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山东省济南育英中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期开学预备测试英语试题
The history of chocolate begins with a plant whose name is cacao (可可豆). For centuries, people worldwide have been enjoying the rich favor of chocolate, a product made from cacao. Americans eat an average of more than five kilograms of chocolate per person every year. The specialty （特产） shop shows the culture of chocolate and sells chocolates from different areas of the world.
Historians believe the Mayan people of Central America first learned to farm cacao plants around 2, 000 years ago. Then they grew them around their homes. They cooked the cacao seeds（种子）and pressed them into soft powder （粉末）. They mixed the powder with water to make a delicious chocolate drink. There are often images of cacao plants on Maya buildings and art objects. The rulers drank chocolate at ceremonies.
The Aztecs also valued chocolate in the Aztec culture. But the cacao plant could not grow in the area where they lived. They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay or give as offerings（祭品）to the gods. Only the very rich people in Aztec societies could afford to drink chocolate because cacao was so valuable.
The explorer Christopher Columbus brought cacao seeds to Spain after his trip to Central America in 1502. The rich people of Spain first enjoyed the chocolate drink. . Nowadays, the English, Dutch and French all plant cacao trees in their own countries.
A. Chocolate is very sensitive（敏感）to temperature. B. The Mayan took the cacao trees from the rainforests. C. Chocolate is especially popular in the United States. D. Chocolate has been prepared as a drink for nearly all of its history. E. So they had to exchange goods with other societies for cacao seeds. F. Since then, the popularity of the drink has spread throughout Europe. G. And even poorer members of Mayan society could enjoy the drink sometimes. |
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