2019中考英语短文语法选择、首字母、阅读优享新选（4）
一、阅读理解。
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（2019中考选练）
The first chocolate was eaten by people in South America hundreds of years ago. In those days, the people did not really eat chocolate. They used the cocoa bean (可可豆) to make a chocolate drink and they enjoyed it very much. Many years later, the cocoa bean was brought to other countries and people came to love the taste of chocolate.
In 1824, John Cadbury opened a small shop in Britain. One of the things he sold was chocolate drink. In 1831, he opened a factory to make chocolate drink. He wanted to encourage people to drink chocolate instead of other drinks. A few years later, a man called Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate instead of only drinking it. But at that time chocolate was very expensive and only the rich people could buy it. Later, more and more chocolate bars were produced and sold, it became cheaper.
However, at first only plain chocolate (a kind of chocolate without milk and with very little
sugar) was produced. Milk chocolate came later and this was made by adding milk to the chocolate. The first milk chocolate bar was made in Cadbury’s factory in 1897. Their most famous chocolate, Cadbury’s Milk Bar, was made in 1905, It has been the most popular chocolate in Britain and around the world for over 100 years. The Cadbury factory is still in Britain and the chocolate produced there is eaten all over the world. Every year, thousands of visitors visit the factory in order to see how chocolate is made.
1. Hundreds of years ago, people first began to drink chocolate in .
A. South America B. South Africa C. Britain D. Australia
2. John Cadbury opened a factory to make chocolate drink in .
A.1824 B.1831 C.1897 D.1905
3. People had the chance to eat chocolate instead of drinking it for the first time .
A. when chocolate was cheaper
B. when more and more chocolate was produced
C. when John Cadbury started to make chocolate drink
D. when Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate bars.
4.At first, not many people bought chocolate .
A. because it was very expensive
B. because people didn’t like the taste
C. because they wanted to have other drinks
D. because there was no chocolate sold in the shops
5.Cadbury’s Milk Bar .
A. was first made in 1897 B. is a kind of plain chocolate
C. is famous neither in Britain nor in America
D. is popular not only in Britain but also around the world
4、参考答案ABDAD
B
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Look at the diagram(图表)below. It shows a cross-section (横切面)of a mountain and the land on each side of it. The sea is on the west side of the mountain.
In January, February and March, warm wet winds blow strongly across the sea towards the mountain, The winds pick up moisture(湿气) as they blow across the sea. When clouds reach the mountain ,they rise and become cooler. The higher they have to go ,the cooler they become. The moisture in the clouds turns to rain. As a result, the clouds drop rain on the west side of the mountain, which sometimes has problems with flooding . Some of the clouds pass over the mountain but there is little rain in them.
In June and August, strong winds blow from G towards the mountain. They pass over a desert, where it is always very hot. The winds become hot and dry. They rise when they meet the mountain. They do not form clouds because there is no moisture in the hot air.
The diagram shows why (in many countries) there are profitable (有益的)farms on one side of the mountain but there is a desert on the other side.
