2019年人教高考英语一轮练习题：选修7U3含答案精品教育.pdfVIP

2019年人教高考英语一轮练习题：选修7U3含答案

一、阅读理解。

ThefirstpotatoesweregrownbytheIncasofSouthAmerica,morethan400yearsago.Their

descendants(后代)inEcuadorandChilecontinuetogrowthevegetableashighas14，000feetup

intheAndesMountains.(That’shigherthananyotherfoodwillgrow.)EarlySpanishandEnglish

explorersshippedpotatoestoEurope,andtheyfoundtheirwaytoNorthAmericaintheearly

1600s.

Peopleeatpotatoesinmanyways—baked,mashed,androasted,tonamejustthree.However,

intheUnitedStatesmostpotatoesareeatenintheformofFrenchfries.Onefast­foodchainalone

sellsmorethan$1billionworthoffrieseachyear.Nowonder,then,thatthecompanypays

particularattentiontothewayitsfriesareprepared.

Beforeanyfrymakesittothepeoplewhoeatatthesepopularrestaurants，itmustpassmany

separatetests.Failanyoneofthesetestsandthepotatoisrejected.Tostartwith,onlyRusset

Burbankpotatoesareused.TheseIdahopotatoeshavelesswatercontentthanotherkinds,which

canhaveasmuchas80percentwater.Oncecutinto“shoestrings”shapes，thepotatoesarepartly

friedinasecretblendofoils,sprayedwithliquidsugartobrownthem,steamdriedathighheat,

thenflashfrozenforshipmenttoindividualrestaurants.

Beforeshipping，everyshoestringismeasured.Fortypercentofabatchmustbebetweentwo

andthreeincheslong.Another40percenthastobeoverthreeinches.Whataboutthe20percent

thatareleftinthebatch?Well,afewshortfriesinabagareokay，itseems.

So，nowthatyourealizetheenormoussizeandvalueofthepotatocrop,youcanunderstand

whymostpeopleagreethatthispartofthefoodindustryisno“smallpotatoes”．

【解题导语】本文介绍了土豆被引进美国的历史及炸薯条在美国食物产业中举足轻重

的地位。

1．PotatoesinNorthAmericacamedirectlyfrom．

A．ChileB．Europe