初中英语阅读理解篇(含答案).docVIP

Passa?ge 1 When Chris?tophe?r Colum?bus lande?d on the then unnam?ed Costa? Rica in 1502, he saw many India?ns weari?ng gold earri?ngs. So he thoug?ht the land must be rich in gold. He named? the place? Costa? Rica, which? means? “rich coast?” in Spani?sh. Thoug?h littl?e gold was found?, Costa? Rica today? is indee?d rich with coffe?e and banan?as. Coffe?e is the most impor?tant produ?ct in Costa? Rica and most of it is expor?ted (出口) to other? count?ries like Ameri?ca and West Germa?ny. Banan?as are the count?ry’s secon?d most impor?tant expor?t. Costa? Rican?s also grow many other? crops? such as fruit?s, corn and beans? for their? own use. Costa? Rican?s love color?s and their? house?s are paint?ed in brigh?t color?s. Educa?tion is very impor?tant to the Costa? Rican?s. Almos?t every? villa?ge has a schoo?l and educa?tion is a must for child?ren betwe?en seven? and fourt?een years? of age. Boys and girls? go to separ?ate (单独的) schoo?ls. Class?es begin? in March? and end in Novem?ber. The other? three? month?s of the year are harve?st time and the child?ren have to help their? paren?ts to pick coffe?e beans?. 1. What’s the main idea of the first? parag?raph? A. How Colum?bus found? Costa? Rica. B. How Costa? Rica got its name. C. What the Costa? Rican?s wore. D. What langu?age the Costa? Rican?s spoke?. 2. The Costa? Rican?s may NOT paint? their? house?s _____?_. A. pink and red B. grey and black? C. blue and green? D. yello?w and orang?e 3. In Costa? Rica, boys and girls? betwe?en seven? and fourt?een _____?_. A. must go to schoo?l B. study? in the same schoo?l C. do not have to go to schoo?l at all D. can choos?e to stop schoo?ling at any time 4. From Decem?ber to Febru?ary, schoo?l child?ren in Costa? Rica _____?_. A. have lesso?ns every? day B. have their? exami?natio?ns