The impact of the potato

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题目与答案

1. 1 The early Spanish called potato as the Incan name ‘Chuchu’.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Early Spanish chroniclers who misused the Indian word batata (sweet potato) as the name for the potato

   同义替换：「called potato as」↔「as the name for the potato」，「Incan」↔「Indian」

2. The obvious way to deal with England food problems were high yielding potato 10_____ .

   答案：crops

   原文定位：High yielding, easily prepared potato crops were the obvious solution to England’s food problems

   同义替换：「way to deal with」↔「solution to」

3. The Irish 11_____ and climate suited potatoes well.

   答案：soil

   原文定位：The potato was well suited to the Irish the soil and climate

4. Between 1780 and 1841, based on the 12_____ of the potatoes, the Irish population doubled to eight million.

   答案：cultivation

   原文定位：The Irish population doubled to eight million between 1780 and 1841，this without any significant expansion of industry or reform of agricultural techniques beyond the widespread cultivation of the potato

   同义替换：「based on」↔「beyond」

5. The potato’s high yields help the poorest farmers to produce more healthy food almost without 13_____ .

   答案：investment

   原文定位：the potato’s high yields allowed even the poorest farmers to produce more healthy food than they needed with scarcely any investment or hard labor

   同义替换：「without」↔「with scarcely any」

6. 2 The purposes of Spanish coming to Peru were to find out potatoes.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：The Spanish conquistadors first encountered the potato when they arrived in Peru in 1532 in search of gold

   同义替换：「coming to」↔「arrived in」，「find out」↔「in search of」

7. 3 The Spanish believed that the potato has the same nutrients as other vegetables.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

8. 4 Peasants at that time did not like to eat potatoes because they were ugly.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Even peasants refused to eat from a plant that produced ugly, misshapen tubers

   同义替换：「did not like to」↔「refused to」

9. 5 The popularity of potatoes in the UK was due to food shortages during the war.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Potatoes did not become a staple until, during the food shortages associated with the Revolutionary Wars, the English government began to officially encourage potato cultivation

   同义替换：「popularity」↔「become a staple」，「in the UK」↔「England」

10. In France, people started to overcome their disgusting about potatoes because the King put a potato 6_____ in his button hole.

    答案：flower

    原文定位：Louis XVI began to sport a potato flower in his buttonhole

    同义替换：「put」↔「sport」

11. Frederick realized the potential of potato but he had to handle the 7_____ against potatoes from ordinary people.

    答案：prejudice

    原文定位：Frederick the Great of Prussia saw the potato’s potential to help feed his nation and lower the price of bread, but faced the challenge of overcoming the people’s prejudice against the plant

    同义替换：「realized」↔「saw」，「handle」↔「overcoming」，「against」↔「prejudice」

12. The King of Prussia adopted some 8_____ psychology to make people accept potatoes.

    答案：reverse

    原文定位：Trying a less direct approach to encourage his subjects to begin planting potatoes, Frederick used a bit of reverse psychology

    同义替换：「adopted」↔「used a bit of」，「make people accept」↔「encourage his subjects to begin」

13. Before 1800, the English people preferred eating 9_____ with bread, butter and cheese.

    答案：meat

    原文定位：Prior to 1800，the English diet had consisted primarily of meat, supplemented by bread, butter and cheese

    同义替换：「preferred」↔「consisted primarily of」