初中英语阅读理解10篇含答案.docx

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初中英语阅读理解10篇含答案

Passage1

WhenChristopherColumbuslandedonthethenunnamedCostaRicain1502,hesawmanyIndianswearinggoldearrings.Sohethoughtthelandmustberichingold.HenamedtheplaceCostaRica,whichmeans“richcoast”inSpanish.

Thoughlittlegoldwasfound,CostaRicatodayisindeedrichwithcoffeeandbananas.CoffeeisthemostimportantproductinCostaRicaandmostofitisexported（出口）toothercountrieslikeAmericaandWestGermany.Bananasarethecountry'ssecondmostimportantexport.

CostaRicansalsogrowmanyothercropssuchasfruits,cornandbeansfortheirownuse.CostaRicanslovecolorsandtheirhousesarepaintedinbrightcolors.

EducationisveryimportanttotheCostaRicans.Almosteveryvillagehasaschoolandeducationisamustforchildrenbetweensevenandfourteenyearsofage.Boysandgirlsgotoseparate（单独的）schools.ClassesbegininMarchandendinNovember.Theotherthreemonthsoftheyearareharvesttimeandthechildrenhavetohelptheirparentstopickcoffeebeans.

1.What'sthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?

A.HowColumbusfoundCostaRica.B.HowCostaRicagotitsname.

C.WhattheCostaRicanswore.D.WhatlanguagetheCostaRicansspoke.

2.TheCostaRicansmayNOTpainttheirhouses.

A.pinkandredB.greyandblackC.blueandgreenD.yellowandorange

3.

InCostaRica,boysandgirlsbetweensevenandfourteen.

Passage2

ChristianEijkman,aDutchdoctor,lefttheNetherlandsfortheislandofJava.Manypeopleontheislandhadadiseasecalledberi-beri.Hewasgoingtheretotryandfindacure.

Atfirst,Eijkmanthoughtsomekindofgerm（细菌）causedberi-beri.Heraisedsomechickens.Hedidn'teatthem,butmadeexperimentsonthem.Thelocalpeoplewerequitesurprisedatthat.OnedayhenoticedthathischickensbecamesickwhentheywerefedthefoodmostJavaneseate—refinedwhiterice（精炼米）.Whenhefedthemwithunrefinedrice,alsoknownasbrownrice,theyrecovered.Eijkmanrealizedthathehadmadeanimportantdiscovery—thatsomethingsinfoodcouldpreventdisease.Thesethingswerenamedvitamins维（生素）.TheJavanesewerenotgettingenoughvitaminsbecausetheyhadactuallyremovedthepartthatcontainsvitamins.Later,otherdiseaseswerealsofoundtobecausedbythelackofvitaminsinaperson'sfood.

Todaymanypeopleknowtheimportanceofvitaminsandtheymakesuretheyhaveenoughvitaminsfromthefoodtheyeat.Iftheydon't,theycanalsotakevitaminpills.

6.Theunderlinedword“cure”inParagragh1probablymeans.

A.amedicaltreatmentB.akindofvitaminC.akindofgermD.akindofric

7.ChristianEijkmanwenttotheislandofJavato.

A.spendhisholidayB.findwaystogrowbettercrops

C.dosomeresearchabouttheislandD.helptheJavanesewiththeirillness

8.WhydidChristianEijkmanraisesomechickens?

A.Toeatthem.

B.Tocarryouthisexperiments.

C.TogivetheJavaneseasurprise.

D.Tomakemoneybysellingthem.

9.Ifapersondoesn'tgetenoughvitaminsinhisdiet,he'dbetter.

A.eatmorericeB.eatmoremeatC.eatsomechickenD.eatvitaminpills

10.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat.

A.beri-beriwascausedbychickens

B.theJavanesedidn'tlimkeinvsita

C.ChristianEijkman'sexperimentwassuccessful

D.theJavanese'sdiseasewascausedbyakindofgerm

Passage3

Americaisamobilesociety.FriendshipsbetweenAmericanscanbecloseandreal,yetdisappearsoonifsituationschange.Neithersidefeelshurtbythis.BothmayexchangeChristmasgreetingsforayearortwo,perhapsafewlettersforawhile—thennomore.Ifthesametwopeoplemeetagainbychance,evenyearslater,theypickupthefriendship.ThiscanbequitedifficultforusChinesetounderstand,becausefriendshipsbetweenusflowermoreslowlybutthenmaybecomelifelongfeelings,extending（延伸）sometimesdeeplyintobothfamilies.

Americansarereadytoreceiveusforeignersattheirhomes,sharetheirholidays,andtheirhomelife.Theywillenjoywelcomingusandbepleasedifweaccepttheirhospitality（好客）easily.AnotherdifficultpointforusChinesetounderstandAmericansisthatalthoughtheyincludeuswarmlyintheirpersonaleverydaylives,theydon'tshowtheirpolitenesstousifitrequiresagreatdealoftime.Thisisusuallytheoppositeofthepracticeinourcountrywherewemaybegenerouswithourtime.Sometimes,we,ashosts,willappearatairportseveninthemiddleofthenighttomeetafriend.Wemaytakedaysofftoactasguidestoourforeignfriends.TheAmericans,however,expresstheirwelcomeusuallyathomes,buttrulycannotmanagethetimetodoagreatdealwithavisitoroutsidetheirdailyroutine.Theywillprobablyexpectustogetourselvesfromtheairporttoourownhotelbybus.Andtheyexpectthatwewillphonethemfromthere.Oncewearriveattheirh