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1、#Passage1WhenChristopherColumbuslandedonthethenunnamedCostaRicain1502,hesawmanyIndianswearinggoldearrings.Sohethoughtthelandmustberichingold.HenamedtheplaceCostaRica,whichmeans“richcoast”inSpanish.Thoughlittlegoldwasfound,CostaRicatodayisindeedrichwithcoffeeandbananas.Coffeeisthemostimportantproduct
2、inCostaRicaandmostofitisexported（出口）toothercountrieslikeAmericaandWestGermany.Bananasarethecountryssecondmostimportantexport.CostaRicansalsogrowmanyothercropssuchasfruits,cornandbeansfortheirownuse.CostaRicanslovecolorsandtheirhousesarepaintedinbrightcolors.EducationisveryimportanttotheCostaRicans.A
3、lmosteveryvillagehasaschoolandeducationisamustforchildrenbetweensevenandfourteenyearsofage.Boysandgirlsgotoseparate（单独的）schools.ClassesbegininMarchandendinNovember.Theotherthreemonthsoftheyearareharvesttimeandthechildrenhavetohelptheirparentstopickcoffeebeans.1.Whatsthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?A.
4、 HowColumbusfoundCostaRica.B.HowCostaRicagotitsname.C.WhattheCostaRicanswore.D.WhatlanguagetheCostaRicansspoke.2. TheCostaRicansmayNOTpainttheirhouses.A. pinkandredB.greyandblackC.blueandgreenD.yellowandorange3. InCostaRica,boysandgirlsbetweensevenandfourteen.A.mustgotoschoolB.studyinthesameschoolC.
5、donothavetogotoschoolatallD.canchoosetostopschoolingatanytimeB.havetheirexaminationsD.helptheirparentsdecoratetheirhouses4. FromDecembertoFebruary,schoolchildreninCostaRica.A.havelessonseverydayC.helptheirparentspickcoffeebeansB.CostaRicaD.theeducationofCostaRica5. Thispassageismainlyabout.A.Christo
6、pherColumbusC.someproductsfromCostaRica答案1-5BBACBPassage2ChristianEijkman,aDutchdoctor,lefttheNetherlandsfortheislandofJava.Manypeopleontheislandhadadiseasecalledberi?鄄beri.Hewasgoingtheretotryandfindacure.Atfirst,Eijkmanthoughtsomekindofgerm（细菌）causedberi-beri.Heraisedsomechickens.Hedidnteatthem,bu
7、tmadeexperimentsonthem.Thelocalpeoplewerequitesurprisedatthat.OnedayhenoticedthathischickensbecamesickwhentheywerefedthefoodmostJavaneseaterefinedwhiterice（精炼米）.Whenhefedthemwithunrefinedrice,alsoknownasbrownrice,theyrecovered.Eijkmanrealizedthathehadmadeanimportantdiscoverythatsomethingsinfoodcould
8、preventdisease.Thesethingswerenamedvitamins（维生素）.TheJavanesewerenotgettingenoughvitaminsbecausetheyhadactuallyremovedthepartthatcontainsvitamins.Later,otherdiseaseswerealsofoundtobecausedbythelackofvitaminsinapersonsfood.Todaymanypeopleknowtheimportanceofvitaminsandtheymakesuretheyhaveenoughvitamins
9、fromthefoodtheyeat.Iftheydont,theycanalsotakevitaminpills.6.Theunderlinedword“cure”inParagragh1probablymeans.A.amedicaltreatmentB.akindofvitaminC.akindofgermD.akindofrice7. ChristianEijkmanwenttotheislandofJavato.A.spendhisholidayB.findwaystogrowbettercropsC.dosomeresearchabouttheislandD.h8lptheJava
10、nesewiththeirillness8. WhydidChristianEijkmanraisesomechickens?A.Toeatthem.B.Tocarryouthisexperiments.C.TogivetheJavaneseasurprise.D.Tomakemoneybysellingthem.9.Ifapersondoesntgetenoughvitaminsinhisdiet,hedbetter.A.eatmorericeB.eatmoremeatC.eatsomechickenD.eatvitaminpills10. Wecanlearnfromthepassaget
11、hat.A.beri-beriwascausedbychickensB.theJavanesedidntlikevitaminsC.ChristianEijkmansexperimentwassuccessfulD.theJavanesesdiseasewascausedbyakindofgerm6-10ADBDCPassage3Americaisamobilesociety.FriendshipsbetweenAmericanscanbecloseandreal,yetdisappearsoonifsituationschange.Neithersidefeelshurtbythis.Bot
12、hmayexchangeChristmasgreetingsforayearortwo,perhapsafewlettersforawhilethennomore.Ifthesametwopeoplemeetagainbychance,evenyearslater,theypickupthefriendship.ThiscanbequitedifficultforusChinesetounderstand,becausefriendshipsbetweenusflowermoreslowlybutthenmaybecomelifelongfeelings,extending（延伸）someti
13、mesdeeplyintobothfamilies.Americansarereadytoreceiveusforeignersattheirhomes,sharetheirholidays,andtheirhomelife.Theywillenjoywelcomingusandbepleasedifweaccepttheirhospitality（好客）easily.AnotherdifficultpointforusChinesetounderstandAmericansisthatalthoughtheyincludeuswarmlyintheirpersonaleverydaylive
14、s,theydontshowtheirpolitenesstousifitrequiresagreatdealoftime.Thisisusuallytheoppositeofthepracticeinourcountrywherewemaybegenerouswithourtime.Sometimes,we,ashosts,willappearatairportseveninthemiddleofthenighttomeetafriend.Wemaytakedaysofftoactasguidestoourforeignfriends.TheAmericans,however,express
15、theirwelcomeusuallyathomes,buttrulycannotmanagethetimetodoagreatdealwithavisitoroutsidetheirdailyroutine.Theywillprobablyexpectustogetourselvesfromtheairporttoourownhotelbybus.Andtheyexpectthatwewillphonethemfromthere.Oncewearriveattheirhomes,thewelcomewillbefull,warmandreal.Wewillfindourselvestreat
16、edhospitably.FortheAmericans,itisoftenconsideredmorefriendlytoinviteafriendtotheirhomesthantogotorestaurants,exceptforpurelybusinessmatters.Soaccepttheirhospitalityathome!11. Thewriterofthispassagemustbe.A.anAmericanB.aChineseC.aprofessorD.astudent12. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A.FriendshipsbetweenAmericansusuallyextenddeeplyintotheirfamilies.B.
