九年级英语中考短文阅读新题型人教新目标版

Passage 1:

THE government approved (批准) the production of two types of Genetically modified (GM, 转基因的) rice and one type of GM corn in China in November. People have been arguing about it①________ then.

Our country import GM soybeans (大豆) from America. And we have GM papaya (木瓜) on the market. But it was the first time the government approved the production of GM grains (谷物).

Although Chinese scientists have said that they are as safe as non-GM rice, some experts and people are still worried. ②They worry that if we eat too much GM food, we will get sick.

But will GM food do harm to our bodies? To answer that question, first let’s find out what GM food is.

Genetically modified food is food with genes that have been changed. Here’s an example.

③There’s a kind of fish that lives in the Antarctic (南极). It can stand very cold weather because it has a special cold gene in its body. Scientists took that gene and put it into a kind of tomato. ④As a result, the tomato will be able to live in cold weather. It is a GM food.

Scientists develop GM food because they can have certain advantages over non-GM food. For example, the approved GM rice can resist pests (害虫). They can also produce more food.

Is GM food harmful?

The safety of GM food is a long-time public concern. Different experts and scientists have different ⑤_________.

Some say that there is no evidence that GM food ⑥is harmful to people’s health. GM food has to pass strict tests before it ⑦_______to go into markets.

But others say th ere is danger. We just don’t know enough about it yet.

The US is the country that most welcomes GM crops. It is the biggest producer of GM corn in the world. By contrast, only six countries in Europe choose to grow GM crops. Most European countries do not accept GM crops and GM foods.

任务一：根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。

1. Will the food change if it is put into some other plants’ genes?

2. Why do scientists want to develop GM food?

3. In which country are GM crops the most popular?

任务二：将短文中②、③、④处划线的句子翻译成汉语。

4. ____________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________

6. ____________________________________________________

任务三：在①和⑤划线处填上适当的词。7. _____________ _____________

任务四：在文中找出与⑥划线处的同义短语。8 _________________________

任务五：在⑦处用allow的适当形式填空。9. __________________________________

任务六：在文中找出表示GM food概念的句子。

10.____________________________________________________

Passage2

WHO is a top choice for this year's Nobel Peace Prize? The answer is the Internet. On March 10, the Nobel Prize Committee (诺贝尔奖评选委员会) said that it picked the Internet as one of the choices, because it has changed our world in many ways. Teens will tell you more about this great invention.