Food，and the way we eat it，is always changing.As society develops，we learn new ways of growing，processing and cooking food.What we ate 200 years ago was very different from what we eat today.Also，when people move to foreign countries，they take their knowledge of cooking with them.And food must fit modern lifestyles and local tastes，too.One food that has done this successfully is pizza.
The pizza we recognize today first appeared in Italy in 1889.A famous baker from Naples made a pizza for the Italian royal （皇室的） family.He was very worried they wouldn't like it，but they did.Queen Margherita loved the dish so much，and the baker named it after her.Since then，this simple meal of bread，cheese and tomato has begun its journey in the world，and it has adapted （適應(yīng)） to local cultures.Pizza began its tour in the 1890s，when many Indians moved to New York in search of a better life.There they continued to make pizzas，and the first pizzeria opened in 1905.
At first it was only popular with Indians，but by the late 1940s，Americans discovered a taste for it.Today they spend ＄37 billion a year on pizzas.That's more than ＄100 per American.
Pizza continued its tours all over the world，adapting all the time.In Sweden，it is usual to have bananas on pizzas.In Belgium，people eat chocolate pizzas with marshmallows.As a nation of seafood lovers，Japanese love adding octopus and squid，as well as roasted seaweed on the pizzas.Australians sometimes choose kangaroo or crocodile on their pizza.
The popularity of pizza is also related to our changing lifestyles.In today's super-fast society，people usually don't have the time or energy to cook.So，what they like ordering to take out is pizza.Sometimes you don't even have to pick it up，it's delivered to your home.If you don't even have time to sit down，buy a single slice and eat it standing up.
Pizza has come a long way.From its beginnings in an Italian city，it has grown to one of the world's favorite foods.
（1）What does "this" refer to in Paragraph 1？ DD
A．People improve the ways of cooking.
B．Food changes people's eating habits.
C．People exchange their cooking knowledge.
D．Food matches well with modern lifestyle and local tastes.
（2）What can we learn about pizza from the passage？ BB
A．The Italian royal family accepted pizza but not the queen.
B．The first pizza was made up of bread，cheese and tomato.
C．Americans have little interest in pizza in the late 1940s.
D．Pizza made its journey to New York because of Indians in 1890.
（3）How does the writer develop Paragraph 4？ CC
A．By telling detailed stories.
B．By comparing different opinions.
C．By giving different examples.
D．By listing detailed reasons.
（4）What is the best title of the passage？ DD
A．The discovery of pizza.
B．The beginning of pizza.
C．The taste of pizza.
D．The popularity of pizza.
【答案】D；B；C；D
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