Unit1Section B阅读能力提升练习-2025-2026学年人教版（2012）英语九年级全册

Unit1 How can we become good learners?

Section B阅读能力提升练习

一、完形填空

A

When you read    1    English book, you often come across(碰到)    2    words. You might try to guess(猜测) what the words mean    3    the words you know,    4    when you cannot guess the meanings(意思) of new words at all,    5    should you do? You have a good friend then. From it you can learn what a word means, how to pronounce(发音) a word, how    6    a word and so on. This friend can always be    7    you, and you can always    8    it to help you. Do you know who this    9    is? It is a dictionary. You can learn some important things about words from      10     , so you must know how to use it.

1．A．a B．an C．the D．/

2．A．old B．small C．large D．new

3．A．from B．to C．in D．for

4．A．so B．and C．or D．but

5．A．how B．when C．what D．who

6．A．use B．to use C．used D．using

7．A．with B．in C．on D．to

8．A．talk B．say C．speak D．ask

9．A．friend B．sister C．brother D．cousin

10．A．them B．it’s C．it D．its

B

There is one language that people use in every country in the world. It’s   11   everybody’s second language. It is easy to understand, but you can’t   12   it. It’s sign language.

Little babies can   13   things when they can’t talk. They use sign language. Sign language can be   14   in very noisy or quiet places. You can make a   15   with others when they are behind windows. And when you go   16   with your friends, you can have a “talk” under water!

Many years ago, a Frenchman wanted to help   17   people. He   18   the first school

for deaf people in Paris in 1760. And they learned sign language there. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people also went to Paris and had lessons. Then they   19   sign language to their students. Soon there were schools for deaf people in other countries.

Today, all around the world, there are    20    TV news programs for deaf people. The news reporter tells the news in sign language and the words appear on TV, too.

11．A．heavily B．almost C．wisely D．hardly

12．A．feel B．see C．taste D．hear

13．A．point at B．look up C．find out D．worry about

14．A．different B．safe C．useful D．dangerous

15．A．conversation B．noise C．mistake D．promise

16．A．shopping B．swimming C．camping D．climbing

17．A．blind B．old C．deaf D．sick

18．A．opened B．discovered C．bought D．borrowed

19．A．played B．taught C．sold D．brought

20．A．active B．special C．personal D．secret

二、阅读理解

A

In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American, began learning Chinese because of his interest in traditional Chinese culture. Drawn to the ancient language, he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.

In 1994, Richard Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese characters online. Then, he did it after 8 years. That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology website（网站）. “My website did not get much attention for the next few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lot of attention.”

“I got a few thousand e-mails, and a few million visitors and people started calling me ‘Uncle Hanzi’,” Sears said with a smile. Hanzi means Chinese characters. He has put more than 96,000 ancient Chinese characters onto the website. “When I study each character, I wonder what the ancient Chinese thought,” said Sears.

After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about China and ancient Chinese culture. He said when he came to China in the last century, few Chinese could speak good

English. “However, you can hear English in many places in China now. Chinese language and culture were mysterious（神秘的）and not known by people in most countries then, but now, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese, even Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicine and so on,” Sears added.

At present, the 72-year-old American has made his home in China. “When I die, I hope my website will live on, and I’m planning to write a book about my research. This will be my gift to China,” he said.

21．What does the underlined part “Drawn to the ancient language” mean in Paragraph 1?

A．Sears was interested in ancient Chinese. B．Sears had to study Chinese characters.

C．Sears could draw Chinese characters well. D．Sears could speak ancient Chinese very well.

22．Chinese Etymology website went online in ________.

A．1994 B．2002 C．2003 D．2011

23．What did Sears put on Chinese Etymology website?

A．Chinese history. B．Ancient Chinese characters.

C．The daily life of Richard Sears. D．Traditional Chinese medicine.

24．From the passage, we can infer that Sears set up the website to ________.

A．become famous

B．get the lovely name “Uncle Hanzi”

C．write a book about his research

D．make more people know about ancient Chinese characters

25．The best title for the passage could be “________”.

A．Great Changes in China 

B．Mysterious Chinese Language and Culture

C．American “Uncle Hanzi” 

D．A Young American and Traditional Chinese Culture

B

Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking.