大学英语机考模拟二本科

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1、大学英语二一.组合题（共20题）1.NewFoodsandtheNewWorldInthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople—nottheirclothes,ideas,orlanguages-haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.TheoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadefromtheseedsofthecocoatreebySouthAmericanIndians.TheSpanishintroducedittotherestoftheworldduringthe1500's.Andalthoughitwasv

2、eryexpensive,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondonshopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday.ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,whereitsoonwaswidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarve

3、dwhenthecropfailedduringthe“PotatoFamine”of1845-6,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica.TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouthAmericatotheOldWorld.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld'slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandotherSouth

4、Americancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400's.AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhenagoatherdnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe“wide-awake”feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld'spopulat

5、ionnowstartsthedaywith.(1)Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?A.Food.B.Chocolate.C.Potato.D.Coffee.★检查答案标准答案：A(2)“Some”in“Somestillexisttoday”means_________.A.somecocoatrees.B.somechocolatedrinks.C.someshops.D.someSouthAmericanIndians.★检查答案标准答案：C(3)Thousan

6、dsofIrishpeoplestarvedbecause_________.A.theyweredependentonit.B.theywereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica.C.theweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingthepotato.D.thepotatoharvestwasbad.★检查答案标准答案：D(4)Coffeeoriginallycamefrom____________.A.Brazil.B.Colombia.C.Ethiopia.D.Arabia.★检查答案标准答案：C(5)T

7、heArabiclegendisusedtoprovethat__________.A.coffeewasfirstdiscoveredbyKaldi.B.coffeewasfirstdiscoveredbyKaldi’sgoats.C.coffeewasfirstdiscoveredinsouthAmericancountries.D.coffeedrinkswerefirstmadebyArabs.★检查答案标准答案：D2.Allofusc