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Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
【小题1】The underlined word “cure” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.

A.a medical treatment B.a kind of vitamin C.a kind of germ D.a kind of rice
【小题2】Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ______.
A.spend his holiday
B.find ways to grow better crops
C.do some research about the island
D.help the Javanese with their illness
【小题3】Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?
A.To eat them.
B.To carry out his experiments.
C.To give the Javanese a surprise.
D.To make money by selling them.
【小题4】If a person doesn’t get enough vitamins in his diet, he’d better ______.
A.eat more rice B.eat more meat C.eat some chicken D.eat vitamin pills
【小题5】We can learn from the passage that ______.
A.beri-beri was caused by chickens
B.the Javanese didn’t like vitamins
C.Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful
D.the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ


【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
【小题5】C

解析试题分析:本文讲述Christian Eijkman医生在爪哇的一个岛上为当地人治病时,拿鸡做试验发现缺乏事物中的某些物质会导致人或动物生病的原理,从而发现维生素会防止某些疾病的故事。
【小题1】推理题:根据第一段内容可知岛上的人生病了,医生去那里找治愈的方法,常识可知治病即用医学手段使人身体恢复健康。故选A。
【小题2】细节题:根据第一段种“Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.”岛上许多人得了一种叫做beri-beri的疾病。他去那里试着寻找治愈方法。故选D。
【小题3】细节题:根据第二段中“. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them.”他不吃它们,而是拿它们做实验。故选B。
【小题4】细节题:根据最后一句“If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.”如果他们不能从食物中吃到足够的维生素,他们也可以吃维生素丸。故选D。
【小题5】推理题:通过阅读全文可知Christian Eijkman医生通过给鸡喂精炼米和糙米,对比出当鸡缺少食物中的某种物质而生病,从而发现了维生素的作用,由此可知医生的试验是成功的。故选C。
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