Unit 2 任务型阅读练习 2023-2024学年冀教版英语九年级上册

Unit 2　Great People 任务型阅读练习 A “I will think of it.” It is easy to say this.But do you know what great things have come from thinking? Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree.He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell.Then he discovered how the sun，the moon，and stars are kept in their places. A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire，watching the lid of the kettle (水壶) move up and down.He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid.From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man，he improved the steam engine (蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses. James Ferguson was a poor boy.Once，seeing the inside of a watch，he wondered, “Why should I not make a watch？” But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring (钟表的主发条)？He soon found he could make it with whalebone (鲸骨).He then made a wooden clock which kept good time.His motto (座右铭) was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world. Boys and girls，when you have a difficult lesson to learn，don't lose heart，and don't ask someone for help before helping yourselves.Think，and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose. 任务一：完成句子 1．Isaac Newton discovered how the sun，the moon，and stars _________________． 2．When James Watt became a man，he improved the steam engine so much that ___________________________________． 任务二：简略回答问题 3．What kind of clock did James Ferguson make? _________________________________________________________. 任务三：找出并写下全文的主题句 4．______________________________________________________. 任务四：将文中画线句子译成汉语 5．_______________________________________________________. B Yang Jiang，the famous woman writer and translator，is well­known to us all.She was born in Beijing in 1911，originally named Yang Jikang.As a baby she liked laughing.Her parents let every daughter develop their character freely，which is rare at that time and even at present.Jikang，there