新目标八年级下英语阅读理解专项练习四
阅读理解16
Here is a page from a magazine named Future. Read the following information about things that may happen in ten years. And then do the exercise below.
GET READY FOR THE FUTURE
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
1. Cars using solar power or electricity will cause fewer accidents and less pollution.
T F
2. People will be able to live in the new cities in the sea.
T F
3. Biotechnology will help divide food into two groups: better food and healthier food.
T F
4. Electrical appliances will save 50% of power because they are controlled by computer.
T F
5. Genetic engineering can help doctors to cure illnesses.
T F
6. The information above is about the history of the development of modern science.
T F
参考答案
1. T由A段中cleaner和safer可知。
2. T由B段可知。
3. F由C段第一句可知。
4. F they are controlled by computer不是“省电”的原因。
5. T由E段第一句可知。
6. F由开头Read the following information about things that may happen in ten years.可知。
阅读理解17
A strange thing happens to nearly everybody at night. They turn off the lights，pull up the covers and close their eyes. Six or seven sleeping hours later，they wake up again. Strange，isn't it?
Sleep puzzles science. Scientists and doctors would rather talk about why one can't fall asleep. They are not sure what causes sleep. The best conditions for sleep are good health and meals neither too big nor too small. No worries and a comfortable place are important，too. They advise against two in bed.
Strange things happen during sleep. For example，they move often. You would feel tired if you didn't. You also dream. Part of your brain is still awake when you dream. Dreaming happens when the memory and
imagination in parts of your brain are still awake. Experiments have shown most of us dream in color. Bad dreams may be caused by stomachache.
Don't worry if you dream. Some great stories and poems were begun while their writers slept.
1. Sleep puzzles scientists because they are not certain ___________.
A. why one can't fall asleep
B. why one wakes up
C. both A and B
D. what causes sleep
2. The best conditions for sleep are ___________.
A. good health
B. a meal neither too big nor too small
C. no worries
D. good health，limited meal，no worries and a good place
3. You would feel tired during sleep if you ___________.
A. moved too often
B. slept on your back
C. didn't move
D. went to sleep late
4. The best title for the passage is ___________.
A. How can You Get a Good Sleep
B. The Strangeness of Sleep
C. What Happens During Sleep
D. The Causes of Dream
参考答案
1. D 参见第二段第三句“They are not sure what causes sleep.”
2. D 第二段后半部分作了说明：“The best conditions for sleep are good health and meals neither too big nor too small. No worries and a comfortable place are important，too.”
3. C 参见第三段第三句“You would feel tired if you didn't.”
4. B 文章贯穿始终，第二段第一句已指出：“Sleep puzzles science.”
阅读理解18
The aim(目的) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires(需要) a right way，or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.
The best time for reading is morning，because in the morning，the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason，we can get good result(结果).
In studying we must have patience(耐心). If we have not known a text well，we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.
When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book，or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood，write it down and ask our teachers or our parents，or friends. In any possible way，we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying，yet the above mentioned(提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.
1. The passage tells us ______.
A. the importance of reading
B. to read in the morning
C. to pay attention to the ways of studying
D. to have patience in studying
2. The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. many
3. We'd better read in the morning because ______.
A. it's easy to remember what we have learned
B. the air is fresh and the mind is clear
C. it's difficult to get good results
D. both A and B.
4. If we can't put our hearts into the book when we read，it is ______.
A. easy to understand it well
B. better to get something from it
C. impossible for us to get something from it
D. possible to learn something from it
5. In studying we must always ask “whys”in order to ______.
A. understand the book well
B. write down the questions
C. do with the new words
D. get some questions to ask our teachers
参考答案
1. C A、B、D选项谈到了文章的局部，这篇文章指了要注意学习的方法，故选C。
2. B 第二段至第五段分别介绍了学习的方法。
3. B 细节题。阅读第二段可得此答案。
4. C 从第四段可知：学习时要用心去学，否则什么也学不到。所以C项符合题意。
5. A 在学习中多问几个“whys”当然是为了更多地了解所学的内容。
阅读理解19
In 26th January，the biggest earthquake(地震) in India took the lives of 25，000 people. In the morning，when everybody was enjoying holiday，earthquake began. It was about 7.5 on the Ritcher scale. “There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down，”said one of the villagers alive. “There is no water，no food and no one has come to help.”
Nobody died in Pakistan，a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American School，where I was studying，all of the students were safe. They were on the field，so most children didn't feel anything. The earthquake was felt by the teachers that were on the second
floor. However，though Mrs. Young was also on the second floor，she didn't feel anything. She didn't know what happened until a teacher told her about it. Those teachers who were on the other floors had different feelings. Mr. Emend，the maths teacher from Australia，said that when the earthquake started he thought there was something wrong with him，but then another teacher said that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr. Emend felt better. Mrs. Davis and Mr. Frost didn't feel anything either.
My mother didn't feel anything. She didn't even know that it was an earthquake till she saw a shaking (moving from side to side) light. My dad saw the computer shaking and then he looked out of the window and saw many people going out.
1. People use “Ritcher scale” to tell _________.
A. where the earthquake takes place
B. when the earthquake takes place
C. how serious the earthquake is
D. how long the earthquake lasts
2. We learn that ____ from the sentence “There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more.”
A. India is a large country
B. the Indian people had nothing after the earthquake
C. there is no tall building in India
D. the earthquake in India was serious
3. The City of Lahore is _______.
A. in India
B. in America
C. in Pakistan
D. in Australia
4. Which is true?
A. I was with my parents when the earthquake happened.
B. The earthquake in the city of Lahore wasn't serious.
C. People in the City of Lahore were frightened when they knew it was an earthquake.
D. The teachers in Lahore American School were afraid of the earthquake.
参考答案
1. C第二句：“It was about 7.5 on the Ritcher scale.”可知用Ritcher scale来表示地震的程度。
2. B“There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more.”说明地震毁灭了他们所有的一切。
3. C细节题。第二段第一、二句。
4. B阅读第二段可知该地区的地震并没有引起伤亡。
阅读理解20
“I don't like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry，” said Zhang Hua，a middle school student in Guangzhou. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their
children's eyes?
One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent，he/she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you，from the time you were born. They do a lot for you，though something would make you angry，because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends，the food you eat，your work at school，how much sleep you get，etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself? It's easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you're doing. Get them to know your friends. Phone if you stay somewhere else so that your parents don't call every hospital in the phone book looking for your body. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility(责任) for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.
Most of all，try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practising being parents and need help you can give them. Someday，when you become a parent，they may be able to help you how to get on with your children.
1. The writer thinks we should _____ if we go back home later than usual.
A. tell our friends
B. tell the teacher
C. say sorry to our parents
D. make a telephone call to our parents
2. The writer thinks _____.
A. it's wrong of parents to worry about their children too much
B. some parents are unfriendly, which makes their children angry
C. children should do everything as their parents say
D. parents love their children very much and the children should understand them
3. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Parents' Responsibility
B. How to Get on with Parents?
C. Zhang Hua's Problem
D. What Are Parents Worrying about?
参考答案
1. D细节题。第三段提到：如果你在外的话，打电话给你父母，不要让你父母打电话找你。
2. D作者的观点：父母正因为爱孩子们，才会如此关心他们，因此孩子们要理解父母。
3. B阅读全文可得此答案。
八下英语语法集锦练习题 1. If you _____ to the party, you’ll have a great time. A. will go B. went C. go D. going 2. I ____ her the answer if she ____me. A. can tell, will ask B. will tell, will ask C. would tell, ask D. will tell, asks 3. – What are you going to do tomorrow? --We’ll go to the library tomorrow if it ___. A. isn’t rain B. rain C. won’t rain D. doesn’t rain 4.—Do you know when he will come back tomorrow? --Sorry, I don’t know. When he ____ back, I’ll tell you. A. comes B. will come C. come D. may come 5. I’ll give the book to him if he ___ here next Sunday. A. will come B. comes C. is coming D. came 6.May I stop my car here? No, you_＿＿＿. A. can't B. mustn't C. needn't D. don't have to 7. Must we clean the house now? No, you _______. A. needn't B. may not C. mustn't D. can't 8. Linda ate nothing this morning, ___? A. didn’t she B. was she C. did she D. wasn’t she 9. There’s hardly___ milk in the bottle, _____there? A. no, isn’t B. some, is C. little, isn’t D. any, is 10. He has never ridden a horse before, ___? A. does he B. has he C. hasn’t he D. doesn’t he 11. He can’t be her father, _____ he? A. is B. isn’t C. can D. can’t 12. They have no time to visit the museum, _____? A. do they B. haven’t they C. don’t they D. will they II. 将所给直接引语变为间接引语，每空一词： 1. “I never eat meat.”he said. He said that ______ never ______ meat. 2. He said, “You can sit here, Jim.”He ______ Jim that he ______ sit there 3. “You must come here before five.”he said. He said that I ______ to go ______ before five. 4. The teacher said, “The sun rises in the east and goes down in the west.” 5.The teacher said that the sun ______ in the east and ______ down in the west. III. 时态练习题。 1. I _____ to the cinema. I ______ there every Sunday. A. go…go B. am going… go C. go…am going D. am going…am going 2. Look, they______ a good time, ____ they ? A. have…do B. have…don't C. are having…are D. are having… aren't 3. ______ a sports meet last Sunday ? Yes, they ______. A. Did they have... did B. Did they have... had C. Had they... had D. Had they (i) 4. This time yesterday Jack _____ his, bike. He _____ TV. A. repaired… didn't watch B. was repairing… watched C. repaired… watch ed D. was repairing… wasn't watching 5. I _______ fifteen years next year. A. am B. have been C. will be D. was 6. _____you _____ the text yet ? Yes, we _____ it two hours ago. A. Did…copy…did B. Have… copied…have C. Have… copied… did D. Did …copy…had 7. _____ you ______ the film before ? Where ____ you _____ it ? A. Have… seen… did… see B. Did…see…die…watch C. Have…seen… have… seen D. Did…see…have…seen
（英语）高三英语阅读理解专项训练及答案 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 The setting was a packed gymnasium just before the start of a game against another school. There were five girls who were members of the Danville High School basketball team—all of them starters. They were not in uniform to play that night and would not be on the team for the rest of this season. They were there to admit their breaking of team rules. They were there to support their coach's decision to take them off the team. They were there to let the town know there was a problem in their little community that needed to be addressed. And they did it with sincere regret rather than defensiveness. While the school had been out for the New Year's holiday, the five girls had gone to the party with several of their friends. There was alcohol there. And they all drank some. Coach Rainville has a zero tolerance rule on drugs and alcohol for her members though it was a hard decision to make. When classes resumed and accounts of holiday parties were shared, rumors about the five girls began closing in on them. The coach said she couldn't back down on her rules. And the players—two junior students and three senior students—agreed. That night in the gym was part of their public support of the coach's decision. “We hope you will understand that we are not bad kids. What we did was definitely not worth it. We hope this event will make everyone realize that there is a big drug and alcohol problem in our community,” one of the senior students said, “And if you work with us to try to solve this problem, you will help us feel that we have not been thrown off our basketball team for nothing.” The five left the floor to deafening applause. The team may not win another game this year. But they've learnt something about personal responsibility, the effect of one's action on others, and honesty that will serve them well throughout life. （1）It can be inferred from the passage that the five girls who were kicked off the team were ________. A. very good players on the team B. addicted to alcohol and drugs C. three junior students and two senior students D. scolded by their parents for drinking alcohol （2）What did the girls do to support their coach's decision? A. They didn't fight for Danville High School any more. B. They all gave speeches to apologize in the local press. C. They admitted their mistake in public in the gymnasium. D. They would never drink any alcohol throughout their life. （3）Which word best describes the coach Rainville? A. Indifferent. B. Strict. C. Stubborn. D. Cruel. （4）Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Growing up with pain B. A bad mistake C. Team rules are everything D. Basketball girls in high school 【答案】（1）A
完形填空： 1. Once(从前)there was a king. He was very rich(富有)and____1____ great power(权力). But he wasn’t happy. He was ___2_____.It made him feel sad all the time. No doctor knew ___3_____was wrong with him. One day one of them ____4____him, “After much thought and study, I have found out that there is only one way for you to get_____ 5___ .You must wear the shirt of a happy man. ” So the king sent(派)his men to every part of his land____ 6____ a happy man. First, they visited the rich and powerful(有权势的人). They asked these people if(是否)they were happy, ____7____each of them answered that they didn’t know _____8___real happiness meant(意味). One day, one of the king’s men met a woodcutter. “Are you happy? ”asked the king’s men. “As happy as the day is long, ”answered the woodcutter. “Oh, good! ”said the man, “_____ 9___me your shirt. ”“Why? ”said the woodcutter, “I haven’t got ____10____.” 2. Many children act in TV shows. They work several 1 _ every day. So they can’t go to regular( 正规的) 2 . How do they get their schooling? In Hollywood, about forty teachers give 3 _ for the children. Their work is very important. They make 4 that the child 5 many different subjects. They make sure6 that the child gets enough rest and 7 . Children in Holleywood must attend classes twenty hours 8 week.If not, they can’t work in TV shows any 9 . TV children are usually 10 pupils, and most of their teachers 11 this kind of week. They give the 12 lessons in many interesting 13 . Sometimes the “classroom” is a Mississipi boat. 14 it is the inside of a spaceship. Often the pupils become 15 stars. ( )1. A. hours B. minutes C. seconds D. days ( )2. A. farm B. factory C. school D. club ( )3. A. classes B. lessons C. homework D. work ( )4. A. clear B. interesting C. sure D. fun ( )5. A. learns B. knows C. forgets D. loves ( )6. A. still B. yet C. also D. already ( )7. A. money B. work C. study D. play ( )8. A. each B. all C. another D. other
Unit8 How do you like a banana milk shake A Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it. In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chip. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips. Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA; they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia. （）1. Italians like to eat __________. A. dumplings B. pizza C. hot food D. fish ( )2. Fish and chips are very popular in ________. A. England B. Australia C. the USA D. Canada ( ) 3. In different countries people eat ______ food. A. different B. the same C. the different D. same
专项训练题 短文填空篇 Unit 1 一、基础篇 A. What do students do at the Green High School ? Here are the results of the students activity survey ______(1) Green High School. Most students exercise three _____ (2) four times ______(3) week. Some students exercise once or twice a week. Some students are very active ______(4) exercise every day. ______(5) for homework, most students do homework every day. ______(6) students do homework three or four times a week. No students do homework once or twice a week. The results _____(7) “watch TV' are interesting. All students watch TV ______(8) or twice a week. Some students watch TV three or four ______(9) a week, ______(10) most students watch TV every day. 1._______ 2.________ 3. ________ 4. _________ 5. _________ 6.________ 7. ________ 8.________ 9. _________ 10._________ B. I'm pretty healthy. I exercise every day, usually _____(1) I come home _____(2) school. My _____(3) habits are pretty good. I try _____(4) eat a lot of vegetables. I eat fruit and drink milk every day. I never ______(5) coffee. _____(6) course, I love junk food too, and I eat it two _____(7) three times a week. Oh, and I sleep nine hours every night. So you _____(8), I look after my health. And my healthy lifestyle _____(9) me get good grades. Good food and exercise help me to study _______(10). 1._______ 2.________ 3. ________ 4. _________ 5. _________ 6.________ 7. ________ 8.________ 9. _________ 10._________ 二、综合提高篇 A. John and Sally are in ______(1) same school. Their home is far _______(2) school. They get up early _____(3) the morning and _______(4) the bus to school after breakfast. Sometimes they ______(5) lunch in the restaurant. John likes hamburgers ______(6) meat. ______(7) Sally likes vegetables and fruit. After lunch John goes to _____(8) volleyball and Sally goes to the classroom. She _____(9) English songs or listens _____(10) music.
阅读理解训练 I. Where is Love? How can we find Love? Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy. They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever. When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快乐)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the ,s son was also surprised at his At the same time, the old womanmost beautiful smile in the world.”,s pleasure and asked why. mother“I ate a pizza in the park with Love,”she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.” If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life. 1.When the little boy saw the old woman, she was . A. looking for a seat in the park B. passing the street C. looking at some birds D. having a pizza 2.The little boy gave the old woman a Coke because . A. the old woman still felt hungry B. he wanted to see the smile again ,t like the drink C. he didnD. the old woman paid him for it 3.The old woman gave the little boy the biggest smile . A. after the little boy went home B. before it grew dark C. when she was drinking Coke D. after the little boy hugged her ,s mother was surprised to see her son was very 4.The boywhen the door opened. A. pleased B. sad C. unhappy D. angry 5.Which of the following is TRUE? A. The little boy failed to find Love. B. Both the little boy and the old woman found what they wanted at last. C. The little boy decided never to go home. D. The old woman gave the little boy a hug to thank him. II. Dick was born in a poor family. His father had a small boat and went fishing in the morning
最新英语八年级英语上册阅读理解训练经典1 一、八年级英语上册阅读理解专项练习（含答案解析） 1．阅读理解 An American boy has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read. The blind can read by using Braille-a system of small bumps （隆起物） that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille typewriter. The American schoolboy, Shu ham Banerjee, made a new Braille typewriter from a Lego tool that lets people create robots. Banerjee has called his new machine the Braigo-a combination（组合） of the words Braille and Lego. It costs just $350. It works by changing electronic texts into Braille and then printing it using a computer or a mobile machine. Banerjee designed （设计） his Braigo for a school science project. Since then, he has caught the interest of Silicon Valley in the USA. The big technology company Intel spent money on Banerjee's machine in November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $ 35,000 from his father to help him start the project. His father works as a computer engineer （工程师） at Intel. He spoke about why he gave so much money to his son, saying, started to be interested more, thinking that he's on to something and this invention has to continue, dream would probably be having most of the blind people use my Braigo. （1）What is Braille in Paragraph 2? A. A system of bumps to help the blind read. B. The name of a new invention. C. A very cheap machine. D. A Lego robot. （2）What does the Braigo change into Braille? A. Photocopies. B. Voices. C. Electronic texts. D. Computer languages.（3）Why did Banerjee design his invention? A. He did it as a hobby. B. Intel told him to do it. C. He did it for a school science project. D. He wanted to get money from his father. （4）Banerjee's parents wanted him to continue to ___________. A. catch Intel's interest B. work on his invention C. be a computer engineer D. use the new Braille typewriter 【答案】（1）A （2）C （3）C （4）B 【解析】【分析】文章大意：一个美国学生舒汉班纳吉（ShuHamBanerjee）用一种乐高工具制作了一种新的盲文打字机，班纳吉称他的新机器为盲文——盲文和乐高的组合。只要
人教版英语八年级英语上册阅读理解 一、八年级英语上册阅读理解专项练习（含答案解析） 1．阅读理解 Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone around the world without putting a stamp on it? With an email you can just do that. By using computers you can send emails quickly and easily. An email can send its messages to the other side of the world in seconds However, the post is much slower than the email. The email is easy to use and it saves time and money. You can send an email no matter where you are and when it is. In addition, it does not matter if your friends are in bed when you send an email to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send an email back. （1）With an email you can send a letter without putting _______ on it. A. an address B. a message C. a word D. a stamp （2）The writer wants to tell us something about _______. A. computers B. letters C. emails D. calls （3）Which of the following is TRUE? A. The email is not easy to use. B. The email saves time and money. C. The email comes only at night. D. The email is slower than the post. （4）When can you send an email to your friend? A. In the day. B. At night. C. At any time. D. When your friends are at home. 【答案】（1）D （2）C （3）B （4）C 【解析】【分析】大意：本文讲述电子邮件的优点，电子邮件可以将信息在数秒时间传到对方手里。 （1）细节题。根据 Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone around the world without putting a stamp on it With an email you can just do that.可知，电子邮件可以不贴邮票而送信，故选D。 （2）推断题。本文讲述电子邮件的优点，电子邮件可以将信息在数秒时间传到对方手里，故选C。 （3）细节题。根据The email is easy to use and it saves time and money.可知，用电子邮件发送信息省钱又省时，故选B。 （4）细节题。根据In addition, it does not matter if your friends are in bed when you send an email to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send an email back. 可知，随时都可以给朋友发信息，故选C。 【点评】考查阅读理解。细节题、推断题是阅读理解题中常考题型。细节题需要从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息。
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高考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案及解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is gaining global popularity. According to a government white paper, TCM has been introduced in 183 countries and regions around the world. Westerners' understanding of TCM, however, may be limited to acupuncture, cupping and massage(针灸，拔罐和按摩). For instance, the purple, injury-like marks left on U. S. swimmer Michael Phelps，back from cupping for the purpose of relaxing his muscles and reducing pain became the center of attention during the Rio Olympics in 2016. As a matter of fact, Chinese herbs play a more important role in getting rid of diseases and keeping the body in good condition in the TCM treatment system than physical treatment. It is therefore disheartening to know that while 103 World Health Organization member countries have given approval to the practice of acupuncture, not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine. TCM falls far behind Western medicine owing partly to the slow development of Chinese herbs. Herbs are made into pills, powder and soup, and the kind of herbs used, their quality and quantity, and the processing of the ingredients (原材料) jointly determine the effectiveness of the prescription. Compared with Western medicine, which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods, TCM lacks standardization, with the chemical composition and functions of its medicines being unclear and their effects being unstable. Fortunately, standardization has improved in recent decades, with an increasing number of factories producing patented TCM drugs. Another factor that has prevented the development of TCM prescription drugs is the lack of creativity. While Western medicine-making companies come up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicines according to prescriptions handed down from the past. Chinese chemist Tu Youyou's winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research into malaria (疟疾) treatment may drive creativity to some extent in China's TCM industry. However, the current state of affairs cannot be changed within a short time. （1）Why does the author mention the example of Michael Phelps? A. Because he was injured in his swimming. B. Because cupping is a kind of important TCM treatment. C. Because westerners know a little about TCM. D. Because westerners attach great importance to TCM. （2）Why don't some member countries of WHO recognize Chinese herbal medicine? A. Because Chinese herbs can get rid of diseases. B. Because they only approve the practice of acupuncture. C. Because Western medicine is more effective. D. Because medicine made out of Chinese herbs develops slowly. （3）Compared with Western medicine, what is the weak point of TCM in Paragraph 4? A. The methods of planting herbs. B. The effectiveness of prescription. C. Lacking in standardization. D. Its stable functions.