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14．In the last 500 years，nothing about people---not their clothes，ideas，or languages---has changed as much as what they eat．The original chocolate（巧克力） drink was made from the seeds of the cocao（可可） tree by South American Indians．The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500's．And although it was very expensive，it quickly became fashionable．In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places．Some still exist today．The potato is also from the New World．Around 1600，the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe，where it soon was widely grown．Ireland became so dependent（依賴的） on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the"Potato Famine（土豆荒）"of 1845-1846，and thousands more were forced to emigrate．（移居） to America．
There are many other foods that have traveled from south America to the Old World．But some others went in the opposite direction．Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee，and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries．But it is native to Ethiopia．It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400's．
 According to an Arabic story，coffee was discovered w hen a goat keeper named Kaldi noticed that his goats were eating the red fruits on a coffee tree．He tried one and experienced the"wide-awake（徹底清醒的）"feeling．One-third of the world's population now starts the day with it．
6．According to the passage，which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years？A
A Foods．
B Clothes       
C Languages．
D Ideas
7．Chocolate drink was first invented inAwhile coffee was first invented inA
A：South America； Ethiopia             
B：Spain； Brazil 
C：Spain； the Old World                
D：London； Rent
8．Thousands of Irish people were forced to live in America mainly becauseD  
A they were so dependent on potato that they refused to eat anything else．
B they could easily get potato in America．
C the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato．
D the potato harvest was bad．

Answer 1

分析 文章主要介紹了人類食物的發(fā)展和變化情況．

解答 6．A．主旨題．由文章的第一句In the last 500 years，nothing about people---not their clothes，ideas，or languages---has changed as much as what they eat由此可知，在過去的500年里，人類的衣服、想法和語言都發(fā)生了變化，可是都不及吃的東西發(fā)生的變化大．結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，故選A
7．A 細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容The original chocolate（巧克力） drink was made from the seeds of the cocao（可可） tree by South American Indians．巧克力飲料在南美洲被發(fā)明；Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee，and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries．But it is native to Ethiopia．可知，coffee原產(chǎn)于埃塞俄比亞．結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，故選A
8．D 細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容when the crop failed during the"PotatoFamine（饑荒）"這句話當(dāng)中判斷是因?yàn)橥炼故粘刹缓貌艑?dǎo)致的饑荒，從而導(dǎo)致后面的移民；故選D

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