21世纪英语报第五、六期 九年级报纸阅读命题

时事新闻阅读（七）AMoney comes in different forms. Cash is used in real life. But when it comes to online business, some prefer virtual currencies (虚拟货币). Among them, bitcoin is the most famous one.Created in 2009 by a Japanese programmer, bitcoins are produced by computers and are not controlled by any government or bank. Everyone can buy them with real money through online exchanges (交易所).The total number of bitcoins is 21 million. They can be used for online business like buying products in computer games. In China, bitcoin trade has developed quickly, making up 80 percent of the world’s total, according to Xinhua.But recently, bitcoins caught people’s attention for another reason: There will be no more bitcoin exchanges in China soon. BTCChina, one of China’s biggest bitcoin exchanges, closed its trading platform (平台) in September. Another two large exchanges, Huobi and OKCoin, said they would also stop all trading by the end of October, reported The Beijing News.This change is brought by an order from seven Chinese departments, including the Central Bank and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. That’s because bitcoins were also used for illegal (非法的) activities, such as drug (毒品) selling and smuggling (走私).For example, WannaCry, a computer virus (病毒), hit tens of thousands of computers in May. It required the victims (受害者) to pay the hackers lots of money using bitcoins, otherwise it would destroy the files (文件) in their computers. Paying with bitcoins left no personal information for the police to find the people behind the attacks.1. The underlined word It refers to_____.（指代关系）A. a virusB. bitcoinC. Wanna cryD. a virus's creator2. Which of the following is TURE?（细节判断）A. Bitcoins can be used for downloading computer games.B. Bitcoins can be used for buying products in real shops.C. Bitcoins can be used for buying things in online games.D. Bitcoins can be used for paying for bills as real money.3. We can infer the reason why China has stopped the trading of bitcoins is ______.(逻辑推理)A. Because the number of bitcoins is too large.B. Because bitcoins lead more teenagers to play games.C. Because the trading of bitcoins developed too quickly.D. Because bitcoins are used to do illegal businesses.4. Which of the following is the best title?（主旨大意）A. Money comes in different forms.B. Bitcoin is the most famous currency.C. B itcoins caught people’s attention.D. Say bye to bitcoin.BThree people were sitting around a table in a restaurant in Brazil. How much do you think each of them tipped (给小费)?The Briton asked: “It’s common to tip 10 percent, right?” The American woman cried: “Oh, I was planning to leave 20 percent!” And the Chinese asked: “What’s a tip?”Although it is not a custom to tip in China, tipping is a big deal in Western countries. When traveling to countries like the US and Canada, it is common to tip about 10 to 15 percent of the bill.Usually, people give tips to a waiter or waitress when they eat in a restaurant. The US tops the list of the biggest restaurant tips, with waiters and waitresses expecting to get 10 to 25 percent of the total bill.So if you order $100 (about 662 yuan) worth of food, you are expected to pay your waiter at least $15, making your total payment $115.But why is this? Many waiters and waitresses get paid below the US minimum wage (最低工资) and work for tips to make up for that. According to the American travel website TripAdvisor, some states pay their servers (服务员) only $2.13 per hour.It is not just for waiters, either. Hotel maids(女佣), hairdressers (发型师) and taxi drivers also usually work for tips.Besides the US, tipping is also popular in some Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia and Thailand.money.1. From Paragraph1 and 2, we can see the writer's purpose is to show that _____.（段落主旨目的）A. British people know how much to tipB. Americans are the richestC. it is a custom to tip in ChinaD. tipping amounts differ from country to country2. If you order $280 worth of food in the US, then it’s common to tip _____.（查找细节）A. $14B. $42C. $50D. $803. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the last paragraph?（推测词义）A. make someone angryB. make someone happyC. make someone pleasedD. make someone satisfied4. What can we learn from the story?（逻辑推理）A. Tipping is popular around the world.B. You should also tip the taxi driver in the US.C. Asian people never have to tip waiters in a restaurant.D. It is OK to tip a waitress in Japan.CThe great monarch migration帝王蝶的生命是一场永不停息的接力赛When autumn arrives in the United States and Canada, you could see one of nature’s greatest scenes – the yearly migration (迁徙) of the monarch butterflies (帝王蝶).No other butterfly in the world migrates like the orange and black monarchs of North America. They cannot live for long periods in cold weather.So each autumn around October, the butterflies travel up to 3,000 kilometers south to spend winter in warmerAnd you can hear their wings beating.It usually takes the butterflies two months to reach Mexico. After five months of staying, they head back north in the spring.But not one butterfly finishes the whole round-trip. They lay eggs along the way and die.Three generations (代) of butterflies will live and die during the spring journey alone. The fourth and final generation of the year is born in early autumn and will reach the north. But the butterflies hardly get to rest before starting the long journey south again to Mexico.The most amazing thing about these butterflies is that they return to the very same trees in Mexico that their great-great-grandparents used the winter before.However, the populations of this colorful butterfly have dropped in recent years.In 2015, the US Fish and Wildlife Service said that nearly a billion monarchs have disappeared from theoverwintering sites (越冬地点) since 1990, reported the Washington Post.One of the main reasons, experts say, is that farmers have used herbicides (除草剂) on milkweed (马利筋) plants. The monarchs lay eggs along the route of their migration. Their larvae (幼虫) live and feed on milkweed plants. But the herbicides can kill them.1. The underlied word can be replace by_______.（推测词义）A. breakB. blowC. coverD. disappear from2. Why do they migrate to the south?（查找信息）A. Because they don’t like living in the north.B. Because winters in the south are more beautiful.C. Because they can’t stand the cold winter of the north.D. Because their grandparents live in Mexico.3. According to the passage, we know that _____.（细节判断）A. the butterflies that fly back to the north are not the same ones that flew southB. when arriving in the south, the butterflies will all stay on one treeC. the population of monarch butterflies is increasing after 2015D. farmers have planted lots of milkweed plants to attract the butterflies4. Where can we find the article?（逻辑推理）A. From TV series.B. From scientific magazine.C. From magazine of nature.D. From radio programmes.DAt 9 am on Sept 21, a fully loaded high-speed train left Beijing for Shanghai. Seconds later when the screen showed a speed of 350 km/h, excited passengers (乘客) held up their cameras and cellphones to take photos.The train is China’s newest high-speed train, Fuxing. It’s now the fastest train in the world, reported Xinhua.There were 2,595 high-speed trains running across China by 2016, making up 60 percent of the world’s total high-speed trains, according to Xinhua. Chinese companies have also built more than 10 high-speed railways in Europe, Southeast Asia and South America. Overseas (在国外), the high-speed train has become a new name card for China.Besides the high-speed train, many other innovations (创新) have also changed people’s lives in China.Bike sharing (共享单车), for example, is not new itself. But China has made it much more convenient and popular. Months ago, the Chinese bike-sharing companies Mobike and Ofo went to Singapore and Britain. Users there were excited and posted photos of themselves riding the bikes on social media.But that’s not all. Suppose you are riding a bike on the street and stop to buy a bottle of water. When you reach into your pocket, you find that you have left your wallet at home. Don’t worry. It’s not a problem if you’re in China. You could just pay with your cellphone by scanning a quick respond code (QR, 二维码) from the seller.Cashless payment (无现金支付) has become a lifestyle choice in China. Even a street stall (摊位) selling fruit has QR codes.Thomas Derksen, from Germany, spent an entire day in Hangzhou without any cash or bankcards last year. In July he told China Daily it was something he could not imagine doing back home in Europe.It seems that China is really leading in some ways. And we have every reason to believe in an even brighter future.1. China has built high-speed trains in _______ areas. （查找细节）A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 52. Which of the following can replace the underlined words?（推测词义）A. symbolB. successC. productD. invention3. The passage is mainly talking about_________. （主旨大意）A. China has built the fastest high-speed train in the world.B. Users in Singapore and Britain are satisfied with Chinese sharing bikes.C. Cashless payment is everywhere in China.D. China is leading the world with some innovations.4. How does the writer feel about China's future? （逻辑推理）A. proudB. confidentC. nothingD. both A and BEOne day a young man Gary went to see a wise old man. He wanted to know why he wasn’t able to reach all of his goals in his life.He found the old man reading in a small house by the river. With a smile, the wise man listened to Gary’s story and told him, “First come help me boil a kettle (水壶) of water!”Gary saw a big kettle standing in the corner next to a small stove (火炉), but he didn’t find any wood. So he went out to search for some.He came back with some dry wood, filled up the kettle with water and put it on the stove. Then he put some wood in the stove and started a fire. But because the kettle was too large, when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. So he ran off to get more.advance. This time the water boiled very quickly.“If there is not enough wood, how would you boil the water?” the wise man asked.Gary thought for a moment but didn’t know the answ er, so he shook his head.“Well, then just pour out some water from the kettle!” the old man said. Gary nodded thoughtfully.“At first, you had so many dreams and set too many goals,” said the old man. “It’s just like the large kettle full of water. You didn’t have enough wood, so you couldn’t boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, then you will have to either pour s ome out or prepare more wood!”1. Which of the following statements is NOT TURE? （细节判断）A. The wise man was happy to help Gary.B. Gary wanted to use more wood to boil a full kettle of water.C. Gary knew how to achieve all his goals when the water boiled.D. The wise man helped Gary solve his problem.2. The underlined phrase can be replaced by _________. （推测词义）A. quicklyB.ahead of timeC. carefullyD. in a hurry3. Why did the old man ask Gary to help him boil a kettle of water? （主旨目的）A. Because the old man wanted to drink some water.B. Because the old man was lazy.C. Because the old man wanted to teach Gary a lesson.D. Because Gary wanted to drink some water.4. What will the man do after listening to what the wise old man told him?A. He is going to boil water with more wood after that.B. He is goint to set more goals after then.C. He is going to set less goals at a time.D. He is going to set more goals and improve himself from now on.。

21世纪英文报阅读理解精选21世纪英文报Posted on 2006-07-09Moral agreementJUST before leaving the school, some 30 Peking University graduates signed anon-binding agreement, promising not to give or accept any bribes when they startworking, Beijing Times reported last week.The graduates attended a symposium ongraduates' self-discipline in future work, lastThursday. After the symposium, theycomposed and signed an agreement onprobity and self-discipline. They also issuedan open letter, calling on their peers all overthe country to be self-disciplined when theygo to work. Is this moral promise useful? SKETCH BY SUN ZHEN The agreement does not have any legalbinding power. It only embodies the graduates' moral willingness to self-discipline.The news caused a heated debate on and off the campus.Some questioned the effectiveness of the non-binding moral agreement, calling the act a meaningless show.Others applauded the act, saying it shows the graduates' willingness to do the rightthing and this should be praised and encouraged.So, is this kind of morally-binding agreement necessary in society?---------------------------------------probity: 廉洁，正直embody: 体现symposium: 座谈会YESThe action itself is well intentioned and should be praised. The law cannotcover everything and morality should be encouraged.1. The action shows the graduates' willingness to do the right thing in the future. This action itself is well intentioned. Although the agreement is non-binding, the morality exists. As long as at least oneof them keeps their word, the agreement will be meaningful.2. The rule of law or any other forceful means cannot solve everything. There are always things that laws cannot cover. That's whenmorality takes effect and why it's so important. Promoting moral traits such as self-discipline shouldbe praised.NOMorality-based agreements are non-binding. More effective means could beapplied if people really wanted them.1. The so-called self-discipline agreement has no legal, economic or executive binding. The promise makers get no punishment if they break the promise. Sothe promises will be empty words.2. Rather than relying on this morally-binding agreement, more effectivemeans, such as legal action or economic measures, should be applied, if people really want to produce a clean society. Only a strong rule of law and aneffective, efficient monitoring system can reach that goal.。

2.7 精读《二十一世纪英文报》，体验小词大魅力专题设计导航主题语境：人与自我主题语境：人与社会小词魅力小词拓展佳词仿写小词魅力小词拓展佳词仿写主题语境：人与自我篇Become a better you你期望遇见怎样的自己？话题：成为更好的自己Do you hope that 2019 will be the year in which you can achieve higher scores, eat healthier, go to bed earlier, or simply delve into other self-improvements? In China, Spring Festival is a time to get together with family and express your best wishes for the New Year. In Western countries, however, these kinds of New Year’s resolutions(决心) are usually made befor e New Year’s Eve.According to（根据）the Statistics （数据）Brain Research Institute, about 58 percent of US people make these resolutions, but only 9.2 percent of people say they are successful in achieving their resolutions by the end of the year. Why do people fail to maintain their resolutions throughout the year?We all know that controlling our desires when faced with temptation and holding back our hunger for immediate results can help us exercise our willpower and allow us to achieve our goals. But we often give in to our immediate desires because we have poor self-control. Weimagine self-control to be like a resistance band, holding us back from desserts, holding us back from playing video games and finally holding us back from happiness.Adding to this, we often face emotional situations that can lead to stress. We feel stressed at school and use binge eating(暴饮暴食) as an outlet(发泄方式) We find it difficult to improve our studies and decide to ignore our books and try to have fun. We give up on willpower because it makes us miserable. Yet if we are able to strengthen our self-control and willpower, it is very likely that we will achieve our goals. Since it has been two months since 2018 kicked off, let's take some time to reflect on our emotional well-being and resolutions. We should be grateful about what we have now instead of what we want. We should be patient with ourselves and be proud of all our achievements, no matter how tiny they are.Achieving our goals is not a race or competition; it is a step toward being the best person that we can be. Let's make this year a celebration of“us”.【关键词】better you;the best person; resolutions1. Do you hope that 2019 will be the year in which you can achieve higher scores, eat healthier, go to bed earlier, or simply delve intoother self-Improvements?【小词魅力赏析】小词：which 魅力：构成定语从句高级表达本句含有in which引导的定语从句“in which you can achieve higher scores, eat healthier, go to bed earlier, or simply delve intoother self-Improvements”修饰先行词the year.【翻译】你希望2019年你能取得更高的分数、吃得更健康、睡得更早，或者只是继续自我提升吗? 【仿写】1).我们也会花一些有趣的时间在一起唱歌，跳舞和玩游戏，我希望这会让他们开心。

Together, they make up 26.46 percent of the world’s land area, 42.58 percent of the world’s population and 50 percent of world economic <经济的> growth. They are BRICS, an economic group the whole world is looking at.BRICS stands for the first letters of the five countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. From Sept 3 to 5, leaders from the countries met in Xiamen for the Ninth BRICS Summit <峰会>. They talked about a series of issues <问题>, like working together on trade, cultural exchanges and fighting against terrorism <恐怖主义>, reported People’s Daily.BRICS was built in 2006 to join hands in economic and trade development. The past 10 years has seen BRICS make great achievements in different areas. Some of the achivements have brought changes in our everyday life.More Chinese tourists are visiting other BRICS countries, with Russia and South Africa being the most popular. Russia’s ice cream, South Africa’s wine and Brazil’s nuts attract a great number of people in China.For many young people in th e other four countries, studying in Chinese universities has been a goal to achieve. XiamenUniversity, for example, now has 360 students from other BRICS countries.BRICS also made a movie together for the first time – Where Has Time Gone <《时间去哪儿了》>. It will hit cinemas on Oct 19, telling five short stories about life in each country.At the summit, BRICS leaders have agreed to continue working for the next "golden decade" <金色十年>, reported Xinhua. China will contribute 500 million yuan for further development among BRICS countries, such as railway construction <建设>, artificial intelligence <人工智能> research and scholarships for university exchange programs.1.The underlined expression stands for can be replaced by ________. <推测词义>A. works forB. es fromC. stands withD. sits on2.Why was BRICS founded at first? <查找细节题〕A.To fight against terrorism in the world.B.To work for economic and trade development togetherC.To join in trade and cultural development.D.To talk about trade and terrorism among the countries.3.What kind of reading is this passage? <逻辑推理〕A. A school notice.B. A police report.C. A bedtime story.D. A piece of news.4. The passage is mainly about ________. <文章主旨和拟标题>A. the importance of BRICSB. the development of BRICSC. the achievements of BRICSD. the introduction of BRICSBCan one paper bag change the world? Sarah Murphy believes it can and she tries to do something about it.The seventh grader from Massachusetts, in the United States, decorates <装饰> lunch bags for the homeless. She wants to bring hope to those people. The decorated bags, together with a lunch, will be given to homeless people in the town of Beverly, through a charity <慈善> program.To attract the help of more children, she reached out to a local library and made a program. They set up a coloring station in the library. Children may take a bag, draw and write a message of hope and leave it on the front desk. They can also take it home and return it after coloring.The program began on the first Saturday in August and has taken off <迅速发展> since then. Murphy bought 100 brown lunch bags and put them in the library. Children at the library have colored them. She will happily buy more.Murphy first heard about the charity program from her friends. She has great interest in charity. She once donated money to charities and made gift bags for seniors at her school. So she wanted to do something special.A summer reading program she joined further inspired her with its theme, "Build A Better World." After that, Murphy got the idea of coloring lunch bags and feeding the poor to make the world a better place.1.How does Sarah Murphy do to help the homeless? <查找细节〕A.She provides the homeless with a lunch.B.She decorates lunch bags for the homeless.C.She calls upon more children to color lunch bags with a lunch.D.She buys lunch bags to help the homeless.2.How does Sarah Murphy feel after the program has taken off? <逻辑推理〕A. Pleased.B. Annoyed.C. Regretful.D. Ashamed.3.The underlined word donated means ________.<推测词义>A. savedB. earnedC. gaveD. lent4. Which is the best title for the passage? <文章主旨和拟标题>A. Bag decorationB. Bring hope to the helplessC. Colorful bags of hopeD. Coloring stations in the libraryTyphoon Hato, Pakhar, Mawar and Hurricane <飓风> Harvey. They have been harming Asia and North America during the last few weeks. Do you know how these storms got their names?Hurricanes used to be named after saints <圣徒> and latitude-longitude <经纬度> positions. During World War II, US military <军队的> weathermen named hurricanes after their girlfriends or wives. It was easy to remember. So after the war, women’s names continued to be used for storms. Finally in 1979, men’s names started to be used, too.Now, the Worl d Meteorological Organization <WMO, 世界气象组织> is responsible for hurricane names. They keep six lists of names in alphabetical <按字母表顺序的> order, with one list used each year. This means each name will be reused every six years. So, the 2011 name list is now being used again in 2017.However, if a storm is especially damaging <破坏巨大的>, such as 2005’s Katrina, that storm’s name will not be used again.Typhoons are the brother of hurricanes, though they happen in the Pacific Ocean <太平洋> instead of the Atlantic Ocean <大西洋> <where hurricanes usually take place>. The new naming system for typhoons has been used since 2000. The WMO asked each of its 14 members in the Asia Pacific area to hand in a list of 10 names. Members include China, Japan and South Korea.But instead of picking human names, scientists decided to name the extreme <极端的> weather after animals, plants, places and even food.For example, Hato, provided by Japan, is a constellation <星座>; Pakhar, provided by Lao, is a kind of fish living in the MekongRiver; Mawar is from Malaysia, meaning rose.1.Which is TRUE among the following sentences?<查找细节〕A. Hurricanes began to be named with human names from World War II.B. Hurricanes is named by military weathermen now .C. Hurricanes will be reused every six years even if it is damaging.s of typhoons e from the list that some countries offer.2.The word they in the fifth paragraph refers to________.<判断指代关系>A. hurricanesB. typhoonsC. storms D, names3. What can we infer from the passage? <逻辑推理〕A. Typhoons were once named after latitude-longitude positions.B. Storms were named after women after World War II.C. Typhoons usuallytake place in the Atlantic Ocean.D. We’ve used the new naming system for hurricanes since 2000.4. According to the passage, we can know________. <文章主旨和拟标题>A. how the storms are namedB. how the storms are formedC. how the storms are rememberedD. how the storms are decidedDYou must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese?Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions<《红楼梦》>, written by Cao Xueqin <1715-1763>. Now the book has been made into an English-language opera. The opera was first performed last September in San Francisco, US. This month it es to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan.Many of the opera’s creators have backgrounds <背景> in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and playwrights. Their understanding of both cultures helped them to change a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera.The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Huang, a Chinese-American, focused on the love story between Jia and Lin and tried to write a heartbroken tragedy <悲剧> that everyone would understand.The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people understand the characters using costumes <服装> and stage settings <布景>. He pared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin shows up on stage, there is usually water around her on the stage.The creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to Western audiences. Hwang told China Daily he was happy to "have made a contribution to the land where my parents were born."1. The following are all true EXCEPT________.<查找细节〕A.The first English opera of A Dream of Red Mansions was had in US.B.The opera writer cut the original short to focus on the love story.C.The English opera is going to be performed in China next month..D.The creators of the opera are very proud to introduce Chinese classics.2.What’s writer’s purpose in writing this passage?<逻辑推理〕A. To advise people to read the Chinese classical opera.B. To tell people the importance of the Chinese classics.C. To introduce a Chinese Classic singing opera to the audience.D. To encourage Western audience to enjoy the singing opera.3.The word it in the last paragraph refers to ________. <判断指代关系>A. helping foreign people understand the characters in the opera.B. changing a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera.C. cutting down the number of characters in the opera.D. introducing a Chinese classic to Western audience.4. What does the passage mainly talk about? <文章主旨和拟标题>A.The classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions is made into an English opera because it is not good enough.B. The classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions is made into an English opera to make the Chinese culture known to the foreign countries.C. The classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions is made into an English opera because it is too long.D. The classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions is made into an English opera because the creators want to help others to learn English.EWatch out, Taylor Swift fans! The 27-year-old US pop singer is back and badder than ever. Her new song Look What You Made Me Do became a hit online. Swift changes her image <形象> and looks like a "bad girl." Read the review by TEENS foreign staff Jordon Shinn to find out why.I knew this would happen. The white swan bees the black swan. The perfect beauty turns into the worst.In her new song, Swift bees a zombie <僵尸> that rises from the grave <坟墓> of her "dead reputation" <名声>. She lies in a bath of diamonds. She sits on a throne <王座> of snakes. She screams and shows her teeth. She reaches out her hands like wolf claws <狼爪>. And she blames <归咎于> her anger on somebody else.Why does Swift blame her "bad" attitude on another person? "Look what you just made me do!" she shouts. Oh, really? Well exactly who made her do what? In fact, she has a choice. I just don’t believe her.Swift’s new song and music video are not surprising. Many other pop stars began their careers <事业> as children and went through image changes. Just like Brittany Spears or Justin Bieber. They both started as cute and innocent <天真的> kids who touch the hearts of fans. Later they became rebellious <叛逆的> teenagers, then finally sexy pop stars with crazy night lives.In her new video, Swift in her tight black clothes looks like Madonna. Similarly, the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson wrote a song titled Bad. He also stared in the film The Thriller <《颤栗》>, where he bees a zombie and chases his girlfriend.For Swift, this is just the next step in her career, though a sad one. In real life, she’s been a bad girl for a while. At the end of her song, Swift sings, "Th e old Taylor can’t e to the phone now. Why? ‘Cause she’s dead!"1.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph given by the writer implies that________. <判断指代关系>A. the black swan bees the white swanB. pop stars want to be zombies after they are dead.C. pop stars themselves choose to change, even into worse image.D. people are often forced to change themselves.2.What is Not True about Taylor Swift? <查找细节>A. Taylor Swift has once been bad in the real life.B. Taylor Swift wants to change her image through the new song.C. Taylor Swift's new has attracted great attention on the Internet.D. Taylor Swift's new song surprised audience because none did so before.3.What page does the passage belong to on newspapers? <逻辑推理>A. Entertainment pageB. Science pageC. Advice pageD. Politics page4. What is the passage about? <文章主旨和拟标题>A. It is about an opinion on the reasons for Swift’s change.B. It is about a review on how Swift changes.C. It is about a ment on why the writer doesn't like Swift.D. It is about an explanation Why does Swift blame her "bad" attitude on another person .。

《21世纪英文报》阅读月测试卷2011-2012学年第一学期（2011年11月）课程________ 班级__________学号________ 姓名__________ALL YOUR ANSWERS MUST BE WRITTEN ON THE ANSWER SHEET.I. Match the English words with their meanings.（Time: 10minutes）(15*1=15%)1. ultimate ________2. sympathetic ________3. charity __________4. virtual ________5. diagnose _________6. reinforce ___________7. prompt _________8. genius ________9. invade _________10.isolated _________11. sensible _________12. revise _________13. exaggerate _________14. saint _________15. utilize _________A.showing, especially by what they say, that they understand and care about someone'ssufferingB.not near to other places, separateC.occurring or existing primarily onlineD.very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such asscience or art, or a person who has this ability or skillE.society or organization for helping the needyF. a person who has received an official honour from the Christian, especially theRoman Catholic, Church for having lived in a good and holy way.G.to look at or consider again an idea, piece of writing, etc. in order to correct orimprove itH.to use something in an effective wayI.to make something happenJ.to enter a country by force with large numbers of soldiers in order to take possession of itK.make something seem larger, worse, better, etc. than it really isL.find out the nature of an illness by observing its symptomsM.beyond which no other exists or is possible, last or finalN.to strengthen by additional assistance, material, or support : make stronger or moreO.having or showing good sense, reasonableII. Translate the underlined expression into Chinese in the following sentences. (Time: 10 minutes)(10*1=10%)1. We haven’t seen each other sin ce graduating from college. We had a lot to catch up.( )2. He has been laid off from work. On the plus side, he was able to spend time with thekids. ( )3. If you can't afford to buy an apartment right now, rent one-it’s a no-brainer.( )4. Hard work contributes to his bad health. ( )5. She put on airs and graces after marrying a millionaire. ( )6. The patient can move his fingers. It’s a baby step, but a great improvement toward recovery. ( )7. He dropped out of high school to help his dad on the farm. ( )8. Research shows that women are more prone to this disease than men.( )9. He veered away from all the questions about his personal life.( )10. Mary was struck dumb at the sight of her son’s car accident. ( )III. T ranslate the following expressions into Chinese. (Time: 5 minutes)(10*1=10%)1. provide some closure ___________________2. thrash out differences____________3. price cut _______________________4. drug ring _________________5. influence peddling ______________6. joint escort cooperations ____________7. leave somebody in the lurch ___________8. shelf life _______________9. social accountability system ___________ 10. cure-all __________IV. The following expressions are about some domestic news or world news. Please explain each of the following terms.(Time: 5 minutes) (3*5=15%)1. Wall Street2. Black Comedy3. Breast Cancer A wareness monthV. Reading Comprehension (Time: 10 minutes) (10*2=20%)Text 1The term feminism first appeared in the late 19th century in France and the Netherlands. Since then its meaning has been widely debated and people still often disagree about what it stands for. Here we look at its history and why the word has become cloaked in controversy.The first significant feminist movement began in the late 19th century in the UK with the campaign for women’s suffrage. Women gained the right to vote (if they were over the age of 30) in 1918 in Britain.In the 1960s a second wave of feminism erupted. People fought for issues such as access to birth control and equal pay.A third wave of feminism emerged in the early 1990s, as an attempt to rectify the movements’ perceived failures.Today, 71 percent of American and 58 percent of British women would not describe themselves as a feminist, according to a Guardian article. The figure is expected to be lower for men, as historically there have been fewer men than women happy to identify themselves as feminists.To be a feminist means that you believe women should have equal rights to men. Many people agree with this ideal. But some have become wary of using the term, because in response, people may brand you as radical or a man-hater. This is partly due to the med ia’s portrayal of feminists as bra-burners that believe in female superiority.Feminism has begun to see a revival, with people debating whether we are starting to see a fourth wave.Questions:1. The first significant feminist movement began in _____.a. Franceb. Netherlandsc. UKd. America2. Which wave of feminism focused on birth control and equal pay?a. The first waveb. The second wavec. The third waved. The last wave3. The writer’s attitude towards feminism is_____.a. neutralb. postivec. negatived. critical4. If you are a feminist, you are likely to believe_______________________.5. As people debate whether there will be a fourth wave of feminism, it has begun to see a _____.Text 2Huang Yi is exploring the world. The 26-year-old is an art teacher in an *elementary school in Hangzhou. She obviously prefers traveling to answering *judgmental questions on blind dates. Huang has a sound income, so instead of being influenced by pressures to marry, like many of her peers, she plans to spend the next few years *backpacking around Europe.“I hope to *prolong the carefree period between graduation and adult responsibilities,” said Huang. “I want to discover my genuine value and true interests before I settle down with a man.”She *epitomizes an expanding number of women *opting to delay marriage in order to “take care of themselves first”.By waiting to select t he “right” one, personal *fulfillment as well as education and career progression can take *precedence over relationships.Xu Anqi, a sociologist and marriage expert from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences described it as a “revolution”.In Xu’s eyes, pos t-1980s and 90s is the first generation of young women who are more “concerned with building their lives as individuals than going the traditional route of marriage and havingkids”.It’s hard to judge whether it is good or bad, according to Xu, but we have to admit that “it means they can pay more attention to their own emotions, and be more independent when considering their future”.According to a report by Horizon Research Consultancy Group and Nankai University, the median age for an urban Chinese woman to marry for the first time is 27.In Shanghai and Guangzhou, the age was 29. But 30 years ago the average age for women to marry was 22.8.Experts say that with economic independence young women do not need to approach marriage as a necessity.Tan Lin, secretary general of the Chinese Women’s Research Society, says many young women can stand on their own feet and afford a better quality life. They no longer need men to help pay their bills.“They rely on themselves as earners,” Tan said. “And as the only children in the family, they’ve been well-fed and *well-groomed so they requir e less support from a *spouse.”However, women’s *craving for independence also stems from a sense of insecurity in relationships as love and marriage become more *fickle and un reliable in today’s world.Figures from the Ministry of Civil Affairs in June revealed that the divorce rate has risen in the past seven years.In the first quarter this year, 5,000 families broke up per day, witnessing a 17 percent rise from the same period last year.This insecurity in relationships, in the mean time, has also led to an emphasis on material *pursuits. Materialistic women exist both on screen and in real life.Y u Xingrun, 24, an editor in Shenzhen Media Group, wedded a well-off company executive. “Nothing is reliable except the *tangible materials you gain from a relationship,” she said.“Y ou alter yourself to make a man happy, but he might *dump you even for the tiniest excuse, so it is better to dress up for yourself, and live for yoursel f.”According to a report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences early this year, only 38 percent women would agree to marry a man without an apartment and a car.But in fact, a large number of women are ready to make a compromise between seeking personal fulfillment and shouldering responsibility.Diao He, 27, a software engineer in Tencent Inc also wants to fufill her career ambitions before she *gets hitched.“Marriage is not my *priority because I do not need it to survive,” Diao said.“But when I meet someone who can give me a better life, I may change my mind to *take the plunge at any time.”Questions:6. Why is getting married no longer a necessity for women?7. Besides pursuit for independence, is there any other reason why women delay marriage? What is it?8．What does the sense of insecurity in relationships has led to according to this article?9. Xu Anqi, a sociologist and marriage expert from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences described this tendency as a __________.10. In the first quarter this year, the number of families that broke up has increased by_______% compared with the same period last year.VI. Write a short essay on the topic of Why Students Drop Out of Colleges. You should write at least 100 words following the outline given below.（Time：20 minutes）(30%)Why Students Drop Out of Colleges?1. 根据教育部（the Ministry of Education）的数据，每年我国有16万大学生辍学。

有效利用英文报刊作用，实现初三英语教学最优化在英语学习中，初三的许多学生经常会有这样的困惑：虽然做了大量的中考模拟练习题，而且学习也很努力，但英语成绩却一直难以提高，甚至出现下降的趋势。

其实，要学好英语，首先要保证大量的语言输入和实践，没有语言的输入就不可能有语言的输出，因而要提高综合语言运用能力和英语水平，夺取中考好成绩，除了要重视基础知识学习及进行适当的中考模拟题训练外，还需积极利用与发挥其他英语学习资源如音像、报刊、网络等作用，旨在拓展英语学用渠道，从而增大语言的输入量和语言实践的机会。

《21世纪中学生英文报》以“新课标”为指导，内容丰富，信息量大，涵盖政治、经济、文化、娱乐等方面知识，语言纯正地道，文章体裁广泛，并以高考紧密结合，如每期还为学生提供了难度适中的大量的听力、阅读、模拟训练练习等，因而《21世纪中学生英文报》无疑为初三学生提供了很好的语言实践和综合语言技能训练的素材。

然而如何有效发挥英文报刊的作用，是初三学生能否提高阅读能力，获取良好成绩的关键。

一、提高英语阅读能力阅读是语言输入的主要形式，阅读量越大，阅读经验积累就越丰富，英语的能力就越强。

近几年中考英语对考生阅读理解能力的要求也有了较大幅度的提高，选材更趋多样化、交际化和生活化。

由此，阅读在初三的英语学习中的重要性是显而易见的。

然而要提高阅读能力，获取良好的学习成绩，仅靠几本教科书是远远不够的，必须要开展大量的课外阅读实践。

《21世纪中学生英文报》具有大信息量、多角度，语言地道纯正，文章难易适度，贴近时代、贴近生活的特点，因而是初三学生开展阅读训练及培养阅读能力的理想辅助材料。

然而选择了合适的阅读材料后，还应掌握科学的学习方法与学习筹略，只有这样阅读活动才会变得高效，阅读能力才能得以较快的提高。

（一）掌握阅读的基本方法与技巧正确的阅读方法和科学的阅读技巧是提高阅读能力的有效保证。

在报刊阅读中，初三学生应结合学习内容与任务，熟练掌握与运用阅读的四种基本方法及六种阅读技巧，旨在提高查找信息、理解信息和处理信息的能力。

21世纪英语报第五、六期-九年级报纸阅读命题LtD(A)Fifth graders in Zhejiang province will haveTCM courses (中医药课程〕beginning thissemester.Xu Yueru, 14Learning traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a good way for students to have a better understanding of themselves. They can change their bad habits and pick up (养成) healthy ones. Also, children in Grade 5 are curious about everything. It is a good time to develop an interest in TCM, which is part of traditional Chinese culture. There is nothing wrong with learning more about our own culture.Shan Xi, 14TCM has existed for thousands of years. It shows the wisdom of our ancestors (祖先) and covers a lot of Chinese culture. It can teach students some basic knowledge about healthcare and broaden their horizons. Maybe some students want to be doctors. This class can help them learn a lot about medicine.Gao Yongtian, 14TCM is too complicated (复杂的) to understand. If they want to know more about healthcare, they can learn about first-aid (急救). It’s more useful. Plus, primary school students nowadays have heavy pressure in their studies. Learning TCM at school may take up too much of their time and bring them more pressure.Ge Huaiqi, 12Some knowledge about TCM doesn’t have enough scientific proof (依据). Some of its ideas still need to be proved in the future. It is not proper (适宜的) to make students learn about it from a young age. Moreover, there are many complicated concepts (概念) in T CM. It’s even hard for adults to understand, let alone children. Gradually, they may lose interest in study.1. What does the underlined word"ones" refer to? 〔指代关系〕A.students.B.habitsC. bodiesD.children2.Which of the following statements is TRUE? (细节判断)A. Xu Yueru believed that it is bad for young children to get interested in TCM.B. Shan Xi agreed that TCM is good for both daily life and career.C. Gao Yongtian considered that TCM is not so complicated that every child can understand it.D. Ge Huaiqi doubted that not only adults but also children can easily understand some concepts in TCM.3. In which kind of book can you find this passage?〔逻辑推理〕A. ScienceB. EducationC. MedicineD. Story4. What is the best title for the passage? (文章主旨和拟标题)A. Learning TCM coursesB. Views on having TCM coursesC. Knowing more about Chinese medicineD. Disadvantages of having TCM courses(B)We all know that dogs eat poop (粪便). Although it appears strange to humans, scientists say it is a common practice for a lot of other animals: rabbits, rats,dogs, baby elephants and gorillas (猩猩). The list is long.These animals eat droppings to get nutrients (营养) they couldn’t digest (消化) the first time around, reported Live Science website.For example, rabbits eat a certain kind of droppings called cecotropes (盲肠便), which are products of the cecum (盲肠). Cecotropes are dark and soft, while actual feces are usually brown and hard. Scientists say cecotropes are very rich in nutrients and is essential (重要的) to rabbit’s good health.Many baby animals –including elephants and hippo calves (河马幼崽) –eat feces from their mothers or other members of the herd. It usually happens when they are growing from drinking their mother’s milk to eating solid food, scientists say.Eating feces helps these animal babies build healthy bacterial (细菌的) communities in their guts (肠道). It in turn helps digestion.1. What does "which" refer to in Paragraph 3? 〔指代关系〕A. droppingsB. rabbitsC. cecotropesD. cecum2.The reason for baby animals eating poop are the followings EXCEPT _________ (细节判断) A. Cecotropes are rich in nutrients they couldn’t digest.B. Eating feces helps them build healthy bacterial communities in their guts.C. Eating feces improves digestion.D. Poop is easy to digest.3. If the writer continues to write this passage, what will he write about? 〔逻辑推理〕A.When the animal babies stop eating feces.B. Why the animal babies eat feces.C. How the bacterial communities helps digestion.D. What kind of nutrients the animals can getfrom the feces.4. According to the passage, we can know__________. (文章主旨和拟标题)A. how the animals eat fecesB. how often the animals eat fecesC. why the animals eat fecesD. when the animals eat feces(C)What do you use to unlock your cellphone?A password? A fingerprint? Or simply a glance (一瞥)?On Sept 12, Apple introduced its iPhone X, which has an eye-catching feature (特色) －Face ID.With Face ID, Apple says, you can unlock your new iPhone by just looking at it. It is powered by a so-called TrueDepth camera system built into the front of the iPhone X.When the camera system sees a person’s face, it uses 30,000 unseen dots (点) to “map〞(勾画) the shape and outline of the face. A mathematical model of the face will then becreated and stored (储存) in the phone.The next time the person looks at the iPhone X, the same dots are mapped onto his or her face and compared to the stored model. If the two match, then the phone unlocks. This happens in less than a second.Apple says the system is smart. If you change your hairstyle, put on sunglasses or makeup, or use the phone in the dark, Face ID still works. Although the technology sounds fancy, there are still concerns (担忧). For example, will Face ID work for twins?According to Apple, the chance of others to unlock your iPhone X using Face ID is one in a million. Face ID can tell the difference between twins, but the error rating (出错率) rises. So one would need to set a password then.Apple also emphasizes (强调) that Face ID only unlocks when you stare at it. It is what Apple calls “attention aware (发觉)〞. So the phone won’t unlock if you are just glancing at the phone for the time. It won’t work either ifsomeone puts the phone at your sleeping face or your photo.1. What does "which" refer to in Paragraph 2? 〔指代关系〕A.a cellphoneB. AppleC. iPhone XD. Face ID2.If Michael wants to unlock his new iPhone X with Face ID, what shouldn’t he do? (细节判断)A. Wear sunglassesB. Have his hair cut.C. Unlock it at nightsD. Glance at it for a short time.3. We can infer from the passage that if you want to unlock an iPhone X of your twin sister or brother, you can _________.〔逻辑推理〕A. stare at it with sunglasses B. glance at it with a makeupC. use a passwordD. use your twin sister's or brother's face when sleeping4. What is the best title for the passage? (文章主旨和拟标题)A. The introduction of the iPhone XB. The features of the iPhone XC. Unlock the iPhone X by a glanceD. Unlock the iPhone X by attention aware(D)Old soap is changing people’s lives in Cambodia. A nonprofit (非盈利的) group named Eco-Soap Bank collects (收集) used soap from hotels and turns them into new bars to give out to people. Samir Lakhani, from the US, started this project three years ago.He visited Cambodia in Southeast Asia for the first time in 2021. In a village, he watched a mother bathe (洗澡) her baby using detergent (洗衣粉). He learned that many people in Cambodia are very poor. They don’t have clean running water to wash with. Many don’t even have soap at all. He realized that was a problem he could help solve.Lakhani’s ide a was to recycle old soap. Each year, millions of tourists visit Cambodia.The country’s many hotels use large amounts of soap. A hotel can produce 150 pounds (about 68 kg) of soap waste every month. So Lakhani went from hotel to hotel, asking if they could donate (捐赠) used soap.His project grew. It later became theEco-Soap Bank. The group takes used soap to recycling places. There, the soap is cleaned, then cut up, mixed together and put through a press (压模机). Soap waste becomes brand-new bars or liquid (液体) soap.Eco-Soap Bank gives soap to Cambodians. Some bars are also given to local women to sell. They make money for their families.The project has helped half a million Cambodians get cleaner. But Lakhani has a bigger plan. He wants to start Eco-Soap Bank in every tourist area around the world. All in all, he wants to help people take their health into their own hands －one bar of soap at a time.1. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 mean? 〔推测词意〕A.To sell something that has benn usedB.To treat something used and use it agian.C.To use something old to do other things.D.To buy something that has benn used2.Samir Lakhani made a decision to recycle old soap ______________________. (细节判断) A. when he saw a father bathe her baby using detergent.B. because he wanted to helped Cambodians get richer.C. by going from hotel to hotel to ask for donations of used soap.D. so that he could start Eco-Soap.3. What's Lakhani’s purpose to set up Eco-Soap Bank? 〔逻辑推理〕A. He wants to be known to all over the world.B. He wants to save money for the poor by recycling the used soap.C. He wants to help poor Cambodians to become healthy.D. He wants to help poor Cambodians to become rich.4. What is the passage about? (文章主旨和拟标题)A. It is about Samir Lakhani collecting soap.B. It is about the recycle of old soap.C. It is about how Eco-Soap Bank develops.D. It is about why Eco-Soap Bank started.(E)Social media have made animals become famous easier than ever before. Many people post their pets’ photos online and quickly get hundreds of thousands of followers. The pet doesn’t have to be a dog or cat. There are successful examples of foxes, pigs and birds. If your pet can perform on video, that’s ev en better.But it takes more than just a cute pet and an iPhone to create a popular pet account(账号). If you want to try for yourself, here are some tips for you.Know your brand (品牌)When you start your account on social media, choose a few words and phrases for yourpet’s “brand〞. Is your pet a troublemaker? Silly and a natural performer (表演者)? Make sure all your photos have a similar theme (主题). That way your followers know what to expect of your account.For example, if your pet’s brand is“fr ee-spirited (自由自在的) and loves nature〞, don’t post photos of it sitting in a first-class seat with an expensive pet dish.Post photos regularly (定期地) and use hasgtags (话题标签)Plan to post, if not every day, then at least five days a week. When you post, add a few hashtags so people can find your account easily using the “Discover〞feature on social media. You may look at accounts similar to yours and see which hashtags they’re using.Have fun or don’t do itYou have to love taking photos of your pet. Or at least you like doing it enough that you can get it done even when you don’t feel like it. But if you aren’t having a good time, it’s not worthit.1. What does the underlined word"troublemaker" mean? 〔推测词义〕A.The one that usually causes problems.B.The trouble,pain and difficulties.C.To get into trouble easily.D.To have trouble doing something.2.If Mary wants to create a popular pet account, she can’t ________________ (细节判断)A. brand her pets with only a few words.B. post her pet’s photos every day.C. ignore the use of hasgtags.D. take photos of her pet.3. According to the passage, which of the following actions will the writer NOT support?〔逻辑推理〕A. Create an account on social media.B. Share the cute and funny moments online everyday.C. Form a habit of taking photos of your pet though you're not interested.D. Think of a theme for your pet and takephotos for it.4. What does the passage mainly talk about? (文章主旨和拟标题)A. The way to find out your pet’s brand.B. Animals become famous easier than before.C. Using hashtags to make your pet known.D. Tips for making your pets celebrated.。

初三阅读专项强化练习（21世纪报07-08学年第14期）试题预览阅读T eens初三版（07-08学年度第14期）相关文章，回答下列问题。

Calming troubled waters (P4)从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

1. According to the passage, the noble way to solve problem is .A. sharingB. taking turnsC. chanceD. making apologies2. If we were angry and tired, we’d better .A. sleep on itB. share it with our friendsC. try flippingD. make a joke3. Some problems can be smoothed over with a joke. The underlined phrase means .A. wiped outB. reducedC. wiped awayD. solved4. The main idea of this passage is .A. the steps to solve problemsB. share your thought with the other personC. ways to solve disagreementD. How to change informationEach UK season has its own kind of fun (P8)从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

5. The climate of Southern European countries around the Mediterranean Sea are .A. mildB. hotC. coldD. warm with rain6. In summer, teens’ had better .A. see a video at homeB. study in libraryC. play basketball outsideD. chat with friends in an apartment7. Summer is the time forA. being with your familyB. dressing warmlyC. taking an examinationD. daytrips8. From the last paragraph, we can learn that the exam will be taken in .A. January or February.B. March or AprilC. May or JuneD. July or AugustBabies know the score (P2)从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

主题：21世纪报英语阅读大赛2023一、 21世纪报英语阅读大赛简介1. 21世纪报英语阅读大赛是我国地区具有广泛影响力的英语阅读比赛之一。

自2005年开办以来，该比赛已经成为许多中小学生展示英语阅读能力和交流学习经验的评台。

2. 本次比赛旨在帮助学生提高英语阅读能力，培养学生阅读英语的兴趣。

比赛也为学生提供了一个展示自己英语水平的舞台。

3. 21世纪报英语阅读大赛分为初赛、复赛和决赛三个阶段。

通过阅读和理解一些语言水平和知识面广度都有一定要求的英语文章，考察学生的语言组织表达能力，阅读理解能力和文学鉴赏能力。

二、本次英语阅读大赛的主题与内容1. 本次英语阅读大赛的主题以“绿色生活”为主题。

主办方希望通过这一主题，引导学生提倡低碳生活，关注环保问题，培养绿色消费习惯，传递环保理念。

2. 在初赛阶段，将给参赛学生提供一篇关于环保的文章进行阅读和理解，要求学生通过阅读理解并进行文章内容的总结和阐述。

3. 在复赛阶段，将对初赛晋级的学生进行口语表达的考核，要求学生就“绿色生活”这一主题展开口语表达，并就环保问题发表自己的观点和看法。

4. 决赛阶段将在现场进行英语阅读比赛，要求学生朗读与翻译指定文章，重点考察学生的语音语调，语音语调的准确性和文学鉴赏能力。

三、本次英语阅读大赛的重要意义1. 通过参加英语阅读大赛，学生能够通过阅读英语文章，增加词汇量，提高英语阅读能力，深化对英语语言的理解。

2. 参加英语阅读大赛能够提高学生的英语口语表达能力，培养学生独立思考的能力，拓展学生的视野，提高学生的交际能力。

3. 通过“绿色生活”这一主题，引导学生注重环境保护，培养学生绿色消费和生活习惯，提高学生的环保意识，培养学生爱护环境的责任感。

四、参加该比赛的学生要做的准备工作1. 学生首先需要熟练掌握学习英语的基本知识，包括英语词汇、语法、语音等。

2. 大量阅读英语文章，提高自己的阅读能力和文学鉴赏能力，培养自己的英语语感。