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When cultures meet, not just their language or clothing may be different. Often their food will be greatly different too. People on both sides can discover new chances for trading. This text tells how some common food plants spread around the world.
As early as 5,000 BC, potatoes were used in South America as a valuable type of food. They were taken to Europe in the 1500s and their use soon spread across it.
Tea drinking started in China. By the early 1600s, traders had begun to ship tea from China to Europe. Tea drinking soon became fashionable there but because of its high price, it remained a drink for the wealthy.
Sugar cane(甘蔗) was first used to produce a kind of sweet juice over 8,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. Its use soon spread across South East Asia and then to the wider world.
Cocoa(可可粉) was used to make a cold, spicy drink in Central America over 3,000 years ago. The Europeans brought it back with them in the 1520s and added sugar to make the sweet, hot drink we know today. Though it's expensive, many people still love it.
Cultural exchanges are like a warm bridge for food plants. They carry potatoes, tea and other delicious foods to tables around the world, making our diets more colourful and connecting different places closely.
1. When were potatoes taken to Europe?
2. Why did tea remain a drink for the wealthy in Europe in the early 1600s?
3. What are the differences between sugar cane and cocoa when they were first used?
4. How many food plants are mentioned in the passage? What are they?
5. What do you think of the spread of food plants between different cultures?
When cultures meet, not just their language or clothing may be different. Often their food will be greatly different too. People on both sides can discover new chances for trading. This text tells how some common food plants spread around the world.
As early as 5,000 BC, potatoes were used in South America as a valuable type of food. They were taken to Europe in the 1500s and their use soon spread across it.
Tea drinking started in China. By the early 1600s, traders had begun to ship tea from China to Europe. Tea drinking soon became fashionable there but because of its high price, it remained a drink for the wealthy.
Sugar cane(甘蔗) was first used to produce a kind of sweet juice over 8,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. Its use soon spread across South East Asia and then to the wider world.
Cocoa(可可粉) was used to make a cold, spicy drink in Central America over 3,000 years ago. The Europeans brought it back with them in the 1520s and added sugar to make the sweet, hot drink we know today. Though it's expensive, many people still love it.
Cultural exchanges are like a warm bridge for food plants. They carry potatoes, tea and other delicious foods to tables around the world, making our diets more colourful and connecting different places closely.
1. When were potatoes taken to Europe?
2. Why did tea remain a drink for the wealthy in Europe in the early 1600s?
3. What are the differences between sugar cane and cocoa when they were first used?
4. How many food plants are mentioned in the passage? What are they?
5. What do you think of the spread of food plants between different cultures?
答案
1. In the 1500s.
2. Because the price of tea was very high at that time.
3. Sugar cane was first used over 8,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea to produce a kind of sweet juice, while cocoa was first used over 3,000 years ago in Central America to make a cold, spicy drink. They are different in the first used time, original place and initial use.
4. Four. They are potatoes, tea, sugar cane and cocoa.
5. It is really great. It makes people's diets around the world much more colourful, and it also connects different places closely and helps different cultures communicate with each other better. (答案不唯一，合理即可)
2. Because the price of tea was very high at that time.
3. Sugar cane was first used over 8,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea to produce a kind of sweet juice, while cocoa was first used over 3,000 years ago in Central America to make a cold, spicy drink. They are different in the first used time, original place and initial use.
4. Four. They are potatoes, tea, sugar cane and cocoa.
5. It is really great. It makes people's diets around the world much more colourful, and it also connects different places closely and helps different cultures communicate with each other better. (答案不唯一，合理即可)
解析
1. 本题为细节定位题，可直接从原文第二段对应语句找到土豆被带入欧洲的时间信息。
2. 本题为细节定位题，可直接从原文第三段对应语句找到欧洲早期茶仅为富人饮品的原因。
3. 本题为细节归纳题，分别定位甘蔗、可可的首次使用相关描述，从使用时间、起源地、最初用途三个维度整理二者的差异即可。
4. 本题为细节统计题，通读全文统计所有提到的食用作物，逐一列出即可。
5. 本题为开放性表达题，结合文章末尾文化交流的相关表述，给出正向、符合逻辑的评价即可，答案不唯一。
2. 本题为细节定位题，可直接从原文第三段对应语句找到欧洲早期茶仅为富人饮品的原因。
3. 本题为细节归纳题，分别定位甘蔗、可可的首次使用相关描述，从使用时间、起源地、最初用途三个维度整理二者的差异即可。
4. 本题为细节统计题，通读全文统计所有提到的食用作物，逐一列出即可。
5. 本题为开放性表达题，结合文章末尾文化交流的相关表述，给出正向、符合逻辑的评价即可，答案不唯一。
