Unit10 SectionA作业(1a-2d) 2023-2024学年人教版英语九年级全册

Unit 10 You’re supposed to shake hands. Section A 1 (1a-2d) 一、用所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. I invited him _______ (go) to the movies with me, but he refused. 2. People in this area usually have a good drink when they meet for the ______ (one) time. 3. In China, it’s _____ (polite) of you to call your uncle’s name directly. 4. To my _____ (surprised), they helped me find my lost bike. 5. We are not expected ______ (arrive) late when we have a meeting. 6. Mr. Smith ______ (kiss) his wife and kids before he goes to work every day. 二、阅读理解。 1. ______ Do the Chinese always greet others like this? In fact, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we Chinese use different ways to greet others now. There were several kinds of greetings in ancient China. Among them the fist-and-palm salute was a quite common one, with a history of about 3,000 years. 2._____ In ancient times, if people met a stranger, their hands were always ready to hold something used for fighting. 3._______ When people meet, men usually use their left hand to hold the right one. It’s believed that people considered the left as the important side for men in Chinese history. 4. ______ So when they give the fist-and-palm salute, they should put their right hand on the top. When someone presents the fist-and-palm salute to you, you are supposed to do it back as well. In many wuxia or kung fu TV series and movies, people greet each other with the hold-fist salute, or baoquan in Chinese. The gesture is that the right hand is made a fist, while the left hand is to cover the right fist. 5. ______ Baoquan is widely used among kung fu masters and students. So, don’t make a mistake. A. It was first used by people in the Western Zhou dynasty. B. It’s similar to the fist and palm salute, but they are different. C. Nowadays, people usually shake hands when they meet each other. D. Holding out both hands showed that people could feel relaxed. E. While for women, the important side is the right. 三、完形填空。 The first mobile phone was inve