Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?

[材料题] (1)In the last 500 years, nothing about people---not their clothes, ideas, or languages―has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree（可可树）by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.(2)The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine(饥荒)”of 1845―1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.(3)There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an impo

单项选择题1.Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?: A、One third of the world’s population drinks coffee.; B、Coffee is native to Colombia; C、Coffee can keep one awake.; D、Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.

单项选择题2.Which country is the largest coffee producer?: A、Brazil; B、Colombia; C、Ethiopia; D、Egypt

单项选择题3.Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because__________.: A、they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else; B、they were forced to leave their homeland and move to America; C、the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes; D、the potato harvest was bad

单项选择题4.“some” in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to_______: A、some cocoa trees; B、some chocolate drinks; C、some shops; D、some South American Indians

单项选择题5.According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?: A、Food; B、Clothing; C、Ideology; D、Language

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