Mexico's neighbors are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico have the most people who speak Spanish in the world.

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2,240 meters). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.

Mexico also has its specialties. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico.       

Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.

(  ) 26. Mexico is ____the USA.

A. on the south of             B. on the north of       

C. a part of                   D. as large as

(  ) 27. Mexicans speak______.

A. English      B. French      C. Spanish       D. Latin (拉丁語)

(  ) 28. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.

B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.

C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.

D. Mexico City is one of the highest cities in the world.

(  )29.Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in ______.

A. America       B. Spain      C. Tokyo       D. Mexico

(  ) 30. The best title of the passage is ___.

A. Mexico City         B. Mexico's plants    

C. Mexico              D. Mexico's population

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     John Denver, the writer and composer of Goodbye Again, is one of the best-known American folk
singers and song writers. He is a country boy by birth and still prefers the mountains of Colorado to the
big cities he has visited in his many travels. He was born as Henry John in Roswell, New Mexico on
December 31, 1943. He later changed his name to the simpler John Denver after his favourite big city,
Denver Colorado.
     When he was a student, he knew he wanted to be a folk singer and sang in coffee houses at night.
Later he became famous. His song Goodbye Again expresses his feelings about travelling and being
away from home.
1. John Denver is not just good at singing but good at __________.
A writing stories
B. traveling
C. writing books
D. creating(創(chuàng)作) songs
2. Denver Colorado is the name of __________.
A. a mountain
B. a singer
C. a city
D. a country boy
3. John Denver loved the beauty of his favourite place so much that he __________.
A. traveled there many times
B. changed his name after its name
C. hated city life
D. felt sorry not to live there
4. Which of the following shows the correct relationship between America (A), New Mexico (N) and
Roswell(R)?
A. A>N>R
B. A>R>N
C. N>A>R
D. R>N>A
5. John's song Goodbye Again tells about __________.
A. his love for mountains
B. his opinion about life
C. his love for music
D. his feelings on leaving home

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