful
D．the birds are blind enough
5.In the last paragraph the writer advised us ．
A．to kill two birds with one stone
B．to learn two languages at the same time
C．to study all the subjects in a foreign language
D．to get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language we are studying
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