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Popeye the Sailor Man(《大力水手》)first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s. The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach(菠菜)to make himself strong. People watched him,and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. This cartoon helped sell 33% more spinach!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(铁)in spinach made the sailor strong,but it is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than other green vegetables.

Earlier,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 other kinds of vegetables. The group made a mistake,but everyone accepted it.

Today,we know that spinach can't make a person very strong. However,spinach does have something else that the body needs—a vitamin called folic acid(叶酸).

It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help a person stay healthy. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made the sailor strong.

1.Popeye the Sailor Man is a popular ________.

A.comedy B.thriller

C.Beijing Opera D.cartoon

2.What's the main idea of the first paragraph?

A.Popeye the Sailor Man was a popular cartoon in the 1930s.

B.Many people wanted to be strong.

C.The cartoon Popeye the Sailor Man made spinach popular.

D.Spinach was popular in the 1930s.

3.The research group which told people that spinach ________ made a mistake.

A.had less iron than other vegetables B.had more iron than other vegetables

C.made the sailor strong D.had more folic acid than other vegetables

4.According to the passage,maybe ________ made the sailor strong.

A.the iron B.the folic acid

C.the coffee D.the sugar

Read the passage and choose the best answer(根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案):

When Taiwan's pop singer Ken Wu decided to make music his career, he told himself it would be his whole life.

“If you retreat from your goals you won't achieve them," Wu said.

That's what has kept Wu going forward on his musical road. His style is always' fresh and creative. Each of his songs has its own style and you can never tell what he will come up with next.

His latest single Laotze Says came out in April, 2007. It tells young people to have lived their own lives. The electronic music and philosophical clever lyric is sure to make it another hit.

However, Wu hasn't always been successful. His first album didn't sell well at all. His record company went bankrupt (破产) and he found himself jobless. But, one day, he heard his song being played on the street. He was so moved that he knew he had no choice but to go on singing.

Wu thinks that young people should follow their dreams rather than play safe. “Don't think it doesn't matter because your family's rich, or you can still sell insurance (保险), or be a secretary," he said, " That’ll never work. Do what in your heart you have to do.”

1.The pop singer Ken Wu is from ________ .

A.Shanghai B.Hong Kong C.Taiwan D.Canada

2.The underlined word“retreat” in Line 3 is closest in meaning to“ ________ ”.

A.find out B.turn back C.hold on D.look after

3.________ tells young people to have their own way of life.

A.General's Order B.Still Fantasy C.Princess A D.Laotze Says

4.We can tell from Wu's story that one should ________ to win success.

A.set goals without turning back B.make different music

C.have his or her own idea D.catch up with Jay Chou

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