Most people like tomatoes. And they think of tomatoes as a1, because they are not sweet and are used for providing flavor（口味）to food. But they are actually fruit.
Tomatoes are from Mexico. Spanish explorers who went to South America about 500 years ago,2the tomatoes to Europe. Because the tomatoes look like apples, the French called them love3, while the British called them apples of gold. So we think4is the tomato's hometown.
The first people in Europe to5tomatoes were Italians. As far back as 500 years ago, the joys of eating fried tomato6salt and pepper, was known to them.
In some7like England and Mexico, tomatoes were thought to have poison in them.
That is because tomatoes look like plants called the belladonna（颠茄）. But people grew them in their garden because of their beautiful8and look. They even thought that tomatoes caused diseases. But they soon got over the fear.
It is believed that the British brought the tomato to India. This was about 300 years ago.
Gradually, the people in9started discovering that the tomato tasted10. Today, the whole world is crazy about the tomato.
