广东省广州市真光中学2023-2024学年高二下学期3月阶段性质量检测英语试题（原卷版+解析版）

广州市真光中学2023学年第二学期3月阶段性质量检测 高二英语 2024.3 本试卷共8页，满分130分，考试用时120分钟。 第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2.5分，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2.5分，共37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A. B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Top Coffee-producing Countries Brazil Back in the 18th century, Brazil started growing coffee. Now, around 300,000 coffee farmers in Brazil produce about 40% of the world’s coffee. Arabica (阿拉比卡咖啡) takes up 70% of the coffee beans grown in the country. In Brazil, 3% of export income is from coffee beans. Brazilians are wild about drinking their coffee and consume it all day long. Vietnam Coffee found its way to Vietnam in the 1800s. Now coffee industry employs almost 3 million people. Most of Vietnam’s coffee production is the less appreciated Robusta (罗布斯塔咖啡) variety. Because of that, most coffee beans grown in Vietnam are for instant coffee. Despite coffee’s popularity as an export crop, the Vietnamese still prefer tea. They also make a famous Cappuccino (卡布奇诺咖啡) not found elsewhere—famous because it gets a dose of raw egg if that’s to your liking. Colombia Coffee was introduced into Colombia in the early 1700s. In Colombia, about 2.3 million acres of land are planted with coffee. Coffee is the most important agricultural export. There are around 555,000 coffee growers in Colombia. The majority of Colombian coffee plantations are owned by families. Colombians typically start their morning with a tinto. It’s a small cup of black coffee that’s sweetened with sugar. They may add cinnamon or other spices to jazz it up. Indonesia Indonesia has a long coffee history that goes back to the 1600s, which has its share of ups and downs. In the late 19th century, the terrible coffee rust disease caused death to many of the high-quality coffee plants. To prevent this from happening again, Indonesia replanted with the disease-resistant Robusta coffee. Arabica beans still play a part in the Indonesian coffee market, representing about 25% of coffee beans grown there. 1. Which of the four countries started growing coffee earliest A. Brazil. B. Vietnam. C. Colombia. D. Indonesia. 2. What is special about Vietnam A. A unique kind of coffee drink is made there. B. High-quality coffee beans are produced there. C. Coffee was produced for the home market there. D. Coffee planting met with problems in the 1990s there. 3. What do Brazil and Colombia have in common A. Coffee exports are growing in both countries. B. They both have a coffee-loving population. C. They share the same number of coffee growers. D. Coffee farms are owned by families in both countries. B Making Music Visible On a recent afternoon in a brightly lit studio in Brooklyn Tom and David were filming a music video. They were recording a different version of their favorite song, but the voices that filled the room were those of the two original singers, who made the song a hit. And yet the two men were also singing ... ...