Question

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 (細(xì)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.

1.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 rice

2.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

3.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.

4.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

5.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. beri-beri was caused by chickens

B. the Javanese didn’t like vitamins

C. Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful

D. the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了一位醫(yī)生為尋找治療島民所患疾病的藥方而來(lái)到小島進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn)從而發(fā)現(xiàn)維他命的故事。

1. 根據(jù)第一段后兩句Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.島上很多人都患上了beri-beri這個(gè)病。他打算去那個(gè)島上，找到治療藥方。根據(jù)他是一個(gè)醫(yī)生，推斷他最有可能是尋找治療藥方。故選A

2. 根據(jù)第一段，他是醫(yī)生，島上人患病他要前往找藥方，即他是要幫助這些患者治病。

3. 根據(jù)第二段第二句， He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. 他不吃這些雞，而是在它們身上做實(shí)驗(yàn)。carry out an experiment ，做實(shí)驗(yàn)。故選B

4. 根據(jù)最后一段 If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.如果他們攝入維他命量不足，他們也會(huì)食用維他命藥片。據(jù)此可得到答案D。故選D

5. 文章講述了一個(gè)醫(yī)生為尋求醫(yī)療藥方而進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn)最終發(fā)現(xiàn)維他命的故事。實(shí)驗(yàn)是很成功地以發(fā)現(xiàn)維他命而告終。所以C正確。故選C

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