2014中职对口高考英语模拟题库阅读理解集中练（四）.docVIP

对口高考英语模拟题库：阅读理解 阅读理解（共10小题，每题2分，满分20分） （A） Popeye.the.Sailor.first.became.a.popular.cartoon.in.the.1930s.The.sailor.in.that.cartoon.ate.lots.of.spinach.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抯.diets..Even.some.children.who.hated.the.taste.began.to.eat.the.vegetable. Many.people.thought.that.the.iron.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梖olic.acid. Ieresting.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..... 41..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 42..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. 43..The.reading.passage.says.that.perhaps.Popeye.got.his.strength.from______. A..iron.....................B..folic.acid..........C..spinach............D..exercise （B） In.1977,.a.dead.author.of.detective.stories.saved.the.life.of.a.19-month-old.baby.in.a.most.unusual.way..The.author.was.Agatha.Christie,.one.of.the.most.successful.writers.of.detective.stories.in