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a medicine. Today, chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or just a snack. Sometimes it"s an
ingredient (配料) in the main course of a meal. Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called mole and
pour it over chicken. The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices (香料) like chili peppers.
Chocolate is a product of the tropical cacao tree. The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys say "Ugh!" and run away. Workers must first dry and then roast the beans. This removes the bitter taste.
The word "chocolate" comes from a Mayan word. The Mayas were an ancient people who once lived
in Mexico. They valued the cacao tree. Some used the beans for money, while others crushed them to
make a drink.
When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the sixteenth century, they started drinking cacao too.
Because the drink was strong and bitter, they thought it was a medicine. No one had the idea of adding
sugar. The Spaniards took some beans back to Europe and opened cafes. Wealthy people drank cacao
and said it was good for the digestion.
In the 1800s, the owner of a chocolate factory in England discovered that sugar removed the bitter
taste of cacao. It quickly became a cheap and popular drink. Soon afterwards, a factory made the first
solid block of sweetened chocolate. Later on, another factory mixed milk and chocolate together. People
liked the taste of milk chocolate even better.
Besides the chocolate candy bar, one of the most popular American snacks is the chocolate chip
cookie. Favorite desserts are chocolate cream pie and, of course, an ice cream sundae with hot fudge
sauce.
B. The Spaniards
C. The people in England
D. The owner of a chocolate factory
B. it was good for digestion.
C. it cured man"s diseases.
D. it was a kind of drink for good health.
a. Chocolate became a cheap and popular drink in England.
b. A factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate.
c. The Spaniards started drinking cacao.
d. It was found that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao.
e. A factory mixed milk and chocolate together.
B. c-d-e-b-a
C. c-d-a-b-e
D. c-d-b-e-a
B. Mexicans like chocolate very much
C. chocolate is a product of the cacao tree
D. people liked the taste of chocolate mixed with milk
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1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions. 1 He was said
to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.
2 A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the
Wife-carrying World Championship every year.
3 The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.5 meters long official track. The track
has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your
own, or your neighbor"s. The minimum weight of the wife to be carded is 49 kg. If she is less than 49 kg,
the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be
fined 15 seconds. 4
Alongside with the Wife-carrying World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance
is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official "wife-carrying drink". Then he may continue the race. 5
While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a
wife-carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.
B. People everywhere hold the event.
C. A special prize is awarded to the team.
D. Do you know how these traditions restarted?
E. This event is becoming increasingly popular.
F. The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.
G. Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.
school history book they say whitewashes Japan"s militaristic past.
It was not clear how many Chinese stores had stopped selling Japanese products, but one
association official told Renters that the boycott had begun in Shanghai, the country"s business center, and
the northeast city of Shenyang.
Chinese protests against Japan"s bid for a permanent seat in the U.N. Security Council. Millions of
Chinese have already signed an online demand against giving Japan a permanent seat.
South Korea also has criticized the Japanese text book decision. The Korean English-language
newspaper Korea Times ran an article on Monday criticizing that action.
It said: "A civic education text even has a picture of Tokto (独岛) as Japanese district on its cover.
We cannot help but wonder how many countries in the world would be teaching their children in such
wrong words."
It went on to say: "The country is already a global power and should show regional leadership, not
by force but by moral superiority. Tokyo doesn"t appear to be reaching forward in this direction."
B. say some good words to hide the errors, faults
C. mix white chalk with water
D. make somebody beautiful by making up
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.
B. Shenyang is the business center of China.
C. Japan nowadays shows its regional leadership by moral superiority.
D. There has been much argument over an island between Japan and South Korea.
B. China, South Korea and Japan
C. The Reform of U. N.
D. A New History Textbook
carving (雕刻品). About 2000 years ago pieces of fabric were added to some poles for decoration. Over the next 500 years the free-flying part of the flag became more important.
Every country today has its own flag. Many groups and organizations also have a flag which stands for, or symbolizes, the aims of the group.
The UN flag depicts (描绘) a world map, centered on the north pole. The map is surrounded by an
olive (橄榄)wreath (花环)symbolizing peace and co-operation. The flag is blue and white.
B. more than 3000 years
C. about 2000 years
D. between 500 and 2000 years
B. have a map on it
C. have white shapes on it
D. be made of carved wood
B. purity
C. justice
D. equality
Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao
or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating
Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the
Tang and Song periods.
The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts, sesame (芝麻), osmanthus flowers (桂花), rose petals, sweetened tangerine (橘子)peel, bean
paste, or jujube paste (枣子酱). A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The
salty variety is filled with minced meat (肉末儿), vegetables or a mixture.
The way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method
followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling,
then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet
or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in
water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling,
which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a
snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.
The custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores
to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.
B. Sugar, rose petals and minced meat are all fillings of Yuanxiao.
C. Sweet Yuanxiao are usually made in southern China.
D. People in northern China usually make Yuanxiao by rolling like a snowball.
B. South Korea
C. Jin Dynasty
D. Tang and Song periods.
① make a hole and insert the filling
② roll the dough between your hands
③ shape the dough of rice flour into balls
④ close the hole
⑤ prepare some rice flour
B. ③⑤①②④
C. ③①④②⑤
D. ⑤③①④②
seal them in a steel box. The box was marked "To be 1 after midnight, December 31. AD 2000",
and was 2 in the Colorado College Library.
One hundred years later, on the appointed day,300 people 3 to watch the opening of the box?
Many in the 4 were the descendants of people who had placed thillgs 5 the box.
When the box was opened 6 midnight, the contents were in very good 7 .There were
newspapers, photographs, diaries, name cards, family trees, books 8 dozens of letters, including
one 9 by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the 10 of the USA later. One of Roosevelt"s friends
lived in Colorado Springs at that time.
Many of the letters were 11 to their descendants. They describe the 12 that people of l 901
had for the people of the next 13 . At that time, Colorado springs had j ustl a few thousand 14 . Now
nearly half a million people live there.
Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a 15 . Cecil Muller, whose
grandfather had 16 a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great 17 .
"This is a wonderful educational resource. We can learn so 18 about our history," he said."I never
knew my grandfather, but now I feel very 19 to him."
In April, 2001,a committee filled the time capsule with 20 from modern Colorado Springs and
resealed it for another hundred years.