职称英语综合类学习资料阅读理解练习2.docx

职称英语综合类学习资料阅读理解练习2职称英语综合类学习资料阅读理解练习2PASSAGE2NewFoodsandtheNewWorld?Inthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople---nottheirclothes,ideas,orlanguages---haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.TheoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadeformtheseedsofthecocoatreebySouthAmericanIndians.TheSpanishintroducedittotherestoftheworldduringthe1500#39;s.Andalthoughitwasveryexpensive,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondonshopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday.ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,whereitsoonwaswidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe"PotatoFamine"of1845-6,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica.TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromsouthAmericatotheOldWorld.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld#39;slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400#39;s.AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhenagoatherdnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe"wide-awake"feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld#39;spopulationnowstartsthedaywith.1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?A)Food.B)Chocolate.C)Potato.D)Coffee2."Some"in"Somestillexisttoday"meansA)somecocoatrees.B)somechocolatedrinks.C)someshops.D)someSouthAmericanIndians.3.ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe"PotatoFamine"becauseA)theyweresodependentonthepotatothattheyrefusedtoeatanythingelse.B)theywereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica.C)theweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingthepotato.D)thepotatoharvestwasbad.4.CoffeeoriginallycamefromA)Brazil.B)Colombia.C)Ethiopia.D)Arabia.5.TheArabiclegendisusedtoprovethatA)coffeewasfirstdiscoveredbyKaldi.B)coffeewasfirstdiscoveredbyKaldi#39;sgoats.C)coffeewasfirstdiscoveredinsouthAmericancountries.D)coffeedrinkswerefirstmadebyArabs.KEY:A