1.We now think of chocolate as sweet,but once it was bitter.We think of it as a candy,but once it was a medicine.Today,chocolate can be a hot drink,a frozen dessert,or just a snack.Sometimes it's an ingredient(配料) in the main course of a meal.Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called"mole"and pour it over chicken.The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices like chili peppers.
Chocolate is a product of the tropical cacao tree.The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys say"Ugh!"and run away.Workers must first dry and then roast the beans.This removes the bitter taste.
The word"chocolate"comes from a Mayan word.The Maya was an ancient people who once lived in Mexico.They valued the cacao tree.Some used the beans for money,while others crushed them to make a drink.
When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the sixteenth century,they started drinking cacao too.Because the drink was strong and bitter,they thought it was a medicine.No one had the idea of adding sugar.The Spaniards took some beans back to Europe and opened cafes.Wealthy people drank cacao and said it was good for the digestion(消化).
In the 1800s,the owner of a chocolate factory in England discovered that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao.It quickly became a cheap and popular drink.Soon afterwards,a factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate.Later on,another factory mixed milk and chocolate together.People liked the taste of milk chocolate even better.
Besides the chocolate candy bar,one of the most popular American snacks is the chocolate chip cookie.Favorite desserts are chocolate cream pie and,of course,an ice cream sundae with hot fudge sauce.
21.It wasDthat discovered sugar could remove the bitter taste of cacao.
A.The workers in a chocolate factory   
B.The Spaniards
C.Americans     
D.The owner of a chocolate factory
22.According to the passage which of the following statements is true?D
A.Nobody had the idea of adding sugar until the sixteenth century.
B.The word"chocolate"comes from a Mexican word.
C.The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys like them.
D.Workers must dry and roast the beans to remove the bitter taste.
23.The Spaniards think that cacao was a medicine becauseA
A.it was strong and bitter.
B.it was good for digestion.
C.it cured man's diseases.
D.it was a kind of drink for good health.
24.Which is the right time order of the events about chocolate?C
a.Chocolate became a cheap and popular drink in England.
b.A factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate.
c.The Spaniards started drinking cacao.
d.It was found that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao.
e.A factory mixed milk and chocolate together.
A.a(chǎn)-b-c-d-e  
B.c-d-e-b-a    
C.c-d-a-b-e   
D.c-d-b-e-a.

分析 文章介紹了巧克力成為一種受人歡迎的食物的過程.

解答 21-24 DDAC
21.D 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)第五段1,2行the owner of a chocolate factory in England discovered that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao.可知是一家工廠的主人發(fā)現(xiàn)糖可以去除巧克力的苦味,故D正確.
22.D 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)第二段Workers must first dry and then roast the beans.This removes the bitter taste.可知工人必須弄干和烤豆子去除苦味.故選D.
23.A 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)第四段第2行Because the drink was strong and bitter,they thought it was a medicine.可知可可樹是一種藥,因為可可樹非常苦,故選A.
24.C 排序題.本題可以利用排除法,根據(jù)文章4,5兩段知道C正確.

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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