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5．The little town of Half Moon Bay has become the pumpkin （南瓜） capital of California．Each year about 6000tons of this unusual fruit are raised and shipped as far as Hawaii and the east coast of the United States．Yet pumpkin were first grown in the town only in 1934，when a nine-year-old boy planted a few seeds and grew a crop of his own．Now they are such big business that Half Moon Bay holds a pumpkin festival in fall every year and there are more than 10，000 visitors．Farmers work all summer to try to grow the biggest pumpkins in the world，and thousands of visitors come to help harvest them．
The festival is held at the same time with Halloween at the end of October．Children all over the country make Jack-O'-lanterns（南瓜灯 ） o ut of pumpkins by emptying them，carving faces in them and putting candles inside．The insides of the pumpkins can then be used to make delicious pies．The Indians of the eastern United States had been eating pumpkins long before the first settles arrived．But this food was not introduced in Europe until the 1500s，when the Spanish explorers  brought some back from Mexico-where they were first grown some 8000 years ago．
46．Who is the earliest of the four to eat pumpkins？C
A．The first settlers in America．
B．The Spanish explorers who brought some back．
C．The Indians of the eastern Unites States．
D．The farmers who first grew them in California．
47．When did Europeans begin eating pumpkins？A
A．In the 1500s．B．About 8000 years ago．
C．In the year 1934．D．Before the first settles arrived in America．
48．Half Moon Bay has become the pumpkin capital because ofC
A．the nine-year-old boy
B．the great number of visitors every year
C．its pumpkin business        
D．its pumpkin festival in fall
49．How long does it take from planting the seeds to harvesting the pumpkins？A
A．A whole summer         
B．More than half a year
C．Four or five months        
D．From spring to fall
50．What's the best title of this passage？C
A．A Special Festival     
B．Halloween and Pumpkins
C．Pumpkin Capital      
D．How Pumpkin Come From．

Answer 1

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了半月湾已成为南瓜之都因为南瓜的商业，并介绍了它成为南瓜之都的历程．

解答 46．C．细节理解题．根据第二段The Indians of the eastern United States had been eating pumpkins long before the first settles arrived可知 东部的印第安人是最早吃南瓜的人之一；故选C．
47．A．细节理解题．根据第二段But this food was not introduced in Europe until the 1500s可知欧洲人是从16世纪开始吃南瓜的；故选A．
48．C．推理判断题．根据第一段The little town of Half Moon Bay has become the pumpkin （南瓜） capital of California．Each year about 6000tons of this unusual fruit are raised and shipped as far as Hawaii and the east coast of the United States可知半月湾已成为南瓜之都因为南瓜的商业；故选C．
49．A．细节理解题．根据第一段Farmers work all summer to try to grow the biggest pumpkins in the world，and thousands of visitors come to help harvest them可知从种植种子到收获南瓜需要一整个夏天；故选A．
50．C．推理判断题．根据第一段The little town of Half Moon Bay has become the pumpkin （南瓜） capital of California．Each year about 6000tons of this unusual fruit are raised and shipped as far as Hawaii and the east coast of the United States可知这篇文章最好的标题是南瓜之都；故选C．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．