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vetraveledthatwaybefore.Usuallysomethingshavechanged---newhouses,newbuildings,sometimesevenanewroad.Thebusdriverhasastyleofdrivingandit'

sfuntotrytofigureitoutthefirsthourorso.Ifthedriverisparticularlyrecklessordaring,theridecanbeasthrillingasasuspensestory.Willthedriverpassthetruckintime?

Willthedrivermoveintotherightortheleft-handlane?

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vegottobecarefulofwhatkindoffoodyoueat.Toomuchsaltyfoodcanmakeyouverythirstybetweenstops.

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　　1.Accordingtothepassage,whatdothepassengersusuallyseewhentheyareonalongbustrip?

　　A）Busesontheroad.

　　B）Filmsontelevision.

　　C）Advertisementsontheboard.

　　D）Gasstations.

　　2.Whatisthepurposeofthispassage?

　　A）Togivethewriter'

sopinionaboutlongbustrips.

　　B）Topersuadeyoutotakealongbustrip.

　　C）Toexplainhowbustripsandtelevisionshowsdiffer.

　　D）Todescribethebillboardsalongtheroad.

　　3.thewriterofthispassagewouldprobablyfavor

　　A）busdriverswhoweren'

treckless

　　B）drivingalone.

　　C）atelevisionsetonthebus.

　　D）nobillboardsalongtheroad.

　　4.ThewriterfeelslongbusridesarelikeTVshowsbecause

　　A）thecommercialsbothonTVshowsandonbillboardsalongtheroadarefun.

　　B）theybothhaveabeginning,amiddle,andanend,withcommercialsinbetween.

　　C）thedriversarealwaysrecklessonTVshowsjustastheyareonbuses.

　　D）bothtravelingandwatchingTVarenotexciting.

　　5.Thewriterthinksthattheendoftherideissomewhatlikethebeginningbecausebothare

　　A）exciting.

　　B）comfortable.

　　C）tiring.

　　D）boring

KEY:

CADBA

（二）　NewFoodsandtheNewWorld

　　Inthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople---nottheirclothes,ideas,orlanguages---haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.TheoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadeformtheseedsofthecocoatreebySouthAmericanIndians.TheSpanishintroducedittotherestoftheworldduringthe1500’s.Andalthoughitwasveryexpensive,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondonshopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday.

　　ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,whereitsoonwaswidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe"

PotatoFamine"

of1845-6,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica.

　　TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromsouthAmericatotheOldWorld.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld’slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400’s.

　　AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhenagoatherdnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe"

wide-awake"

feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld’spopulationnowstartsthedaywith.

　　1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?

　　A）Food.

　　B）Chocolate.

　　C）Potato.

　　D）Coffee

　　2."

Some"

in"

Somestillexisttoday"

means

　　A）somecocoatrees.

　　B）somechocolatedrinks.

　　C）someshops.

　　D）someSouthAmericanIndians.

　　3.ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe"

because

　　A）theyweresodependentonthepotatothattheyrefusedtoeatanythingelse.

　　B）theywereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica.

　　C）theweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingthepotato.