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【题目】 Do potatoes play a small role on your dinner table？If so，

get ready for a_big_change!

Potatoes are becoming China's fourth staple food(主食)after

rice，wheat and potatoes as a staple can make our

diets healthier and more balanced(均衡的)．They are good for us

in many ways.

Potatoes are nutritious(有营养的)．They are rich in vitamin

C．A potato's vitamin C is as rich as 10 apples. Potatoes are also

low in calories(卡路里)—they have just 75 percent of the amount

of calories that wheat and corn have.

Also，potatoes are easy to grow. People can grow them in

almost every part of China. Potatoes don't need much water to

grow. China is facing water shortage(不足)problems，so potatoes

are a good choice.

Many Chine people think potatoes are like vegetables.

They cook potatoes along with other ingredients(原料)．But as a

staple, potatoes can be cooked differently. Scientists have found

ways to make potato flour，noodles and other staple foods，just

like how we u rice or wheat.

【1】What does the phra “a_big_change” in Paragraph

1 mean?

es play a small role on the dinner es

will be eaten more often.

will stop eating will be many new

kinds of potatoes.

【2】Which of the following plants is China's fourth staple

food?

A.B.C.D.

【3】Why are potatoes better than other staple foods?

e they are low in vitamin C.

e they do not have very many calories.

e they are heavier than other staple foods.

e they can make people feel full more easily.

【4】Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that ______.

es can be grown all over the es do

not need much water

doesn't have much es are easy to grow

【5】What have scientists tried to do?

potatoes taste like real potatoes to

cook new dishes.

potatoes to create staples like noodles and

potatoes along with rice and wheat.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

本文讲述了土豆。土豆继大米、小麦和玉米之后，正在成为第四

主食。使用土豆作为主食可以使我们的饮食更健康，更平衡的。土豆

在很多方面都对我们有好处，土豆是有营养的，它们富含维生素C；

土豆也是低热量，土豆很容易种植。作为主食，土豆可以用不同的方

式烹饪。科学家已经找到了制作马铃薯面粉、面条和其他主食的方法。

【1】词句猜测题。根据“Potatoes are becoming China's

fourth staple food(主食)after rice，wheat and corn”在大米、小麦

和玉米之后，土豆正在成为中国第四主食。故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据第一幅图是大米，第二幅图是西红柿，第

三幅图是土豆，第四幅图是玉米，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据“Potatoes are also low in calories(卡

路里)—they have just 75 percent of the amount of calories that

wheat and corn have.”土豆也是低热量，比小麦和玉米少，故选B。

【4】细节理解题。根据“Also，potatoes are easy to grow…

Potatoes don't need much water to grow”土豆很容易种植。不需

要太多的水来生长，故选D。

【5】推理判断题。根据“Scientists have found ways to make

potato flour，noodles and other staple foods，just like how we

u rice or wheat.”科学家已经找到了制作马铃薯面粉、面条和其他

主食的方法，就像我们使用大米或小麦一样。所以此处是用土豆做主

食，比如面条和面粉。故选C。