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Extreme sports and the movie Lordof the Rings are the two things that come to mind when one talks abut New Zealand today. But for wine lovers across the world, New Zealand has a completelydifferent meaning.

It’s a long narrow country, butits vineyards (葡萄园)are mostly around three regions, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay andMarlborough.

It was not until the 1980s that New Zealand wines drew the attention of the world with what is now a fashionable classicwine: Cloudy Bay. It was snapped up as it appeared on wine menus in Hong Kong restaurants during the early 1990s. This success was followed by the growingpopularity of a wide range of wines from other New Zealand estates(庄园)such as Esk Vally, VillaMaria and Grove Mill. Since then, several other wine growing regions in othercountries have tried to copy the New Zealand style without much success.

The New Zealanders were good atwhite wines right from their early days, but their red wines, too, werecatching the fancy of the drinking public. One example of just how fast andsure that happened is Goldwater Estate in Waiheke Island. The little island,which is just a 35-minute ferry ride from Auckland, had only 13 wineries tenyears ago. Kim and Jeanette Goldwater set it up as the Goldwater holiday home,with wine making as a hobby, in 1982. But demand soon made them turn that hobbyinto a business.

Encouraged by family and friends,they decided to take their wine production a step further and entered thecommercial market. In 1991, they took their wines to the International WineCompetition in New York and won a Gold Medal.

1.What does the author mean bysaying “But for wine lovers across the world, New Zealand has a completelydifferent meaning” in Paragraph I ?

A．New Zealand today is different from what it was inthe past.

B．Different people have different opinions on New Zealand’s sports and films.

C．New Zealand is famous for good wines to winelovers in the world.

D．New Zealand is well known for is sports andmovies.

2.Goldwater Estate in Waiheke Island is given as an example show that          .

A．Goldwater Estate is not very far from Auckland

B．Goldwater won great success as a holiday home to New Zealanders

C．the red wines of the New Zealanders are on their way to success

D．encouragement from family and friends can lead to gold medals

3.The underlined phrase “snappedup” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “       ”

A．refused        B．removed       C．sold out       D．wiped out

4.Which of the following is NOTtrue according to the passage?

A．Vineyards can be seeneverywhere across the long narrow country.

B．New Zealand wines first won their place in the world with Cloudy Bay.

C．Kim and Jeanette Goldwater took wine makingas a hobby at first.

D．Wine production fromGoldwater was popular with the drinking public.

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.A