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九年级(全) Units 5~6
四川英语
英语
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Ⅰ. 完形填空
Henry Ford was the boss of the Ford Motor Company. He is well-known as an inventor.
In his early teens, Ford showed great . .1. . in machines. By age 15, Ford was very . .2. . at repairing watches.
Ford was also interested in how things worked. In an experiment with a teapot, he plugged up the spout(堵住壶嘴) and watched the water boil. As you can . .3. ., the teapot blew up. The result was that a mirror and a window were broken.
Ford’s years of curiosity and bravery led him to success. He started to build his first car in 1896. The invention . .4. . improved people’s lives in transport. Ford became a . .5. . name with his great success.
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【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了福特汽车的创始人亨利·福特。
1.( ) A. possibility B. interest C. health
【解析】 根据“Ford was also interested in how things worked.”可推测,福特在机器方面表现出极大的兴趣。
2.( ) A. skillful B. simple C. difficult
【解析】 根据“Ford was very…at repairing watches.”并结合备选项可知,此处表达的是福特的修表技术非常娴熟。be skillful at擅长于,固定搭配。
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3.( ) A. imagine B. help C. decide
【解析】 根据“the teapot blew up”并结合备选项可知,这是可以想象到的结果。as you can imagine可想而知。
4.( ) A. simply B. badly C. greatly
【解析】 根据“improved people’s lives in transport”并结合备选项可知,这项发明极大地改善了人们的交通生活。
5.( ) A. strange B. famous C. useful
【解析】 根据文章内容并结合备选项可推测,福特因其巨大的成功而变得有名。
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Ⅱ. 补全短文
Kites were once called zhiyuan in North China and yaozi in South
China. According to a history book, Li Ye, who lived in the Five
Dynasties, used to make and fly kites. He once tied a whistle made of
bamboo to the upper(上面的) part of his kite so that a zheng sound
was made when he was flying the kite. 1. ___
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Who invented the kite? There are so many different opinions that it’s
difficult to decide which one is right. But it’s widely believed that the
earliest kite in the world was made by Mo Di who lived about 2,400
years ago. 2. ___ The “bird” was later regarded as the first kite in the
world. Later, he passed his kite-making skills on to his student Lu