Question

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求回答问题。

Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still a favourite drink of millions of people in the world. Coffee is so popular ,but do you know the story of coffee and how it was discovered?

There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long ,long time ago. One day, a farmer was watching his goats, and he saw them eat some small berries(干种子)from a plant. After they ate the berries, the goats became very active. The man often felt tired ,so he decided to try the berries too. Surprisingly, he did not feel tired any more. Coffee plants were thus discovered. Then coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia(阿拉伯半岛),and there it was first used as medicine. The Arabs kept coffee a secret for many years. Later ,coffee came to Turkey(土耳其),then Italy, then France. From Europe, the coffee plant was taken to America. People found that coffee plants grew well in many parts of South America, so large coffee farms were started, and many coffee plants were grown. On these farms, coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand. Then the beans were dried and prepared for market to sell. Different coffee beans were mixed together to produce different kinds of coffee. Coffee was sent to all over the world, and soon became very popular.

Answer each of the following questions in No More Than 6 Words.

1.Where did coffee come from?

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2.What was coffee first used as in Arabia?

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3.Why were large coffee farms started in South America?

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4.How did people get coffee beans from the plants?

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5.Why did people mix different coffee beans together?

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Answer

1.Africa.

2.Medicine.

3.Coffee plants grew well there.

4.By hand.

5.To produce different kinds of coffee.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍了咖啡的由来。

1.根据“There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long ,long time ago.”可知，咖啡最早是在非洲发现的。故填Africa.

2.根据“Then coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia(阿拉伯半岛),and there it was first used as medicine.”可知，在阿拉伯半岛，咖啡最初用于医疗。故填Medicine.

3.根据“People found that coffee plants grew well in many parts of South America”可知，南非的咖啡生长的好，所以大量的咖啡在南非种植。故填 Coffee plants grew well there.

4.根据“On these farms, coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand.”可知，人们用手采摘咖啡豆。故填By hand.

5.根据“”可知，人们混合不同种类的咖啡豆是为了生产出不同的咖啡豆。故填To produce different kinds of coffee.

考点：科普类短文阅读。