词汇：southeast  n./a. 东南(的)，东南部(的)；
speaker  n.说话人，演讲人，扬声器
speech  n. 演说，讲话
spokesman  n.发言人
sportsman  n. 运动员
spy  n. 间谍
square  n. 正方形；广场
spring  n. 春；泉；弹簧
stair  n. (pl.) 楼梯
stamp  n. 邮票
standpoint n. 立场，观点
state  n. 状态；国，州v. 陈述，说明
statement  n. 声明，陈述
statesman  n. 政治家，国务活动家
steal  v. 偷
steam  n. 蒸汽，水蒸气
steel  n. 钢
stomach  n. 胃
stone  n. 石头；宝石
storey  n. (story) 楼，层
storm  n. 暴风雨，暴风雪
stove  n. 炉子
stupid  a. 愚蠢的，迟钝的
suburb  n. 郊区
sudden  a. 突然的，意外的
sugar  n. 糖
suggest  v. 建议；暗示
summarize  v. (summarise) 概括，总结 sunrise  n.日出
sunset  n. 日落

阅读理解：(重庆MBA培训）
More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple. The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more often than not, hard with an unpleasant taste within. Then in 1966, the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly becoming the world’s best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple.In nutrition it was all good news too. This nice tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C than the old green variety. Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit. The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep market to itself. But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples. (重庆MBA培训）
Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed. Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte’s attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out the market.1. We learn from the text that the new type at pineapple is __________.A. green outside and sweet insideB. good-looking outside and soft insideC. yellowy-gold outside and hard insideD. a little soft outside and sweet inside2. The underlined word “fixture” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something _________.A. that people enjoy eatingB. that is always presentC. that is difficult to getD. that people use as a gift3. We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte _________.A. slowed other companies to develop pineapplesB. succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itselfC. tried hard to control the pineapple marketD. planned to help the other companies.(重庆MBA培训）
 
答案解析：
1.【解析】D正确从文章第二段的语句The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known.可知菠萝是一种外表稍软，里面汁儿很甜的一种水果。(重庆MBA培训）

2.【解析】B正确从含有该词的句子The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.可知这种菠萝销得快，很快成了健康食客的购物篮中的必不可少的东西。
3.【解析】C正确从文章最后一段的语句Del Monte tried to keep market to itself. But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed.可知Del Monte想独自垄断市场，而且寻求法律帮助结果未果，说明该公司费了很大劲来控制这个菠萝市场。(重庆MBA培训）


参考译文：10多年前，很难买到美味的菠萝。英国的菠萝往往有绿色的坚硬的外皮，里面的味道也不可口。然后在1966年，产自夏威夷的Del Monte Gold菠萝首次冲击了我们的货架。这种菠萝新品种与绿色的相比更加金黄。外皮有些软，内里鲜美多汁。不过最重要的是它比我们以往所知的乱七八糟的菠萝要甜上两倍。Del Monte Gold立即席卷了市场，迅速成为世界最畅销的菠萝品种，人们品尝了自然的甜美，在那之前这种味道只能在罐装菠萝中找到。在营养方面也很有益处。这种美味的菠萝所含维生素C是原来绿色菠萝的4倍。营养学家说它不仅包含丰富的维生素，还能有效抵抗疾病。人们理所当然希望买这么棒的水果。这种菠萝新品种销售迅猛，Del Monte Gold迅速成为健康食客的购物篮中必备的物品。看着这种有吸引力的菠萝带来的不断增长的市场，Del Monte试图将市场归为自己所有。但是其他水果公司发展类似的菠萝品种。Del Monte向法律求助，不过宣告失败。那些公司称Del Monte企图垄断金菠萝市场是把他们挤出市场的一种手段。词汇及短语：tasty: 美味的，可口的pineapple：菠萝more often than not：往往，多半hit-and-miss：不论命中不命中，不管成功不成功，胡乱地nutrition：营养understandably：可理解地winning：胜利的，获胜的；吸引人的，有说服力的