阅读理解

Youmayknowthatmorepeopledrinkcoffeethanteaaroundtheworld.Andthatafteroilitisthesecondbiggesttradedcommodity（商品）.Youmayalsoknowthatthedrinkcomesfrombeanswhicharefirstroastedandthenground.Butwhatelsedoyouknowaboutthispopulardrink?

ItissaidthatthestoryofcoffeestartedwithanEthiopiangoatherdnamedKaldi.OnedayKaldiwassurprisedtoseethathisgoatswerebehavingverystrangely.Insteadofgrazing（吃草）quietlytheywerejumpingaroundalmostdancing.Healsonoticedsomered“cherries”fromaplantthatthegoatswereeating.Hetriedsomehimselfandwassurprisedbythefeelingofextremehappinessandexcitement.Hefeltlikedancingtoo!

Butitwasn’tusedasadrinkatfirst-itwasusedasfood.Thecoffeeberriesmixedwithanimalfatwereusedbymonkstostayawakeduringlonghoursofprayer.FromEthiopiacoffeewaslatercultivatedinYemenandthefirsthotdrinkwasdevelopedtherearoundAD1000.ThreecenturieslaterMuslimswerekeencoffeedrinkersandasIslamspreadsodidcoffee.CoffeehousesappearedinCairoandMecca.

Forhundredsofyearstheplantswereprotectedsafely.Butsomebeansweresmuggled（偷运）outofArabiaandtakentoIndia.Inthe17thcenturycoffeewassoongrowninanewcontinent.FromIndiatoIndonesiaacenturylaterthebeanswereonceagainsmuggledtoBrazil.Brazilisnowthelargestcoffeeproducerintheworld.

Itwasthecaffeine（咖啡因）thatmadethegoatsdanceandkeptthemonksawake.Althoughitisfoundinothersoftdrinksandteacoffeehasthemostcaffeine.Intheshorttermacoupleofcupsofcoffeecanpreventfatigueanddelaysleep.Butseveralcupsadayeverydaycancauseanxietyandrestlessness.

1.Whatistheworld’sbiggesttradedcommodity?

A.Oil  B.Coffee  C.Tea

2.Whydidthegoatherdwanttodance?

A.Becausehelikedtodancewithhisgoats.

B.Becausehefoundhisgoatsbehavingstrangely.

C.Becauseheatesomered“cherries”fromaplant.

3.Whichofthefollowingeventscamefirst?

A.CoffeehousesappearedinMecca.

B.Coffeebecameadrink.

C.CoffeespreadasIslamspread.

4.Whichsentenceistrue?

A.Monkswerethefirsttodrinkco