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Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species! | O, p; x* P
lying in Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire5 e! e( s, C' {- X& y
from the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland,; [6 w! s( n2 l. F1 D
Line in particular, became famous for its cultivation of the flower.
8 \4 | d5 @2 R, [" H9 E. F3 F- T(5) A tenuous line marked the advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was
4 g3 S5 @0 Q6 P6 gunknown in the wild. The first Dutch colonies in North America had been established$ c4 _6 n& M$ [ i+ ]
in New Netherland by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, and one individual who
' s7 A% f% L# lsettled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan section of New York City) in 1642
4 ?9 K6 k7 @8 e; H" y. qdescribed the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers' gardens. They were the same% V4 h1 F* M! D( p0 X
(10) flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown imperials, roses, carnations,/ t6 h/ Y' D4 o) h" {- n
and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too, where in 1698 William Penn9 i5 n' |* T1 z; ^5 L
received a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace," its garden full of tulips.1 y$ r5 k! E! G) w
By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of mixed tulip "roots."
* u$ Y7 |! r6 s3 Q5 v( B9 k3 K5 ]But the length of the journey between Europe and North America created many( d3 c- Z9 j6 v0 O' x
(15) difficulties. Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant supplier for9 Q+ x; w% ^6 i. T2 P+ K, ^8 T0 h. i
a gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter the following year grumbled that7 q. `( S& ?! K5 L, ~
they were all dead.$ J( z: `$ J# o2 O& Z. X6 f( [
Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of early nineteenth-century
& c" g3 |- D& {: B; ZDutch immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan. Together with many$ V( S V% X B( k/ U. z) Z+ N+ j
(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
7 X% n" e5 s+ v8 `/ Dtraveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick van der Schoot, spent six months in 1849! Y6 M7 t+ f* A+ W3 D
traveling through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip bulbs were
2 t$ G2 ?- X$ l( ?traveling from Europe to the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of homesick4 Y8 f3 C! i+ m8 C% A" i
(25) English and Dutch settlers, North American plants were traveling in the opposite
4 g0 W5 u: E: p5 t, L0 l6 T# W' }# Odirection. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was one reason why tulips
- l+ p' p) h! b* ]dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous.
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30. Which of the following questions does the passage mainly answer?% ~6 Q: y- C+ T! h/ \0 O1 ?* a1 E
(A) What is the difference between an Old World and a New World plant?- g0 C0 i5 O6 O$ v( K
(B) Why are tulips grown in many different parts of the world?
1 y: p, Y- r, M8 D(C) How did tulips become popular in North America?5 ~/ V$ a( n; u- [. Z( C, f
(D) Where were the first Dutch colonies in North America located?
1 N0 O0 ]6 B. | r- f7 J31. The word "integral" in line 2 is closest in meaning to
3 H X+ R) m1 n, {, R(A) interesting; W2 c7 K' H7 q4 X! e, T4 v( M% X
(B) fundamental
3 Y) X$ ]* t7 N/ o6 y$ L' f(C) ornamental
$ L! y7 H/ t5 C; f5 V(D) overlooked
! E" g+ R" |+ o4 n32. The passage mentions that tulips were first found in which of the following
% j3 f/ f) c5 X' X! ^regions?
( ?( `# m8 Z: N, l(A) Central Asia
( Q3 [& ?" ~+ [$ f# }7 X* F(B) Western Europe, t' b4 _* i) A! ~6 F
(C) India
1 v+ i4 R" k( [" t$ I) P" J(D) North America+ j5 _ h7 o6 `- D! x- e
33. The word "flourished" in line 11 is closest in meaning to
& Y1 T& W' D$ o4 h: e) W(A) were discovered
7 z; b8 r3 K8 c1 U2 z3 m6 r(B) were marketed# [4 B7 J! h- w/ f, |: j6 B
(C) combined
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