4. The horses stopped because____.

A. it was getting late 　　　　　　　　　　　B. they were tired after running for a long way

C. they knew that they had got to the camp　　 D. they had seen John's house

3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____.

A. John's house　　　　 B. the camp 　　　　　　　C. the forest　　　　　 D. the mountains

2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____.

A. there was only one road to their camp

B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents

C. there were no roads in the mountains at all

D. everything was covered by the white snow

1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____.

A. build their camp 　　　　　　　　　B. find their way home

C. enjoy the mountains in the snow 　　　D. watch the trees in the forest

5. The best title (题目) of the passage is ___.

A. Mexico City　　　　 B. Mexico's plants 　　C. Mexico　　　　　　　 D. Mexico's population

[Key] 1. A　 2. B　 3. D　 4. D　 5. C

(十九)

A Trip to the Forest

One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.

In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!

It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

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

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

3. 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 the highest city in the world.

2. Mexicans speak______.

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

1. Mexico is ____the USA.

A. on the south of　　　　 B. on the north of 　　　　C. a part of　　　　　　　 D. as large as

6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______.

A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed.

B. People could not write in the 1500s

C. the old signs were good for Egyptians but not for us

Key: 1.D 2.substract 3.signs 4.C 5.A 6.A

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (十八)

Mexico's neighbours 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 the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). 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 specialities. 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.

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