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5．The little town of Half Moon Bay has become the pumpkin （南瓜） capital of California．Each year about 6000tons of this unusual fruit are raised and shipped as far as Hawaii and the east coast of the United States．Yet pumpkin were first grown in the town only in 1934，when a nine-year-old boy planted a few seeds and grew a crop of his own．Now they are such big business that Half Moon Bay holds a pumpkin festival in fall every year and there are more than 10，000 visitors．Farmers work all summer to try to grow the biggest pumpkins in the world，and thousands of visitors come to help harvest them．
The festival is held at the same time with Halloween at the end of October．Children all over the country make Jack-O'-lanterns（南瓜燈 ） o ut of pumpkins by emptying them，carving faces in them and putting candles inside．The insides of the pumpkins can then be used to make delicious pies．The Indians of the eastern United States had been eating pumpkins long before the first settles arrived．But this food was not introduced in Europe until the 1500s，when the Spanish explorers  brought some back from Mexico-where they were first grown some 8000 years ago．
46．Who is the earliest of the four to eat pumpkins？C
A．The first settlers in America．
B．The Spanish explorers who brought some back．
C．The Indians of the eastern Unites States．
D．The farmers who first grew them in California．
47．When did Europeans begin eating pumpkins？A
A．In the 1500s．B．About 8000 years ago．
C．In the year 1934．D．Before the first settles arrived in America．
48．Half Moon Bay has become the pumpkin capital because ofC
A．the nine-year-old boy
B．the great number of visitors every year
C．its pumpkin business        
D．its pumpkin festival in fall
49．How long does it take from planting the seeds to harvesting the pumpkins？A
A．A whole summer         
B．More than half a year
C．Four or five months        
D．From spring to fall
50．What's the best title of this passage？C
A．A Special Festival     
B．Halloween and Pumpkins
C．Pumpkin Capital      
D．How Pumpkin Come From．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了半月灣已成為南瓜之都因?yàn)槟瞎系纳虡I(yè)，并介紹了它成為南瓜之都的歷程．

解答 46．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段The Indians of the eastern United States had been eating pumpkins long before the first settles arrived可知 東部的印第安人是最早吃南瓜的人之一；故選C．
47．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段But this food was not introduced in Europe until the 1500s可知?dú)W洲人是從16世紀(jì)開始吃南瓜的；故選A．
48．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第一段The little town of Half Moon Bay has become the pumpkin （南瓜） capital of California．Each year about 6000tons of this unusual fruit are raised and shipped as far as Hawaii and the east coast of the United States可知半月灣已成為南瓜之都因?yàn)槟瞎系纳虡I(yè)；故選C．
49．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段Farmers work all summer to try to grow the biggest pumpkins in the world，and thousands of visitors come to help harvest them可知從種植種子到收獲南瓜需要一整個(gè)夏天；故選A．
50．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第一段The little town of Half Moon Bay has become the pumpkin （南瓜） capital of California．Each year about 6000tons of this unusual fruit are raised and shipped as far as Hawaii and the east coast of the United States可知這篇文章最好的標(biāo)題是南瓜之都；故選C．

點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．