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A、The role of Florida in the American Revolution. B、The discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon in 1513. C、The history of the cult
A、The role of Florida in the American Revolution. B、The discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon in 1513. C、The history of the cult
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问题
Decades before the American Revolution of 1776, Jesse Fish, a native New Yorker, retreated to an island off St. Augustine, Florida, to escape unhappy family situation. In a time he became Florida’ s first orange baron and his oranges were in great demand in London throughout the 1770’s. The English found them juicy and sweet and preferred them to other varieties, even though they had thin skins and were hard to peel.
There would probably have been other successful commercial growers before Fish if Florida had not been under Spanish rule for some two hundred years. Columbus first brought seeds for citrus trees to the New World and planted them in the Antilles. But it was most likely Ponce de Leon who introduced oranges to the North American continent when he discovered Florida in 1513. For a time, each Spanish sailor on a ship bound for America was required by law to carry one hundred seeds with him. Later, because seeds tended to dry out, all Spanish ships were required to carry young orange trees. The Spaniards planted citrus trees only for medicinal purpose, however, they saw no need to start commercial groves because oranges were so abundant in Spain.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. What is the main topic of the passage?
23. Where did Jesse Fish come from?
24. By whom were oranges most probably introduced to Florida?
25. Why did the Spaniards not grow oranges commercially in the New World?
选项
A、The role of Florida in the American Revolution.
B、The discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon in 1513.
C、The history of the cultivation of oranges in Florida.
D、The popularity of Florida oranges in London in the 1770’ s.
答案
C
解析
主旨大意题。短文第一段主要讲Jesse Fish成为佛罗里达州第一个桔子大亨,接着第二段又讲了在西班牙的统治下,殖民者在佛罗里达州种满了桔子树。由此可知短文主要讲了佛罗里达州桔子种植的历史。故选C。
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大学英语四级
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