Hot pot (火锅) is one of the most popular food in China. There are many stories about how hot pot appeared. The most traditional and oldest one has to do with Genghis Khan.
He was the founder (建立者) of the Mongol Empire (蒙古帝国). He was also one of the greatest leaders (领袖). The place where he lived was very cold in winter. He needed food to keep his army warm, strong and healthy. When it was time to eat, they put ice (冰) and snow into a pot. When they became water, and the temperature was high, they put meat into it. After a short time, the meat was OK. That might be the first hot pot. The meat they ate most was mutton, beef and horse meat. Later, people brought hot pot to other parts of China and improved it. People began to put more kinds of food into the hot pot, such as vegetables and seafood (海鲜).
By the Qing Dynasty, hot pot became popular in most parts of China.
Today we can find different kinds of hot pot in Beijing, Chongqing, Sichuan and some foreign countries. When we eat the delicious hot pot, we also feel the special food culture of China.
46. This article mainly tells us the history of ________.
A.the pot | B.hot pot | C.Mongol Empire | D.Qing Dynasty |
47. ________ was the leader of the Mongol Empire.
A.Genghis Khan | B.Mao Zedong | C.Zhu Yuanzhang | D.We don’t know |
48. There wasn’t ________ in the first hot pot.
A.mutton | B.beef | C.horse meat | D.seafood |
49. When did hot pot become popular in most parts of China?
A.Today. | B.By the Qing Dynasty. |
C.By the Ming Dynasty. | D.By the Yuan Dynasty. |
50. The underlined word “they” in Para 2 (第二段) refers to (指代) ________.
A.pot | B.ice and snow | C.the army | D.meat |