Unit1课外拓展阅读2 2024-2025学年牛津译林版英语九年级上册

九上Unit1课外拓展阅读2 完形填空 阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 One day, I picked up my daughter Eloise from school and went to the supermarket for a few things. I was hoping to be in and out   1  . I found a short line with just one person in front of me. It was an elderly woman and she was   2   for her things with change. After a long day at work, I was a bit angry with this woman. But then I watched the young clerk. He helped her count her   3  , ever so politely taking it from her shaking hands. I   4   him repeatedly say to her: “Yes, ma’am.” When she asked if she had   5   to buy a bag, he told her she did. Then he went two lines over to get one for her. Never once did this clerk get   6   or roll his eyes. He was patient and kind. As I was watching him, I saw Eloise was too. I realized my daughter was learning an important   7   from a complete stranger. When the woman was finished, the clerk began ringing up my things and thanked me for my   8  . I thanked him too. I found the store manager and told him about the   9   kindness and patience. Then we left the supermarket with a heart   10   thankfulness for such an important lesson. 1. A. quickly               B. freely      C. completely          D. easily 2. A. spending            B. buying          C. taking                 D. paying 3. A. papers               B. change          C. bags                   D. things 4. A. watched out    B. listened to         C. found out         D. spoke with 5. A. time                 B. chance            C. enough                  D. rest 6. A. tired                    B. happy             C. sick                    D. angry 7. A. gift                    B. answer             C. lesson                 D. word 8. A. patience   B. wisdom           C. pride           D. confidence 9. A. clerk’s                B. woman’s           C. manager’s       D. daughter’s 10. A. instead of          B. full of            C. because of             D. made of 阅读理解 阅读 A、B、C、D 四篇材料，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Pink Lily    We are looking to add some food servers to our team. Pink Lily is a 5-star restaurant. We are searching for friendly and energetic people who will enjoy our fast-paced, team-oriented (有团队精神的) restaurant environment. Requirements 1. No previous experience is required. We will provide you with training. 2. Some weekend availability (可到岗工作) is required. 3. Part-time positions are open to teens between 14 and 18 years old. 4. Must speak English fluently (流利地). Salary $200 – $500 per day;  Extra bonus (奖金) for full-time workers: $50 – $150 per day Address 34 S Windsor St 331, Salt Lake City How to apply We will take applications online at www.pinklily.com from Nov 12 to Dec 31, 2024.  We look forward to meeting you soon! 1. What is the restaurant looking for? A. Managers.              B. Chefs.  C. Cleaners.        D. Waiters or waitresses.  2. To apply for the position, the person should _____.  A. have one year of work experience B. have graduated from college C. be able to speak English D. be free the whole weekend   3. What is the most Linda can make in one day if she works full time? A. $200.    B. $250. C. $500.    D. $650. B When Jonah Swann was 13 years old and a seventh grader at Reed Middle School in Missouri, US, he was also CEO of The Kandle Company, which sold candles. Swann was interested in business. But he didn’t want to just take business classes. He wanted real hands-on experience. He got the chance when a friend of his family bought a candle-making machine and gave it to Swann. To get started, Swann had to learn how to use the machine, find the right ingredients (原料) and think about how to sell his candles. He wanted the packaging to look attractive (吸引人的). “It was a lot of trial and error (反复试验), really,” he told the local newspaper News-Leader. Swann’s candles are different from others on the market. His candles are made of 100-percent soy wax (大豆蜡) and non-zinc wicks (无锌蜡烛芯). This makes them burn cleanly. They come in two sizes and smells, including lavender (薰衣草) and pine (松木). He set up a website to sell the candles online. For Swann, making money was not the only goal. He wanted to give away at least 10 percent of his company’s profits (利润) to support study programs at his school. In fact, he gave some of the profits to a business club in his school. The club invited guest speakers who shared their business experience. 4. What did Swann want to do? A. Take a business class at school. B. Run a business on his own. C. Buy a candle-making machine. D. Work together with his friends. 5. Why are Swann’s candles special? A. Because they look cleaner than other candles. B. Because they are environmentally-friendly. C. Because they have two sizes and smells. D. Because they can be bought online. 6. What words can best describe Swann? A. Confident and just. B. Gentle and brave. C. Helpful and creative. D. Polite and outgoing. C Zhang Guimei, a teacher in the mountainous area of Yunnan, set up the Lijiang Huaping High School for Girls in 2008 as a free high school for girls with support from the Communist Party of China and local government. Around 2,000 girls from poor families who went to the school went on to study at various universities. In the past 10 years, the Party and government have worked hard to make sure all children can receive an education, Zhang told China Central Television. One way to help fill the educational gap (差距) between urban and rural areas is the use of 5G and other new technologies. Guizhou Normal University has worked with Huawei to set up a “5G+ rural education” laboratory and taught “5G+ rural education” courses online. English, music, art, science, biology, and other high-quality courses were provided to rural schools in the area through the platform, Xinhua reported. “Our school started the ‘5G+ rural education’ project in October 2021,” said He Ningxin, deputy principal (副校长) of Gui’an New District Junior High School in Guizhou. “More lively and interesting courses can improve students’ interest in learning and teaching quality.” Yu Minhong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, said that, in the future, a widely applied 5G network will reduce the cost of educational information in primary and secondary schools in rural and remote (偏远的) areas, People’s Daily reported. “Teachers in Beijing can communicate with rural children 300 kilometers away without any difficulties ... [5G] technology (shortens) the [gap] at once,” said Yu. 7. Zhang Guimei’s story is mentioned to _____. A. introduce a great educator B. lead into the topic of girls’ education in rural areas C. show there’s still a big gap between urban and rural education D. introduce the laboratory of 5G+ rural education 8. What can we learn about the “5G+ rural education” project? A. It is still in the planning stage. B. It aims to improve rural education. C. Zhang Guimei started the project. D. It is China’s first try at combining education and technology. 9. According to Yu Minhong, 5G technology _____. A. will help reduce education costs in rural areas B. is unfair to teachers and students in cities C. only brings benefits to lower-grade students D. is costly when set up in rural areas 10. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. China’s measures to improve education equality. B. The role of technology in improving a country’s development. C. The important role of rural education in China’s development. D. The wide use of 5G technology in all walks of life. D BOOM! That’s a word we often use to describe a loud sound. It’s also part of the term “sonic boom (音爆)”, which is something that happens when air is pushed so strongly and quickly that it creates a loud noise. On March 20, 2021, a rare daytime meteor  (流星) created a sonic boom over parts of the UK and France, according to Live Science. The meteor flew through the sky so fast that it could hardly be seen – but it could definitely (绝对地) be heard. So how exactly are sonic booms made? You can think of air as being like water. When something moves through water, you can see ripples (波纹). If the object moves very quickly, the ripples start to run into each other.  The same thing happens in the air, even if it can’t be seen. When the object moves faster than the speed of sound, the air is pushed hard, and it compresses (压缩) like the ripples on water. This will create a sound wave that is very loud. This is a sonic boom. In fact, lots of things can make sonic booms. When you go to the park and see people play with whips (鞭子) and tops (陀螺), you might hear a tiny sonic boom when they crack the whip. Aircraft that travel faster than the speed of sound can also make sonic booms. A strong sonic boom can cause damage (伤害) to windows or buildings, although the possibility of this is very low, according to the US Air Force. The loud sound can also disturb (影响) people on the ground and even cause hearing loss. That’s why supersonic aircraft are only allowed in times of war. 11. What created a sonic boom on March 20, 2021? A. A strong wind. B. An airplane.  C. A scientific experiment.       D. A meteor.  12. Why is water mentioned in Paragraph 3? A. To describe what a ripple looks like.  B. To help explain how a sonic boom happens.  C. To prove that air can move quickly like water.  D. To explain how to tell whether an object is moving fast.  13. How can an aircraft create a sonic boom? A. By its flight height.  B. By its flying path.  C. By its large size.  D. By its flying speed.  14. What do we know from the last paragraph? A. Sonic booms might cause hearing problems.   B. A tiny sonic boom can easily break a window.  C. It is common to hear sonic booms on the street. D. Sonic booms are used to fight enemies during wartime.  15. What is the best title of the passage? A. Boom from airplanes B. Sounds in nature C. Harmful sounds around us D. Loud noise in the air – sonic boom 短文填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词（有提示词的，填入所给单词的正确形式）。 A man was driving along a rural (乡下的) road when he saw a three-legged chicken running next to his car. He was amused (被逗笑了) 1. ________ this and watched as it ran along. As he was driving, he realized that the chicken was 2. ________ (run) at about 50 kilometers an hour. “That’s a pretty fast chicken. I wonder how fast it can run!” He drove 3. ________ (fast) than before and the chicken kept up with him, even at 70 km an hour. He sped up to 90 km an hour and the chicken was still right next to him. 4. ________ (sudden), the chicken turned off the road and ran down a long driveway, leading 5. __________ a farmhouse. The man followed the chicken to the house and saw a man standing in the yard, as well as dozens of three-legged chickens. The man in the car called out to the farmer, “How 6. ________ (do) you get all these three-legged chickens?” The farmer replied, “I breed (饲养) them. You see, it’s me, my wife, and my son living here, and we all like to eat chicken legs. 7. ________ chickens only have two legs, I started breeding this three-legged species  (品种). In this way, we could have more to 8. ________ (eat).” “That’s 9. ________ (amaze)!” the driver said. “How do they taste?” “We don’t know,” the farmer said. “We 10. ________ (can) catch any of them!” 参考答案： 完形填空 1-5 ADBBC    6-10 DCAAB    阅读理解 1-3 DCD         4-6 BBC          7-10 CBAA           11-15 DBDAD 短文填空 1. by    2. running        3. faster     4. Suddenly        5. to 6. did        7. Because    8. eat        9. amazing      10. can’t 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$