Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease(疾。 called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (細菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made 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 Javanese ate — refined white rice (精煉米). 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. These things were named vitamins (維生素). The Javanese were 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.
【小題1】The underlined word “cure” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.
A.a(chǎn) kind of rice | B.a(chǎn) kind of vitamin |
C.a(chǎn) kind of germ | D.a(chǎn) medical treatment |
A.help the Javanese with their illness |
B.find ways to grow better crops |
C.do some research about the island |
D.spend his holiday |
A.To eat them. |
B.To give the Javanese a surprise. |
C.To carry out his experiments. |
D.To make money by selling them. |
A.eat vitamin pills | B.eat more meat |
C.eat some chicken | D.eat more rice |
A.beri-beri was caused by chickens |
B.Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful |
C.the Javanese didn’t like vitamins |
D.the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ |
【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】B
解析試題分析:文章講述爪哇島上人們生了一種怪病,醫(yī)生Christian Eijkman到那里尋找病因,他養(yǎng)了些雞做實驗,結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)人們生病是因為沒有攝入足夠的維生素,從而治好了當?shù)厝说牟,也讓人們知道維生素的重要性。
【小題1】細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:Many people on the island had a disease(疾。 called beri-beri. 可知島上很多人得了病,醫(yī)生到那里尋找治病的方法。Cure=".a" medical treatment,選D。
【小題2】細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:He was going there to try and find a cure. 可知Christian Eijkman到了島上是幫助得病的人。選A。
【小題3】細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. 可知Christian Eijkman養(yǎng)雞是為了在它們身上做實驗。選C。
【小題4】細節(jié)題:從最后一段的句子: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.可知人們飲食中要有維生素,要是沒有可以吃維生素片。選A。
【小題5】推理題:從第三段的句子:Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. 可知Christian Eijkman做的實驗是成功的,選B
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C.She became a hero. |
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B.didn’t know how to get along with her neighbor |
C.didn’t admit it was her fault in the last incident |
D.refused to forgive her neighbor’s rude behavior |
A.Don’t punish yourself because of others’ mistakes. |
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A.He was curious about what Africa was like. |
B.He was concerned about the Africans’ miserable life. |
C.He wanted to get an idea of the area’s wildlife. |
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A.in need of help |
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C.not used to the rainy season |
D.in low spirits |
A.To make sure the African kids are mentally healthy. |
B.To spread knowledge among the African kids. |
C.To build new schools for the African kids. |
D.To protect the African kids from hunger. |
A.a(chǎn), c, d, b |
B.a(chǎn), d, c, b |
C.c, a, d, b |
D.c, d, a, b |
A.his parents always stressed the importance of education |
B.a(chǎn) good education contributes to his success |
C.he paid his own way through college by teaching English |
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