Many Americans spend Thanksgiving with family and friends around a table of roast turkey, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce（小红莓果酱). But for others, it’s a competition.

Across the United States, there are contests to see who can eat the most pumpkin pie. These events start in October and continue through Thanksgiving.

Elk Grove, California hosts the Giant Pumpkin Festival World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship. Matthew Stonie won last year by eating 20 pounds, 13 ounces of pumpkin pie in 8 minutes. In other words, about 9 and a half kilograms. That was a “world record,” reported by the International Federation of Competitive Eating in New York City (IFOCE).

Stonie won $5,000. The IFOCE website praised Stonie’s “effortless speed” at the table: “Like a silent automobile at full speed driving past you on the highway. Like the boxer with lightning strikes. Like a speed skater in a very tight bodysuit, long limbs stretching further than the clock can tick. The great ones make it look easy.”

Some of the pumpkin-pie eating contests dissolve into overeating. An example is the IFOCE's YouTube video: “Thanksgiving Invitational – Pumpkin Pie” eating contest. Others have a more light-hearted approach to pumpkin pie-eating contests. Students at the Duthie Center for Engineering in Louisville, Kentucky posted their pumpkin pie-eating contest on Facebook. It was a friendly social affair. 

In Broomfield, Colorado, their Turkey Day celebration takes a more health-conscious approach. They hold a pumpkin pie-eating contest, but contestants just have to eat one piece of pie (or about one-sixth of a pie) as fast as possible. There’s a 5 kilometer and 10 kilometer “Turkey Day” race afterwards, for those who want to run off excess weight.

And at Pumpkin Palooza（企鹅弹跳）-- a pumpkin pie-eating contest in Sparks, Nevada -- the organizers note on their website: “The winners are chosen by audience applause, so style, flair and humor count as much as anything.”

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1.1. Where was the pumpkin pie-eating world record made in 2014?

A Broomfield.

B Sparks.

C Duthie.

D Elk Grove.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第三段倒数第一句That was a “world record,” reported by the International Federation of Competitive Eating...可知，马修在去年鹿林市举办的南瓜饼竞吃大赛上获得冠军。他创造了一项世界纪录，得到了国际竞吃联合会的承认，因此选D。

2.It is implied in Paragraph Four that ____.

A Mattew Stonie is a person with few words

B Mattew Stonie is a tall man wearing cool clothes

C the IFOCE shows admiration for Mattew Stonie

D the IFOCE shows admiration for Mattew Stonie

解析：选C。推理判断题。文章第四段用比喻的手法描述了马修参加竞吃获得冠军的情况，说他“像全速行驶的汽车，像出拳如电的拳击手，像速滑运动员”，反映了国际竞吃联合会官员对这位冠军的钦佩之情。

3.What does the author think of the pumpkin pie-eating contests held in Louisville, Broomfield and Sparks?

A Praiseworthy.

B Worrying.

C Hard to describe.

D Unbelievable.

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据文章第五段第三句Others have a more light-hearted approach...可知，作者认为其他城市举办的南瓜饼竞吃大赛是很轻松，结合各地的特点，如社交氛围，健康意识，运动理念，娱乐时尚等判断，作者对于这些地方举办的竞赛活动是表示赞赏的。

4.What can be the best title of the passage?

A Americans Enjoy Roast Turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

B Pumpkin Pie-Eating Contests Were Held across America.

C Pumpkin Pie-Eating Contests Become Healthier.

D Mattew Stonie Won the Pumpkin Pie-Eating Contest.

解析：选B。主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了美国各地迎接感恩节举办各具特色的南瓜饼竞吃大赛的情况。故选B。