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The hot dog is popular. It’s not a dog, but a cooked sausage in a long piece of bread. Here are some stories and facts about it.

HISTORY of the Hot Dog The 1600s A German called Johann Georghehner created the “dachshund” sausage. “Dachshund” is a small German dog with a long body and short legs. The 1860s The very first hot dog — the “dachshund” sausage in a roll — was sold by Germans in New York. It became popular in the US later. 1871 Charles Feltman, a German, started the first Coney Island hot dog stand. It made hot dogs known to more people. 1893 Chris Von Der Ahe started the American tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks, making hot dogs more popular. 1901 A New York cartoonist, Tad Dorgan, saw the red hot “dachshund” sausages sold on streets. He wanted to draw a picture of it, but he wasn’t sure how to spell “dachshund”, so he simply wrote “Hot Dog”. It is widely believed how the hot dog had its name. 1949 The first vegetarian hot dog came out.	HOT DOG FUN FACTS
The world record for eating hot dogs: 73 in ten minutes.
	The hot dog was one of the first foods eaten on the moon!
About 150 million hot dogs are eaten by Americans on each July 4 th.
	About 21 million hot dogs were sold at American baseball parks in 2010.
New Yorkers eat more hot dogs than any other city population in the US.

1.“Dachshund” is a name for ________ at the very beginning.

A.a kind of dog B.a person

C.a kind of sausage D.a hot dog

2.The underlined word roll in the passage probably means ________.

A.a piece of paper B.a list of names

C.a piece of bread D.a kind of jam

3.The Americans started the tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks in ________.

A.1871 B.1893 C.1901 D.2010

4.________ is believed to be the man who created the name “Hot Dog”.

A.Johann Georghehner B.Charles Feltman

C.Chris Von Der Ahe D.Tad Dorgan

5.Which of the following is TRUE about hot dogs?

A.There is still no vegetarian hot dog now.

B.An American sold the very first hot dog in Germany.

C.Someone has once finished eating 73 hot dogs in ten minutes.

D.New York people like eating hot dogs best throughout the world.

6.The passage is most probably from a magazine on ________.

A.plants and animals B.food and drinks

C.history and society D.earth and space

Answer 1