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What makes Belgian (比利时的) chocolate so special? How has Belgian chocolate become so famous? What are the reasons why Belgian chocolate is so good? After reading the text, you will find the answers.
Congo (刚果) became their gateway to Africa’s cocoa plantations and resulted in Belgium bringing back cocoa beans to Europe from Africa around the 1880s. Therefore, Belgium could produce quality chocolate before anyone else in Europe and before most countries in the world. Even the Swiss, who are farmed for their chocolate, learnt much of what they know from the Belgians.
Belgians are naturally good at engineering---They developed processes; they created new methods. Firstly, Belgium was one of the first countries to come up with machines which could make the cocoa beans really thin so that the chocolate was extremely smooth.
Another example of this Belgian innovation was the process brought about by Jean Neuhaus in 1912. He developed a way to make a cold shell of chocolate for what he called “pralines (干果糖)”. These were different and for the first time the chocolate could be filled with a variety of flavored creams, such as coffee, fruit or even more chocolate. No one else at that time could make chocolate with such a complexity of flavor and this development changed the way people would eat chocolate forever.
Just as many Italian villages have a specialty olive oil supplier and many French villages have a local vineyard (酒庄), so is it true that every Belgian village has its own small chocolate shop. Recipes have been passed down through for families for generations. This culture extends to both the quality of ingredients used and the care that is taken when people make the chocolate. The most delicious Belgian chocolate is made not by large manufacturing companies, but in small family chocolate shops by hand and basic equipment.
1.What makes Belgians produce quality chocolate first in Europe?
A.The perfect location. B.The improved process.
C.The advanced equipment. D.The earlier access to cocoa beans.
2.What does the underlined word” innovation” in paragraph 4 mean?
A.devotion. B.creation.
C.strength. D.preference.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Chocolate has been the typical product of Belgium.
B.Belgian chocolate has been also famous in Italy and France.
C.It is hard to buy Belgian chocolate made by small family shops.
D.Recipes of Belgian chocolate were introduced from other countries.
4.What is the structure of the passage?
A.①---②③④---⑤ B.①--②--③--④--⑤
C.①--②--③④--⑤ D.①--②--③④⑤
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