?2013年11月北京自考學(xué)位英語(yǔ)真題及答案解析（三）

2013年11月北京自考學(xué)位英語(yǔ)真題及答案解析（三）

Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

Coffee is a powerful drink. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake and active. (80) 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 travelling tribes ( 部落) for thousands of years , but it wasn't until the 1400s 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 1500s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world Within another 150 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 industry 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 1773, 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 truth 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 unpatriotic (不愛(ài)國(guó)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.

11. According to the passage, which of the following has nothing to do with coffee?

A. Literature. B. Newspapers.

C The insurance industry. D. The oil industry.

12. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773.

B. Europeans figured out ways to use coffee during the 1670s.

C. During the 1770s, more and more Americans began to drink coffee*

D. Coffee is a refreshing drink.

13.The author of the book believes that .

A. drinking coffee was unpatriotic

B. 2000 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

14. The phrase "took off" in the second paragraph means "______ " .

A. dropped to the ground B. became very successful

C. removed its coat D. went away suddenly

15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?

A. When Coffee Became Popular

B. Coffee Is a Powerful Drink

C. How Coffee Influenced the Course of History

D. What Impact Coffee Has on Human Behavior

Passage 3參考答案及解析：DBDBC

咖啡是一種強(qiáng)大的飲料。在個(gè)人層面上，它可以幫助我們保持頭腦清醒和活躍。(80).從更廣泛的意義來(lái)說(shuō)，它塑造了我們的歷史，并將繼續(xù)塑造我們的文化。

咖啡植物生長(zhǎng)在非洲的部分地區(qū)，數(shù)千年來(lái)很可能是通過(guò)旅行部落使用，但直到15世紀(jì)初，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們可以烤咖啡種子。

“那真的是一次起飛，”歷史學(xué)家MarkPendergrast說(shuō)----Uncommon Grounds的作者：咖啡的歷史和它如何改變了我們的世界。在16世紀(jì)在之后的150年，咖啡飲料已經(jīng)蔓延到整個(gè)阿拉伯世界的咖啡館，它像風(fēng)暴席卷整個(gè)歐洲?！逼鋵?shí)已經(jīng)對(duì)商業(yè)的興起產(chǎn)生重大影響，”P(pán)endergrast說(shuō)。咖啡屋成為不只是為了享受喝一杯而是交流思想的場(chǎng)所。

保險(xiǎn)業(yè)成立于幾百年前倫敦的2000多個(gè)咖啡館中的一個(gè)。報(bào)紙和文學(xué)，甚至像巴赫和貝多芬等偉大作曲家的作品也是在咖啡館被激發(fā)而創(chuàng)作的。

人們常說(shuō)，1773年波士頓茶黨后，當(dāng)美國(guó)殖民者攻擊英國(guó)茶船致使大箱大箱的茶被進(jìn)入港口，各地美國(guó)人轉(zhuǎn)而飲用咖啡?！拔野l(fā)現(xiàn)對(duì)這樣事實(shí)有很多故事，”P(pán)endergrast說(shuō)。他提到了一封約翰亞當(dāng)斯寫(xiě)信給他的妻子阿比蓋爾信，在信里其創(chuàng)始人宣稱(chēng)他愛(ài)茶，但他說(shuō)他得學(xué)會(huì)接受咖啡不喝茶，因?yàn)楹炔枰呀?jīng)成為不愛(ài)國(guó)的。

咖啡給現(xiàn)代世界帶來(lái)正能量了，但它也帶來(lái)了其公平的缺點(diǎn)。隨著歐洲殖民地的擴(kuò)張，歐洲人把咖啡也帶到了世界各地，這常常意味著為了增加它的種植他們要把人變成奴隸。

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