2022年中考英语阅读理解专项突破一轮复习[09]阅读理解“干扰项”针对训练试题（下）（含详细解析与译文）

2022届中考英语阅读理解专项突破一轮复习讲义 （全国通用） [09] 阅读理解“干扰项”针对训练试题（下） （含详细解析与译文） 初中英语阅读理解试题（四） 本文词数统计：190 答题限定时间：4分钟 答题正确比率：__________ Oranges were known in China about four thousand years ago. There are two kinds of orange trees, the sweet and the sour(酸的). At first, people in Europe(欧洲) only had sour oranges. They started to grow them around the ninth century. From the eleventh century, sour oranges were widely grown in southern Europe. Until the fifteenth century, sweet oranges were brought to Europe by business from the East. They were a kind of rare(稀少的) fruit at that time. Only very rich people could pay for them. They paid a lot of money to get the orange trees. They planted these trees in their gardens. In the colder countries, these expensive orange trees would be killed during a cold winter, so the rich people built greenhouses (温室) for them. The orange trees were planted in tubs (盆). During the summer they were moved outside, but in winter, they were kept safe behind the glass in the greenhouses. When Christopher Columbus went to America by sea, he carried many oranges with him. Since then sweet oranges have grown very well in the New World in the warm weather. Today the United States produces the most oranges in the world. 1. From the passage, we know that oranges were first found in________ . A. Europe          B. America C. China D. India 2. Sour oranges became common in Europe ________ A. four thousand years ago B. in the ninth century C. before the eleventh century D. after the eleventh century 3. How were sweet oranges in Europe at that time? ________ A. They were so sweet that everybody would buy them. B. They were so rare that few rich people could get them. C. They were only eaten by kings. D. They could be planted everywhere. 4. Why couldn’t sweet oranges be planted outside in the colder countries? Because________. A. they would be dead in winter B. they had to be planted in the greenhouses all the year C. they were expensive D. the rich people were afraid