2016届海南省海口一中高三第三次月考英语试卷.docVIP

2016届海南省海口一中高三第三次月考英语试卷 第二部分 阅读理解 第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The movies just wouldnt be the same without the warm buttery taste of popcorn.Amazingly, this delicious treat started its life as a corn kernel(玉米粒)—and not from just any corn.Popcorn is a type of sweet corn that was originally grown in Mexico and spread to China, India and elsewhere.It is the only kind of corn that will pop.Today，most of the worlds popcorn is grown in the United States. Every popcorn kernel contains a tiny drop of water，surrounded by soft starch(淀粉)．When the popcorn is heated，the water turns into steam.This puts pressure on the surrounding hard kernel，forcing it to explode.The soft starch increases about 40 times in size as the corn kernel turns itself inside out. In the 1500s popcorn was an important food source for the Aztec Indians of central and southern Mexico.But it wasnt only food.It was also used in ceremonies or in headdresses and necklaces.By the time the Europeans arrived in America，popcorn had spread through most of the American Indians. Some early American settlers ate popcorn with cream and sugar for breakfast.But it wasnt until the late 1800s that popcorn became popular.The demand for popcorn increased and farmers began farming popcorn.The first mobile popping machine was invented in 1885，and popcorn was sold by street sellers much like hot dogs are sold today. During the Great Depression of the 1930s，the popcorn business still thrived as people could still afford it.Then in the 1950s television arrived and popcorn consumption decreased.People stayed home and stopped going to the theatre. But the link between movies and popcorn had already existed.Soon people began making popcorn at home on the stove. Later,microwave popcorn was introduced. Today the movies have regained popularity and popcorn has once again become the favorite. 1．Popcorn was first planted in ______. A．China B．America C．Indi