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1、Unit2Englisharoundtheworld李仕才***阅读理解ThefirstpotatoesweregrownbytheIncasofSouthAmerica,morethan400yearsago.Theirdescendants(后代)inEcuadorandChilecontinuetogrowthevegetableashighas14，000feetupintheAndesMountains.(That’shigherthananyotherfoodwillgrow.)EarlyS
2、panishandEnglishexplorersshippedpotatoestoEurope,andtheyfoundtheirwaytoNorthAmericaintheearly1600s.Peopleeatpotatoesinmanyways—baked,mashed,androasted,tonamejustthree.However,intheUnitedStatesmostpotatoesareeatenintheformofFrenchfries.Onefastfoodchainalo
3、nesellsmorethan$1billionworthoffrieseachyear.Nowonder,then,thatthecompanypaysparticularattentiontothewayitsfriesareprepared.Beforeanyfrymakesittothepeoplewhoeatatthesepopularrestaurants，itmustpassmanyseparatetests.Failanyoneofthesetestsandthepotatoisreje
4、cted.Tostartwith,onlyRussetBurbankpotatoesareused.TheseIdahopotatoeshavelesswatercontentthanotherkinds,whichcanhaveasmuchas80percentwater.Oncecutinto“shoestrings”shapes，thepotatoesarepartlyfriedinasecretblendofoils,sprayedwithliquidsugartobrownthem,steam
5、driedathighheat,thenflashfrozenforshipmenttoindividualrestaurants.Beforeshipping，everyshoestringismeasured.Fortypercentofabatchmustbebetweentwoandthreeincheslong.Another40percenthastobeoverthreeinches.Whataboutthe20percentthatareleftinthebatch?Well,afews
6、hortfriesinabagareokay，itseems.So，nowthatyourealizetheenormoussizeandvalueofthepotatocrop,youcanunderstandwhymostpeopleagreethatthispartofthefoodindustryisno“smallpotatoes”．【解题导语】 本文介绍了土豆被引进美国的历史及炸薯条在美国食物产业中举足轻重的地位。1．PotatoesinNorthAmericacamedirectlyfro
7、m．8A．Chile B．EuropeC．EcuadorD．theAndesMountainsB 解析：细节理解题。根据文中第一段最后一句可知，北美最早的土豆来自欧洲。故选B项。2．Whydoesthecompanypayspecialattentiontothewaythefriesareprepared?A．Becausesellingfriesisabigbusiness.B．Becausefriesarenoteasytoprepareatall.C．BecauseAmericansa
8、reparticularaboutfries.D．Becausethegovernmenthasastrictruleforthat.A 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的Onefastfoodchainalonesellsmorethan$1billionworthoffrieseachyear.Nowonder,then,thatthecompanypaysparticularattentiontothewayitsfriesareprep
