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 The Threat to Kiriati       The people of Kiriati are afraid that one day in the not-too-distant future, their country will disappear from the face of the earth- literally. Several times this year, the Pacific island nation has een flooded y sudden high tide. These tides, which swept across the island and destroyed houses, came when there was neither wind nor rain. “This never happened efore,” say the older citizens of Kiriati.      What is causing these mysterious high tides? The answer may well e gloal warming. When fuels like oil and coal are eing urned, pollutants (污染物)are released; these pollutants trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere. Warmer temperatures cause water to expand and also create more water y melting glaciers (冰川 )and polar (极地的) ice caps.      If the trend continues, scientists say, many countries will suffer, Bangladesh, for example, might lose one-fifth of its land. The coral (珊瑚) island nations of the Pacific, like Kiriati and the Marshall Islands, however, would face an even worse fate – they would e swallowed y the sea. The loss of these coral islands would e everyone’s loss. Coral formations are home to more species than any other place on earth.      The people of these nations feel frustrated. The sea, on which their economies have always een ased, is suddenly threatening their existence. They don’t have the money for expensive technological solutions like seawalls. And they have no control over the pollutants, which are eing released mainly y activities in large industrialized countries. All they can do is to hope that industrialized countries will take steps to reduce pollution.   The people of Kiriati worry that one day their country will e taken away y sudden high tide. 

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 High tides used to attack Kiriati when there was wind or heavy rain.

 

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The heat released y urning oil and coal is the direct cause of gloal warming.

 

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Scientists are not sure how serious the effects of gloal warming will e.

 

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The coral island nations of the Pacific have long history of civilization.

 

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The people of the coral island nations are unale to do anything sustantial aout the prolem of gloal warming.

 

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 Some industrialized countries are unwilling to spend money in reducing pollution.

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 New Foods and the New World

 

    In the last 500 years, nothing aout people – not their clothes, ideas, or languages – has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the coctree (可可树)y South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly ecame fashionale. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served ecame important meeting places. Some still exist today.

 

    The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish rought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland ecame so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine(饥荒)” of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.

 

    There are many other foods that have traveled from South Americto the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colomiand other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, country in Africa. It was first made into drink y Arduring the 1400’s.

 

    According to an Araic legend, coffee was discovered when person name Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red erries on coffee ush. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake” feeling that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with.

 

According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

 

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Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” ecause

 

11 、 Which country is the largest coffee producer?

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Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?