8．Almost everyone agrees on the hot dog basics：a long bread roll with a hot sausage inside it．And that's what has led to a big question---is a hot dog a sandwich，or is it in a special category of its own？
"People have really strong opinions on both sides，"says Eric Mittenthal，president of the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council （NHDSC）．In November，the council published an official announcement ruling that the hot dog is not a sandwich．It argues that the hot dog is too significant to be considered"just a sandwich．"The council admits that the hot dog was once the"Frankfurter（法蘭克福香腸）sandwich，"but says that people no longer use that name．Today，no one would call a hot dog eating contest a sandwich eating contest．
But others disagree．The U．S．Department of Agriculture （USDA） includes a sausage inside a bread roll in its sandwich category．But it also calls the food a"sandwich type product．"In May，dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster said that the hot dog is a sandwich．TheMerrian-Webster's collegiate Dictionary，11the Edition，defines a sandwich as"two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between"or"one slice of bread covered with food．"The announcement fueled a heated debate among hot dog fans．If hot dogs are sandwiches，where do you draw the line？Are burritos（玉米餡餅）sandwiches too？
This debate won't stop Americans from eating piles of hot dogs this summer．During peak hot dog season---from Memorial Day to Labor Day---Americans will eat about 7 billion of them．That's 818hot dogs consumed every second．People love hot dogs so much that in 2015，a hot dog emoji （a small image used in electronic communications that symbolizes something） was released so people can easily tweet or text an image of the famous food．This may come in handy soon，since July is National Hot Dog Month．
32．Who thinks that the hot dog is special enough to be in a category of its own？B
A．USDA B．NHDSC C．The author D．Merriam-Webster
33．What do some hot dog fans think of the definition of a sandwich in the mentioned dictionary？A
A．It seems too wide．
B．It is quite satisfactory
C．It is obviously too narrow．
D．It is difficult to understand
34．What can we learn from the release of a hot dog emoji？C
A．The emoji is beautiful
B．The emoji is interesting
C．The hot dog is very popular
D．The hot dog is world famous
35．Which of the following can be the best title for the text？B
A．The history of hot dogs．
B．Is a hot dog a sandwich？
C．different kinds of Sandwiches．
D．How Americans love hot dogs．
分析 本文是一篇社會文化類閱讀，屬于議論文，幾乎每個人都同意熱狗的基礎標配：一個長的面包卷，里面有一個熱的香腸．那是什么導致了一個大問題---一個熱狗是一個三明治，還是屬于自己的一個特殊類別？本文以此展開，主要講述了有關(guān)熱狗是否屬于三明治的爭議．
解答 32．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"The council admits that the hot dog was once the"Frankfurter（法蘭克福香腸）sandwich，"but says that people no longer use that name．Today，no one would call a hot dog eating contest a sandwich eating contest．可知，NHDSC認為熱狗足夠特別屬于一個類別．故選B．
33．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)The announcement fueled a heated debate among hot dog fans．If hot dogs are sandwiches，where do you draw the line？Are burritos（玉米餡餅）sandwiches too？可以推測出，粉絲們認為字典里的定義太寬泛了．故選A．
34．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)People love hot dogs so much that in 2015，a hot dog emoji （a small image used in electronic communications that symbolizes something） was released so people can easily tweet or text an image of the famous food．可知，熱狗表情符號的發(fā)布可以看出，熱狗很受歡迎．故選C．
35．B．主旨大意題．閱讀全文，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，本文主要講述了有關(guān)熱狗是否屬于三明治的爭議．故選B．
點評 本文是一篇社會文化類閱讀，題目涉及多道主旨大意題，細節(jié)理解題，推理判斷題．做題時學生應仔細閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測．
