Unit 1 Reading 1 同步练习 2024-2025学年牛津译林版九年级英语下册

______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Unit 1 Reading 1 一、根据汉语或首字母提示，写出正确的单词 1. We walked down some stone __________ (台阶) to the beach. 2.I hear there will be two clothes __________（展览会）in Shanghai next month. 3. The standard of your work has fallen from the __________（水平） we expect from you. 4. Cut out the pumpkin into different . (形状) 5. There are many strange things in the _________________world.(地下的) 6. Twenty-four lived in the Forbidden City. (皇帝) 7. Tan Dun’s music uses___________________ (tradition) Chinese music, though it is in a Western style. 8. Thanks for your _____________(suggest) which are of help to us . 二、用所给动词词的适当形式填空。 1. What he did at the farewell party __________ (surprise) me a lot yesterday. 2. Trust me. I __________ (keep) it between you and me, I promise. Talk now. 3. I’m so sorry that I __________ (not understand) you, but I do now. 4. Well, that’s another way I could think of __________ (share) the same idea with them. 5. People are wondering why the price of flats in Wuxi __________ (fall) so quickly in the past few months. 6. The results __________ (announce) during the TV programme tomorrow. 3、 单项选择。 1.Life is like _______ ocean. Only ______ strong-willed can reach the other side. A. a; / B. the; a C. an; the D. /; a 2.— __________ is it from your home to the nearest supermarket? --Nearest? Let me see. About five minutes’ ride. A. How long B. How far C. How often D. How soon 3. During the Spring Festival, we Chinese people ________ door gods on gates, but now few families do so. A. used to put up B. used to put in C. were used to put up D. were used to putting in 4. You should go to see him since he is so seriously ill. ________, he is your brother. A. In all B. First of all C. Above all D. After all 5. --- Millie seldom watches action films. She finds them too noisy. --- ________. Such films are always full of violence. A. Neither do I B. Neither I do C. So do I D. So I do 6. Sometimes nobody closes the door before leaving because everybody thinks _______ will do it. A. anybody B. somebody C. everybody D. nobody 4、 阅读理解。 One midsummer day, biologist Andrew Parker knelt in the baking sand of an Australian desert and gently placed the right back leg of a small lizard into a dish of water. The small lizard that has learned to survive in the extreme heat—has a secret that attracted Parker. “Look!” he shouted. “Its back is completely drenched!” In less than a minute, water from the dish had traveled up the lizard’s leg, across its skin, and into its mouth. It was drinking through its foot. The lizard can also do this when standing on wet sand. Parker had come here to solve the riddle of how it does this, with a specific purpose in mind: to make an object to help people collect water in the desert. Parker is a leading scientist in the field of biomimetics*—applying designs from nature to solve problems in engineering, materials science, medicine, and other fields. His studies of the body coverings of butterflies and beetles have led to brighter screens for cell phones. The work of Parker is only one part of a growing global biomimetics movement. Scientists around the world are trving to copy a wide variety of nature’s design secrets. In the United States, researchers are looking at the shape of humpback whale fins to help wind turbines* produce more electric energy. The shape of the body of a certain fish has inspired* designers at Mercedes—Benz to develop a more efficient car design. By analyzing how termites — a kind of insect keep their large mounds’ at the right temperature and humidity, architects in Zimbabwe have built more comfortable buildings. And in Japan, medical researchers have developed a painless needle that is similar in shape to the proboscis* of a mosquito. Perhaps, one of the most useful applications of biomimetics is the robot. Professor Ronald Fearing is creating a tiny robot fly that can be used in surveillance or rescue operations. Although it will be years before his robot fly can perform anything like an actual fly. Fearing is confident that over time he will close the gap between nature and human engineering. Nowadays, the gap with nature is gradually closing. Researchers are using more powerful microscopes, high-speed computers and other new technologies to learn more from nature. A growing number of biomimetic materials are being produced. And although the field of biomimetics has vet to become a successful commercial industry, it has already developed into a powerful tool for understanding nature’s secret. 1. Andrew Parker went to the Australian desert to ________. A study the diet of lizards B. learn how lizards collect water C. catch and bring back a lizard D. prove that lizards don’t need water 2 The underlined word “drenched” probably means ________. A. wet B. dry C. hot D. cold 3. The study of termite mounds has inspired people to ________. A. improve wind turbines B. invent a painless needle C. build more comfortable buildings D. develop a more efficient car design 4. What’s the purpose of writing this passage? A. To give us examples of some biomimetics designs. B. To show us the rapid development of biomimetics. C. To tell us scientists are working on biomimetics. D. To introduce some great scientists working on biomimetics. 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$