《新目标英语中考二轮复习》中考英语复习：难度较大的阅读文章含答案（十）

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1、第一篇NewFoodsandtheNewWorldInthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople…nottheirclothes,ideas,orlanguages一haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.Theoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadefromtheseedsofthecocoatree（可可树）bySouthAmericanIndians・TheSpanishintroducedittotherestoftheworldduringthe1500's.Andalthoughitwasveryexpensi

2、ve,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondon,shopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces・Somestillexisttoday.ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld・Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,whereitsoonwaswidelygrowrtIrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthec

3、ropfailedduringthe"PotatoFamine（饥荒广of1845一1846,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmerica.TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouthAmericatotheOldWorld・Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworldslargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombia

4、andotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia,acountryinAfrica.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400's.AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhenapersonnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush・Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe"wide-awake"feelingthat

5、one-thirdoftheworld'spopulationnowstartsthedaywith.31Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?AFoodBClothingCIdeologyDLanguage32“some，'inthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphreferstoAsomecocoatreesBsomechocolatedrinks.CsomeshopsDsomeSouthAmericanIndians33Thousands

6、ofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe"PotatoFamine"becauseAtheyweresodependentonpotatoesthattheyrefusedtocatanythingelseBtheywereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmericaCtheweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingpotatoesDthepotatoharvestwasbad31Whichcountryisthelargestcoffeeproducer?ABrazi

7、lBColombiaCEthiopiaEEgypt32WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue,accordingtothepassage?A.Onethirdoftheworld'spopulationdrinkscoffee・B.CoffeeisnativetoColombiaC.Coffeecankeeponeawake.D.CoffeedrinkswerefirstmadebyArabs.第一篇Tea