泽熙美文The insurance indusdivy was founded hundreds of years ago in one of London’s 2, 000 coffeehouses.Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses.
It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of l773, when American colonists（殖民者） attacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor, Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee.“There’s a lot of divuth to the story, I found.” Pendergrast says.He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpadiviotic（不爱国的）.
For all the upsides coffee has brought the modem world, it also brought its fair share of downsides, too.Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world, and this frequently meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it.
[单选题]1.According to the passage, which of the following has nothing to do with coffee?
A.Literature.
B.Newspapers.
C.The insurance indusdivy.
D.The oil indusdivy.
正确答案：D
参考解析：细节理解题。结合选项，在原文里我们发现文中第三段提到受到咖啡影响的行业，其中有insurance industry（保险业），literature（文学），newspapers（报纸），works of great composers（作曲家的工作），唯独没有提到石油工业，因此D项与咖啡无关，故答案选D。
Passage 1 Coffee is a powerful drink.On a personal level, it helps keep US awake and active.On a much general level ,it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture.
Coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by divavelling divibes（部落）for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until the l400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds.“Then it really took off,” said historian Mark Pendergrast-—author of Uncommon Grounds: the History of coffee and How It Transformed Our World.By the l500s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world.Within another l50 years, it took Europe by storm.“It actually had a major impact on the rise of business,” Pendergrast says.Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas.
The insurance indusdivy was founded hundreds of years ago in one of London’s 2, 000 coffeehouses.Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses.
It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of l773, when American colonists（殖民者） attacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor, Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee.“There’s a lot of divuth to the story, I found.” Pendergrast says.He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpadiviotic（不爱国的）.
For all the upsides coffee has brought the modem world, it also brought its fair share of downsides, too.Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world, and this frequently meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it.
[单选题]2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A.The Boston Tea Party took place in l773.
B.Europeans figured out ways to use coffee during the 1670s.
C.During the l770s, more and more Americans began to drink coffee.
D.Coffee is a refreshing drink.
正确答案：B
参考解析：细节判断题。根据文中第四段第一行提到“It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of l773”可知，“波士顿倾茶事件”在1773年发生，A选项正确。接着文章又说道“Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee.”即，1773年“波士顿倾茶事件”之后，人们开始从喝茶转向喝咖啡，也就是越来越多的人选择喝咖啡，C选项正确。由文章第一行“Coffee is a powerful drink.… it helps keep US awake and active”可知，咖啡能使人保持清醒和活跃，即咖啡是“提神（refreshing）的饮料”，D选项正确。根据文章中第二段内容可得：14世纪时，有人发现了咖啡使用方法，15世纪传遍阿拉伯世界，之后又过了150年，即17世纪60年代，它才席卷了欧洲，其中并没有直接提到是欧洲人发明出了使用咖啡的方法，而且时间也不是在17世纪80年代，因此B项描述不符，故答案选B。
Coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by divavelling divibes（部落）for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until the l400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds.“Then it really took off,” said historian Mark Pendergrast-—author of Uncommon Grounds: the History of coffee and How It Transformed Our World.By the l500s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world.Within another l50 years, it took Europe by storm.“It actually had a major impact on the rise of business,” Pendergrast says.Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas.
The insurance indusdivy was founded hundreds of years ago in one of London’s 2, 000 coffeehouses.Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses.
It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of l773, when American colonists（殖民者） attacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor, Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee.“There’s a lot of divuth to the story, I found.” Pendergrast says.He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpadiviotic（不爱国的）.
For all the upsides coffee has brought the modem world, it also brought its fair share of downsides, too.Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world, and this frequently meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it.
[单选题]3.The author of the book believes that ______.
A.drinking coffee was unpadiviotic
B.2,000 insurance companies were set up hundreds of years ago
C.Europeans were responsible for the existence of slavery
D.coffee actually influenced the rise of business
正确答案：D
参考解析：细节理解题。文章中提到的书的作者即Pendergrast。根据文中第二段他说的话“It actually had a major impact on the rise of business”可知，该作者认为咖啡饮品对商业的兴起占有主要作用，故D项正确。
Coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by divavelling divibes（部落）for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until the l400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds.“Then it really took off,” said historian Mark Pendergrast-—author of Uncommon Grounds: the History of coffee and How It Transformed Our World.By the l500s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world.Within another l50 years, it took Europe by storm.“It actually had a major impact on the rise of business,” Pendergrast says.Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas.
The insurance indusdivy was founded hundreds of years ago in one of London’s 2, 000 coffeehouses.Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses.
It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of l773, when American colonists（殖民者） attacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor, Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee.“There’s a lot of divuth to the story, I found.” Pendergrast says.He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpadiviotic（不爱国的）.
For all the upsides coffee has brought the modem world, it also brought its fair share of downsides, too.Europeans carried coffee
