2015春冀教版英语八下Unit7《KnowOurWorld》阅读理解练习.docVIP

阅读理解。（30分） A Mexico’s neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala (危地马拉) and Belize (伯利兹) to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The official language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world’ Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is very high. It is 7 349 feet high (2 240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population of Mexico City grows bigger every day. Mexico also has its special plants. Many of the foods we eat originated (起源) in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados (鳄梨), tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla (香子兰), and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactuses than any other country! 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（10分） 1. Mexico is to the south of ______. A. the United States B. Belize C. Guatemala D. Canade 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. America is 15 times as large as Mexico. B. All the people in Mexico speak English. C. Mexico has more than 9 billion people. D. Mexico has more Spanish-speakers than Spain. 43. Mexico has __ __ kinds of cactuses than any other country. A. fewer B. more C. less D. most 44. All of these foods come from Mexcio except ______. A. avocados B. chili peppers C. oranges D. chocolate 45. The best title for the text should be“______”. A. The geography of Mexico B. Plants of Mexico C. The population of Mexico D. Mexico B Hong Kong is made up of three parts, Kowloon Peninsula (九龙半岛), New Territories (新界), and Hong Kong Island. If you wanted to get there from the mainland, you used to have to go on a ferry or through a tunnel under the sea. Much of Hong Kong is farmland and mountains. The urban districts occupy (占据) only about 10﹪of the area. The population of Hong Kong is over six million. 98﹪of them are Ch