21世纪英语报第五、六期 九年级报纸阅读命题

1. What does the underlined word"ones" refer to? （指代关系）

A.students.

B.habits

C. bodies

D.children

2.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. Science

B. Education

C. Medicine

D. Story

4. What is the best title for the passage? (文章主旨和拟标题)

A. Learning TCM courses

B. Views on having TCM courses

C. Knowing more about Chinese medicine

D. 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. droppings

B. rabbits

C. cecotropes

D. cecum

2.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 get from the feces.

4. According to the passage, we can know__________. (文章主旨和拟标题)

A. how the animals eat feces

B. how often the animals eat feces

C. why the animals eat feces

D. 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 be created 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 (担心). 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