阅读理解职称英语考试综合类练习题及答案(二)
<p> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Foods">Foods</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="World">World</span></p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> 500 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="people">people</span>---<span word="not">not</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span>, <span word="ideas">ideas</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="languages">languages</span>---<span word="has">has</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="eat">eat</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="chocolate">chocolate</span> <span word="drink">drink</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seeds">seeds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cocoa">cocoa</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Indians">Indians</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1500<span word="s">s</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="although">although</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="expensive">expensive</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="fashionable">fashionable</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="shops">shops</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="chocolate">chocolate</span> <span word="drinks">drinks</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="places">places</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="exist">exist</span> <span word="today">today</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="potato">potato</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="World">World</span>. <span word="Around">Around</span> 1600, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Peru">Peru</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="widely">widely</span> <span word="grown">grown</span>. <span word="Ireland">Ireland</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="dependent">dependent</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="starved">starved</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crop">crop</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Potato">Potato</span> <span word="Famine">Famine</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1845-6, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="emigrate">emigrate</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="America">America</span>.</p><p> <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="foods">foods</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="traveled">traveled</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Old">Old</span> <span word="World">World</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opposite">opposite</span> <span word="direction">direction</span>. <span word="Brazil">Brazil</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="grower">grower</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="crop">crop</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Colombia">Colombia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="native">native</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drink">drink</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Arabs">Arabs</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1400<span word="s">s</span>.</p><p> <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Arabic">Arabic</span> <span word="legend">legend</span>, <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="goatherd">goatherd</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Kaldi">Kaldi</span> <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="goats">goats</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="attracted">attracted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="berries">berries</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="bush">bush</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="experienced">experienced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wide">wide</span>-<span word="awake">awake</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="one">one</span>-<span word="third">third</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="starts">starts</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="with">with</span>.</p>
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