Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around

Popular breakfast foods in the United States,as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk , juice,eggs, and bread. Some other breakfast items served in the United States arethought by many to be traditionally American. However, they actually come fromother cultures.

            A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake--- a thin , flat cakemade out of flour and often served with maple syrup. The idea of the pancake isvery old. In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China.

            Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle , are also popular forbreakfast in America. Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea forthe first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across EasternEurope.

            In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe travelled to theUnited States and brought the recipe for bagels with them. Today, New Yorkbagels are said to be the best in the world. Many people have them with creamfor breakfast on the go.

            Doughnuts (usually spelled “donut” in the United States) came from France. Theywere served to American soldiers in France in the World War Ⅰ. After the war, American soldiersasked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them. Now , served withcoffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States.

1.This reading is mainly about ________

A. famousplaces to eat breakfast.     

B. why peoplein the United States eat breakfast

C. the mostpopular types of pancakes in the United States

D. the historyof popular breakfast foods in the United States.

 2.The oldest breakfast food in thepassage is ______

      A. thepancake   B. the bagel    C. thedoughnut    D. The passage doesn’t say.

 3.Which sentence is true for bothbagels and donuts?

      A. They bothcame from Europe      B. They are both easy to make

      C. They arebothsweet             D. people in New York make them best

 4.Who brought bagels to America?

      A. Polishpeople     B. Jewish People   C. ChinesePeople   D. American soldiers

5.Who served donuts to American soldiersduring World War Ⅰ?

      A. Frenchpeople                  B. Jewish people  

C. otherAmerican soldiers          D. cooks from the United States.

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】略