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—haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.Theoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadefromtheseedsofthecocoatree（可可树）bySouthAmericanIndians.TheSpanishintroducedittotherestofthe

2、worldduringthe1500’s.Andalthoughitwasveryexpensive,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondon,shopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday.ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,wh

3、ereitsoonwaswidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe“PotatoFamine(饥荒)”of1845—1846,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmerica.TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouth

4、AmericatotheOldWorld.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld’slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia,acountryinAfrica.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringth

5、e1400’s.AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhenapersonnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe“wide-awake”feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld’spopulationnowstartsthedaywith.31　Accordingtot

6、hepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?AFoodBClothingCIdeologyDLanguage32　“some”inthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphreferstoAsomecocoatreesBsomechocolatedrinks.CsomeshopsDsomeSouthAmericanIndians33　ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarve

7、dduringthe“PotatoFamine”becauseAtheyweresodependentonpotatoesthattheyrefusedtoeatanythingelseBtheywereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmericaCtheweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingpotatoesDthepotatoharvestwasbad34　Whichcountryisthel

8、argestcoffeeproducer?ABrazilBColombiaCEthiopiaEEgypt35　WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue,accordingtothepassage?A.Onethirdoftheworld’spopulationdrinkscoffee.B.CoffeeisnativetoColombiaC.Coffeecankeeponeawake.D.CoffeedrinkswerefirstmadebyAra