填空题 {{B}}第三节 短文理解 2{{/B}}
阅读下面短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确选项。
Mexico's neighbors 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 7,349 feel high (2,240 meters). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population of Mexico City grows bigger every {lay. 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 specialties. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, 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.
单选题 Mexico is ______ Belize.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 文章第一段第一句就告诉我们墨西哥在Belize的北方，所以答案为B。
单选题 Mexicans speak ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段倒数第三句可知答案为B。
单选题 Which of the following is true?[A] Mexico City is the highest city in the world.[B] The population of Tokyo is 30,000,000.[C] Mexico has the most kinds of cactus.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 文章第二段提到墨西哥城是世界上最高的首都城市之一，但并未说“the highest city in the world”，所以A错；文中并未提及东京具体的人口数量，所以B错；根据第二段最后一句可知答案为C。
单选题 Peanuts were first grown in ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第三段第三句可知答案为C。
单选题 The best title (题目) of the passage is ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 文章介绍的是墨西哥的整体情况，墨西哥城和里边的植物都是其中的一部分，所以答案为C。