Question

 Chopsticks are usually made of wood or bamboo. For more than3， 000 years, the Chinese have been using these tools for their everyday meals.

  But chopsticks are not the easiest tool to use when eating. So you may wonder why the Chinese invented them.

  A long time ago，there was a very talented (有才能的)young man named Yu. He was ordered to tame(制服)a flood. During that period,Yu spent all his waking hours thinking about how to solve the problem. One day,Yu got very hungry while considering the problem on the way. So he built a fire and cooked some meat. When the food was ready, he tried to pick it up with his hands. But he could not because it was still very hot. Not wanting to waste any more time to wait for the food to cool down，he cut two small tree branches(树枝) and used them to pick up the meat. Later on,other people copied Yu's idea. It was how chopsticks became part of the Chinese culture all those years ago.

  In history, Yu was a legendary character.

  That means we do not know if he actually made the first pair of chopsticks. But nothing can change the fact that the Chinese have been using chopsticks for a very long time. They even introduced the tools to Japan，Korea，and other countries nearby.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. How long have the Chinese been using chopsticks according to the passage?

A.   For more than 2,000 years.

B.   For more than 3,000 years.

C.   For more than 5 ，000 years.

D.   The writer didn't tell us.

(   ) 2. What was Yu's problem at that time?

A.    How to cook food.

B.    How to cool down the food.

C.    How to invent the chopsticks.

D.    How to control the flood.

(   ) 3. What's the meaning of the underlined word " legendary"？
A.传奇的       B.真实的

C.存在的       D.杜撰的

(   ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.   Chopsticks are not easy to use when you eat something with.

B.   Yu ordered his people to tame the flood at that time.

C.   Chopsticks has became part of the Chinese culture.

D.   We all know that chopsticks were invented by Yu.

(   ) 5. What's the best title of the passage?

A.   Who Invented Chopsticks?

B.   A Very Talented Man

C.   What Chopsticks Were Made of

D. Chopsticks are Part of the Chinese Culture

Answer 1

1.B由第一段第二句可知，中国人使用筷子已有3000多年的历史了。

2. D由第三段第二句可知，很久前，禹被任命去治理洪水。

3. A由此句的后一句"那就意味着我们也不能确切地知道是否是他发明了第一双筷子"可推断：禹在历史上是一个传奇的人物。

4. C由第三段最后一句可知，多年以来，筷子巳经成为中国文化的一部分了。

5. A本文主要讲述了筷子是被谁发明的传奇故事之一。