初中英语阅读理解10篇
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C. do not have to go to school at all
at any time D. can choose to stop schooling
4. From December to February, school children
A. have lessons every day
C. help their parents pick coffee beans
5. This passage is mainly about _____ .
A. Christopher Columbus
C. some products from Costa Rica in Costa Rica _____ .
B. have their examinations
D. help their parents decorate their houses
B. Costa Rica
D. the education of Costa Rica Passage 1
When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians
wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which
means “ rich coast ” in Spanish.
Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffeeis the
most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口 ) to other countries like America and
West German.yBananas are the country ' s second most important export.
Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa
Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.
Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a
must for childre n betwee n seve n and fourtee n years of age. Boys and girls go to separate(单独的)
schools. Classes beginin March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time
and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.
1. What 's the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. How Columbus found Costa Rica. B. How Costa Rica got its name.
C. What the Costa Ricans wore. D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.
2. The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses _____ .
A. pink and red B. grey and black C. blue and green D. yellow and orange
3. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen _____ .
A. must go to school B. study in the same school
Passage 2
Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the
island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn
' t eat them, bumtade experiments on them.The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he
noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javaneseate — refined white rice
(精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman
realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent
disease.Thesethings were namedvitamins ( 维生 素). The Javanesewere not getting enough vitamins
because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to
be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person ' s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins
from the food they eat. If they don ' t, they can also take vitamin pills.
6. The underlined word “ cure ” in Paragragh 1 probably means ________ .
A. a medical treatment B. a kind of vitamin C. a kind of germ D. a kind of ric
7. Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ____ .
A. spend his holiday B. find ways to grow better crops
C. do some research about the island D. help the Javanese with their illness
8. Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?
A. To eat them.
B. To carry out his experiments.
C. To give the Javanese a surprise.
D. To make money by selling them.
9. If a person doesn ' t get enough vitamins in his diet, he 'd better ______ .
A. eat more rice B. eat more meat C. eat some chicken D. eat
vitamin pills
10. We can learn from the passage that ____ .
A. beri-beri was caused by chickens
B. the Javanese didn ' t limkeinvsita
C. Christian Eijkman ' s experiment was successful
D. the Javanese ' s disease was caused by a kind of germPassage 3
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if
situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmasgreetings for a year or two,
perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later,
they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, becausefriendships between
usflower more slowly but then may becomelifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both
families.
Americans are readyto receive us foreigners at their homes, share theirholidays, and their home life. They
will enjoy welcoming us and be pleasedif we accept their hospitality (好客) easily. Another difficult point for usChineseto understand Americansis that although they include us warmly in their personal everydaylives, they