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ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,whereitsoonwaswidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe“PotatoFamine(饥荒)”of1845—1846,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmerica.
TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouthAmericatotheOldWorld.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld’slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia,acountryinAfrica.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400’s.
AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhenapersonnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe“wide-awake”feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld’spopulationnowstartsthedaywith.
31 Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?
AFood
BClothing
CIdeology
DLanguage
32 “some”inthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphrefersto
Asomecocoatrees
Bsomechocolatedrinks.
Csomeshops
DsomeSouthAmericanIndians
33 ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe“PotatoFamine”because
Atheyweresodependentonpotatoesthattheyrefusedtoeatanythingelse
BtheywereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmerica
CtheweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingpotatoes
Dthepotatoharvestwasbad
34 Whichcountryisthelargestcoffeeproducer?
ABrazil
BColombia
CEthiopia
EEgypt
35 WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue,accordingtothepassage?
A.Onethirdoftheworld’spopulationdrinkscoffee.
B.CoffeeisnativetoColombia
C.Coffeecankeeponeawake.
D.CoffeedrinkswerefirstmadebyArabs.
第二篇 Teachingpoetry
Nopoemshouldeverbediscussedor“analyzed”,untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeone,teacherorstudent.Betterstill,perhaps,isthepracticeofreadingittwice,onceatthebeginningofthediscussionandonceattheend,sothesoundofthepoemisthelastthingonehearsofit.
Alldiscussionsofpoetryare,infact,preparationsforreadingitaloud,andthereadingofthepoemis,finally,themosttelling“interpretation”ofit,suggestingtone,rhythm,andmeaningallatonce.Hearingapoetreadtheworkinhisorherownvoice,onrecordsoronfilm,isobviouslyaspecialreward.Buteventhoseaidstoteachingcannotreplacethestudentandteacherreadingitor,bestofall,reciting(背诵)it.
Ihavecometothink,infact,thattimespentreadingapoemaloudismuchmoreimportantthan“analyzing”it,ifthereisn’ttimeforboth.IthinkoneofourgoalsasteachersofEnglishistohavestudentslovepoetry.Poetryis“acriticismoflife”,and“aheightening(提升)oflife”.Itis“anapproachtothetruthoffeeling”,andit“cansaveyourlife”.Italsodeservesaplaceintheteachingoflanguageandliteraturemorecentralthanitpresentlyoccupies.
IamnotsayingthateveryEnglishteachermustteachpoetry.Thosewhodon’tlikeitshouldnotbeforcedtoputthatdislikeonanyoneelse.Butthosewhodoteachpoetrymustkeepinmindafewthingsaboutitsessentialnature,aboutitssoundaswellasitssense,andtheymustmakeroomintheclassroomforhearingpoetryaswellasthinkingaboutit.
36Tohaveabetterunderstandingofapoem,oneshould
Adiscussitwithothers.
Banalyzeitbyoneself.
Ccopyitdowninanotebook
Dpractisereadingitaloud
37WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasafunctionofpoetry?
AExtendingyourlife.
BSavingyourlife.
CCriticizinglife.
DHeighteninglife.
38Accordingtothewriter,oneofthepurposesofteachingEnglishistogetstudents
Atounderstandlife.
Btoenjoypoetry.
Ctobecometeachers.
Dtobecomepoets
39Whatdoesthelastsentenceinthethirdparagraphimply?
AMorestressshouldbelaidontheteachingofpoetry.
BPoetryismoreimportantthananyothersubject.
COnecannotenjoylifefullywithoutanunderstandingofpoetry
DPoetryisthefoundationofalllanguageandliteraturecourses
40Thephrase“makeroom”inthelastparagraphcouldbebestreplaced