Question

    Many people like to drink soda pop (苏打汽水) , but they may not know that soda pop has an interesting story.

The story began with mineral water (矿泉水). In many places, people thought washing with mineral water was good for their health. Some said drinking mineral water was also good for people. Some mineral water had bubbles (气泡) in it . So people learnt to make bubble water to put CO₂ into water to make the water bubbly. The called the bubbly water “soda water”.

Later, people put juice or some other things to make soda water taste good. Many drugstores (药房) or ice cream shop sold soda water. Now people can buy soda pop in almost every food store. Some people call it “pop”, some say “soda” and other people call it “soda pop”.

At first people made soda pop because they thought it was good for their health. But in fact, it’s bad for us. For example, drinking too much soda pop make us fat. Well, maybe we should drink less this kind of good tasting water for our health.

1.Why did people in many places drink mineral water?

A.Because they thought it was good for their health.

B.Because the thought it was cleaner.

C.Because it tasted good.

D.Because it was cheap.

2.Where could people buy soda pop in the past?

A.In food stores. B.In restaurants.

C.In ice cream shops. D.In supermarkets.

3.Which of the following is true about soda pop?

A.It’s bad for people’s health. B.It’s only sold in drug store now.

C.It doesn’t have any bubbles now. D.It tastes worse than mineral water.

4.The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A.soda pop is an old drink. B.soda pop has different names.

C.soda pop has an interesting story. D.soda pop is popular with many people.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

本文主要向我们介绍了有关汽水的有趣的故事。

1.细节理解题。根据“Some said drinking mineral water was also good for people.”可知，很多地方很多人喝矿泉水是因为他们认为这对他们的健康有好处。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据“Many drugstores (药房) or ice cream shop sold soda water.”可知，过去人们可以在药店和冰淇淋店买到苏打水。故选C。

3.推理判断题。A：它对人们的健康有害。根据“But in fact, it’s bad for us.”可知，它对人们的健康有害，该项表述正确；B：现在只有药店有卖。根据“Now people can buy soda pop in almost every food store.”可知，现在几乎所有的食品店都能买得到，该项表述错误；C：现在没有气泡了。根据“So people learnt to make bubble water to put CO2 into water to make the water bubbly.”可知，苏打水因为里面有泡泡才叫做苏打水，该项表述错误；D：它的味道比矿泉水还糟。根据“Well, maybe we should drink less this kind of good tasting water for our health.”可知，苏打水味道很好，该项表述错误。故选A。

4.主旨大意题。A：汽水是一种古老的饮料；B：汽水有不同的名字；C：汽水有一个有趣的故事；D：汽水受到许多人的欢迎。根据全文内容可知，文章主要介绍了有关汽水的有趣故事。结合选项，故选C。