21世纪英语报第三期 九年级报纸阅读命题(全)(1).docx

本文格式为Word版，下载可任意编辑21世纪英语报第三期 九年级报纸阅读命题(全)(1) A 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 (可怕主义), reported People’s Daily. BRICS was built in 2022 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 becoming 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 the other four countries, studying in Chinese universities has been a goal to achieve. Xiamen University, 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 (创办), artificial intelligence (人工智能) research and scholarships for university exchange programs. 1.The underlined expression stands for can be replaced by ________. (揣测词义) A. works for B. comes from C. stands with D. sits on 2.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 together C. 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? (规律推理） 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 BRICS B. the development of BRICS C. the achievements of BRICS D. the introduction of BRICS B Can 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 (急速进展) 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? (规律推理） A. Pleased. B. Annoyed. C. Regretful. D. Ashamed. 3.The underlined word donated means ________.(揣测词义) A. saved B. earned C. gave D. lent 4. Which is the best title for the passage? (文章主旨和拟标题) A. Bag decoration B. Bring hope to the helpless C. Colorful bags of hope D. Coloring stations in the library C Typhoon 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。