Inthelast500yearsnothingaboutpeople----nottheirclothesideasorlanguages------haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.TheoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadefromtheseedsofthecocoatreebySouthAmericanIndians.TheSpanishintroducedittotherestoftheworldduringthe1500s.Andalthoughitwasveryexpensiveitquicklybecamefashionable.InLondonshopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday.

ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1600theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEuropewhereitsoonwaswidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe“PotatoFamine”of1845~1846andthousandsmorewereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmerica.

TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouthAmericatoOldWorld.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld’slargestgrowerofcoffeeandcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopiaacountryinAfrica.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400s.

AccordingtoanArabiclegendcoffeewasdiscoveredwhenapersonnamedKaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.Hetriedoneandexperiencedthe“wide-awake”feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld’spopulationnowstartsthedaywith.

1．Accordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostinthelast500years?

A．Food. B．Clothing. C．Ideology. D．Language.

2．“Some”inthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphrefersto____.

A．somecocoatrees B．somechocolatedrinks

C．someshops D．someSouthAmericanIndians

3．ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe“PotatoFamine”because_______.

A．theyweresodependentonpotatoesthattheyrefusedtoeatanythingelse

B．theywereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmerica

C．theweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingpotatoes

D．thepotatoharvestwasbad

4．Whichcountryisthelargestcoffeeproducer?

A．Braz