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中考真题2024年江苏省苏州市语法填空-食用植物的历史传播

When cultures meet, not just their language or clothing may be different. Often their food will be ___1___  (great) different too. People on both sides can discover new chances for trading. This text ___2___ (tell) how some common food plants spread around the world.

As early as 5, 000 BC, ___3___ (potato) were traded in South America as a valuable type of food. They were ___4___ (take) to Europe in the 1500s and their use soon spread across it.

Tea drinking started in China. By the early 1600s, traders had begun to ship tea from China to Europe. Tea drinking soon ___5___ (become) fashionable there but because ___6___ its high price, it remained a drink for the wealthy.

Sugar cane (甘蔗) was first used to produce ___7___ kind of sweet juice over 8, 000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. Its use soon spread across South East Asia and then to the ___8___ (wide) world.

Cocoa was used to make a cold, spicy drink in Central America over 3, 000 years ago. The Europeans brought it back with ___9___ (they) in the 1520s and added sugar to make the sweet, hot drink we know today. ___10___ it’s expensive, many people still love it.