Unit 1 单元话题阅读理解练习-2023-2024学年九年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（仁爱科普版）

Unit 1 The Changing World

单元话题阅读理解练习

（2023·福建厦门·福建省同安第一中学校考模拟预测）Chinese buyers used to prize foreign brands, thinking that products made by American or European companies are of higher quality(质量) than Chinese ones. Increasingly, that’s no longer the case.

Chinese people born before 1985 generally think that foreign brands are better than Chinese ones, the billionaire William Li told Business Insider during a recent interview on CCTV-9. But for those who were born after 1985, it is a different picture.

“When I first went to the United Kingdom in 1997, I thought that the difference between China and Europe was quite big,” Li said. “But for those born in the 1990s, when they visit Europe or the US, they do not think there is a big difference.”

The change in thinking among Chinese buyers is showing up in many markets in China where western companies used to control. A study by Credit Suisse published in March found that young Chinese buyers are increasingly showing a “home brand bias”.

More than 90% of young Chinese buyers would prefer to buy home brands, according to the study. Meanwhile, home companies producing food, drinks, or personal care products increased their share of the market by 3.3% over the last ten years to nearly 70%.

“Chinese buyers, especially the younger ones, don’t just believe that foreign brands are better. Right now, Chinese buyers think China is good and ‘Made in China’ is not bad at all,” Charlie Chen, head of China buyer research at Credit Suisse, told South China Morning Post in March.

The Chinese smartphone market is controlled by home companies—Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Apple is the only foreign brand in the top five, but it has lost large ground to the home brands in recent years. Its market share is believed to be down to 37% from a 2015 high of 54%.

1．Which fact best explains “home brand bias”?

A．Chinese people born before 1985 think that foreign brands are better.

B．William Li found a big difference between China and Europe in 1997.

C．More than 90% of young Chinese buyers prefer home brands.

D．Apple had a market share of 54% in 2015.

2．What are young Chinese buyers’ attitude towards home brands according to Charlie Chen?

A． B． C． D．

3．Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．More and more foreigners go to buy Chinese products.

B．Foreign products are more expensive than Chinese ones.

C．More and more Chinese buyers prefer Chinese products.

D．Older Chinese people don’t like foreign products any more.

4．Which picture shows the change of sales of Chinese products in recent years?

A． B．

C．  D．

5．What’s probably the best title of this passage?

A．Chinese products get more popular at home

B．Young Chinese are crazy about foreign brands

C．“Made in China” is welcomed all over the world

D．Apple has lost large ground to Huawei in China

 

（2023·福建·模拟预测）Cameron Patterson, a British student, spent his childhood in China. He has seen many great changes in the country over the past 15 years, especially trains.

At the age of 8, Patterson moved from Wales to join his father in Shanxi. In the following years, he and his parents lived in a few cities. They also travelled a lot during holidays. However, traveling itself wasn’t always relaxing. When his family moved from Jiangsu to Guangdong, they took the old green train and spent one and a half days on the trip.

Now with high-speed train, life become much easier. Long and boring trips in the past have become shorter. Also, the modern trains are more comfortable. “A coin (硬币) wouldn’t move at all on the table of a fast moving train.” He said excitedly.

Patterson was glad to see these changes in China, but he also wondered how they happened. When he read a poem about China’s role model (榜样) Jiao Yulu in 2015, he got the answer. Jiao was seriously ill at that time, but still kept working to help people till the end of his life. Jiao devoted (献身) himself to improving people’s life.

“He was really great. I learn a lot from him,” said Patterson.

Patterson now works as a Confucius Institute volunteer at Lancaster University. “I’m proud to act as a bridge between the UK and China and help the two peoples know about each other’s cultures better.”

6．From the first two paragraphs, what do we know about Patterson?

A．He moved to China at an early age. B．He didn’t feel any changes in China.

C．He took great interest in China’s history. D．He was always excited when taking the old green train.

7．The writer shows the modern trains are more comfortable by _______.

A．playing a trick B．asking a question C．giving an example D．showing a picture

8．Why does Patterson mention (提及) the story of Jiao Yulu?

A．To ask readers to study harder.

B．To tell readers to read poems.

C．To make foreign readers learn Chinese.

D．To show that people like him help China become stronger.

9．According to the passage, we can infer Patterson __________.

A．wants more people to travel around the world

B．enjoy acting as a bridge between the UK and China

C．thinks it is useless to learn cultures of other countries

D．feels happy to live in China with more people from the UK

 

（2022秋·福建福州·九年级统考期末）Beep! Beep! Barcode (条形码) technology makes it faster and easier to buy things in stores. This year, this great invention is 50 years old! Time has proved it to be a great invention. Before this, cashiers (收银员) had to ring up prices by hand.

What information does a barcode include? Where the product comes from, where it has been, its price, expiration date … you name it. It can also help stores record their products. For example, if there are 10 boxes of milk and a customer buys one, it will be recorded so that the store owner knows there are nine boxes left.

“ Its creation allowed the first digitalization (数字化) in the control of the stock (库存) , ” Jose Maria Bonmati from AECOC, a Spanish commercial association, told EL Mundo.

The next generation of barcodes, such as QR codes, can hold more information. “ They can tell consumers if a product contains allergens (过敏原) or if it is organic (有机的) . This provides consumers with a greater level of trust in products they buy, ” said GSI, an organization that develops global barcode standards.

10．What can we know about barcodes? ________