21世纪英语报第七期 九年级报纸阅读命题.doc

时事新闻阅读（七）A Money 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 worlds total, according to Xinhua. But recently, bitcoins caught peoples attention for another reason: There will be no more bitcoin exchanges in China soon. BTCChina, one of Chinas 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. Thats 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 virus B. bitcoin C. Wanna cry D. a viruss 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. Bitcoins caught peoples attention. D. Say bye to bitcoin.B Three 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: “Its common to tip 10 percent, right?” The American woman cried: “Oh, I was planning to leave 20 percent!” And the Chinese asked: “Whats 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. However, in Japan there is a no-tipping culture and you may actually offend the waiter if you try to give him money.1. From Paragraph1 and 2, we can see the writers purpose is to show that _.（段落主旨目的）A. British people know how much to tip B. Americans are the richest C. it is a custom to tip in China D. tipping amounts differ from country to country2. If you order $280 worth of food in the US, then its common to tip _.（查找细节）A. $14 B. $42 C. $50 D. $803. What is the meaning of the underlined word in the last paragraph?（推测词义）A. make someone angry B. make someone happy C. make someone pleased D. 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 natures 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 warmer locations. Some even fly to the mountains of Mexico. There are so many of them that they almost block out the sky. And 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 the overwintering 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. break B. blow C. cover D. disappear from2. Why do they migrate to the south?（查找信息）A. Because they dont like living in the north. B. Because winters in the south are more beautiful.C. Because they cant 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.D At 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 Chinas newest high-speed train, Fuxing. Its 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 worlds 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 peoples 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 thats 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. Dont worry. Its not a problem if youre 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. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 52. Which of the following can replace the underlined words?（推测词义）A. symbol B. success C. product D. 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 Chinas future? （逻辑推理）A. proud B. confident C. nothing D. both A and BE One day a young man Gary went to see a wise old man. He wanted to know why he wasnt 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 Garys 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 didnt 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. When he returned, the water had nearly turned cold. This time he learned his lesson and prepared more wood in 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 didnt know the answer, so he shook his head. “Well, then just pour out some water from the kettle!” the old man said. Gary nodded thoughtfully. “At first, yo