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4．Christian Eijkman，a Dutch doctor，left the Netherlands for the island of Java．Many people on the island had a disease called beriberi（腳氣病）．He was going there to try and find a cure．
   At first，Eijkman thought some kind of germ （細菌） caused beriberi．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 （精煉米）．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 （維生素）．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．
59．The underlined word"cure"in Paragragh1 probably meansA．
A．a medical treatment                    
B．a kind of vitamin
C．a kind of germ                        
D．a kind of rice
60．Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java toD．
A．spend his holiday                    
B．find ways to grow better crops
C．do some research about the island       
D．help the Javanese with their illness
61．Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens？B
A．To eat them
B．To carry out his experiments．
C．To give the Javanese a surprise．
D．To make money by selling them．
62．If a person doesn't get enough vitamins in his diet，he'd betterD．
A．eat more rice                         
B．eat more meat
C．eat some chicken                      
D．eat vitamin pills．

Answer 1

分析 文章講述爪哇島上人們生了一種怪病，醫生Christian Eijkman到那里尋找病因，他養了些雞做實驗，結果發現人們生病是因為沒有攝入足夠的維生素，從而治好了當地人的病，也讓人們知道維生素的重要性．

解答 59．A．細節理解題：從第一段的句子：Many people on the island had a disease（疾病） called beri-beri．可知島上很多人得了病，醫生到那里尋找治病的方法，因此詞義為治療方法，故選A．
60．D．細節理解題：從第一段的句子：He was going there to try and find a cure．可知Christian Eijkman到了島上是為了幫助得病的人．故選D．
61．B．細節理解題：從第一段的句子：He raised some chickens．He didn't eat them，but made experiments on them．可知Christian Eijkman養雞是為了在它們身上做實驗．故選B．
62．D．細節理解題：從最后一段的句子：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．可知人們飲食中要有維生素，要是沒有可以吃維生素片．故選D．

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