Module 7 阅读理解练习 2023-2024学年外研版英语九年级上册

Module 7 Great books 阅读理解练习 A Hemingway was one of the famous writers.He was born in America in 1899.His father was a doctor and loved sports very much，and his mother taught music.Among six children in the family，Hemingway was the second oldest. Hemingway had written many books in his life.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite.It came out in 1952.The main character in the book is a fisherman.He is an old man and fishes alone.People think he is a man with bad luck，because he doesn’t get a fish in eighty­four days.Every evening，he comes home with his empty boat.But the old man believes himself.Then on the eighty­fifth day the man catches a big fish.Although he meets a lot of trouble，the old man never gives up. 1.Hemingway’s father was a fan of ________. A. books B. sports C. music D. art 2.The Old Man and the Sea came out in ________. A. 1852 B. 1899 C. 1952 D. 1989 3.The old man doesn’t get a fish until the ________ day. A. fifteenth B. eightieth C. eighty­fourth D. eighty­fifth 4.What does the old man do when he can’t get a fish? A. He has to look for food somewhere else. B. He doesn’t give up fishing. C. He doesn’t fish any more. D. He has nothing to do. 5.What can we learn from the old man? A. When we are in trouble，we should not give up. B. When we want to fish，we can get a big fish. C. We can do everything well because we are young. D. We can live a better life if we like fishing. B Li Shizhen (李时珍) was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history. He was born in Qichun, Hubei in 1518. Both of Li Shizhen’s father and grandfather were doctors. Li Shizhen’s grandfather was a country doctor who traveled in the countryside with a bag of herbs (药草) and medications and cured (治愈) people. His father was doctor who wrote several books. Li Shizhen used to help his father in his medical practice when he was young. Li Shizhen’s father wanted him to enter politics (从政). Li Shizhen studied for the exams and