【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 t India Company, as an English tr ading pany. They agreed that no other pany was allowed to bring tea to Britain or any country controlled by Britain, including America. It was a great deal for the East India Company, since it meant that the pany could decide whatever price it wanted for its products. And it always decided on a high price! In North America, the local people did not like having to pay such high prices. Instead od overpaying for tea from the British, they turned to Dutch traders, who secretly brought tea to the country that was just as good—and much less expensive. Although this broke the law, the American people didn’t care. They got the same cup of tea at a much lower price. The East India Company, however, didn’t like this at all. By the 1760s, they were losing millions of pounds each year to Dutch traders—a huge amount of money in a time when ￡ 60 a year was considered a good ine. Instead of reducing their prices to pete with the Dutch, the pany asked the British government for help and the government agreed. In 1767, the British introduced new law that increased the prices of all goods which were brought into America. These laws helped make the East India Company even richer and forced local people to pay much more for everything. The American leaders asked the British government not to do so, but the British refused to listen. These unfair laws increased Americans’ anger about British rule and the rest, as they say, is history. 31. In the early 1700s where did most tea drunk in America e from? A. China B. India C. America D. Britain 32. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to________. A. the tea maker B. the American government B. the British government D. the East India Company 33. Why did may Americans begin to buy tea from the Dutch traderfs? A. The tea was much cheaper. B. The tea was a lot healthier. C. They could buy it more easily. D. They didn39。t want to support the British. 34. What did the East India Company do to stop losing money? A. It reduced the price of its tea. `B. It improved the taste of its tea. C. It introduced a new kind of tea. D. It asked the British government for help. 35. What is the passage mainly about? A. Tea trade in eighteenthcentury America. B. The relationship between America and Britain. C. A reason for the start of the American Revolutionary War. D. The introduction of British teadrinking habits into America. 本文是記敘文，講述了美國(guó)獨(dú)立革命的一個(gè)重要原因 —— 茶，可謂是“ 茶引發(fā)的一場(chǎng)革命”。英國(guó)對(duì)美國(guó)實(shí)行殖民統(tǒng)治的同時(shí)帶去了喝茶的習(xí)慣，但由于英國(guó)政府允許一家公司操縱茶葉市場(chǎng)并導(dǎo)致茶價(jià)等物價(jià)上漲，最終美國(guó)人民不堪重負(fù)發(fā)動(dòng)革命戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。 31. B 細(xì)節(jié)題。從第二段的最后一句，可知當(dāng)時(shí)美國(guó)的咖啡豆來(lái)自 Indian。 32. D 猜詞題。從第三段的倒數(shù)第二句可知“那個(gè)公司總是定個(gè)高價(jià)”。 33. A 推斷題。從第四段的第三行“ that was just as good and much less expensive”可知答案。34. D 細(xì)節(jié)題。從第五段的最后一句“ the pany asked the British for help?”可知答案。 35. C 主旨題。本文講述美國(guó)革命爆發(fā)的其中一個(gè)重要原因 —— 茶。該文屬于說(shuō)明文，首段已給出了全文的中心句。 (C) Getting electricity has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2022 after heavy rains damaged the only power cables in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce. Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology (UT) in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution. They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb. While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the ides is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the sun’ s energy, water and chemicals from the soil), they also produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in the soil eat this waste and they produce electrons – the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to capture the energy and keep it in the lamp’ s batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50watt Led light for two hours enough time for local villagers to get their evening work done. The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2022. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp, believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest mu nities, 42% of whom have no electricity. 36. What are the problems of oil lamps according to Paragraph 1? A . They are difficult to use and create pollution B. They are expensive to buy and easily damaged C. They are difficult to repair and produce little light D. They are expensive to use and can be bad for health