Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s.The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach(菠菜) to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.
Many people thought that the iron（铁）in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable.
People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.
Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does have something else which the body needs—folic acid(叶酸).
It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along.
1.A good title for this reading passage is______.
A. Popeye the Sailor
B. The Truth About Spinach
C. A Mistake with Numbers
D. Folic Acid Makes You Strong
2.Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor?
A. They thought spinach made them strong.
B. They thought Popeye was funny.
C. Spinach had a lot of iron.
D. People liked folic acid.
3.A research group told people that spinach______.
A. made Popeye strong
B. was a green vegetable
C. had less iron than other green vegetables
D. had more iron than other green vegetables
4.The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from______.
A. iron B. folic acid C. spinach D. exercise
A traveler was staying in an Egyptian village. One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children. Suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. The traveler's face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person would lose his soul(灵魂) if his picture was taken. She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldn't. When she believed that the head didn't fear any longer, the traveler then let him speak. With a smile, he said, "The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap!"
1.The children shouted when the traveler was taking pictures of them because _______.
A. they didn't want to stop playing
B. the traveler forgot to take off the cap on her head
C. they didn't want to have their pictures taken
D. the traveler was not doing well with her camera
2. The traveler explained how to use a camera to the head because _______.
A. the head was very interested in her camera
B. the head wanted to learn to take pictures
C. she was afraid of the head
D. she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing
3.Which of the following is NOT right?
A. The traveler knew something about people in some countries.
B. The children wouldn't mind if the traveler took pictures of them.
C. The head was afraid that the traveler's camera would hurt the children.
D. The traveler didn't understand why the children shouted.
A young boy loved football with all his heart. But being half the size of the other boys, this hopeful athlete 36 the bench and hardly ever played.
This young man was still the 37 of the class when he entered high school. He decided to try his best at every 38 , and perhaps he could play later. All through high school he 39 neither a practice nor a game, but 40 a bench-warmer all four years.
When the young man went to 41 , the coach kept him on the roster(候选名单) 42 he always put his heart and soul to every practice, and at same time, 43 the other members with the spirit they badly needed. But during his four years at college, he never 44 to play in a game,
In the last football match, the game was not going 45 . When the team was ten points 46 , the silent young man came to the coach and said “Coach, please let me 47 . Believe me.” The coach pretended not to hear him . There was no 48 he wanted the worst player in this close playoff(决赛) game.
But the young man 49 , and finally the coach, feeling sorry for him, 50 . “All right,” he said. “You can go in.” Soon, the coach, the players and everyone in the 51 could not believe their eyes. This little 52 man, who had never played before, was doing everything right. The opposing team could not 53 him. He ran, he passed, blocked like a star.
The 54 was(were) soon tied, In the closing seconds of the game, he intercepted(拦截) a 55 and ran all the way for the winning touchdown(触地得分). The fans applauded(鼓掌) and his teammates raised him onto their shoulders. Such cheering he never heard.
1.A. stood by B. sat on C. carried up D. moved away
2.A. smallest B. smartest C. bravest D. biggest
3.A. risk B. step C . practice D. match
4.A. missed B. hated C. joined D. watched
5.A. forgot B. earned C. displayed D. remained
6.A. his hometown B. his coach’s C. college D. school
7.A. before B. though C. when D. because
8.A. charged B. applied C. provided D. changed
9.A. managed B. persuaded C. promised D. wanted
10.A. any more B. badly C. well D . anyway
11.A. later B. above C. behind D. over
12.A. go B. play C. stay D. think
13.A. idea B. doubt C. way D. need
14.A. won B. tolerated C. scared D. insisted
15.A. took in B. broke in C. sent in D. gave in
16.A. families B. stands C. corners D. queues
17.A. puzzled B. unknown C. boring D. polite
18.A. accept B. believe C. defeat D. stop
19.A. ball B. judges C. score D. fans
20.A. fly B. jump C. pass D. pause
The teacher found nobody but Jack in the room.
A. sit B. seat C. seating D. seated
The new building in our school is for us students. In spite of the noise most of the day, we still feel very happy.
A. built B. has been built C. being built D. to be built
The thief stole the light, the stair even darker.
A. made B. to make C. making D. and made
