Question

Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power.

According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red “cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures (牧場). He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake.

Another legend gives us the name for coffee, “mocha”. Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage (飲料) were named Mocha to honor this event.

Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled (走私) beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.

Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.

1.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A. A sheepherder used coffee beans to keep sheep excited.

B. Coffee was a special kind of red cherry from a certain plant.

C. A sheepherder and a monk accidently discovered coffee’s effect.

D. Sheep ate a lot of coffee beans while they changed pastures.

2.Which of the following involves political tricks?

A. Kaldi’s story. B. The monk’s story.

C. Omar’s story. D. Baba Budan’s story.

3.Mocha is originally the name of ______.

A. a town  B. an Arabian    C. a kind of coffee    D. a sheepherder

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. The Secret of Coffee     B. The Tales of Coffee

C. People’s Love for Coffee        D. The Function of Coffee

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了咖啡這種飲品的發(fā)現(xiàn)，傳播的經(jīng)過。同時也講述了咖啡這種飲品的功能。

1.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本段大意：一個叫Kaldi的牧羊人注意到他的羊在吃了這種咖啡豆之后非常的興奮，他也嘗試吃了一點兒發(fā)現(xiàn)，自己也和羊一樣。第二和咖啡有關(guān)的故事是一個伴侶在吃了咖啡之后發(fā)現(xiàn)自己總是很清醒，睡不著。所以第二自然段講述的是咖啡的作用的發(fā)現(xiàn)過程。

2.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled (走私) beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there.

句意為：咖啡的真正傳播剛開始是非法的，阿拉伯人Baba Budan 走私了一些咖啡到了印度附近的Mysore地方，由此可知Baba Budan 做的事情卷入了政治。

3.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage (飲料) were named Mocha to honor this event.句意為：這種咖啡飲品不僅救了他們，而且最近的小鎮(zhèn)Mocha里的居民把他們的幸存視做宗教的信號，這種植物還有它的飲料補命名為Mocha以紀(jì)念個事件。

4.B主旨大意題。文章主要講述了三個方面的問題，一是咖啡功能的發(fā)現(xiàn)；二是咖啡被命名為Mocha的原因；三是咖啡對外的傳播，以及剛開始與政治的關(guān)系。所以本文講述的都是有關(guān)咖啡的事情，因此答案應(yīng)為B

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