[沖刺中考]英語閱讀與填空：9-Wednesday 口香糖 284詞

9-Wednesday 口香糖 284詞

題材： 口香糖　 詞數(shù)： 284　 建議閱讀時間： 5分鐘

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You can buy chewing gum in nearly every country in the world．But it wasn't always like that．

The American Indians were the first people to chew gum．This gum came from a kind of special trees that grew on their land．It was said chewing gum could help keep teeth clean．In 1848，a sailor called John Curtis began selling it．He was the first person to sell chewing gum．The gum being sold cost just a few cents for two pieces．It became popular very quickly even though it was very hard to chew．Now other things are put into the gum to make it soft and sweet．

By 1890，there were hundreds of different chewing gum．The most famous name in chewing gum，however，is probably William Wrigley．He spent a lot of money on ads and even sent free pieces of gum to children on their birthdays．He said that chewing gum helped people work better and that it could stop people from feeling tired．He did not care whether he told the truth about chewing gum or not—as long as he sold lots of gum．He knew that if he could get children to chew gum，they would go on buying chewing gum for many years．So his Juicy Fruit and Spearmint flavors were soon very successful．

Now many millions of people chew gum，especially children．No matter what they do，they like to chew gum，even in class．Teachers think it's a problem．Another problem is that when some students have chewed all the taste out of their pieces of gum，they take them out of their mouths and put them on to the chairs，the ground or other places．It's difficult to clean up．So many schools in China don't allow the students to chew gum at school．But some students often break the rule.

生詞

chew　v． 咀嚼：You should chew your food thoroughly．吃東西要把食物細細咀嚼。

gum　n． 樹膠，樹脂；口香糖：chewing gum 口香糖

juicy　adj． 多汁的：juicy peaches 多汁的桃子（本文中Juicy Fruit即為通常所說的“黃箭”，Spearmint為“白箭”，該品種在中國較少見。比較常見的還有Doublemint，即“綠箭”。）

spearmint　n． （=mint）薄荷：spearmint tooth paste薄荷香味的牙膏

flavor　n． 滋味，味道：We sell 72 different flavors of ice cream．我們出售72種不同味道的冰淇淋。

1．Who were the first people to chew gum？

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2．Who was the first person to sell chewing gum？

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3．Why did chewing gum become popular very quickly at first？

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4．Why did William Wrigley soon get successful？

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5．What are the main problems about chewing gum？

One is______________________．

Another is ______________________．

6．If you like chewing gum very much，what will you do to make your school allow you to chew gum in the school？

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參考譯文

你可能覺得，在世界上幾乎所有國家都能買到口香糖，但以前可不是這樣。

美洲印第安人是最早嚼口香糖的人。這種口香糖來自美洲的特有樹種。據(jù)說，嚼這種口香糖能保持牙齒清潔。1848年，一個叫約翰·柯蒂斯的水手開始出售這種東西。他是賣口香糖的第一人。當時只要花幾美分就可以買兩片。盡管硬得難以咬動，口香糖卻很快流行起來?，F(xiàn)在，人們往里面加入其他成分，以使其柔軟并有甜味。

到了1890年，口香糖已有數(shù)百個品種。然而，最響當當?shù)拿挚赡苓€是威廉·瑞格理。他投入巨資做廣告，甚至還在孩子們過生日時免費派送口香糖。他說，口香糖能幫助人們更好地工作，還能防止人們精神疲憊。他并不關心自己說的是不是實話——只要能賣出去東西就行。他知道，如果能讓兒童嚼口香糖，他們就會長期買下去。所以他的黃箭和白箭很快暢銷起來。

現(xiàn)在，有數(shù)百萬人嚼口香糖，其中主要是兒童。無論干什么，他們都喜歡嚼口香糖，甚至上課的時候也如此。老師們認為，這是個問題。另一個問題是，當某些學生把口香糖嚼得完全沒味時，他們會把口香糖從嘴里拿出來，扔到椅子上、地上或其他地方。然而要清除這些東西卻很困難。所以中國的很多學校禁止學生上學時嚼口香糖。但有些學生經常違反這項校規(guī)。

參考答案

Wednesday 1．The American Indians．　2．A sailor called John Curtis．　3．Because it was quite cheap and it might clean the teeth．　4．Because he spent a lot of money on ads （and what he said on them sounded excellent）．　5．some students like to chew gum in class they spit the pieces of gum everywhere　6．Don't chew gum in class and use pieces of paper to wrap the chewed gum and throw them into the dustbin.