题文

阅读理解。

As a world food, potatoes are the second in human consumption (消耗量) only to rice. And thin, salted and cooked potato chips are Americans' favourite snack food.          French fries were popular in France in the 1700s. And the recipe was brought to America by Thomas Jefferson. In the summer of 1853 , American Indian George Crum had a job as a cook at a beautiful place in Saratoga Springs, New York. His job was to make French-fried potatoes for the guests.          Once, a guest found Crum's French fries too thick for him and asked Crum to do it again. Crum cut it thinner,but the man still wasn't satisfied. Crum  was very angry and decided to teach the guest a lesson. And then he put too much salt on it.        To Crum's surprise, the guest liked the paper-thin potatoes very much, and other diner asked Crum's potato chips, too. Soon they were sold, first locally, then all over the New England area.        For many years after their creation, potato chips were mainly a dinner dish. In the 1920s, Herman Lay had potato chips in the South and his potato chips became the first successfully marketed national brand.           Today, Americans eat more potato chips than any other people in the world.

1. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. The invention of potato chips.     B. The history of potato chips.     C. Americans like potato chips.     D. The popularity of potato chips.

2. _______ brought potato chips to America.

A. Thomas Jefferson         B. George Crum C. Herman Lay               D. None of the above

3. Why did the guest ask Crum to cook the potato chips again?

A. Because they were too expensive. B. Because they were too small.     C. Because they were too thick.         D. Because they were too salty.

4. For many years, potato chips were eaten _______.

A. at breakfast   B. at lunch   C. at dinner  D. at any time

5. _______ eat the most potato chips in the world.

A. Frenchmen   B. Americans   C. Italians   D. Australians

题型：听力题  难度：中档

答案

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