?2013年11月北京自考學位英語真題及答案解析（三）

2013年11月北京自考學位英語真題及答案解析（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 (不愛國的)。

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

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

咖啡植物生長在非洲的部分地區(qū)，數千年來很可能是通過旅行部落使用，但直到15世紀初，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們可以烤咖啡種子。

“那真的是一次起飛，”歷史學家MarkPendergrast說----Uncommon Grounds的作者：咖啡的歷史和它如何改變了我們的世界。在16世紀在之后的150年，咖啡飲料已經蔓延到整個阿拉伯世界的咖啡館，它像風暴席卷整個歐洲。”其實已經對商業(yè)的興起產生重大影響，”Pendergrast說?？Х任莩蔀椴恢皇菫榱讼硎芎纫槐墙涣魉枷氲膱鏊?。

保險業(yè)成立于幾百年前倫敦的2000多個咖啡館中的一個。報紙和文學，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，1773年波士頓茶黨后，當美國殖民者攻擊英國茶船致使大箱大箱的茶被進入港口，各地美國人轉而飲用咖啡?！拔野l(fā)現(xiàn)對這樣事實有很多故事，”Pendergrast說。他提到了一封約翰亞當斯寫信給他的妻子阿比蓋爾信，在信里其創(chuàng)始人宣稱他愛茶，但他說他得學會接受咖啡不喝茶，因為喝茶已經成為不愛國的。

咖啡給現(xiàn)代世界帶來正能量了，但它也帶來了其公平的缺點。隨著歐洲殖民地的擴張，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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