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In the last 500 years, nothing about people — not their clothes, ideas, or languages — has changed as much as what they eat. The
In the last 500 years, nothing about people — not their clothes, ideas, or languages — has changed as much as what they eat. The
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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 coca 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 on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine" of 1845—1846, and thousands more were forced to emigrate 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 1400s.
According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered by a goatherd named Kaldi. He noticed 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 world’s population now starts the day with.
Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because______.
选项
A、they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else
B、they were forced to emigrate to America
C、the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato
D、the potato harvest was bad
答案
D
解析
利用题干中的特征结构(Potato Famine)作为答案线索,这样在文章中找到直接答案相关句:Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starvedwhen the crop failed during the“Potato Famine(饥荒)”of 1845—1846,and thousandsmore were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.划线结构说“从1845年到1846年出现了马铃薯荒,数以千计的爱尔兰人因为庄稼(马铃薯)歉收而饿死了”,因此判断D是答案。
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