首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Long ago, no one in Europe smoked. The tobacco plant was unkn
[originaltext] Long ago, no one in Europe smoked. The tobacco plant was unkn
游客
2024-06-04
5
管理
问题
Long ago, no one in Europe smoked. The tobacco plant was unknown there. It grew in America and Christopher Columbus found it there. Later he returned to Europe and told people about tobacco. He said that the American Indians often smoked it. They threw some tobacco leaves on a fire, then put long tubes in their mouths. The other ends of the tubes were over the fire, so they were able to draw the smoke into their mouth.
About the year 1560 a Frenchman, Jean Nicot, was living in Lisbon, Portugal. He was very interested in all American plants. Some of them were very different from the plants of Europe. He used the leaves of the tobacco plant to cure pain. When a man had a bad pain in a leg or an arm, Nicot put tobacco leaves on the painful place and tried to cure the pain in that way. We say now that tobacco contains nicotine. The word nicotine comes from this man’s name.
Sir Walter Raleigh was a famous man in the days of Queen Elizabeth the First. He traveled widely and learnt to smoke. Then he returned to England, but he didn’t stop smoking. He used to smoke two pipes every day secretly in his room. When anyone came in, he quickly hid his pipe. A man came in and found clouds of smoke in the room. More smoke was coming from Raleigh’s mouth, so the man got some water and threw it over Raleigh. He believed that Raleigh was burning. He ran out of the house and told everybody about it. After this, smoking was not a secret.
选项
A、A Frenchman.
B、A Portuguese.
C、An English man.
D、An American Indian.
答案
A
解析
选项同国籍有关。从a Frenchman,可以得知Jean Nicot是法国人。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3619578.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Longago,nooneinEuropesmoked.Thetobaccoplantwasunkn
[originaltext]Longago,nooneinEuropesmoked.Thetobaccoplantwasunkn
[originaltext]W:Ok.Thiswillbemytreat.M:Oh,no,youdon’t.W,Allright,
[originaltext]W:Hello,1111.What’sOnserviceline.WhatcanIdoforyou?M:
[originaltext]W:Hello,1111.What’sOnserviceline.WhatcanIdoforyou?M:
[originaltext]TestsconductedattheUniversityofPennsylvania’sPsycholog
[originaltext]TestsconductedattheUniversityofPennsylvania’sPsycholog
[originaltext]Allthroughschoolwe’retaughttoread,write,andspeak—we’
[originaltext]Allthroughschoolwe’retaughttoread,write,andspeak—we’
[originaltext]M:Oh,Anna,thatwasawonderfuldinner.That’sthebestmealth
随机试题
[originaltext]W:HowoldisJerry?M:He’s21.He’sayearolderthanTom,but
关于气体灭火系统设计浓度和灭火剂储存量的说法,下列正确的是()。A.有爆
A.青霉素G B.链霉素 C.红霉素 D.灰黄霉素 E.土霉素可用于治疗
当货币市场基金前10名份额持有人的持有份额合计超过基金总份额的50%时,货币市场
由于房地产经纪人员与服务对象之间存在着较为明显的信息( )现象,因此对房地产经
患者,男性,34岁。午后低热、乏力、食欲缺乏、消瘦、盗汗、咳嗽、咳痰2个月。查体
某砂土场地的建筑场地进行了浸水载荷试验,承压板面积为2500cm2,垂直压力为2
A.促进阴道上皮细胞增生、角化B.促进子宫内膜增生、腺体分泌 C.刺激
出口地银行凭信用证开证行的邀请而买入出Vl商的合格单据,对出tZl商垫付资金,再
女性,58岁。右耳垂下无痛性肿块逐渐缓慢长大7年。触诊肿块界线清楚,活动,约6c
最新回复
(
0
)