首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Decades before the American Revolution of 1776, Jesse Fish, a
[originaltext] Decades before the American Revolution of 1776, Jesse Fish, a
游客
2023-06-30
22
管理
问题
Decades before the American Revolution of 1776, Jesse Fish, a native New Yorker, retreated to an island off St. Augustine, Florida, to escape unhappy family situation. In a time he became Florida’ s first orange baron and his oranges were in great demand in London throughout the 1770’s. The English found them juicy and sweet and preferred them to other varieties, even though they had thin skins and were hard to peel.
There would probably have been other successful commercial growers before Fish if Florida had not been under Spanish rule for some two hundred years. Columbus first brought seeds for citrus trees to the New World and planted them in the Antilles. But it was most likely Ponce de Leon who introduced oranges to the North American continent when he discovered Florida in 1513. For a time, each Spanish sailor on a ship bound for America was required by law to carry one hundred seeds with him. Later, because seeds tended to dry out, all Spanish ships were required to carry young orange trees. The Spaniards planted citrus trees only for medicinal purpose, however, they saw no need to start commercial groves because oranges were so abundant in Spain.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. What is the main topic of the passage?
23. Where did Jesse Fish come from?
24. By whom were oranges most probably introduced to Florida?
25. Why did the Spaniards not grow oranges commercially in the New World?
选项
A、London.
B、St. Augustine.
C、The Antilles.
D、New York.
答案
D
解析
信息明示题。根据短文第一句指出Jesse Fish,a native New Yorker,可知他来自纽约。所以选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2794915.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Londontaxidriversknowthecapitallikethebackoftheirh
[originaltext]Londontaxidriversknowthecapitallikethebackoftheirh
[originaltext]Londontaxidriversknowthecapitallikethebackoftheirh
[originaltext]Englandisnotabigcountry:fromnorthtosouthandfromea
[originaltext]Intheworldofbusiness,itisnotalwayseasyforwomento
[originaltext]"WhereistheUniversity?"isthequestionmanyvisitorstoC
[originaltext]"WhereistheUniversity?"isthequestionmanyvisitorstoC
[originaltext]Doyouhaveatoughmathtestcomingup?Thenlistentosome
[originaltext]Doyouhaveatoughmathtestcomingup?Thenlistentosome
[originaltext]Thesecretofalongandhappymarriageappearstobenotto
随机试题
[originaltext]W:Excuseme,wouldyoumindansweringafewquestions?M:Well,
GapYearAgapyearisaperiodoftime,usuallyan【T1】______year,when
[originaltext]Mr.Johnsonwasborninalittlevillagenearthecoastandw
一个竞争性企业只使用一种生产要素z来生产产品y。当0≤z≤4时,企业的生产函数为
背景某会议中心新建会议楼工程,为保证室内外装饰效果,经研究决定,装修工程采取单独
甲公司住所地位于北京市海淀区,乙公司住所地位于北京市朝阳区。两公司于2013年1
办理发票开具代理服务事项,应该确认委托人的下列条件()。A.办理发票验旧代理服
下列各项关于企业土地使用权的会计处理的表述中,正确的有( )。A.工业企业持有
(2020年真题)异性管件、阀门、法兰的绝热方式应选用( )。A.捆扎绝热层
(2015年真题)采用分组计算审查法审查施工图预算的特点是()。A.可加快审查
最新回复
(
0
)