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’s 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 in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does have something else which the body needs—folic acid.
It is interesting 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.
【小題1】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
【小題2】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.
【小題3】A research group told people that spinach______.
A.made Popeye strong
B.was a green vegetable
C.had less iron than other green vegetables
D.had more iron than other green vegetables
【小題4】The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from______.
A.iron B.folic acid C.spinach D.exercise


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】B

解析試題分析:本文講述了人們對菠菜的誤解,原來認(rèn)為以為菠菜里含有的鐵元素較對,正是這些鐵元素讓人們更為強(qiáng)壯,但是實(shí)際情況是讓人們強(qiáng)壯的不是菠菜里的鐵,而是里面含有的葉酸。
【小題1】主旨大意題。本文主要講述了人們對于菠菜的誤解,以為菠菜里含有的鐵能讓人更為強(qiáng)壯,實(shí)際上是菠菜里的葉酸讓人更加強(qiáng)壯,故B項(xiàng)正確。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一行Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong說明A正確。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)2行This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it. 說明D正確。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句However, spinach does have something else which the body needs—folic acid.說明實(shí)際上是菠菜里的葉酸讓人更加強(qiáng)壯,故B正確。
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點(diǎn)評:本文講述了人們對菠菜的誤解,原來認(rèn)為以為菠菜里含有的鐵元素較對,正是這些鐵元素讓人們更為強(qiáng)壯,但是實(shí)際情況是讓人們強(qiáng)壯的不是菠菜里的鐵,而是里面含有的葉酸。
本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主,在解答這類問題時要求學(xué)生抓住題干文字信息,采用針對性方法進(jìn)行閱讀,因?yàn)檫@類題的答案在文章中可以直接找到。?

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American author Mark Twain once noted that “l(fā)ife would be surely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.” Twain’s words were only one of many complaints about aging. The ancient Greek poet Homer called old age “hateful”, and William Shakespeare termed it “terrible winter”.
Alexander the Great, who conquered most of the known world before he died around 323 B.C., may have been looking for a river that healed the ravages of age. During the 12th century A.D., a king called Prester John ruled a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth.
But the name linked most closely to the search for a fountain of youth is 16th-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. He thought it would be found in Florida. In St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S., there’s a tourist attraction. It is said to be the fountain of youth that Ponce de Leon discovered soon after he arrived in what is now Florida in 1513. However, elderly visitors who drink the spring’s water don’t turn into teenagers.
But the tale of the search for a fountain of youth is so appealing that it survives anyway, says Ryan K. Smith, a professor of history. “People are more attracted by the story of looking and not finding than they are by the idea that the fountain might be out there somewhere.”
Still, a few grains of truth have helped to support the story. Kathleen Deagan, a professor of archaeology, says a graveyard and the remains of a Spanish mission dating back to St. Augustine’s founding in 1565 have been discovered near the so-called fountain of youth. Michelle Reyna, a spokesperson for the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St. Augustine, says the fountain has been a tourist attraction since at least 1901 and may have been attracting visitors since 1860.
【小題1】According to the passage, who searched for a fountain of youth_________?

A.Ponce de Leon B.William Shakespeare.  
C.Kathleen Deagan D.Michelle Reyna 
【小題2】What does the underlined word “ravages” in the second paragraph probably mean_______?
A.Growth B.Limits  C.Damages  D.Benefits 
【小題3】What is the attitude of people towards the fountain of youth________?
A.People find much pleasure in looking for it. 
B.People believe the existence of it somewhere. 
C.People have no interest in searching for it. 
D.People consider the idea of the fountain of youth absurd. 
【小題4】The passage mainly tells us ________.
A.how the fountain of youth came into being 
B.why some famous people hate becoming old 
C.how to remain young forever  
D.whether the fountain of youth exists 
【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage_________?
A.The underlined words “the story” refers to Alexander the Great ruling a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth. 
B.Augustine, which is the oldest city in the U.S, lies in Florida. 
C.Some elderly visitors find themselves younger after drinking the water from the fountain of youth. 
D.Kathleen Deagan is the spokesperson for the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park. 

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