初二英語閱讀理解A（10-7）
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\x05If you ask your parents,“Did you buy salt recently?” They might either say:“Yes,we bought more salt than usual”,or “No,we couldn’t find any in the market.”\x05This is because of the recent panic buying of salt in China.\x05\x05In big cities like Beijing,Shanghai and Shenzhen,\x05salt almost sold out in only one night.After the big earthquake in Japan on March 11th,there was a nuclear leak.And rumors about that it will greatly affect our daily life appeared:\x05 first,\x05iodized salt can keep us from the dangers of radiation; second,there will be less sea-salt because of the nuclear pollution in the ocean.
\x05Both the government and experts said the rumors were not true.\x05But people still bought as much salt as possible.Why?“Many salt-buyers didn’t care or know what experts or governments were saying,” an article in China Youth Daily said,“They simply followed their neighbors and friends.” \x05That was the real reason behind the panic buying of salt.\x05On March 20th,the government said the salt market is back to normal.Many people want to return the salt and get their money back.Perhaps people should learn a lesson from it:do not believe everything you heard.
1.Why did many people buy salt?
\x05A.Because salt is delicious.
\x05B.Because all salt will be polluted.
\x05C.Because salt will be expensive in the future.
\x05D.Because they thought the iodized salt can keep them from the dangers of radiation.
2.How many reasons made many people buy salt?
\x05A.1.\x05\x05\x05\x05\x05B.2
\x05C.3\x05\x05\x05\x05\x05D.4
3.What does the underlined word “rumors” in the passage mean in Chinese?
\x05A.謊言\x05\x05\x05\x05B.傳言\x05\x05\x05C.俗語\x05\x05\x05\x05D.諺語
4.From the passage we can know ______.
\x05A.we should buy salt as much as possible
\x05B.we can hardly buy salt after March 20th
\x05C.the earthquake in Japan made the panic buying of salt in China
\x05D.salt can keep us from the dangers of radiation.
5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
\x05A.The panic buying of salt in China
\x05B.Iodized salt
\x05C.Sea-salt
\x05D.The big earthquake in Japan