话题5 历史与社会九年级英语话题阅读（人教版）

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A
Dragns are a(n) _ 1 f China and the dragn dance is a frm f traditinal dance in Chinese culture.
Traditinally, dragns are made f wd, bamb and a special kind f clth. S they are always quite_2_.
Hwever, in mdern times, dragns are much lighter because they are made f much lighter materials. A dragn can.be f different lengths. Peple _3_that the lnger the dragn is, the mre luck it will bring. A small grup cannt cntrl a very lng dragn because it requires great strength and special skills.
The dragn dance itself began during the Han Dynasty' and it was started by the Chinese wh had great respect fr the dragn. The dragn dance was already a(n) _4_ event in the Sng Dynasty. At that time, peple culd ften see it during imprtant festivals. In the Qing Dynasty, the Dragn Dance Team f Fuzhu was invited t give a 5 in Beijing. And the emperr' spke highly f it!
（ ）B.animalC.exampleD. technlgy
（ ）B.smallC.heavyD.tall
（ ）B.wnderC.disagreeD.spread
（ ）B.mdernC.unusualD.crrect
（ ）B.perfrmanceC.messageD.chance
B
Lng ag hspitals were dirty and crwded. Nurses were _1_ taught hw t lk after their patients and many
peple died.This is the stry f Flrence Nightingale, wh_2_all this.
Flrence was brn in 1820. When she was yung, she spent a lt f time playing with her dlls. She wuld
pretend that the dlls were sick and she was _3_ nurse. And she ften went with her mther t visit the pr. They
als tk fd and medicine t the sick.And these_4_ first gave her the idea f becming a nurse.
In 1854, Britain and Russia were at war. Flrence was asked t take a grup f nurses t _5_ the sick and
wunded sldiers. The hspitals were dirty, and there was nt enugh medicine. Flrence and her team_6_ the
hspital rms. They made sure that the bandages were clean and that the sldiers gt enugh medicine, Flrence _7_hard. At night she wuld g frm rm t rm checking n the patients. There was n electricity, s she wuld
carry an il lamp _8_ her t see where she was ging. She ften stayed t talk t the patients, especially if she
culd see that they were 9 r dying.
After the war, Flrence pened a schl t teach nurses t lk after their patients_10_. It is thanks t Flrence
Nightingale that we can receive prper care in hspitals tday.
（ ）B.seldmC.justD.again
（ ）B.imaginedC.studiedD.remembered
（ ）B.hisC.herD.their
（ ）B.gamesC.visitsD.gifts
（ ）5 A.lk atB.lk afterC.lk frD.lk thrugh
（ ）B. sharedC.filledD.described
（ ）7 A.fughtB.learnedC.wrkedD.thught
（ ）8. A. ff B.againstC.frmD.with
（ ）B.smartC.sleepyD.mved1
（ ）10 A. slwlyB.prperlyC.graduallyD.plitely
Ntes: clth n. 布 strength n. 力量 speak highly f...高度称什······dll n.玩偶 pretend v.假装
il lamp 煤油灯
阅读理解
A
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
（）1. What desn't ne need t be an astrnaut fr the cuntry's space statin?
A. A master's degree.B. A lt f training.
C. Over three years' wrk experience.D. The experience f building the space statin.
（）2. What des the underlined wrd "It" refer t?
A.A new astrnaut.B. A master's degree.
C.A space statin.D.A reprt.
（）3.What des the underlined wrd "autmatically" mean in Chinese?
A.免费地B.自动地
C.人工地D.机械地
（）4. We can knw frm the 3rd table that the plane flew back__________.
A. in the early mrningB.at nn
C.in the late afternnD.at night
（）5. Frm the passage, we can infer that_______.
A.China culdn't build passenger planes in the past
B.the first unmanned supermarket appeared in Yantai,China
C.s far,we have made mre than tw C919 planes
D. Chinese nw can g n trips by unmanned trains
Ntes:master's degree项士学位 unmanned adj,无人的 hmegrwn adj.本回制造的
B
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Yu may have heard abut the wman wh spent a year living n just u pund a day. But in Germany,a wman named Heidemarie Schwermer has given up using mney cmpletely. her decisin prbably has smething t d with her experience as a penniless refugee during the Secnd Wrld War (WWII).
After the war,she led an rdinary life. She wrked as a teacher fr many years, and then she became a
psychtherapist. But her memries f what it was like t have nthing stayed with her and she decided t d
smething abut it. She came up with the idea f an exchange netwrk which allwed peple t exchange things and services withut using mney. Even thugh the prgram turned int a great success, she wanted t d smething crazier. S she made the decisin t leave her hme and clse her bank accunt. At first her daughters theirmther had made an awful mistake. But gradually, they have gtten used t her unusual lifestyle.
Heidemarie sleeps n peple's sfas and wears secnd-hand clthes peple dn't need anymre. Shps give
her fd they can't sell, and she knws she culd always g t a sup kitchen (u place where fd is ffered t the
hungry fr free r at a very lw price).
Peple are interested in learning mre abut Heidemarie's experiences, s she has writen several bks abut her life,She has given away the mney she made - ften t cmplete strangers.
（）1. Which f the fllwing crrectly describes Heidemarie's experiences?
a.A teacherb.A psychtherapistc.A refugee
A.u-b-cB.n-c-bC.c-a·bD.b-1n-c
（）2. What was Heidemarie's daughters' attitude(态度）tward her decisin f giving up using mney at first?
A.They supprted it.B. They didn't care abut it.
C. They partly agreed with it.D. They thught it was wrng.
（）3. Which paragraph describes Heidemarie's unusual lifestyle?
A.Paragraph 1.B.Paragraph 2.C.Paragraph3.D.Paragraph 4.
Ntes:penniless refugee 身无分文的难具 psychtherapist n.心理治疗师 accunt n.账户
C
When peple talk abut flwers f the Netherlands, a cuntry that is als called Hlland, they can't take the
tulip ff their list. Dutch peple d lve tulips. D yu knw the flwers nce cst mre than huses in the cuntry?
The first tulip bulbs were brught t Hlland in 1593 by a btanist named Carlus Clusius.He planted the
bulbs and beautiful flwers came ut. But he wuld nt share his bulbs with anyne. Several "businessmen" wh
saw the flwers als saw a chance t make mney®. They visited Clusius ' garden in the middle f the night and stle his bulbs. That was the beginning f the tulip craze in Hlland.
By 1624,several kinds f tulips were being grwn in Hlland, but nly in small numbers. The flwers were very ppular. Hwever,since there were s few bulbs at that lime, they were very expensive. Only very rich peple
culd affrd t buy them. They spent a lt f mney building gardens, Ii seemed that the mre tulips they put in
their gardens, the richer they felt. This made the price f tulip bulbs g higher and higher. Peple started t think
they culd make a lt f mney by selling tulips. Bth rich and pr peple wanted tulips. Sme peple even traded their land and animals fr tulip bulbs.
In late 1636, the tulip craze reached its climax. One single tulip bulb culd be sld fr $76,000!
Sn after, hwever, tulip traders fund that peple n lnger wanted t pay such high prices fr tulips. Tulips became almst wrthless. Peple wh had spent a lt f mney n their tulips lst everything.
（）1. The tulip was intrduced t Hlland _.
A. t help peple get richB. by several businessmen
C. alng with sme ther lwersD. in the final years f the 16th century
（）2. What des the underlined wrd "climax" mean in Chinese?
A.瓶颈B.岔口C.高潮D.终点
（）3. What is the best title fr the passage?
A.A great btanistB.The Dutch tulip craze
C. Histry and kinds f tulipsD. The natinal flwer f the Netherlands.
Ntes:tulip n.郁金香 Dutch adj.荷兰的 bulb n.球茎 btanist n.植物学家 craze n.狂热
D
Alice Cachman was brn n Nvember9, 1923 in Gergia, USA. She was the fifth ldest in family f 10
Children. Everyne in her family had wrk t d. By the time Alice was 10, she was picking cttn, peaches and
beans t make mney fr her family
When Alice wasn’t wrking r attending the all-black schl in her neighbrhd. her parents expected her t stay hme and act like a lady .Alice thught that was n fun at all .She wuld g t the park t play with the bys.
Alice jined the bys in sftball games and ran races with them. Smetimes, they had jumping cmpetitins she culd jump higher than any f the bys
Every year in May. the Tuskegee Relays were held in Tuskegee, Alabama. Students frm all- black high schls and clleges tk part in the big meet. In 1939, when Alice was I6, she entered the meet and cmpeted in the high
jump, It was her first meet, and it was all new t her. Every time the annuncer called her name. the cach tld
t jump -and that’s just what she did.It wasn’t lng befre her teammates were shuting that she had wn
Alice had jumped five feet, breaking bth the high schl and cllege recrds.
Alice cntinued t cmpete She Place first natinal high-jump events 10 years in a rw. But unluckily, she was unable t take part in the biggest event f all the Olympic Games They were canceled in 1940 and 1944 because f Wrld War II . It wasn’t until 1948 that Alice had her chance t cmpete in the Olympics in Lndn .That year, she set a new Olympic recrd. Alice became the first black wman t win an Olympic gld medal
（） 1. When Alice was 10, she____________.
A. mved t Gergia with her family
B. did farm wrk t make mney
C. Was afraid t stay hme alne
D. hated ging t schl
（）2 .At the Tuskegee Relays in 1939, Alice______________.
A .wn the high jump B. gt her cach angry
C.lst ne f her teammatesD. made friends with the annuncer
（）3. Alice tk part in her first Olympics when she was ____________?
16 B.21C.25
（）4.What des the passage mainly talk abut?
A.A black wman ‘s great talent B.The educatin f black peple
C. Tw different sprts eventsD The Olympics in the 1940s
三、阅读填空
In 1954, an American named Kalerv Oberg invented the term Culture Shck. 1.____________________
Oberg said that there were fur cmmn stages.Many peple experience these stages when they arrive in a new cuntry.
Stage ne:turist
2.___________________Yu feel nervus but happy abut the new culture. Maybe yu think the fd is better. The peple are nicer and the custms are mre interesting than at hme.
Stage tw:shck
In this stage. yu begin t feel strange. 3. ___________________Yu feel like a freigner, and are smetimes angry.abut the new culture. Things are mre expensive r mre dangerus than at hme.
Stage three:adjustment
Culture shck desn't last frever. Things get better, little by litile. Yu are happier. 4. ___________________It will be OK.
Stage fur:acceptance
Yu are nw living in the new culture and yu aren't angry, r lnely r sad. Things aren't better r wrse,nly different.
Here are sme advice t avid culture shck:
5.___________________
Remember yu are a guest and try nt t ffend lcal peple.
Be pen t the new culture.
Ntes:stage n. 阶段 adjustment n.适应ffend v.冒犯
四、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The traditinal Chinese lunar calendar divides a year int 24 Slar Terms, 1.________is called jieqi in Chinese."Start f Spring" is the 2.________（ne) slar term. It indicates 3. .________beginning r spring seasn and usually 4.________（happen)between February 2nd and February 5th. When "Start f Spring" arrives, days get 5.________（lng) and the weather gets warmer. As a Chinese 6.________（say) ges, "The whle year's wrk depends 7.________a gd start in spring." In China,"Start f Spring" is when 8.________（farm) begin their wrk in the field after a lng winter break.
There were many activities and 9.________（custm) t celebrate this day. Nw peple usually celebrate the day with activities such as "Spring Baby" and "Spring Whip", The day is als 10.________（call) "Biting Spring" since peple eat traditinal fd such as "Spring Rll" and "Spring Pancake".
Ntes:lunar n.阴历 indicate v.预示
九年级英语单元话题阅读（人教版）
话题五：历史与社会
参考答案
完形填空
A C A A B
1-5 B A D C B 6-10 A C D A B
阅读理解
A . D C B B A
B. C D C
D C B
B A C A
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F B A C E
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which 2. first 3. the 4. happens 5. lnger
Saying 7. n 8. farmers 9. custms 10. called
Beijing - China will train sme new astrnauts fr the cuntry' s space statin. The new astrnauts must have at least a master's degree and mre than three years' wrk experience.
China is develping and building its wn space statin. It will be finished arund 2022, accrding t the reprt.
Yantai -Unmanned supermarkets begin t appear in sme parts f China such as Hangzhu,and there will be
mre in the future. Nw peple can walk int these supermarkets, get what they want and then pay autmatically.
Thanks t the develping technlgy, nw Chinese peple can g shpping in unmanned shps and g t
wrk by unmanned bus. In the future, Chinese peple can even g n trips by unmanned trains.
Shanghai-The C919 is China' s first hmegrwn passenger plane. Recently, the secnd plane f C919
made its first test fly n Sunday. The plane tk ff at 10:32 a.m. and flew in the sky fr abut tw hurs. It was
quite a successful trip.
A.Yu feel lnely and are sadder than befre.
B. This happens at the beginning f yur trip.
C. Yu are learning t live in a different way.
D. Different cuntries have different cultures.
E. Read abut the cuntry and culture befre yu g.
F.He wanted t describe the cmmn feelings f a visitr t a new cuntry.