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Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins. The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
【小题1】Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ______.

A．help the Javanese with their illness

B．find ways to grow better crops

C．do some research about the island

D．spend his holiday

【小题2】Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?

A．To eat them.

B．To make money by selling them.

C．To give the Javanese a surprise.

D．To carry out his experiments.

【小题3】If a person doesn’t get enough vitamins in his diet, he’d better ______.

A．eat more rice	B．eat vitamin pills
C．eat some chicken	D．eat more meat

【小题4】We can learn from the passage that ______.

A．Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful

B．the Javanese didn’t like vitamins

C．beri-beri was caused by chickens

D．the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ

答案：【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】A

试题分析：本文主要讲述的是Christian Eijkman医生在一个小岛上发现了很多人都有脚气病，所以想办法为他们治疗。经过实验发现，其实造成这种病的主要原因是缺乏维生素。
【小题1】A细节题：第一段提到了医生left the Netherlands for the island of Java。意思是医生离开了新西兰去到了爪洼岛，所以答案选A。
【小题2】D细节题：第二段第一句提到了He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them.他是为了养这些鸡做实验的，所以选D。
【小题3】B细节题：文章最后一句If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills. 说道若是人们不能得到需要的维生素，那么他们就会吃一些维生素片来补充维生素、所以答案是B。
【小题4】A理解辨析题：文章讲述了Christian Eijkman医生成功发现脚气病产生的原因并且想出了解决方案。所以选A。
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