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问题详情:
What made people call banana a banana and a pineapple a pineapple and not something else?
Actually there is a reason behind the names given to each and everything; be it a fruit, vegetable, an animal or lifeless things like stars, planets, etc. However, sometimes the names are misleading. Take the example of pineapple: it doesn’t come from a pine tree, nor is it an apple.
The pineapple is native of southern Brazil and Paraguay in South America. Native Indians spread this fruit, called Ananas, through South and Central America to the West Indies. In 1493, Columbus, on his voyage to the Caribbean, found the fruit on the island of Guadaloupe.
To the European eye, this curious new fruit had a rough appearance like a pinecone(松塔) and inside the fruit had a firm center core like an apple. So combining the two they called it “pineapple”.
In Europe, sweets and fresh tropical(热带的) fruit were not common. They were transported at great cost from various voyages and journeys. In such conditions, this ripe yellow fruit, which was bursting with natural sweetness, made the pineapple a popular fruit. It was such a luxury that King CharlesⅡof England ordered to paint a picture where he is seen receiving a pineapple as a gift! For many years after, rich Europeans carefully grew the pineapple in their own greenhouses.
33. The question asked in the first paragraph is used to _________.
A. tell the difference between bananas and pineapples
B. express the puzzlement of the writer
C. ask readers to give a clear answer
D. attract readers’attention to the topic
34. Where are pineapples earliest grown?
A. South America. B. Northern Africa.
C. North America. D. The West Indies.
35. The passage mainly tells us _______.
A. what helps pineapples spread around the world
B. why pineapples have natural sweetness
C. where it is suitable to plant pineapples
D. how the pineapple gets its name and its spreading
【回答】
DAD
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