Potatoes were first grown in the Andes Mountains of Peru in about 200 B．C．Later they were brought to Europe and then America．Potatoes are the fourth on the list of the world's food staples（主食）after wheat，rice and corn．Today，Americans consume about 140 pounds of potatoes per person every year while Europeans eat twice as many．
One of the favourite ways to eat potatoes is in the form of potato chips．The recipe for thick-cut，F(xiàn)rench-fried potatoes was first introduced to America by Thomas Jefferson．He served French fries to guests at the White House in 1802 and at his home，Monticello．
An American chef named George Crum at Moon's Lake House created the first potato chips on 24 August，1853．He became angry when a customer complained that his French fries were too thick．So he cut the potatoes as thin as possible，making them too thin and crisp to eat with a fork．The customer loved them，and potato chips were born in 1860，Chef Crum opened his own restaurant and offered a basket of potato chips on every table．
The world's first seasoned（調(diào)過味的） crisps were produced by a company in Ireland in the 1950s．There were two flavors to choose from，Cheese & Onion and Salt & Vinegar．In the United Kingdom and Ireland，crisps are what people in the United States call potato chips while chips refer to French fries．Ketchup flavored chips are popular in the mideast and Canada．Seaweed flavored chips are popular in Asia and chicken flavored chips are popular in Mexico．
About 27 pounds of potato chips are produced 100 pounds of potatoes．Americans consume 2-4 billion pounds of potato chips every year，and spend more than ＄7 billion a year on them．
（1）The underlined word "consume" in Paragraph I is closest in meaning to CC．
A．use
B．buy
C．eat
D．grow
（2）From the passage，we can learn that Europeans have about DD pounds of potatoes per person every year．
A．70
B．100
C．140
D．280
（3）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？ BB
A．Potatoes were first grown in Peru．
B．Potato chips were invented in 1860．
C．The customer thought the potato chips were not thin enough．
D．Thomas Jefferson brought the recipe for thick-cut，F(xiàn)rench-fried Potatoes to America．
（4）What are potato chips called in the United Kingdom？ DD
A．Chips．
B．French fries．
C．Potato chips．
D．Crisps．
（5）What's the best title for the passage？ AA
A．The History of Potato Chips
B．The Best Way to Eat Potatoes
C．Different Kinds of Potato Chips
D．The Success of George Crum
【答案】C；D；B；D；A
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