【1】  New Foods and the New World

    In the last 500 years， nothing about people——not their clothes， ideas， or languages——has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made form the seeds of the cocoa tree 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 Europe， where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine" of 1845-6， and thousands more were forced to emigrate 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. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s.

    According to an Arabic legend， coffee was discovered when a goatherd 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.

    1. According to the passage， which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

    A) Food.

    B) Chocolate.

    C) Potato.

    D) Coffee

    2. "Some" in "Some still exist today" means

    A) some cocoa trees.

    B) some chocolate drinks.

    C) some shops.

    D) some South American Indians.

    3. Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because

    A) they were so dependent on the potato that they refused to eat anything else.

    B) they were forced to emigrate to America.

    C) the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing the potato.

    D) the potato harvest was bad.

    4. Coffee originally came from

    A) Brazil.

    B) Colombia.

    C) Ethiopia.

    D) Arabia.Ｗww.KaＯ8.CC

    5. The Arabic legend is used to prove that

    A) coffee was first discovered by Kaldi.

    B) coffee was first discovered by Kaldi‘s goats.

    C) coffee was first discovered in south American countries.

    D) coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.

    参考答案：ACDCD

【2】　Immigration and Problems

　　Hundreds of thousands of people supporting immigration rights in the US filled streets all over America in early 2006. Many held signs and American flags and asked to be treated as citizens - not criminals. Many of these supported legislation from Senator John McCain that would open a path to citizenship to immigrants who were already in the country illegally. Proposed legislation from other politicians called for stricter measures - including rounding up undocumented immigrants and sending them back to their home countries.

　　Canadian officials say that immigration applications continue to rise. Some want to keep the doors open. They need the labor. About 400，000 immigrants were allowed into the country in 2005， according to the Canadian Government statistics. However， all this growth means that cities need to adapt. Newcomers don‘t always make a smooth transition into jobs for which they are skilled. So industries are using mentoring programs to help new immigrants find proper jobs.

　　With the large numbers of undocumented African immigrants arriving in the Canary Islands and showing no sign of abating， the Spanish Government has decided to get tough. There will be no more mass amnesties for illegals， and anyone coming to Spain without permission will be sent back， the government has announced. About 23，000 migrants landed on the islands in 2006， and riots have erupted in some crowded reception centers. This has promoted local authorities to appeal to the United Nations for help.

　　France‘s new immigration and integration law gives the government new powers to encourage high-skilled migration. It takes effect in 2007. The new law authorizes the government to identify particular professions where France has a talent shortage. Then the government will help these identified employers find immigrant workers with needed skills or qualifications. The selected foreign employees will be granted “skills and talents” visas， valid for three years. But some concern that itll cause brain drain in developing countries.

　　31 Many immigrants swarmed into streets in the US in early 2006， demanding that they should be treated as

　　A animals

　　B citizens

　　C civilians

　　D criminals

　　32 Some Canadian officials want to keep the door open because

　　A Canada is in desperate need of talented people.

　　B Canada can feed a much larger population.

　　C Canada is suffering from labor shortage.

　　D Canada is a multicultural country.

　　33 What has the Spanish Government decided to do?

　　A Help immigrants find proper jobs.

　　B Let immigrants freely enter the country.

　　C Integrate immigrants into the Spanish culture.

　　D Take tough measures against illegal immigration.

　　34 After France‘s new immigration and integration law takes effect， it will

　　A lure overseas students back home

　　B undermine the unity of the country

　　C drain developing countries of talent

　　D induce resentment among the French workers

　　35 The phrasal verb rounding up in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by

　　A capturingＷww.KaＯ8.CC

　　B encircling

　　C separating

　　D frightening

　　1【正确答案】 B

　　2【正确答案】 C

　　3【正确答案】 D

　　4【正确答案】 C

　　5【正确答案】 A