It's a real ice cream flavor: guinea pig. Anyone who thinks of guinea pigs as cute furry pets might find that idea hard to digest. The rodents are a traditional hot dish in some Latin American countries, including Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. In Ecuador, people typically cook guinea pigs with salt and serve them with potatoes and peanut sauce. But one seller is taking things to another gastronomic level, serving guinea pigs as a cold dessert: ice cream!

Some people like this kind of ice cream made from "cuy", as the animal is locally known. "I was suspicious, but it was tasty," said Marlene Franco, a 78-year-old retiree who tried a scoop at a stall next to a highway linking Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, to the city of Sangolqui.

The stall owner is María del Carmen Pilapaña, whose unusual offering inspires disbelief and laughter among first-time customers. Pilapaña's stall is small. It consists of two tables in an open area. There are dentists' offices and other shops around. Even so, demand is growing. Every week, Pilapaña prepares 150 servings ($1 each) of guinea pig ice cream. She also makes 40 servings of ice cream flavored with beetles, also traditionally eaten as a salty snack, and a smaller amount of mushroom ice cream.

Pilapaña manages to concentrate guinea pig flavor after cooking and preparing a paste from the animal's flesh, adds milk or cream and refrigerates the concoction until it has the consistency of ice cream. The taste is similar to chicken. The beetle and mushroom ice creams include fruits such as pineapple and passion fruit. Beetle ice cream has a slight aroma of wet earth.

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1.What does the underlined word “suspicious” in paragraph 2 mean?

A Doubtful.

B Hopeful.

C Pleased.

D Surprised.

解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据第二段"I was suspicious, but it was tasty,"可知，but前后表转折关系，由but后接tasty美味的，推测but前部分作者应持怀疑态度，故选A。

2.What can we know from paragraph 3？

A Pilapaña's stall is small but beautiful.

B Guinea pig ice cream becomes popular gradually.

C Pilapaña serves guinea pig ice cream and snacks.

D Pilapaña prepares 150 servings of ice cream every week.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第三段第一句...whose unusual offering inspires disbelief and laughter among first-time customers.和Even so, demand is growing.可知刚开始消费者持怀疑态度，后来消费需求在不断增长，冰淇淋渐渐变得受欢迎，故选B。

3.How does the beetle-flavored ice cream taste?

A Just like a sweet snack.

B Similar to chicken.

C A slight aroma of wet earth.

D Like flesh flavor.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第四段Beetle ice cream has a slight aroma of wet earth.可知甲虫味冰激凌有一丝潮湿泥土的味道，故选C。

4.What’s the best title of this passage?

A Ecuadorian food.

B A travel guide to Ecuador.

C Ecuador’s guinea pig ice cream.

D An ice cream seller in Ecuador.

解析：选C。主旨大意题。本文主要讲了厄瓜多尔的一名摊主制作了豚鼠、甲虫、蘑菇味的冰激凌，其中豚鼠味最为有名，故选C。