Unit12阅读专练2023-2024学年人教版英语九年级全一册

人教版九年级全一册Unit12阅读专练 阅读理解 A 读下面的文章,然后回答文章后的问题。请在1~5小题后的横线上写上答案。 Be careful on April 1st! When your classmates say “Your shoes are untied(解开的)!", it may not be true. And if you find your alarm clock is set back an hour, this may be a joke(玩笑)，too. April Fool's Day(愚人节)is a traditional festival. On that day people play harmless(无害的) jokes on others and then shout, “April Fool!”It's a “for-fun-only" day, so people don't buy gifts(礼物) or get the day off work or school. April Fool's Day started in France in the 16th century(世纪).At that time, New Year's Day was between March 25th and April 1st. When New Year's Day changed to January 1st in the 1560s, some people still celebrated it on April 1st. Others played jokes on them and called them “April Fools”. Each country celebrates April Fool's Day differently. In France, it is called “April Fish". The French fool their friends by sticking paper fish to their friends' backs. When someone finds out this joke, they shout, “April Fish!” In England, it is bad luck to play an April Fool's joke on someone in the afternoon. Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike. 1. Where April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century? ___________________________________________________________ 2. When was New Year's Day about five hundred years ago(以前) in France? ___________________________________________________________ 3. Do people buy presents or get the day off work or school? ___________________________________________________________ 4.Why is" April Fool's Day” called “April Fish”? ___________________________________________________________ 5. In England, is it good luck to play an April Fool's joke on someone in the afternoon? ___________________________________________________________ B 读下面的文章,然后回答文章后面的问题,正确的答案写T,错误的答案写F。 Almost 10 years later, I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21,2011 and realized that my alarm had never gone off. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport. But by the time I got to the a