Unit 6-2023-2024九年级下册英语阅读（人教版）

> Page Passage 1 阅读短文， 根据短文内容选择一个最佳答案。 A Canadian man decided to repair his house. It took the man and his son the whole morning to do it. They were both really tired. Suddenly, the son cried excitedly, “ Father, I see a nail from outside stuck into the foot of a lizard on the wooden wall. It蒺s still alive! ” “ How could that be? ” the father shouted. He remembered that the house was built ten years ago. How could the lizard live all these years in such a situation in the dark walls without moving? Both the father and the son wanted to find out the reason. So they watched the lizard. It蒺s certain that someone has been feeding it. But who? Suddenly, another lizard appeared. The man and his son were surprised to see that the lizard had some food in its mouth. Then it began to feed the one that is stuck by the nail. The man and his son were so impressed. The father slowly took out the nail from the lizard蒺s foot and told his son, “ We will look after the lizard until it is healthy. Shall we keep it as our house pet? ” “ Father, what about its kind helper? ” So the two lizards were allowed to go around the house freely. Newwords nail n. 钉子 stick （ stuck ） v. 钉住； 卡住 lizard n. 蜥蜴 impress v. 留 有……印象 Unit6 Unit6 49 > Page （ ） 1. The Canadian man and his son spent all the repairing the house. A. morning B. afternoon C. day D. night （ ） 2. A lizard蒺s was stuck by the nail. A. head B. foot C. tail D. leg （ ） 3. The lizard could live without moving for . A. only one year B. the whole morning C. ten years D. twenty years （ ） 4. The lizard got food from . A. a neighbor B. another lizard C. the father and the son D. many other lizards （ ） 5. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. The nail helped the lizard live so long. B. The love from another lizard kept the one in danger alive. C. The lizard that was stuck could live without eating anything. D. The father and the son threw the lizards away at last. Passage 2 阅读短文， 根据短文内容选择一个最佳答案。 Why do we like drinking water from plas