【題目】 Can you imagine that several hundred years ago, tomatoes were seen as toxic food in Europe?

What made Europeans believe this was John Gerard’s publication of Herbal in 1597. Gerard wrote: “The leaves and stalks of the tomato plant are toxic.” Undoubtedly, Gerard’s opinion was based on a misunderstanding of tomatoes. But his opinion was widely spread in Britain and North America for over two hundred years.

In the late 1700s, a lot of Europeans held more fears for tomatoes. A nick name for the fruit was “poison apple” because it was believed that aristocrats(貴族) got sick and died after eating them. But the actual reason was the pewter plates they used. Since tomatoes are high in acidity, when placed on the plates, the lead(鉛) in the plates would dissolve. This caused many deaths. This is unluckily, no one knew this at that time. So the innocent tomatoes were picked as the killer.

Today, more than one and a half billion tons of tomatoes are produced every year around the world. Tomatoes are cooked in various ways. This healthy and tasty food finally wins its innocence(清白) back.

【1】What does the underlined word “toxic” in paragraph 1 mean?

A.deliciousB.nutritious(營養(yǎng))C.poisonousD.safe

【2】What do we know about the book Herbal?

A.It was written by an American writer.B.It was published about 400 years ago.

C.Tomatoes were described as good food.D.Chinese herbal medicine was included.

【3】What’s the passage mainly about?

A.Europeans’ fears for tomatoesB.History of tomato planting

C.Why do people eat so many tomatoesD.How did the tomato prove its value

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介紹為什么幾百年前歐洲人認(rèn)為西紅柿有毒。

【1】詞句推測題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一、二行a lot of Europeans held more fears for tomatoes. A nick name for the fruit was “poison apple”“很多歐洲人對西紅柿更為恐懼。這種水果的昵稱是“毒蘋果”可推知toxic的意思是有毒的，delicious美味的；nutritious(營養(yǎng))；poisonous有毒的；safe安全的，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一行What made Europeans believe this was John Gerard’s publication of Herbal in 1597“使歐洲人相信這個的是約翰·杰拉德在1597年出版的《草藥》”可知，《草藥》這本書是在大約400多年前出版的，故選B。

【3】主旨大意題。通讀全文可以知道文章主要講述的是歐洲人為什么認(rèn)為西紅柿有毒，以及對西紅柿的恐懼，故選A。

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