Unit 3 Topic 2 阅读写作综合 2023-2024学年仁爱科普版英语九年级上册

Unit 3 Topic 2 阅读写作综合 一、完形填空。 In many countries, English is the most important foreign language at school. It is now used by nearly a quarter of the world’s 1 . How did this happen? In fact,English has not always been the most 2 language. Until English became important in the 20th century, people who had any education spoke French. What’s more, English spelling， pronunciation and grammar are difficult, 3 the word order. The reason why English is spoken 4 is that in the 18th century, products from the UK were sold all over the world. And in the 20th century, the US 5 English all over the world through the media. Today, English is used in many different fields. But it’s important to note that English has 6 many words from other languages, either exactly the same words or very similar 7 . For example, it takes “restaurant” from French, “zero” from Arabic, “piano” from Italian, and “kung fu” “wonton” and 8 from China. So who owns English? The 9 is everyone speaking it—the British, the Indians and the Chinese all help make it a 10 language. We are all part of the English club. 1.A. society B. area C. population 2. A. useful B. common C. interesting 3. A. especially B. probably C. usually 4. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. everywhere 5. A. spread B. spoke C. practiced 6. A. learned B. created C. borrowed 7. A. those B. ones C. them 8. A. other B. another C. others 9. A. result B. tradition C. answer 10. A. new B. rich C. simple 二、阅读理解。 In the world of gestures, the best suggestion is to remember the two A’s—Ask and Aware (意识到). If you see a new gesture, ask the locals what it means. Then be aware of the body signs around you. Let’s check out three common hand gestures. The OK Sign This gesture was popular during the early 19th century when newspapers started using initials(首字母) to shorten common phrases. In France, if you use the gesture to tell a Frenchman their cook