{{B}}
New Foods and the New World{{/B}} 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“the last 500 years”作为答案线索,这样在文章中找到直接答案相关句:In the last 500 years,nothing about people—not their clothes,ideas,or languages—has changed as much as what the year.该划线句况“在人们的生活中没有东西所发生的变化像人们所吃的食物变化大”。因此答案是A。
单选题
"Some" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to_____.
单选题
Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because_____.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 利用题千中的特征结构“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 home land 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.S.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“largest coffee producer”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: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。”