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1、一、完形填空 阅读文章,了解其大意,然后选择正确选项填空.In the (1) 500 years, nothing about people not their clothes, or languages has (2) as much as (3) they eat. The original chocolate drink was made (4) the seeds of cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish (5) it to the (6) of the worldduring (7) . And although it
2、 was very (8) , it quickly became fashionable. In Londonshops (9) chocolate drinks were (10) became important meeting places. Some stillexist today.The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was (11) grown. The potato was the (12) fo
3、od at Irish table.Thousands of Irish people starved when the crop (13) during 1845-1864, and thousandsmore were forced to (14) to America.There are many (15) foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World.s largest (17) But some others went in the (16) direction. Brazil is now the worl
4、dcoffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is (18) to Ethiopia. It was (19) made into a drink by (20) during the 14001. A. lateB. lastC. recentD. following2. A. happenedB. replacedC. changedD. appeared3. A. whatB. howC. allD. that4. A. fromB. into
5、C. ofD. by5. A. tookB. broughtC. caughtD. introduced6. A. remainingB. restC. partsD. remainder7. A. 1500 sB. the 1500C. 1500D. the 15008. A. popularB. cheapC. expensiveD. famous9. A. thatB. whereC. whoseD. whom10. A. servedB. suppliedC. offeredD. provided11. A. quicklyB. muchC. widelyD. wide12. A. m
6、ostB. commonC. popularD. main13. A. diedB. failedC. harvestedD. disappeared14. A. moveB. fleeC. goD. come15. A. anotherB. fewC. eitherD. other16. A. sameB. otherC. differentD. opposite17. A. plantB. areaC. growerD. produce18. A. nativeB. belongC. broughtD. taken19. A. firstB. at firstC. firstlyD. th
7、e first20. A. ArabicB. ArabiansC. ArabsD. Arabics二、阅读理解阅读文章,选择正确答案,答复下列问题.More and more scientific experiments prove that physical exercise can reduce the danger of some illnesses in middle-aged persons. Exercise strengthens the heart muscle, reduces blood pressure and helps to prevent muscles from
8、changing into fat. Physical exercise is just as important for children.Exercise and food affect growing speed in young lab animals. Babymice start running as soon as they are big enough to use an exercise wheel in their cage. If they get extra food and run a lot, they will grow as much as 1.5 times
9、bigger than normal.The same differences in growing speed might be found between active and inactive children. Physical exercise helps active children grow faster than inactive children. One experiment shows that the brains of the mice that had enough exercise weighed about 3% more than those of the
10、mice that did not exercise. The mice that exercised are much quicker to learn doing new exercise than the mice that did not exercise.The result of the experiments support the theory that exercise can help babies learn to talk and walk sooner than expected.The good efforts of physical exercise are no
11、t limited to children and middle-aged people. Exercises continue to be an important part of our lives after we grow old. For example, people over 50 years old begin to lose calcium 钙 in their bones, which get weaker and can break easily. Physical exercise, however, helps to strengthen the bones and
12、to prevent them from losing calcium. Of course, old people can take medicines to prevent themselves from suffering from losing calcium, but the medicines they take increase the chance of developing some kind of cancer. So physical exercise is a much safer means of treatment.1. This passage tells tha
13、t .A. only middle-aged persons can benefit from physical exerciseB. physical exercise can do good to both the middle-aged and childrenC. people of different ages can all benefit from physical exerciseD. physical exercise is the safest treatment for losing calcium2. Active children than inactive chil
14、dren.A. are cleverer and healthierB. are clever but not strongerC. are stronger but some foolishD. enjoy walking more3. From the passage we know that .A. mice need to eat more and exercise moreB. children need more exercise than other peopleC. old people like to take medicine to treat their illnessD
15、. middle-aged people are easy to get fat4. The bones of old people are easy to break because.A. there is less calcium in their bones than in those of other peopleB. they are easy to become illC. they eat less than other people D . they have less exercise than other people 答案： 一、完形填空1. B11. C2. C12. D3. A13. B4. A14. A5. D15. D6. B16. D7. D17. C8. C18. A9. B19. A10. A20. C二、阅读1. C2. A3. D4. A