Question

【題目】The history of chocolate begins with a plant whose name is cacao. For centuries, people worldwide have been enjoying the rich favor of chocolate, a product made from cacao. 【1】 Americans eat an average of more than five kilograms of chocolate per person every year. The specialty shop shows the culture of chocolate and sells chocolates from different areas of the world.

Historians believe the Mayan people of Central America first learned to farm cacao plants around 2,000 years ago. 【2】 Then they grew them around their homes. They cooked the cacao seeds and pressed them into soft powder. They mixed the powder with water to make a delicious chocolate drink. There are often images of cacao plants on Maya buildings and art objects. The rulers drank chocolate at ceremonies. 【3】

The Aztecs also valued chocolate in the Aztec culture. But the cacao plant could not grow in the area where they lived. 【4】 They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay or give as offerings to the gods. Only the very wealthy people in Aztec societies could afford to drink chocolate because cacao was so valuable.

The explorer Christopher Columbus brought cacao seeds to Spain after his trip to Central America in 1502. The wealthy people of Spain first enjoyed the chocolate drink. 【5】 Nowadays, the English, Dutch and French all plant cacao trees in their own countries.

A. Chocolate is very sensitive to temperature.

B. The Mayan took the cacao trees from the rainforests.

C. Chocolate is especially popular in the United States.

D. Chocolate has been prepared as a drink for nearly all of its history.

E. So they had to exchange goods with other societies for cacao seeds.

F. Since then, the popularity of the drink has spread throughout Europe.

G. And even poorer members of Mayan society could enjoy the drink sometimes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】G

【4】E

【5】F

【解析】本文介紹了深受全世界人們喜歡的巧克力以及它的歷史和傳播。

【1】C

根據(jù)下句Americans eat an average of more than five kilograms of chocolate per person every year.（美國人平均每人每年吃超過5公斤的巧克力。）可知，巧克力在美國是受歡迎的。故選C。

【2】B

根據(jù)下文Then they grew them around their homes.（然后他們在家里種植。），Then（然后），故可知上句應(yīng)該是先得到。故選B項The Mayan took the cacao trees from the rainforests.（瑪雅人從熱帶雨林中挖了可可樹）。

【3】G

根據(jù)上句The rulers drank chocolate at ceremonies.（統(tǒng)治者們在儀式上喝巧克力。），G項（甚至瑪雅社會中較貧窮的成員有時也能享受這種飲料）都是講巧克力在瑪雅社會中的應(yīng)用， And even將上下文連在一起，故答案為G。

【4】E

根據(jù)上句But the cacao plant could not grow in the area where they lived.（可可樹不能生長在他們居住的地區(qū)。）因此，他們不得不與其他社會交換可可豆種子。故選E。前后是因果關(guān)系，so起著關(guān)鍵作用。

【5】F根據(jù)上句The wealthy people of Spain first enjoyed the chocolate drink.（西班牙的富人首先享用了巧克力飲料。）再根據(jù)空格下句Nowadays, the English, Dutch and French all plant cacao trees in their own countries.（目前，英國、荷蘭和法國都在自己的國家種植可可樹。）也就是說，從那以后，這種飲料的受歡迎程度已經(jīng)傳遍了整個歐洲。故選F。