题文
ple — their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree(可可树)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 Eu??rope, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish peo??ple starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine (饥荒)" of 1845—1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move 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, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s.
according to an. Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person 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.
小题1:according to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?A．Food.B．Clothing.C．Ideology.D．Language.小题2:The word "some" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to________.A．some cocoa treesB．some chocolate drinks.C．some shopsD．some South American Indians小题3:Thousands of Irish people starved during the " Potato Famine" because________A．they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything elseB．they were forced to leave their homeland and move to AmericaC．the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoesD．the potato harvest was bad小题4:according to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?A．One third of the world’s population drinks coffee.B．Coffee is native to Colombia.C．Coffee can keep one awake.D．Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
文章主要介绍了人类食物的发展和变化情况。
小题1:A。主旨题。由文章的第一句这一主题句可知。
小题2:C。词义题。根据In London，shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today可知，some指的是London现存的一些出售chocolate drinks的商店。
小题3:D。从文章第三段可以知道the potato在Ireland已经成为人们赖以生存的主要的食物，所以在Potato Famine期间，因为the crop failed，所以人们就会挨饿。
小题4:B。B项的叙述与文章中的内容But让媳native to Ethiopia，a country in Africa. 不一致，所以是错误的。D项根据文章的表达可知是正确的。而选项A和C在文章最后一段出现。他们都是正确的表达
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“ple — their clothes,.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
