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1、大家论坛club.topsage.com职称英语考试理工类常考的阅读理解精选(1) Inthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople---nottheirclothes,ideas,orlanguages---haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.TheoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadeformtheseedsofthecocoatreebySouthAmericanIndians.TheSpanishintroducedittotherest
2、oftheworldduringthe1500's.Andalthoughitwasveryexpensive,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondonshopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday. ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,where
3、itsoonwaswidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe"PotatoFamine"of1845-6,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica. TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromsouthAmericatotheOldWorld.Butsomeothers
4、wentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld'slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400's. AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhena
5、goatherdnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe"wide-awake"feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld'spopulationnowstartsthedaywith. 1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?
6、 A)Food. B)Chocolate. C)Potato. D)Coffee 2."Some"in"Somestillexisttoday"means A)somecocoatrees. B)somechocolatedrinks. C)someshops. D)someSouthAmericanIndians.大家论坛club.topsage.com 3.ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe"PotatoFamine"because A)theyw
7、eresodependentonthepotatothattheyrefusedtoeatanythingelse. B)theywereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica. C)theweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingthepotato. D)thepotatoharvestwasbad. 4.Coffeeoriginallycamefrom A)Brazil. B)Colombia. C)Ethiopia. D)
8、Arabia. 5.TheArabiclegendisusedtoprovethat A)coffeewasfirstdiscoveredbyKaldi. B)coffeewasfirstdiscoveredbyKaldi'sgoats. C)coffeewasfirstdiscoveredinsouthAmericancountries. D)c
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