2023-2024学年全国九年级下英语月考试卷考试总分：45分考试时间：120分钟学校：__________班级：__________姓名：__________考号：__________注意事项：1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息;2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上;卷II（非选择题）一、阅读理解（本题共计5小题，每题5分，共计25分）1.Whichanimalsaresmart?Youranswermaybedogs,monkeysorelephants.Nowonemoreanimalcanbeaddedtothelist:sheep.Scientistssaidthatsheepcouldbetrained（识别）tofamiliaridentify（熟悉的）humanfaces,theBBCreported.Beforetesting,scientistsletthesheeptakealookatpicturesoffourfamouspeople,includingformer（先前的）USPreesidentBarackObamaandBritishactressEmmaWatson.Thenthesheepwentintoaroomwithtwocomputerscreensandthesecondscreen（随机的）showedperson.arandomThesheepusuallywalkedtowardthescreenwiththefamousperson.Afterdiscoveringtheanimals'abilitytorecognizefamouspeople,scientistsgavethemanewtask.Theywantedtoseewhetherthefarmanimalscouldcorrectlyidentifythesamepeoplefromdifferentdirections.Theanimalswerestillabletorecognizethem,thoughtheywereabitslowertorecognizethepicturesthanbefore.Finally,theresearcherswantedtoknowifthesheepcouldrecognizetheirtrainersfromaphoto.Photosoftheirtrainerswereshownonscreenswithsomeunfamiliarfaces.Theyweren'tgivenanytraining,butthesheepcouldrecognizetheirtrainers.Theresultsshowthattheanimals'face-recognitionabilitiesaresimilartothoseofmonkeysandhumans.Theresearcherssaiditmightbeinterestinginthefuturetofindoutwhethersheepcanrecognizeexpressionsonpeople'sfaces.（1）Inthepassage,scientistsdiscoversheepareas______asdogsandelephants.A.quietB.smartC.kindD.cute（2）Beforethetest,thesheep______.A.recognizedtheirtrainersB.cameintoaroomwithacomputerscreenC.watchedarandompersonD.lookedatthepicturesoffourfamouspeople（3）Thetestresultshowsthesheep'sface-recognitionabilityare______humans'.A.betterthanB.weakerthanC.similartoD.thesameas（4）Fromthepassage,wecan（推断）inferthat______.A.ObamaistheformerUSpresidentB.sheeponlyrecognizefamouspeopleC.scientiststestedsheepfortheirabilitiesD.sheepmightrecognize"smile"inthefuture（5）Wecanprobablyfindthispassageina______.A.travel