2024-2025学年外研版八年级英语上期考点 专题05 阅读理解（13篇）【考题猜想】.pdfVIP

专题05阅读理解

（八年级上天津和平期中）

23-24··Iseggshell’scolourrelatedtonutritionalvalue?

Chickeneggscomeinmanycolours,buttherearetwothatweoftenseeatthesupermarket:brownandwhite.

Thoughbrowneggsareoftenmoreexpensive,thecolourofaneggshellsaysnothingaboutthequalityofinside.

Accordingtoscientists,theonlydifferencebetweenbrowneggsandwhiteeggsliesinthebreed(品种)ofthe

chickenthatlaysthem.

Youmayhaveheardpeoplesaythatwhite-featheredchickensalwayslaywhiteeggsandbrownchickenslay

browneggs.Whileit’struethatachicken’scolouringcansaysomethingaboutitseggs,youshouldn’tbelookingat

thefeathersonly.Thecolourofahen’searlobes(耳垂)isactuallythebestindicator(标志)ofwhatcolouriseggs

willbe.Ifit’swhite,thechicken’seggswilllikelybewhite,andifit’sdarker,theywilllikelybebrown.Thistrick

evenworksforAraucanachickens,whichhavegreen-blueearlobesandlaymatchingeggs.

Anotherwrongideaabouteggsisthatbrowneggsarebetterforyouormore“natural”thanthewhiteones.

Thismayhavecomefromthefactthatmoreexpensiveorganiceggstendtobebrown,andbrownfoods(likewhole

grainitems)areusuallyhealthierthantheprocessedwhiteversions.Butaneggshell’scolourhasnothingtodowith

theegg’snutritionalvalue(营养价值).

Anydifferenceinlabelsandpricingoneggcartonscomesdowntothebreedofthechicken.WhiteLeghorn

chickens—whichlaywhiteeggs—producemoreeggsoncheaperdiets,sotheyarefavouredbyfactoryfarms.

Breedsthatlaybrowneggs,likeRhodeIslandRedchickens,requirehigherqualityfoodandlayhigherqualityeggs.

Butgiventherightcareandfood,whiteegg-layingchickenscanjustaseasilylayhigherqualityeggsasthebrown

egglayingchickens.

1．Thecolourofthechickeneggsmainlydependson________.

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