墨西哥概况

Mexico’s neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country.

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high(2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.
Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados(牛油果), tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus(仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.

1.Mexico is _______ the USA.

A on the south of

B on the north of

C a part of

D as large as

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句Mexico’s neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south.可知，墨西哥北邻美国，因此是在美国的南部，故选A。

2.Mexicans speak ________.

A English

B French

C Spanish

D Japanese

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第四句The language of Mexico is Spanish.可知，墨西哥人说西班牙语，故选C。

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.

B The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.

C Tokyo has the largest population in the world.

D Mexico City is the highest capital city in the world.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.可知，墨西哥的人口比世界上任何其他城市都多，甚至比东京还多，故选C。

4.Tomatoes were grown in ________ at first.

A America

B Spain

C Japan

D Mexico

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第三段第三句Foods like beans, maize, avocados(牛油果), tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico.可知，西红柿最初来自墨西哥，故选D。