《2025年新坐标名题汇高中英语选择性必修第一册外研版》

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Jeremiah Letting learned about coffee from his father. As a child in the late 1980s, he worked on his family’s coffee farm in the hills of western Kenya. “Every year was the same: seed, plant, ripen, harvest and sell,” he says.
But no longer, Jeremiah Letting and other coffee farmers are suffering from rising temperatures.
Some of the world’s best Coffea arabica is grown on Mount Kenya. The plant produces tastier beans than its poor cousin robusta, which often ends up in instant coffee granules ( 颗粒 ). Global warming may reduce the total area that is most suited to growing arabica beans about half by 2050, according to a recent published paper.
Although coffee is only Kenya’s fourth-largest export, it directly or indirectly provides an income for about 6 million people, which accounts for over a tenth of the entire population, according to the Kenyan government. “People are not even able to have three meals a day without a secure income,” Mr Letting says.
Some farmers are trying to adapt to warming by moving uphill. Yet this pushes them into areas long used for growing tea, threatening tea growth. Kenya’s government-funded Coffee Research Institute is trying to find other solutions, such as encouraging farmers to plant trees to shade their coffee bushes. It also suggests growing a hybrid ( 杂交植物 ), Arabusta, to combine the hardiness ( 耐寒性 ) of robusta with the flavour of arabica. People who are particular about coffee may turn up their noses at it, but they may have little choice but to swallow it. Another option may be entirely new varieties. Researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London are investigating a wild type of coffee, Coffea stenophylla. It is delicious and can also take the heat. But it produces less coffee beans than existing varieties and it may be years before it is widely grown. Without a breakthrough of some sort, Vern Long of World Coffee Research warns, “We’re just going to be drinking instant coffee.”
12. What’s the effect of global warming on coffee farming?
A. More export of coffee for farmers.
B. Less revenue for the government.
C. Moving downhill for suitable farmlands.
D. Reduced production of tasty coffee beans.
13. What does the underlined part “turn up their noses at it” probably mean?
A. Feel unsatisfied with the coffee.
B. Sing high praise for the coffee.
C. Become interested in the coffee.
D. Pay high attention to the coffee.
14. How does Vern Long feel about the future of coffee production?
A. Cautious. B. Uncertain. C. Concerned. D. Optimistic.
15. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Arabica Coffee Beans Are Dying Out in Kenya
B. Kenyan Tea Exports Decline in World Trade
C. Short Supplies Are Letting Tea Lovers Down
D. Coffee Farmers Struggle Against Climate Killers

答案： 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.D