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Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Inthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople–--nottheirclothes,ideasorlanguages---haschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.TheoriginalchocolatedrinkwasmadefromtheseedsofthecocoatreebySouthAmericanIndians.TheSpanishintroducedittotherestoftheworld.Andalthoughitwasveryexpensive,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondon,shopswherechocolatedrinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday.
ThepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld.Around1500,theSpanishbroughtitfromPerutoEurope,whereitwassoonwidelygrown.IrelandbecamesodependentonitthatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe“PotatoFamine”of1845-46,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoemigratetoAmerica.TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouthAmericatotheOldWorld.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld’slargestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColumbiaandotherSouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia.ItwasfirstmadeintoadrinkbyArabsduringt
A. food
B. chocolate
C. potato
D. coffee
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Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
SteveandYaserfirstmetintheirchemistryclassatanAmericanuniversity.YaserwasaninternationalstudentfromJordan.HewantedtolearnmoreaboutAmericanculture.YaserhopedthatheanSteveseemedwouldbecomegoodfriends.
Atfirst,Steveseemedveryfriendly.HealwaysgreetedYaserwarmlybeforeclass.SometimesheofferedtostudywithYaser.HeeveninvitedYasertoeatlunchwithhim.Butafterthesemesterwasover,Steveseemedmoredistant.Thetwoformerclassmatesdidn’tseeeachotherverymuchatschool.OnedayYaserwashurtbySteve’schangeofattitude:hethoughttheywerefriendsforever.
Yaserisalittleconfused,HeisanoutsidertoUSAculture.Hedoesn’tunderstandthewayAmericansviewfriendship.Americansusetheword―friend‖inaverygeneralway.Theymaycallbothcasualacquaintances(相识的人)andclosecompanions(伴侣)―friends.Americanshaveschoolfriends,workfriends,sportsfriendsandneighborhoodfriends.Thesefriendshipsarebasedoncommoninterests.Whenthesharedactivityends,thefriendshipmayfade.
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A. In their history class
B. In their English class
C. In their chemistry class
D. In their Chinese class
[单项选择]PassageThree
Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Upuntilabout100yearsago,newspaperintheUnitedStatesattractedonlythemostseriousreaders.Theyusednoillustrations(插图)andthearticleswereaboutpoliticsorbusiness.
Twomenchangedthat---JosephPulitzeroftheNewYorkWorldandWilliamRandolphHearstoftheNewYorkJournal.PulitzerboughttheNewYorkWorldin1883.Hechangeditfromatraditionalnewspaperintoaveryexcitingoneovernight.Headdedlotsofillustrationsandhetoldhisreporterstowritearticlesoneverycrimetheycouldfind.Andtheydid.Onewomanreporterevenpretendedshewasmadandwassenttoahospital.Shethenwrotemanyarticlesaboutthepoortreatmentofpatientsinthosehospitalswheremadmenwerekept. In1895,HearstcametoNewYorkfromCalifornia.HewantedtheJournaltobemoreexcitingthantheWorld.Healsowantedittobecheaper,soheloweredthepricebyapenny.Hearstattractedattentionbecausehisnewspaperheadingwerebiggerthananyoneelse’s.Heoftensaid,“Bigprintmakesbignews.”
PulitzerandHearstdidanythingtheycouldtosellnewsp
A. all kinds of exciting news
B. crimes and mad people
C. the poor treatment of patients
D. serious matters only
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Trademarks(商标)identifyanddistinguishtheproductsofonebusinessfirmfromthoseofanother.Itmayincludeaword,asentence,aname,asymbol,apicture,oranycombinationofthese.Trademarksmustbeattacheddirectlytotheproduct.Manytrademarkscontainthenameoftheownerofthebusiness.Butmanufacturersoftenusesomewordtodescribethequalitiesoftheproduct,ormakeupaword.Thespokenpartofatrademarkiscalledthebrandname.
Trademarksprovideasimplewayforpeopletodeterminewhoisresponsibleforaparticularitem.Theyalsohelppeopleidentifythebrandstheylikedinthepastsotheymaypurchasethemagain.Manufacturersusetrademarkstopromotethesaleoftheirgoods.
Servicemarksalsoidentifygoodsandservices.Theydonothavetobeattachedtoaproduct.Companiesthatprovideservicestothepublic,suchastransportationcompanies,usethesemarkstoadvertisetheirservices.Forexample,abluesignwithabell,thesymboloftheAmericanTelephoneandTelegraphCompany,tellseverypasser-bythatapublictelephoneisavailablefo
A. A nice picture.
B. A meaningful symbol.
C. A national flag.
D. A person‘s name.