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Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species
4 Z8 K/ c4 b; Y6 O4 mlying in Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire
6 P& y2 S: r6 ^9 E9 x4 ofrom the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland,
! F' O5 ? _1 E0 c. X6 ILine in particular, became famous for its cultivation of the flower.2 y6 f9 }2 Z1 v- P
(5) A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was7 X$ p" \ B- g) v* j% f( Q g$ ^
unknown in the wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established
: w' ]! q+ o1 C8 B8 T+ I' @in New Netherland by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who
; t" r: L% m4 t0 n# ?5 Fsettled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York City) in 1642
. U# E+ O+ f* [ k) P5 Ndescribed the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same
+ `/ K- c9 Q9 T. D. v3 |' E(10) flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown imperials, roses, carnations,
! B2 K% t; Z" \and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698 William Penn
1 w% X( Q: b- ~ Ireceived a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace," its garden full of tulips./ w0 K' k( u) A+ O$ U8 S9 | \
By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip "roots."
1 z8 }7 h [! TBut the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many. m3 b5 L/ `. j9 F5 ?9 q
(15) difficulties. Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for/ H+ u' J" I$ g. U7 {/ ?
a gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter the following year grumbled that! g7 T6 `) q* l- J; K, K4 }! ]
they were all dead.+ z+ c& G3 Z% E
Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of early nineteenth-century1 O8 E9 C# n2 `1 M7 b1 t
Dutch immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan. Together with many1 K7 l Y+ u! f0 x
(20) other Dutch settlements, such as the one at Pella. Iowa, they established a regular demand for European plants. The demand was bravely met by a new kind of tulip entrepreneur, the
- u1 ]. d7 `& {2 gtraveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick van der Schoot, spent six months in 1849
8 o* X+ P6 S: b5 H. L8 Ttraveling through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were) ?+ y1 x8 T3 F6 E, R ~: M
traveling from Europe to the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick
0 F! s D K f9 k( w7 c# B% k9 k(25) English and Dutch settlers, North American plants were traveling in the opposite
7 I) f& z H/ z+ O9 ?# o% D3 Adirection. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was one reason why tulips
7 ^7 a$ y5 `( [+ M% T/ @dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous." H7 J, W# d8 v$ a
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% ?& E( k# [2 c6 p. ?30. Which of the following questions does the passage mainly answer?
. ^: a: t5 _7 e# X+ z m(A) What is the difference between an Old World and a New World plant?6 [9 o& g) i, B- _
(B) Why are tulips grown in many different parts of the world?
# j& r' X% v5 L6 g) e% U% A(C) How did tulips become popular in North America?/ H2 L" |/ A, Y" r$ |
(D) Where were the first Dutch colonies in North America located?( C( x% P, s( h9 Y3 p" Z% f7 b
31. The word "integral" in line 2 is closest in meaning to
; e6 j5 C, L1 ~9 t8 u(A) interesting
" o; ^3 r2 J5 P- f0 `(B) fundamental
4 a; ^+ n; q: Z1 W(C) ornamental! `' l2 j/ y" S
(D) overlooked7 A$ P$ t9 O3 |0 H, X" N& ]
32. The passage mentions that tulips were first found in which of the following2 n6 X3 H. a7 z) C3 M
regions?
2 }: B( e, m5 ]* |- D! e(A) Central Asia' [ R# P) O! e; J, z K( y
(B) Western Europe8 t+ l8 B6 z) e# J1 ~
(C) India
+ \: I3 B" d+ \5 M5 P8 [9 k(D) North America3 {- C+ l2 w) p5 Z% d
33. The word "flourished" in line 11 is closest in meaning to9 `- i' e& N/ R" d' J; F% N
(A) were discovered
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( N) v2 E" Z. ^( x* e. D, H' n, x. ~" ](C) combined
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