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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