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大学英语二 一. 组合题 （共20题） 1. New Foods and theNew World 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 drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. InLondonshops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from theNew World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it fromPerutoEurope, where it soon was widely grown.Irelandbecame so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine” of 1845-6, and thousands more were forced to emigrate toAmerica. There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to theOld World. But some others went in the opposite direction.Brazilis now the worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop inColombiaand other South American countries. But it is native toEthiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd namedKaldinoticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake” feeling that one-third of the worlds population now starts the day with. (1) According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? A.Food. B.Chocolate. C.Potato. D.Coffee. ★检查答案标准答案：A (2) “Some” in “Some still exist today” means_________. A.some cocoa trees. B.some chocolate drinks. C.some shops. D.some South American Indians. ★检查答案标准答案：C (3) Thousands of Irish people starved because_________. A.they were dependent on it. B.they were forced to emigrate toAmerica. C.the weather conditions inIrelandwere not suitable for growing the potato. D.the potato harvest was