【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy－gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit－and－miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly being the world’s best－selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple.In nutrition (營養(yǎng)) it was all good news too. This nice－tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C(維生素C) than the old green variety. Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit. The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep market to itself. But other fruit panies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed. Those panies argued successfully that Del Monte’s attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out of the market.45．We learn from the text that the new type of pineapple is ______.A. green outside and sweet inside B. good－looking outside and soft insideC. yellowy－gold outside and hard inside D. a little soft outside and sweet inside46．Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?A. It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice. B. It was less sweet and good for health.C. It was developed by Del Monte. D. It was used as medicine.47．The underlined word “fixture” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something ______.A. that people enjoy eating B. that is always presentC. that is difficult to get D. that people use as a gift48．We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte ______.A. slowed other panies to develop pineapples B. succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itselfC. tried hard to control the pineapple marketD. planned to help the other panies[答案]本文介紹了一種產(chǎn)于夏威夷的可口的、營養(yǎng)豐富的菠蘿。45．D。推理判斷題。從文章第二段的前三句“The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy－gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit－and－miss pineapples we had known.”可知新品種菠蘿是一種外表稍軟，里面汁兒很甜的一種水果。46．A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段第三句“this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit－and－miss pineapples we had known.”以及第三段的“In nutrition (營養(yǎng)) it was all good news too.”可知這種新品種菠蘿不僅味道香甜，而且營養(yǎng)豐富，很快就成了世界上最暢銷的菠蘿品種。47．B。詞義猜測題。從含有該詞的句子“The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.”可知這種菠蘿銷得快，很快成了健康食客的購物籃中必不可少的東西。48．C。推理判斷題。從文章最后一段的語句“Del Monte tried to keep market to itself. But other fruit panies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed.”可知Del Monte想獨(dú)自壟斷市場，而且尋求法律幫助結(jié)果未果，說明該公司費(fèi)了很大勁來控制這個(gè)菠蘿市場。C(2009遼寧)What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes—the list goes on and on.The idea came from Pierre Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in puter programming and after graduating from Tufts University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a puter engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升級) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skoll, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he_has_never_looked_back. Even in the crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is take an e－photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business。 the world is your market place. Of course for each item(商品) sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.49．We learn from the text that eBay provides people with ______.A. a way of buying and selling goods B. a website for them to upgradeC. a place to exhibit their own photos D. a chance to buy things at low prices50．Why did Pierre create eBay after graduating from university?A. For fun. B. To make money.C. For gathering the engineers. D. To fulfill a task of his pany.51．From “he was never looked back” in Paragraph 2 we learn that Pierre ______.A. did not feel lonely B. was always hopefulC. did not think about the past D. became more and more successful52．How does eBay make money from its website?A. By bringing sellers together.