3．Whether it is thin crust （酥皮），thick crust，stuffed，rolled，topped with a dozen ingredients （酥料） or served simply with tomato and cheese，there are few people who do not appreciate good pizza can be traced back to the 18th century when sellers wandered in the streets of Naples selling picces of flatbread to the poor．
Although it is commonly believed that Italians invented the pizza，its orgins can actually date back to ancient times．The lsraelites，Egyptians，and other Middle Eastern cultures ate flatbreads cooked in mub ovens similar to today's pita bread，and later the Romans and Greeks began topping this flatbread with olive oil and native spices．Once the Italians accepted the use of cooking with tomatoes，they perfected the pizza，and it developed into what we call pizza today．
It is said that the famous Margherita pizza from Naples，considered the"true"pizza by many，came about when Queen Margherita，while traveling through Italy，fell in love with the flatbreads being sold to the poor．She ordered a baker named Raphelle to bake her a selection of pizzas to try．One type，consisting of tomatoes，mozzarella，became her favorite，and was named to honor her appreciation for pizza．
Pizza Margherita is still a favorite pizza choice in Ital today．Although many cultures learned to back flatbreads with some type of topping，only southern Italy had rich，creamy buffalo-milk mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes，the most important ingredients for Neapolitan pizza．
The world's first pizzeria is believed to have opened in Naples，Italy，although street peddlers （小） may have sold pizza for many years before that．By the beginning of the 1900's pizza made its way to the inner cities in the States，thanks to Italian immigrants，particularly New York and Chicago，which both have large Italian populations．
While living in Italy．I learned to love the thin-crusted pizza cooked in wood burning ovens that differs from the pizza sold in chain restaurants here in the US in any way．While the Neapolitan pizza consists of a few，fresh ingredients on a tasty，thin crust，the American pizza consumed here，is often packed with various ingredients，topped with a layer of heavy cheese，and prepared with a much thicker crust．True Italian pizza has a light，chewy crust，which may surprise those used to the taste of brick-oven pizza in America．
49．The passage is intended toB．
A．show the author's disapproval of American pizza
B．introduce the popular Italian pizza
C．describe people's appreciation for pizza
D．explain why piazza is so popular today
50．What is the third paragraph mainly about？A
A．How pizza Margherita was named． B．Differences between pizza and pita．
C．The history of pizza． D．Different ways to cook pizza．
51．We can learn from the passage thatB．
A．pizza has become popular in the US since the nineteenth century
B．Italian pizza features a thin crust with fresh ingredients
C．flatbreads were first invented by the Romans and Greeks
D．Italian people seldom use tomatoes when they prepare pizza
52．The last paragraph is developedC．
A．by space B．by examples C．by comparison D．by time．
分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读，无论是薄皮，厚皮，塞，卷，上面设有12种食材或简单的西红柿和奶酪，几乎没有人不喜欢披萨，可以追溯到18世纪，当卖家在那不勒斯的街道将援助的面包卖给穷人．本文以此展开，主要介绍了意大利披萨．
解答 49．答案：B．主旨大意题．阅读全文，根据全文内容可知，本文主要介绍了受欢迎的意大利披萨．故选B．
50．答案：A．段落大意题．根据第三段内容，尤其是"She ordered a baker named Raphelle to bake her a selection of pizzas to try．One type，consisting of tomatoes，mozzarella，became her favorite，and was named to honor her appreciation for pizza"可知，本段主要讲述了玛格丽塔披萨是如何命名的．故选A．
51．答案：B．细节理解题．根据"While the Neapolitan pizza consists of a few，fresh ingredients on a tasty，thin crust，the American pizza consumed here，is often packed with various ingredients，topped with a layer of heavy cheese，and prepared with a much thicker crust．True Italian pizza has a light，chewy crust，which may surprise those used to the taste of brick-oven pizza in America．"可知，意大利披萨有薄的皮与新鲜的食材．故选B．
52．答案：C．推理判断题．根据最后一段内容，主要将意大利披萨与在美国的意大利披萨作比较．运用了作比较的手法．故选C．
点评 本文是一篇科教类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题．词义猜测题．做题时学生应仔细阅读原文，把握文章主要内容，联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义，从中选出正确答案，一定要做到有理有据，切忌胡乱猜测．
