Unit 2【单元测试 · 提高卷】-2023-2024学年九年级英语上册单元速记•巧练（牛津沪教版）

Unit 2 【单元测试 · 提升卷】 一、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分 10分) A research team at the United States Pentagon first developed the 1 of linking computers together in the 1960s. They wanted to have a system that would 2 universities, research departments and the military to share resources with each other. Computers at this time were as 3 as refrigerators and could not be transported 4 . Another problem was that they were often complicated and not compatible with each other. The research team had to overcome these difficulties to 5 a network that could share computing power. Gradually, more and more scholars came online. Years later, businessmen 6 using the Internet, too. The 7 of people using it is in-creasing all the time and it is in every continent in the world, it is possible to use the Internet. There is a wide range of services available on the Internet. This means that there are many 8 ways to communicate. The most popular way is undoubtedly electronic mail-more commonly 9 “e-mail”. The second most popular is browsing on the World Wide Web（WWW）. Briefly, the WWW is a very big series of connected pages containing various forms of multimedia. The 10 most popular way is real time text based communication between users such as IRC-Internrt Relay Chat. 1．A．mind B．concept C．method D．way 2．A．take B．carry C．enable D．hold 3．A．small B．tiny C．thin D．large 4．A．easily B．hard C．happily D．faster 5．A．do B．create C．make D．find 6．A．ended B．have C．began D．used 7．A．number B．member C．hands D．brains 8．A．same B．easy C．different D．useful 9．A．listened B．played C．called D．born 10．A．fifth B．third C．usual D．fouth 二、阅读理解。(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A “Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher(哲学家) Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets(预算). For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education w