山东省高密市银鹰文昌中学2013届九年级英语上册 阅读理解专项训练18 外研版.docVIP

阅读理解专项训练（18） A To find out whether bees（蜜蜂）can see colors, the following experiment is made. A round table is put in a garden, and on the table is a piece of blue cardboard（硬纸版）with a drop of syrup（糖浆）on it. After a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive（蜂房）and give the syrup to other bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place which they have found. After a while, the blue cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away. Instead of this card, a blue card is now put on the left side of the first feeding-place and a red card to its right. These new cards have no syrup on them. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly straight to the blue card. None go to the red card. 1. How many cards do you need to prepare for the experiment? A. Two: one blue and one red B. Three: two blue and one red C. Three: one blue and two red D. Four: two blue and two red At first, what is on the piece of blue cardboard? A. The bees B. A drop of syrup C. Their hive D. Nothing B On Christmas Eve─the night before Christmas Day─children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night. Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents. Of course, Father Christmas isnt real. In Jim and Kates house, Father Christmas is really Mr Green. Mr Green doesnt climb down the chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesnt do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who Father Christmas really is. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds. 1. Christmas Eve is __________. A. the night of