Many years before the United States was founded(建立), Americans had already invented barbecues. But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames(架子)of sticks over fires. Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.
One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary, “Fair and hot ; Browne;hack overset.” That is , on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue, and his carriage(馬車)fell over. It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time. Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.
In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit (坑)for fuels(燃料) such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep. Today , the barbecue grills(燒烤架)which are fueled by charcoal(木炭) or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move , and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.
小題1:Who invented the barbecues first in history?
A．American people.B．Taino Indians.C．Spanish explorers.D．English settlers.
小題2:The second paragraph mainly tells us that the barbecue_______________.
A．is only held on a hot sunny dayB．welcomes people who keep diaries
C．is held both indoors and outdoorsD．has its social occasion for over 200 years
小題3:The underlined expression “ social occasion” can be best translated into______________.
A．社交功能B．社會福利C．社會地位D．社會背景
小題4:The following are all the barbecue ways    EXCEPT __________________.
A．drying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires
B．roasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches
C．cooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal
D．heating meat in the bright and hot daylight

小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:D

小題1:根據(jù)But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti,描述，可知是印第安人首先發(fā)明了烤肉。故選B。
小題1:根據(jù)短文第二段描述，可知在1773年烤肉宴已經(jīng)擁有其社交功能，故選D。
小題1:聯(lián)系下文and neighbours would be invited to dinner.鄰居會被邀請來赴宴，可知于社交有關。故選A。
小題1:根據(jù)短文描述，可知在日光下給肉加熱，不屬于烤肉的方法。故選D。
練習冊系列答案
相關習題

科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family this summer? If your dad smokes, you may have to ask him to be careful. From January 1st, Hong Kong banned（禁止）smoking in most public places.　　
These places include restaurants, workplaces, schools and so on. Even smoking in some outdoor places is not allowed, for example, beaches, sports ground, museums and most areas of public parks.　　
　Hong Kong　 hopes the ban can stop passive smoking. What is passive smoking? When people smoke in a restaurant or on a bus, others have to smoke too. They don’t want to smoke but they have no choice. This is passive smoking. It is bad for people’s health.　　
And it’ll be better if more people in 　Hong Kong　 give up smoking because of the ban. Jack Lee, a 26-year-old student says, “The ban is really good. I don’t like people smoking next to me. It’s so smoky and smelly.”　　
If someone breaks the ban, he will be fined HK$5,000.　　
　Hong Kong　 is not the first Asian city to have a smoking ban. On January 1, 2006, 　　Singapore　　 banned smoking in most public places.　　
小題1:Smoking is not allowed             in 　Hong Kong　.　　
A. in indoor places     B. in most public places       C. at home 　　
小題2:Which outdoor place is not mentioned in the passage?　　
A. The park       B. The beach             C. The airport　　
小題3: What’s the purpose of the smoking ban in 　Hong Kong　?　　
A. To stop passive smoking.　　
B. To stop the sale of cigarettes.　　
C. To stop people from smoking.　　
小題4:The example in Paragraph 4 shows (證明)that           .　　
A. Jack Lee likes smoking very much    B. people in 　Hong Kong　 support the ban　　
C. Jack Lee is used to smoking 　　
小題5:What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “fined”?　　
A. 罰款  B. 給予 C. 獎勵　

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Dear Peter
How about your study? It’s Sunday today. I’m writing a letter to you. I’m going to tell you something in Beijing.
Beijing is different from London. In our country, we drive on the left side of the road, but here people drive on the right side. Most people go to work by bus or by bike. The rush hours are from seven to nine in the morning and five to seven in the afternoon. People in China work around eight hours a day, five days a week. They usually begin to work at eight in the morning, and rest on Saturday and Sunday.
I have Chinese classes every morning from Monday to Friday. The students in our class are from many countries. We’re all working hard and friendly to each other. The Chinese students are ready to help us with our Chinese. We also help them a lot with their English. We are getting along very well.
That’s all for today. Please write to me soon.
Yours
Susan
小題1:People drive on_________ in London.
A．the same side in Beijing asB．the right side of the road
C．the left side of the roadD．both sides of the road
小題2:The rush hours of a day in Beijing are usually_________.
A．two hoursB．three hours
C．more than five hoursD．a(chǎn)bout four hours
小題3:The letter is from _________.
A．a(chǎn) Chinese student to an English student
B．a(chǎn)n English student to a Chinese student
C．a(chǎn) Chinese student to an American student
D．a(chǎn)n English student to another English student

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空


One day a woman got into her car and started driving home after work. Suddenly, she saw a yellow car behind her. The  41  was a man. Wherever she drove, the young man followed her. When she  42  at the traffic lights, the yellow car stopped behind her.
The woman was afraid, so she drove  43  to the police station. She was very  44  when she found the car stopped behind her. At that time, she saw a woman outside the police station. She knew that she was a policewoman because she was wearing a police uniform. She jumped out  45  her car and ran to her. But the young man just smiled and came up to return the purse which was dropped on the street by the woman.
小題1:  A. worker  B. drover C. passenger
小題2:  A. stop       B. stops   C. stopped
小題3: A. quickly     B. easily   C. happily
小題4: A. interested       B. moved C. surprised
小題5:  A. at  B. on         C. of

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


Hong Kong has about forty public beaches. Some of them are very famous around the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to them by bus. To go to some beaches yu must take a boat.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions:
?Never swim alone.
?Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
?Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired.
?Don’t stay in the water too long.
Remember:A red flag means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water.A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列各句正誤。正確的在題前括號內(nèi)寫“T”，錯誤的寫“F”。
小題1:There are about 40 public beaches in Hong Kong.
小題2:You should swim after a meal.
小題3:You can take a bus to go to most of the public beaches.
小題4:You’d better swim when you’re alone.
小題5:If you were a child, you could swim when you saw a red flag.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

When people find something valuable and return it to its owner, they are often given a reward. This is because the person not only found what was lost but also spent time   46  its owner or taking it to the police station.
There was once a young boy   47  found a woman’s purse in a shopping centre. Inside the purse there   48  some money and the woman’s driving license. Her name and   49  were printed on the license, so the boy knew where she lived. That evening he went to her house and   50  her door. When she opened it, he said, “ I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much,” she said. She opened her purse and took out all the money. She wanted to give the boy a small reward,   51  there were only bills of ＄20 in the purse and she thought that $ 20 was too   52  to give the boy. “ I’m sorry,” she said, “ but I don’t have any small    53  to give you.”
The boy said, “That’s all right,” and he went away.
A few days later he found   54  woman’s purse. It also had her driving license in it, so he knew where she lived. He went to her house and said “ I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much, “ she said. She opened her purse and took out all her money.
“That’s   55   ” , she said, “ Before I lost my purse I had a $100 bill and a $20 bill in it. Now I have a $100 bill, a $10 bill and two $5 bills.”
“Yes,” the boy said, and smiled.
小題1:A. to find                                    B. finding                       C. find
小題2: A. who                                         B. whose                               C. which
小題3:A. is                                               B. were                                    C. was
小題4:A. e-mail                                       B. address                            C.age
小題5:A.cut down                                        B. knocked on                         C. broke into
小題6:A. so                                             B. but                                         C. or
小題7:A. little                                          B. few                                       C. much
小題8:A. change                                         B. menu                                        C. purse
小題9:A .another                                         B. the other                                 C. other
小題10:A interesting                                    B. exciting                               C. strange

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Do you want to know something about chil­dren in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here:
Education
School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can’t afford school uniforms or ex­ercise books even though they don’t have to pay for school.
For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language clas­ses: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. Chores take up much of children’s time after school. They have to get water and fire­wood for the family every day. Also there’s clean­ing , washing and helping Mum with the meal.
Daily fun
It’s not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( 嫩樹枝)and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( 繩子 ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There’re many football teams for teenagers in Africa.
Internet
It’s really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average (平均的) monthly pay per person.
Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.
Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.
小題1: The underlined word "Chores" probably means
A．網(wǎng)上沖浪B．家務雜活C．體育活動D．家庭作業(yè)
小題2: Sports are very popular in Africa because chil­dren _________.
A．do not need money to play
B．can play all kinds of ball games
C．don’t like to go to school
D．don’t like to do their homework
小題3:The passage is mainly about_________.
A．education in Africa
B．children’s school life in Africa
C．the Internet in Africa
D．children’s daily life in Africa
小題4:From the passage, we can infer (推斷) that in Africa_________.
A．basketball is popular among children
B．children in Africa have to pay for school
C．some children in Africa have to take two for­eign language classes
D．people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984. As a little kid, he loved creating little fun computer programs, especially communication tools and games.
When he was a student at Harvard University, Mark founded (創(chuàng)建）Facebook on February 4, 2004. Through Facebook, Harvard students could communicate with each other. Facebook quickly became a great success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school’s students used it in the first two weeks. It soon spread further to any university students, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over in the US. 
Facebook developed fast and became popular. People can communicate with others, add friends, and send them messages. Now, it has more than 175 million users all over the world.
Many big companies have offered a very high price to buy Facebook, but Mark refused them all. His reason was simple. “We are not planning to sell it. We don’t want to make money from it. We just hope Facebook will make it easier for people to know each other.”
Sometimes the simplest ideas go the furthest. We hope Mark can go much further, maybe even further than Bill Gates!
小題1:What was Mark interested in when he was a little kid?
小題2:Where was Facebook first used in the United States?
小題3:How many people use Facebook in the world now?
小題4:Why did Mark not want to sell Facebook to other companies?
小題5:What do you think of Mark Zuckerberg?�。ㄕ埧忌詳M一句話作答）

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

In modern society, people use money every day. It seems that it is very important in our life. That’s because without money you can’t buy any goods(商品) you want. But I think few people know the history of money.
Long ago, people did not need money. They lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants. As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families produced more than they needed, so they started to trade with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones, etc.
During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods and lasted a long time. Later, countries began to make their own coins.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as early as the 11th century. The Italian traveler Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries did not start using paper money until 1600s.
Today, we have many ways to pay for things. We do not use coins or paper money. Often, people prefer to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.
小題1:  People used ________ as a means of exchange before the 7th century BC.
A. paper money       B. card          
C. large stone         D. coins
小題2:From the passage, we know that European countries used paper money in the ________.
A．11th centuryB．12th century
C．16th centuryD．17th century
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE in this article?
A．Marco Polo was from Canada.
B．Chinese used paper money earlier than Italy.
C．Today people often prefer to pay for things by salt.
D．Carrying around much “real” money is easier and safer than Paying with a card.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案