Coffee experts are willing to pay large sums of money for high

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Coffee experts are willing to pay large sums of money for high-quality coffee beans. The high-end beans, such as Kona or Blue Mountain, are known to cost extraordinary sums of money. Then there is Kopi Lowak (translated as “Civet Coffee”), the world’s most expensive coffee, which lls for as much as US $50 per quarter-pound.This isn’t particularly surprising, becau approximately 500 pounds a year of Kopi Lowak make up the entire world supply. What is surprising is why this particular coffee is so rare. In fact, it’s not the plants that are rare. It’s the civet droppings. That’s right, the civet droppings—the body waste of the palm civet. Coffee beans aren’t Kopi Lowak until they’ve been digested(消化) and come out in the body waste of the palm civet.Palm civets are tree-dwelling, raccoon-like little animals, native to Southeast Asia and the Indonesian islands. They also have a love for coffee cherries. According to Kopi Lowak suppliers, palm civets eat the fruit whole, but only digest the outer fruit, leaving the beans intact(完好无损). While the beans are not destroyed, they undergo a transformation in the animal’s body. A chemical substance in the digestive system of the palm civet caus some changes to the beans to give them a unique flavor(味道). However, this is not the only explanation why coffee beans retrieved from civet droppings have a special flavor all their own. Another possible reason is that palm civets have an unfailing instinct for picking the coffee cherries at the peak of their ripeness.Kopi Lowak is reported to have a character in taste unlike any other coffee, complex with caramel undertones and an earthy flavor. Currently, most of the world’s supply of Kopi Lowak is sold in Japan, though a few US markets are also starting to stock up on Kopi Lowak.小题1:What does “This” in the cond paragraph refer to?A．Civet Coffee.B．Blue Mountain coffee.C．The high price of Kopi Lowak.D．The unique taste of Kona.小题2:Why is Kopi Lowak expensive?A．There is a very limited supply of the beans.B．The coffee trees that grow the beans are scarce.C．It takes a long time for the coffee beans to ripen.D．only a few experts know how to produce the beans.小题3:What is the main point discusd in the third paragraph?A．Why palm civets like the coffee beans.B．Where Kopi Lowak is mainly harvested.C．What chemicals are found in the civet’s digestive system.D．How palm civets change coffee fruit to Kopi Lowak beans.小题4:Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?A．Little palm civets eat only the outer layer of the coffee cherries.B．Palm civets somehow know the right time when the coffee fruit ripens.C．Kopi Lowak is most popular in Southeast Asia and the Indonesian islands.D．Kona and Blue Mountain are the most expensive coffees but only of average quality. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:C小题1:A小题1:D 小题1:B

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小题1:根据第一段里的“Then there is Kopi Lowak (translated as “Civet Coffee”), the world’s most expensive coffee, which lls for as much as US $50 per quarter-pound.”知道这种咖啡很贵，第二段就说This isn’t particularly surprising,这并不奇怪。所以选C小题1:根据第二段里的becau approximately 500 pounds a year of Kopi Lowak make up

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