题目内容：

Can you imagine a life without French fries?Potatoes are very popular today.But in the past this was not true.Potatoes grew in South America five thousand years ago.But they only became popular in other places two hundred years ago.

In the 1800s,people started to eat potatoes.In Ireland(爱尔兰),potatoes became the main food.Then in 1845,a disease(疾病)killed all the potatoes in Ireland.Two million people died of hunger.

Today,each country has its potato dish.Germans eat potato salad,and the United States has the baked potato,and of course Frenchmen invented French fries.Now French fries are popular all over the world.

1.Potatoes were      in the past.

A. popular    B. not popular    C. true    D. not true

2.Potatoes grew in     five thousand years ago.

A. Nouth America    B. South America    C. France    D. Germany.

3.Who invented French fries?

A. Americans.    B. Spanish.    C. Frenchmen.    D. Germans.

4.Germans like eating      .

A. French fries    B. baked potatoes    C. potato salad    D. potatoes with salt

5.Which of the statements is true?

A. Potatoes are not popular today.

B. Potatoes became popular in the world four hundred years ago.

C. In Ireland a disease killed all the potatoes in 1845.

D. The Americans invented French fries.