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Part Two ??? Listening, Understanding and Speaking Listening I Your Score：40 ?staple主要的starvation 饥饿Spain西班牙Spanish 西班牙人Ireland爱尔兰?Exercise 1Directions:Listen to a passage about the history of potato and choose the appropriate answer for each question.According to the passage, where was the white potato first grown? A. In Spain.B. In South America.C. In Ireland.D. In Britain. ?When was the white potato first grown in Europe? A. In the 15th century. B. In the 16th century.C. In the 17th century.D. In the 18th century. ?When was the white potato introduced into Britain? A. Between 1517 and 1518.B. Between 1570 and 1580.C. Between 1558 and 1578. D. Between 1585 and 1587. ?When did the terrible potato disease occur in Ireland? A. In 1845 and 1846. B. In 1854 and 1864.C. In 1584 and 1586.D. In 1684 and 1685. ?How many people in Ireland died of starvation as a result of the potato disease? A. About one million.B. About five million.C. About one and a half million.D. About half a million. ?Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. White potatoes are grown in more than 180 countries in the world.B. Spain is the largest producer of white potatoes in the world.C. Potatoes have been grown for almost 400 years in South America.D. The white potato is one of the worlds most important food crops. ?Exercise 2Directions:Listen to the passage again and complete the following sentences with the information you get from the recording. Write one word in each blank.?1.The white potato is the most important vegetable ever grown.2.Potatoes are grown in at least 80/eighty countries in the world.3.It grew so well in Ireland that it became the staple food of the country.4.The potato diseases killed almost all the potato crop.5.The spread of the potato throughout the world is one of the miracles of agriculture.? Part Two ??? Listening, Understanding and Speaking Listening II Your Score：31 ?pumpkin南瓜champion 冠军contest 比赛watermelon西瓜squash西葫芦Howard Dill 霍华德·迪尔(男子名)