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Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species( K* m6 @9 C7 G! o+ `
lying in Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire: k1 ]& Z% H3 ^+ H _
from the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland,* m+ `$ }& U' A! G2 k0 L
Line in particular, became famous for its cultivation of the flower.
' P- l* R7 e0 e% Z$ ^2 @(5) A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was
4 D- L" `. x7 I1 \1 X0 gunknown in the wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established2 c$ |6 e4 `& Z9 k# `; s
in New Netherland by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who6 T5 ^+ O, ~# f" s' G* H) C
settled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York City) in 16422 f: N: s) Y7 u. {
described the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same% Z% Y9 }) H) R! Y+ h
(10) flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown imperials, roses, carnations,
0 Y0 c3 @# D; f& X" X6 ]and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698 William Penn u$ O4 R1 S: G( y
received a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace," its garden full of tulips.
8 e% R+ s/ y' d. R, cBy 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip "roots."
4 ^% d+ z3 {! Q' z0 Y, JBut the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many
$ F0 d) h& n0 V) v/ S(15) difficulties. Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for
; u' p ], y! fa gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter the following year grumbled that8 |; W' l0 X% |) S3 `* I
they were all dead.% E5 P4 g! J1 P: C
Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of early nineteenth-century! Q" d1 k, v& c! U3 `2 R
Dutch immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan. Together with many
9 Q, X! v- E% a5 Z6 P(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
8 q3 b' c+ M# v. |# A% Vtraveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick van der Schoot, spent six months in 1849) v) _: M4 |' k; X y8 x
traveling through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were- f, f( S1 F# Y* o( F; g3 N4 `
traveling from Europe to the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick
7 d& u* Y% y9 K( A(25) English and Dutch settlers, North American plants were traveling in the opposite
9 j& o8 l# ^% M2 c5 Rdirection. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was one reason why tulips$ ]3 R- _ u) } k
dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous." {$ a& C: k( g! }/ e% c2 m: x
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30. Which of the following questions does the passage mainly answer?
6 U1 h+ |- c2 N3 N8 Z: n(A) What is the difference between an Old World and a New World plant?
7 g. d9 D9 w# g% H(B) Why are tulips grown in many different parts of the world?
) W2 c7 I' ]" a* u R. i(C) How did tulips become popular in North America?* @7 L/ X0 {& ~& z
(D) Where were the first Dutch colonies in North America located?
. T+ G! o' u# }: p e0 N" @31. The word "integral" in line 2 is closest in meaning to
% d/ n& I# }- X4 c- W3 l(A) interesting
$ U7 U$ m: T) e: P1 T$ t; D(B) fundamental4 c. c% o! m( m, g @
(C) ornamental3 D4 Z2 D/ Z8 ?8 R: c
(D) overlooked- `6 Y0 D% J+ G5 U v* J
32. The passage mentions that tulips were first found in which of the following1 [! g- o9 B0 S
regions?3 Q- E1 N) G( ?, B
(A) Central Asia! x. o( q( v2 R9 H' K
(B) Western Europe
0 S ^( V3 M5 ?8 h. H% K, e- F(C) India
& r l! b# w0 t+ k1 Z6 Q6 d(D) North America" O; V7 L3 R! j
33. The word "flourished" in line 11 is closest in meaning to
: K1 S8 M, A3 q(A) were discovered
: R7 C. _& V4 [# G(B) were marketed
4 i5 J1 K# F. u! n(C) combined6 W" P5 ^& H, l. `2 Q
(D) thrived |
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