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In the last 500 years, nothing about people—not their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree (可可树) by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500's. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine (饥荒)" of 1845—1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.
There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400's.
According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the "wide-awake" feeling that one-third of the world's population now starts the day with.

单选题 According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 围绕中心(文章标题中的用词“新食物”)直接判断答案：也可利用题干中的特征结构(thelast500years)作为答案线索，这样在文章中找到直接答案相关句：In the last 500years, nothing about people —not their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat.该划线句说“在人们的生活中没有什么东西所发生的变化像人们所吃的食物那样变化大。”因此答案是A。

单选题 "Some" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 对于代词的考察题，需要先借助代词在句子中的搭配结构内容，判断代词指代的内容；然后再利用前面语句的内容和词语使用特点，判断答案。因为与主语some搭配的结构(谓语)是“存在”，因此答案只能出自前三个选项(人不能说“存在”)。前一句中只涉及到了B和C的内容，因此答案只能来自B和C之中。前句内容是“在伦敦，卖可口饮料的商店变成了重要的会客场所。”因此判断some应该指代“商店”。

单选题 Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干中的特征结构(Potato Famine)作为答案线索，这样在文章中找到直接答案相关句：Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine(饥荒)"，of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America．划线结构说“从1845年到1846年出现了马铃薯荒，数以千计的爱尔兰人因为庄稼(马铃薯)歉收而饿死了”，因此判断D是答案。 fail/vi&vt．“失败；不及格，无法做到；(作物)歉收”。 e. g .He failed(in)his English examination．他的英语考试不及格。 e. g. Last year the crops failed．去年农作物歉收。

单选题 Which country is the largest coffee producer?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干中的特征结构(1argestcoffeeproducer)作为答案线索，这样在文章中找到直接答案相关句：Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries．判断A是答案。

单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 分别利用备选项中的核心词或特征词(A：One third：B：Colombia C：awake；D： Arabs)作为线索，这样快速找到答案相关句：But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa (B错)．该句说：咖啡的原产地是Ethiopia，不是Colombia，因此B错误。 Be native to…是……土产的 e. g. Banana is native to Taiwan．香蕉是台湾的土产品。