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 (细菌) 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 (精炼米). 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 (维生素). 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 Para 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 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.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：爪哇岛上的人们患上了一种怪病，医生Christian Eijkman到那里寻找病因。他养了一些鸡来做实验，结果发现人们生病的原因是没有摄入足够的维生素。

1.Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.”可知，爪哇岛上的人得了一种怪病，医生Christian Eijkman去那里寻找治疗这种怪病的方法，故选A。

2.He was going there to try and find a cure.”可知，Christian Eijkman到爪哇岛是为了帮助当地人寻找治疗方法，故选D。

3.He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them.”可知，他养了一些鸡是为了用鸡做实验，故选B。

4.If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.”可知，当无法从食物中获取足够的维生素时，可以吃一些维生素药片来补充，故选D。

5.Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery-that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素).”可知，Eijkman找到了怪病的病因，说明他做的实验是成功的，故选C。

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