[单项选择]A. Coffee travelled from South America to the Old World.
B. Coffee travelled from Europe to Ethiopia.
C. Brazil produces the greatest amount of coffee.
D. Ethiopia produces the greatest amount of coffee.

[单项选择]A. From local Starbucks.
B. From coffee company.
C. From coffee plantation.
D. From one social organization.

[单项选择]Coffee probably derives its name from the Arabic "gahwah", although some etymologists connect it with the name Kaffa, a province in southwest Ethiopia reputed to be the birthplace of coffee. Coffee plants were taken to southern Arabia and placed under cultivation there about 500 years ago. The history of coffee, although vague and obscure, is rich in legend. One of the tales surrounding the discovery of coffee is that of Kaldi, a goat herder. Bewildered by the weird antics of his flock, Kaldi is supposed (about A. D. 850) to have eaten berries of the evergreen bush on which the goats were feeding and, overjoyed at the feeling of exhilaration that he experienced, has been pictured as dashing off in excitement to proclaim his great find to the world. The stimulating effect of coffee was soon discovered and taken advantage of in connection with the long religious service of the Muslims; but the strictly orthodox or conservative section of the priesthood claimed that it was an into
A. the name of a province
B. the name of a plant
C. the name of the finder
D. the Arabic word "gahwah"

[单项选择]How far is the South Street from here（　）.
A. It’s about five minutes’ walk from here.
B. It’s five kilometers from here.
C. It’s fifteen miles from here.

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When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940,the world was amazed.
Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.
Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.
Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperatu
A. It is home to rare animals.
B. It has a large number of caves.
C. It is known for horse-racing events.
D. It has attracted many famous artists.

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[单项选择]The American blacks emigrate from the South to the North from 1865 to 1915 in order to _________.
A. rebuild the war-destructed North
B. leave big industrial cities
C. find jobs in the North
D. live in better slums.

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