People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of the useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition（營(yíng)養(yǎng)）and vitamin（維他命）in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous（有毒的）. They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

　　President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President's party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored（忠實(shí)的）guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.

(1) After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

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A．Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

B．Americans didn't eat tomatoes before 19th century.

C．Even now Americans don't eat tomatoes.

(2) The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President of ________.

[　　]

A．a European（歐洲）country

B．England

C．the United States

(3) Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat ________.

[　　]

A．while he was in Paris

B．when he was a little boy

C．because his parents told him so

(4) From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were ________.

[　　]

A．people form other countries

B．from France

C．people of his own country

(5) According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

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A．All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President's party was made of tomatoes.

B．All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President's cook was nice.

C．All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.

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