2024年初中英语阅读理解综合能力训练（5）

阅读理解

How many times have you squeezed toothpaste from tube? Too many times to count? You may be interested to know that it was not always packaged in tubes.

Toothpaste was once sold only in jars and often the family members all dipped their toothbrushes into the same jar. Not very healthful!

In 1892, Dr. Washington Sheffield, a dentist, had the idea of putting toothpaste in tubes. He began to sell tubes of toothpaste, and business was so good that he produced tubes for other products also. The next time you squeeze a tube of toothpaste, think of Dr. Sheffield and his wonderful idea.

1. The best title is .(A) Jars and Brushes(B) An Unhealthy Idea(C) The Beginning of Toothpaste Tubes(D) A Dentist Makes a Million Dollars

2. The story says that toothpaste was once sold in .(A) boxes (B) pipes(C) jars (D) bowls

3. Dr. Washington Sheffield was .(A) an eye doctor(B) a dentist(C) a teacher(D) a foot doctor

4. One thing the story does not tell about the toothpaste tube is .(A) when Sheffield got the idea(B) who invented it(C) how much it cost(D) if it was a success

5. The underlined word “produced" in the last paragraph means .(A) cleaned(B) lost(C) made(D) squeezed

语言积累

1. squeeze v. 挤

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