#Passage1WhenChristopherColumbuslandedonthethenunnamedCostaRicain1502,hesawmanyIndianswearinggoldearrings.Sohethoughtthelandmustberichingold.HenamedtheplaceCostaRica,whichmeans“richcoast”inSpanish.Thoughlittlegoldwasfound,CostaRicatodayisindeedrichwithcoffeeandbananas.CoffeeisthemostimportantproductinCostaRicaandmostofitisexported（出口）toothercountrieslikeAmericaandWestGermany.Bananasarethecountryssecondmostimportantexport.CostaRicansalsogrowmanyothercropssuchasfruits,cornandbeansfortheirownuse.CostaRicanslovecolorsandtheirhousesarepaintedinbrightcolors.EducationisveryimportanttotheCostaRicans.Almosteveryvillagehasaschoolandeducationisamustforchildrenbetweensevenandfourteenyearsofage.Boysandgirlsgotoseparate（单独的）schools.ClassesbegininMarchandendinNovember.Theotherthreemonthsoftheyearareharvesttimeandthechildrenhavetohelptheirparentstopickcoffeebeans.1.Whatsthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?A. HowColumbusfoundCostaRica.B.HowCostaRicagotitsname.C.WhattheCostaRicanswore.D.WhatlanguagetheCostaRicansspoke.2. TheCostaRicansmayNOTpainttheirhouses.A. pinkandredB.greyandblackC.blueandgreenD.yellowandorange3. InCostaRica,boysandgirlsbetweensevenandfourteen.A.mustgotoschoolB.studyinthesameschoolC.donothavetogotoschoolatallD.canchoosetostopschoolingatanytimeB.havetheirexaminationsD.helptheirparentsdecoratetheirhouses4. FromDecembertoFebruary,schoolchildreninCostaRica.A.havelessonseverydayC.helptheirparentspickcoffeebeansB.CostaRicaD.theeducationofCostaRica5. Thispassageismainlyabout.A.ChristopherColumbusC.someproductsfromCostaRica答案1-5BBACBPassage2ChristianEijkman,aDutchdoctor,lefttheNetherlandsfortheislandofJava.Manypeopleontheislandhadadiseasecalledberi?鄄beri.Hewasgoingtheretotryandfindacure.Atfirst,Eijkmanthoughtsomekindofgerm（细菌）causedberi-beri.Heraisedsomechickens.Hedidnteatthem,butmadeexperimentsonthem.Thelocalpeoplewerequitesurprisedatthat.OnedayhenoticedthathischickensbecamesickwhentheywerefedthefoodmostJavaneseaterefinedwhiterice（精炼米）.Whenhefedthemwithunrefinedrice,alsoknownasbrownrice,theyrecovered.Eijkmanrealizedthathehadmadeanimportantdiscoverythatsomethingsinfoodcouldpreventdisease.Thesethingswerenamedvitamins（维生素）.TheJavanesewerenotgettingenoughvitaminsbecausetheyhadactuallyremovedthepartthatcontainsvitamins.Later,otherdiseaseswerealsofoundtobecausedbythelackofvitaminsinapersonsfood.Todaymanypeopleknowtheimportanceofvitaminsandtheymakesuretheyhaveenoughvitaminsfromthefoodtheyeat.Iftheydont,theycanalsotakevitaminpills.6.Theunderlinedword“cure”inParagragh1probablymeans.A.amedicaltreatmentB.akindofvitaminC.akindofgermD.akindofrice7. ChristianEijkmanwenttotheislandofJavato.A.spendhisholidayB.findwaystogrowbettercropsC.dosomeresearchabouttheislandD.h8lptheJavanesewiththeirillness8. WhydidChristianEijkmanraisesomechickens?A.Toeatthem.B.Tocarryouthisexperiments.C.TogivetheJavaneseasurprise.D.Tomakemoneybysellingthem.9.Ifapersondoesntgetenoughvitaminsinhisdiet,hedbetter.A.eatmorericeB.eatmoremeatC.eatsomechickenD.eatvitaminpills10. Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat.A.beri-beriwascausedbychickensB.theJavanesedidntlikevitaminsC.ChristianEijkmansexperimentwassuccessfulD.theJavanesesdiseasewascausedbyakindofgerm6-10ADBDCPassage3Americaisamobilesociety.FriendshipsbetweenAmericanscanbecloseandreal,yetdisappearsoonifsituationschange.Neithersidefeelshurtbythis.BothmayexchangeChristmasgreetingsforayearortwo,perhapsafewlettersforawhilethennomore.Ifthesametwopeoplemeetagainbychance,evenyearslater,theypickupthefriendship.ThiscanbequitedifficultforusChinesetounderstand,becausefriendshipsbetweenusflowermoreslowlybutthenmaybecomelifelongfeelings,extending（延伸）sometimesdeeplyintobothfamilies.Americansarereadytoreceiveusforeignersattheirhomes,sharetheirholidays,andtheirhomelife.Theywillenjoywelcomingusandbepleasedifweaccepttheirhospitality（好客）easily.AnotherdifficultpointforusChinesetounderstandAmericansisthatalthoughtheyincludeuswarmlyintheirpersonaleverydaylives,theydontshowtheirpolitenesstousifitrequiresagreatdealoftime.Thisisusuallytheoppositeofthepracticeinourcountrywherewemaybegenerouswithourtime.Sometimes,we,ashosts,willappearatairportseveninthemiddleofthenighttomeetafriend.Wemaytakedaysofftoactasguidestoourforeignfriends.TheAmericans,however,expresstheirwelcomeusuallyathomes,buttrulycannotmanagethetimetodoagreatdealwithavisitoroutsidetheirdailyroutine.Theywillprobablyexpectustogetourselvesfromtheairporttoourownhotelbybus.Andtheyexpectthatwewillphonethemfromthere.Oncewearriveattheirhomes,thewelcomewillbefull,warmandreal.Wewillfindourselvestreatedhospitably.FortheAmericans,itisoftenconsideredmorefriendlytoinviteafriendtotheirhomesthantogotorestaurants,exceptforpurelybusinessmatters.Soaccepttheirhospitalityathome!11. Thewriterofthispassagemustbe.A.anAmericanB.aChineseC.aprofessorD.astudent12. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A.FriendshipsbetweenAmericansusuallyextenddeeplyintotheirfamilies.B.