云南省丽江市永胜县永北镇中学初中英语 阅读理解练习试题.doc

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1、云南省丽江市永胜县永北镇中学初中英语阅读理解练习试题Passage1WhenChristopherColumbuslandedonthethenunnamedCostaRicain1502,hesawmanyIndianswearinggoldearrings.Sohethoughtthelandmustberichingold.HenamedtheplaceCostaRica,whichmeans“richcoast”inSpanish.Thoughlittlegoldwasfound,CostaRicatodayisindeedri

2、chwithcoffeeandbananas.CoffeeisthemostimportantproductinCostaRicaandmostofitisexported(出口)toothercountrieslikeAmericaandWestGermany.Bananasarethecountry’ssecondmostimportantexport.CostaRicansalsogrowmanyothercropssuchasfruits,cornandbeansfortheirownuse.CostaRicanslovecol

3、orsandtheirhousesarepaintedinbrightcolors.EducationisveryimportanttotheCostaRicans.Almosteveryvillagehasaschoolandeducationisamustforchildrenbetweensevenandfourteenyearsofage.Boysandgirlsgotoseparate(单独的)schools.ClassesbegininMarchandendinNovember.Theotherthreemonthsofth

4、eyearareharvesttimeandthechildrenhavetohelptheirparentstopickcoffeebeans.Passage2ChristianEijkman,aDutchdoctor,lefttheNetherlandsfortheislandofJava.Manypeopleontheislandhadadiseasecalledberi?鄄beri.Hewasgoingtheretotryandfindacure.Atfirst,Eijkmanthoughtsomekindofgerm(细菌)c

5、ausedberi-beri.Heraisedsomechickens.Hedidn’teatthem,butmadeexperimentsonthem.Thelocalpeoplewerequitesurprisedatthat.OnedayhenoticedthathischickensbecamesickwhentheywerefedthefoodmostJavaneseate—refinedwhiterice(精炼米).Whenhefedthemwithunrefinedrice,alsoknownasbrownrice,the

6、yrecovered.Eijkmanrealizedthathehadmadeanimportantdiscovery—thatsome42用心爱心专心thingsinfoodcouldpreventdisease.Thesethingswerenamedvitamins(维生素).TheJavanesewerenotgettingenoughvitaminsbecausetheyhadactuallyremovedthepartthatcontainsvitamins.Later,otherdiseaseswerealsofoundt

7、obecausedbythelackofvitaminsinaperson’sfood.Todaymanypeopleknowtheimportanceofvitaminsandtheymakesuretheyhaveenoughvitaminsfromthefoodtheyeat.Iftheydon’t,theycanalsotakevitaminpills.6.Theunderlinedword“cure”inParagragh1probablymeans______.A.amedicaltreatmentB.akindofvita

8、minC.akindofgermD.akindofrice7.ChristianEijkmanwenttotheislandofJavato______.A.spendhisholidayB.findway