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Many years before the United States was founded(建立), Americans had already invented barbecues. But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames(架子)of sticks over fires. Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.
One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary, “Fair and hot ; Browne;hack overset.” That is , on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue, and his carriage(马车)fell over. It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time. Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.
In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit (坑)for fuels(燃料) such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep. Today , the barbecue grills(烧烤架)which are fueled by charcoal(木炭) or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move , and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.
【小题1】Who invented the barbecues first in history?
| A．American people. | B．Taino Indians. | C．Spanish explorers. | D．English settlers. |
| A．is only held on a hot sunny day | B．welcomes people who keep diaries |
| C．is held both indoors and outdoors | D．has its social occasion for over 200 years |
| A．社交功能 | B．社会福利 | C．社会地位 | D．社会背景 |
| A．drying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires |
| B．roasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches |
| C．cooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal |
| D．heating meat in the bright and hot daylight |
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Reading is an activity, people enjoy a lot in their free time.
Some like reading newspapers and?? o?? 1. enjoy novels or comic books. My? f?? 2. books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my o? 3.? life better.
Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up w? 4.?? their lives were difficult. They tried to use? e? 5.?? chance to change their lives and make the world better.
One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has c? 6.?? the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the r? 7.?? why they become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes i? 8.? the sky. Whenever I r?? 9.? stories about great people, I always learn a lot? f___10.__ them.
This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.
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More than a hundred years ago, an American produced (创造) a game. He called it indoor tennis. The Americans were not interested in it at first so he sent it to his London friends and it became very popular (流行) in Britain. The game was then played across the dining-room table or on the floor with the net hung between two chairs. In the early days ，the balls were made of cork (软木) or rubber. The bats(球拍) were made of wood.
A few years later a hollow (空心) ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then quickly spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first played the game in England and called it "ping - pong". "Ping" was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball, and "pong" was the sound of the ball when it hit the table.
【小题1】Who invented the game of ping-pong?
| A．A Chinese. | B．An Englishman. | C．An American. | D．We don't know. |
| A．ping- pong tennis | B．table tennis | C．our-door tennis | D．indoor tennis |
| A．Moving (感人的). | B．Interesting. | C．Terrible. | D．boring. |
| A．hollow | B．covered with rubber |
| C．made of cork or rubber | D．made of wood |
| A．sound | B．size | C．history | D．place |
Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added(增加) hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85%of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasly way to go.
1.Who invented the tea bag?
A. An English tea seller. B. Chinese.
C. Lipton. D. Thomas Sullivan.
2.The tea in silk bags was welcome because________.
A. the tea in bags was free and very good
B. the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash
C. people were happy, with the loose tea
D. people didn't know any better way to enjoy the tea
3.The material of the tea bags is usually_________now.
A. silk B. gauze C. paper D. plastic
4.The underlined sentence "Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK" probably means “_______in the UK”.
A. Tea bags soon became popular
B. Tea bags surprised everyone very much
C. Tea bags kicked the loose-leaf tea out of the market
D. Tea bags weren't allowed to be sold
5.The reading mainly talks about________.
A. the invention of tea
B. the way of drinking tea
C. the history of tea bags
D. people' s favorite tea in the world
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Reading is an activity that people enjoy a lot in their free time.
Some like reading newspapers and 【小题1】 enjoy novels or comic books. My 【小题2】 books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always 【小题3】 me a lot of ideas on how to make my own life better.
Great people are remembered not 【小题4】 they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up 【小题5】 their lives were difficult. They tried to use every chance to change their lives and make the world better.
One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the 【小题6】. The plane has made the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the 【小题7】 why the Wright brothers could 【小题8】 this convenient machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes 【小题9】 the sky.
Whenever I read stories about great people, I always 【小题10】 a lot from them and they encourage me to move forward.
This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives. 查看习题详情和答案>>