1 . So you thought the hamburger was the world’s most popular fast food? After all, McDonald’s Golden Arches span the globe. But no, there is another truly universal fast food, the ultimate（极好的）fast food. It’s easy to make, easy to serve, much more varied that the hamburger, can be eaten with the hands, and it’s delivered to your front door or served in fancy restaurants. It’s been one of America’s favourite foods for over 50 years. It is, of course, the pizza.
It’s kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was “invented”. It gradually evolved over the years, but one thing’s for certain—it’s been around for a very long time. The idea of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the Greeks. They called them ‘plakuntos’and ate them with various simple toppings such as oil, garlic, onions, and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it ‘picea’. By about 1000 a.d. in the city of Naples, ‘picea’ had become ‘pizza’ and people were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies, and finally the tomato, brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza capital of the world. In 1889, King UmbertoⅠand Queen Margherita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffele Esposito, to make it for them. He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese, and green basil leaves. The Queen loved it and the new pizza was named ‘Pizza Margherita’ in her honour.
Pizza migrated to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in 1905 at 53 Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza really exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World WarⅡ and raved about ‘that great Italian dish’. Americans are now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.
1. When did pizza become really popular in the United States?

A．After 1945.	B．At the end of nineteenth century.
C．In 1905.	D．In 1889.

2. What do the Italian flag and a Pizza Margherita have in common?

A．There is a picture of a Pizza Margherita on the flag.

B．They have the same colours.

C．Both of them represent Italy.

D．They are as popular as each other in Italy.

3. Which one is the correct timeline of the evolvement of pizza?

A．pizza, plakuntos, picea

B．picea, plakuntos, pizza

C．plakuntos, pizza, picea

D．plakuntos, picea, pizza

4. Why are Mexico and Peru important in the development of pizza?

A．Because pizza was invented in these countries.

B．Because the people in these countries are the greatest consumers of pizza in the world.

C．Because one kind of toppings was brought to Italy from these countries.

D．Because pizza first became popular in these two countries.

5. Which one is the best title for the passage?

A．McDonald’s and Pizza.

B．The Popularity of Pizza in the United States.

C．Global Pizza.

D．How to Make Pizza.

2 . The audience starts to scream and young people all over Britain turn on their TVs. Yes, it’s Top of the Pops!

Top of the Pops is an amazing 34 years old. Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV programme. After 1,800 shows, it’s still the most popular pop music show in Britain. So what’s the secret?

“We get lots of bands to perform live in the studio,” says producer Chris Cowey. “That just doesn’t happen on other shows.”

Chris starts planning the programme over a week before it goes out. His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show. When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday, Chris can start to book the bands.

Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound, lighting and camera workers. They listen to each song and plan the show.

Tuesday is paperwork day. There are bookings to make sure of letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make. The show is on Thursday. Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o'clock in the morning and start practising. Tonight’s presenter, Jo Whiley, practices too.

First the bands go to make up. Judy and Issy are the make-up artists. “We see the stars with no make-up on, looking terrible,” says Issy. Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars.

Back in the studio things are happening. The audience are practicing their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme, then Chris edits it all night long. The final version is exactly 29 minutes long.

1. What make(s) Top of the Pops still the most popular in Britain?

A．The live performances in the studio.

B．The jobs carefully done by the workers of the TV station.

C．The great fame of the bands.

D．The large numbers of pop fans in Britain.

2. When the bands receive the invitations to the performance, _________.

A．they must decide on the songs

B．they don’t have to decide what songs they will perform

C．the songs that will be performed haven’t been decided on

D．they have no idea what songs they will perform

3. The underlined word “costume” in Paragraph 7 probably means        .

A．makeup	B．stage
C．studio	D．clothes

4. How is a music programme made at the TV station?

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. Which is the proper title for the passage?

A．More Popular, More Successful	B．A Stage for Pop Stars
C．Go Backstage of Top of the Pops.	D．A Popular Live Band.