话题5 历史与社会-学年九年级英语话题阅读（人教版）

1、2021-2022学年九年级英语单元话题阅读（人教版）话题五：历史与社会语篇导读完形填空A中国传统艺术形式-一舞龙的起源与开展说明文完形填空BFlorence Nightingale开创护理事业的渊源记叙文阅读理解A中国将为国家空间站训练新一批宇航员、烟台的无人售货超市和上海第一架国产客机-The C919新闻报道阅读理解B关于 Heidemarie Schwermer 故事记叙文阅读理解c17世纪发生在荷兰的郁金香狂潮事件记叙文阅读理解D美国黑人跳高运发动Alice Coachman记叙文阅读填空文化冲击的阶段及其应对方法说明文语法填空中国二十四节气说明文一.完形填空ADragons are

2、 a(n) 1 of China and the dragon dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture. Traditionally, dragons are made of wood, bamboo and a special kind of cloth. So they are always quite 2 . However, in modern times, dragons are much lighter because they are made of much lighter materials. A dra

3、gon can.be of different lengths. People 3 that the longer the dragon is, the more luck it will bring. A small group cannot control a very long dragon because it requires great strength and special skills.The dragon dance itself began during the Han Dynasty* and it was started by the Chinese who had

4、great respect for the dragon. The dragon dance was already a(n) 4 event in the Song Dynasty. At that time, people could often see it during important festivals. In the Qing Dynasty, the Dragon Dance Team of Fuzhou was invited to give a 5 in Beijing. And the emperor spoke highly of it!B.animalC.examp

5、leD. technologyB.smallC.heavyD.tallB. wonderD. spreadC.disagreeB. wonderD. spreadB. modernC.unusualD.coiTectB. modernC.unusualD.coiTectB.performanceC.messageD.chanceBLong ago hospitals were dirty and crowded. Nurses were_L taught how to look after their patients and many people died.This is the stor

6、y of Florence Nightingale, who 2 all this.Florence was born in 1820. When she was young, she spent a lot of time playing with her dolls. She would pretend that the dolls were sick and she was 3 nurse. And she often went with her mother to visit the poor. They also took food and medicine to the sick.

7、And these 4 first gave her the idea of becoming a nurse.In 1854, Britain and Russia were at war. Florence was asked to take a group of nurses to 5 the sick and wounded soldiers. The hospitals were dirty, and there was not enough medicine. Florence and her team 6 the hospital rooms. They made sure th

8、at the bandages were clean and that the soldiers got enough medicine, Florence J hard. At night she would go from room to room checking on the patients. There was no electricity, so she would carry an oil lamp 8 her to see where she was going. She often stayed to talk to the patients, especially if

9、she could see that they were 9 or dying.After the war, Florence opened a school to teach nurses to look after their patients 10 . It is thanks to Florence Nightingale that we can receive proper care in hospitals today.()B.seldomC.justD.againB.imaginedC.studiedD.rememberedB.hisC.herD.theirB.gamesC.vi

10、sitsD.gifts()5 A.look atB.look afterC.look forD.look throughB. sharedC.filled0.described()7 A.foughtB.learnedC. workedD.thought()8. A. offB.againstC.fromD.withB. smartC.sleepyD.movedl()10 A. slowlyB. properlyC.graduallyD.politelyNotes: cloth n.布 strength n.力量 speak highly of高度称什doll n.玩偶 pretend v.假

11、装oil lamp煤油灯二、阅读理解A阅读以下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。Beijing - China will train some new astronauts for the countrys space station. The new astronauts must have at least a masters degree and more than three years1 work experience.China is developing and building its own space station. It will be fin

12、ished around 2022, according to the report.Yantai -Unmanned supermarkets begin to appear in some parts of China such as Hangzhou,and there will be more in the future. Now people can walk into these supermarkets, get what they want and then pay automatically.Thanks to the developing technology, now C

13、hinese people can go shopping in unmanned shops and go to work by unmanned bus. In the future, Chinese people can even go on trips by unmanned trains.Shanghai-The C919 is China1 s first homegrown passenger plane. Recently, the second plane of C919 made its first test fly on Sunday. The plane took of

14、f at 10:32 a.m. and flew in the sky for about two hours. It was quite a successful trip.()1. What doesnt one need to be an astronaut for the countrys space station?A. A masters degree.B. A lot of training.C. Over three years* work experience. D. The experience of building the space station.()2. What

15、 does the underlined word It refer to?A.A new astronaut.B. A masters degree.C.A space station.D.A report.()3.What does the underlined word automatically mean in Chinese?A.免费地B.自动地C.人工地D.机械地()4. We can know from the 3rd table that the plane flew back.A. in the earlymorningB.at noonC.in the late after

16、noonD.at night()5. From the passage, we can infer that.A.China couldnt build passenger planes in the pastB.the first unmanned supermarket appeared in Yantai,ChinaC.so far,we have made more than two C919 planesD. Chinese now can go on trips by unmanned trainsNotes:masters degree 项士学位 unmanned adj,无人的

17、 homegrown adj,本同制造的B阅读以下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。You may have heard about the woman who spent a year living on just u pound a day. But in Germany,a woman named Heidemarie Schwermer has given up using money completely, her decision probably has something to do with her experience as a penniless

18、 refugee during the Second World War (WWII).After the war,she led an ordinary life. She worked as a teacher for many years, and then she became a psychotherapist. But her memories of what it was like to have nothing stayed with her and she decided to do something about it. She came up with the idea

19、of an exchange network which allowed people to exchange things and services without using money. Even though the program turned into a great success, she wanted to do something crazier. So she made the decision to leave her home and close her bank account. At first her daughters their mother had mad

20、e an awful mistake. But gradually, they have gotten used to her unusual lifestyle.Heidemarie sleeps on peoples sofas and wears second-hand clothes people dont need anymore. Shops give her food they cant sell, and she knows she could always go to a soup kitchen (u place where food is offered to the h

21、ungry for free or at a very low price).People are interested in learning more about Heidemaries experiences, so she has writen several books about her life,She has given away the money she made - often to complete strangers.()1. Which of the following correctly describes Heidemaries experiences?a.A

22、teacherb.A psychotherapistc.A refugeeA.u-b-c B.n-c-b C.c-a-bD 上-In-c()2. What was Heidemaries daughters* attitude(态度)toward her decision of giving up using money at first?A.They supported it.B. They didnt care about it.C. They partly agreed with it.D. They thought it was wrong.()3. Which paragraph d

23、escribes Heidemaries unusual lifestyle?A.Paragraph 1.B.Paragraph 2.C.Paragraphs.D.Paragraph 4.Notes:penniless refugee 身无分文的难具 psychotherapist n.心理治疗师 account n.账户When people talk about flowers of the Netherlands, a country that is also called Holland, they cant take the tulip off their list. Dutch p

24、eople do love tulips. Do you know the flowers once cost more than houses in the country?The first tulip bulbs were brought to Holland in 1593 by a botanist named Carolus Clusius.He planted the bulbs and beautiful flowers came out. But he would not share his bulbs with anyone. Several HbusinessmenH w

25、ho saw the flowers also saw a chance to make money. They visited Clusius * garden in the middle of the night and stole his bulbs. That was the beginning of the tulip craze in Holland.By 1624,several kinds of tulips were being grown in Holland, but only in small numbers. The flowers were very popular

26、. However,since there were so few bulbs at that lime, they were very expensive. Only very rich people could afford to buy them. They spent a lot of money building gardens, li seemed that the more tulips they put in their gardens, the richer they felt. This made the price of tulip bulbs go higher and

27、 higher. People started to think they could make a lot of money by selling tulips. Both rich and poor people wanted tulips. Some people even traded their land and animals for tulip bulbs.In late 1636, the tulip craze reached its climax. One single tulip bulb could be sold for $76,000!Soon after, how

28、ever, tulip traders found that people no longer wanted to pay such high prices for tulips. Tulips became almost worthless. People who had spent a lot of money on their tulips lost everything.()1. The tulip was introduced to Holland.A. to help people get richB. by several businessmenC. along with som

29、e other lowersD. in the final years of the 16th century()2. What does the underlined word climax mean in Chinese?A.瓶颈B.岔口C高潮D.终点()3. What is the best title for the passage?A.A great botanistB.The Dutch tulip crazeC. History and kinds of tulipsD. The national flower of the Netherlands.Notes:tulip n.郁

30、金香Dutch adj.荷兰的bulb n球茎botanist n.植物学家craze n.狂热DAlice Coachman was bom on November9, 1923 in Georgia, USA. She was the fifth oldest in family of 10Children. Everyone in her family had work to do. By the time Alice was 10, she was picking cotton, peaches and beans to make money for her familyWhen Al

31、ice wasnt working or attending the all-black school in her neighborhood, her parents expected her to stay home and act like a lady .Alice thought that was no fun at all .She would go to the park to play with the boys.Alice joined the boys in softball games and ran races with them. Sometimes, they ha

32、d jumping competitions she could jump higher than any of the boysEvery year in May. the Tuskegee Relays were held in Tuskegee, Alabama. Students from all- black high schools and colleges took part in the big meet. In 1939, when Alice was 16, she entered the meet and competed in the high jump, It was

33、 her first meet, and it was all new to her. Every time the announcer called her name, the coach told to jump -and thats just what she did.It wasnt long before her teammates were shouting that she had won Alice had jumped five feet, breaking both the high school and college records.Alice continued to

34、 compete She Place first national high-jump events 10 years in a row. But unluckily, she was unable to take part in the biggest event of all the Olympic Games They were canceled in J 940 and 1944 because of World War II. It wasnt until 1948 that Alice had her chance to compete in the Olympics in Lon

35、don .That year, she set a new Olympic record. Alice became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal() 1. When Alice was 10, she.moved to Georgia with her familydid farm work to make moneyWas afraid to stay home alonehated going to school()2 .At the Tuskegee Relays in 1939, Alice.A .won the

36、 high jumpB. got her coach angryC.lost one of her teammatesD. made friends with the announcer()3. Alice took part in her first Olympics when she was?A. 16B.21C.25.D.29()4.What does the passage mainly talk about?A.A black womans great talentB.The education of black peopleC. Two different sports event

37、sD The Olympics in the 1940s三、阅读填空In 1954, an American named Kalervo Oberg invented the term Culture Shock. 1.Oberg said that there were four common stages.Many people experience these stages when they arrive in a new country.Stage one:tourist2.You feel nervous but happy about the new culture. Maybe

38、 you think the food is better. The people are nicer and the customs are more interesting than at home.Stage two:shockIn this stage, you begin to feel strange. 3. You feel like a foreigner, and are sometimes angry.about the new culture. Things are more expensive or more dangerous than at home.Stage t

39、hree:adjustmentCulture shock doesn*t last forever. Things get better, little by litile. You are happier. 4. It will be OK.Stage four:acceptanceYou are now living in the new culture and you arent angry, or lonely or sad. Things arent better or worse,only different.Here are some advice to avoid culture shock:Remember you are a guest and try not to offend local people.Be open to the new culture.A.You feel lonely and are sadder than before.This happens at the beginnin