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New Foods and the New World

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 form the seeds of the cocoa 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 1845-6, 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 1400’s.

According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd named Kaldi 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.

1. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

A) Food.

B) Chocolate.

C) Potato.

D) Coffee

2. "Some" in "Some still exist today" means

A) some cocoa trees.

B) some chocolate drinks.

C) some shops.

D) some South American Indians.

3. Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because

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.

4. Coffee originally came from

A) Brazil.

B) Colombia.

C) Ethiopia.

D) Arabia.

5. The Arabic legend is used to prove that

A) coffee was first discovered by Kaldi.

B) coffee was first discovered by Kaldi’s goats.

C) coffee was first discovered in south American countries.

D) coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.

Good Modern Newspaper

A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features (特寫) as well,from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping : from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece,reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality ( 時事性),its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暫的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply

the techniques of reading.

A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following EXCEPT its_____

A.wide coverage.

B.uniform style.

C.speed in reporting news.

D.popularity.

37、According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the "same"newspaper is that______

A.people scan for the news they are interested in.

B.different people prefer different newspapers.

C.people are rarely interested in the same kind of news.

D.people have different views about what a good newspaper is.

38、It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers______

A.apply reading techniques skillfully.

B.jump from one newspaper to another.

C.appreciate the variety of a newspa.per.

D.usually read a newspaper selectively.

39、A good newspaper offers "a variety" to readers because______

A.it tries to serve different readers.

B.it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality.

C.readers are difficult to please.

D.readers like to read different newspapers.

40、The best title for this passage would be”_______”

A.The Importance of Newspaper Topicality

B.The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper

C.The Variety of a Good Newspaper

D.Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper

Quality Education

A quality education is the ultimate liberator. It can free people from poverty, giving them the power to greatly improve their lives and take a productive place in society. It can also free communities and countries, allowing them to leap forward into periods of wealth and social unity that otherwise would not be possible.

For this reason, the international community has committed itself to getting all the wodd's children into primary school by 2015, a commitment known as Education for All.

Can education for all be achieved by 20157 The answer is definitely "yes", although it is a difficult task. If we now measure the goal in terms of children successfully completing a minimum of five years of primary school, instead of just enrolling for classes, which used to be the measuring stick for education, then the challenge becomes even more difficult. Only 32 countries were formerly believed to be at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of enrollment rates. The number rises to 88 if completion rates are used as the criterion.

Still, the goal is achievable with the right policies and the right support from the international community. 59 of the 88 countries at risk can reach universal primary completion by 2015 if they bring the efficiency and quality of their education systems into line with standards observed in higher-performing systems. They also need significant increases in external financing and technical support. The 29 countries lagging farthest behind will not reach the goal without unprecedented rates of progress. But this is attainable with creative solution, including use of information technologies, flexible and targeted foreign aid, and fewer people living in poverty.

A key lesson of experience about what makes development effective is that a country's capacity to use aid well depends heavily on its policies, institutions and management. Where a country scores well on these criteria, foreign assistance can be highly effective.

In the first paragraph, the author suggests that a quality education can______

A.free countries from foreign rules.

B.speed up social progress.

C.give people freedom.

D.liberate people from any exploitation.

42、Ideally, the goal of the program of Education for All is to______ by 2015.

A.get all the world's children to complete primary school

B.enroll all the world's children into primary school

C.give quality education to people of 88 countries

D.support those committed to transforming their education systems

43、_____ countries are now at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of completion rates.

A.32

B.59

C.29

D.88

44、According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as the right policy?

A.Raising the efficiency of education systems.

B.Improving the quality of education.

C.Using information technologies.

D.Building more primary schools.

45、As can be gathered from the last paragraph, foreign aid______

A.may not be highly effective.

B.is provided only when some criteria are met.

C.alone makes development possible.

D.is most effective for those countries lagging farthest behind.

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