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1、第一篇 NewFoodsandtheNewWorldInthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople---nottheirclothes,ideas,orlanguages—haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.Theoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadefromtheseedsofthecocoatree(可可树)bySouthAmericanIndians.TheSpanishintroducedittotherestoftheworldduring
2、the1500’s.Andalthoughitwasveryexpensive,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondon,shopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday.ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,whereitsoonwaswidelygrow
3、n.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe“PotatoFamine(饥荒)”of1845—1846,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmerica.TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouthAmericatotheOldWorld.Butsomeother
4、swentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld’slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia,acountryinAfrica.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400’s.AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasd
5、iscoveredwhenapersonnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe“wide-awake”feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld’spopulationnowstartsthedaywith.31 Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast
6、500years?AFoodBClothingCIdeologyDLanguage32 “some”inthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphreferstoAsomecocoatreesBsomechocolatedrinks.CsomeshopsDsomeSouthAmericanIndians33 ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe“PotatoFamine”becauseAtheyweresodependentonpotatoesthatt
7、heyrefusedtoeatanythingelseBtheywereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmericaCtheweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingpotatoesDthepotatoharvestwasbad34 Whichcountryisthelargestcoffeeproducer?ABrazilBColombiaCEthiopiaEEgypt35 Whichofthefollowingsta
8、tementsisNOTtrue,accordingtothepassage?A.Onethirdoftheworld’spopulationdrinkscoffee.B.CoffeeisnativetoColombiaC.Coffeecankeeponeawake.D.CoffeedrinkswerefirstmadebyAra
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