The World Pie Eating Championships(世界吃馅饼锦标赛) stopped because the pies were too big. A worker ordered the wrong size of pies. They were too big. The pies should be 12cm across and 3.5cm deep. The meat and potatoes should be less than 1cm. The fastest eating time was 42.6 seconds. 

    The World Pie Eating Championship started with people eating pies as many as they could. It’s a little different now, people eat just one pie as quickly as they can. In 2006, people made vegetable pies and ate them. In 2005, people were angry because the pies were not from the same town. In 2007, they ate all the pies. 

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1.Why did the World Pie Eating Championships stop?

A Because it rained.

B Because someone died.

C Because the pies were bad.

D Because the pies were too big.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章第1段第一句The World Pie Eating Championships(世界吃馅饼锦标赛) stopped because the pies were too big.可知，故选D。

2.What does the underlined word “across” mean in Chinese?

A 越过

B 直径

C 高度

D 对面

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。此处根据文章内容可猜测与馅饼的大小有关，所以译为“直径”比较恰当，故选B。

3.What was the fastest time to eat a pie?

A 42.6 seconds.

B 3.5 seconds.

C 12 seconds.

D 4.2 seconds.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第1段最后一句The fastest eating time was 42.6 seconds. 可知，故选A。

4.What can NOT be in the pies?

A Vegetables.

B Meat.

C Potatoes.

D Rats.

解析：选D。D 内容理解题。ABC三项在文中均有提到，而D项“耗子”显然不适合作为馅饼原料，故选D。

5.People ate pies as_____as they could when it began years ago.

A fast

B many

C slowly

D much

解析：选B。B 综合理解题。根据第2段第一句The World Pie Eating Championship started with people eating pies as many as they could.可知，故选B。