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, ad 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 ________．
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A．
South America
B．
South Africa
C．
Britain
D．
Australia
(2)
John Cadbury opened a factory to make chocolate drink in _________．
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A．
1824
B．
1831
C．
1897
D．
1905
(3)
People had the chance to eat chocolate instead of drinking it for the first time ________．
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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 _________．
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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 _________．
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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
The dinosaurs once lived happily on the earth．But 65 million years ago，they suddenly died out．What happened to them?
Scientists think that a change in temperature may be to blame．They have come up with lots of ideas to explain the end of the dinosaurs．
The most famous one is the minor planet (小行星) idea．Let's go back to that day 65 million years ago to see what happened．Everything was OK before a large minor planet suddenly hit the earth．What a terrible hit! It caused big fires，storms，acid rain，and even earthquakes and volcano eruptions．The hit produced a lot of dust,which flew up into the air and blocked the sun for months．The earth became very cold without sunlight．The plants died first．Then the grass-eating animals died of hunger．Then the meat-eating animals could not find food，either．They began to eat each other，but after a while they died out，too．The dinosaurs，either plant-eaters or meat-eaters，did not live through the disaster(灾难)．What a sad story!
In April，a British scientist thought of a new idea about the death of the dinosaurs．He thinks that after the minor planet hit the earth，the temperature change left more dinosaur boys than girls! Without enough female dinosaurs to hatch the eggs，the dinosaur population became smaller and smaller．
(1)
______ may be the main reason for the dinosaurs dying out according to scientists．
A．Big fires B．Earthquakes
C．Acid rain D．Temperature change
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(2)
The passage mentioned ______ ideas that the scientists came up with about
the end of the dinosaurs．
A．two B．three C．four D．five
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(3)
The underlined expression “volcano eruptions” probably is ______.
A．the name of a minor planet
B．one kind of dinosaurs
C．one kind of disaster
D．the name of an earthquake
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(4)
The earth became cold because ______.
A．the sun refused to rise
B．the dust kept the sunlight away
C．there was too much rain
D．there were too many dinosaurs
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(5)
This passage may be found in ______.
A．a science fiction B．a story book C．a dictionary D．a science magazine
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阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
A．remember B．have C．get rid of D．keep
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(5)
This reading is mainly about ______．
A．the way of reading fast
B．the importance of fast reading
C．the bad habits in reading
D．how to speak quickly
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阅读理解
Binhai No．3 Middle School Rules
Yon must
*look clean and tidy
*be quiet in the library
*stay in the playground at break time
*bring a letter from your parents if you’re ill
*stand up when a teacher comes into the classroom
*hand in your homework on time
*arrive at school by half past seven
You mustn’t
*fight
*bring radios or CD players to school
*run or shout in the school buildings
*talk loudly in the hallways
*leave school at break time or at lunch time
*Wear jeans
*cat or drink in the classroom
假如你是滨海三中的学生，请依据校规内容回答下面的问题。
(1)
What are the things you must not do when you’re in the school buildings?
(2)
Can you leave school at lunch-time?
(3)
What must you do when your teacher comes into your classroom?
