Unit1 The Changing WorldSection B 能力提升练2026-2027学年人教版九年级英语上册

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Unit1 The Changing World

Section B 能力提升练

一、单项选择（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

1. —Did people take the slow old train in 2010?

—Yes, they ______. It took 10 hours to travel between the two cities.

A. use to  B. used to  C. are used to  D. were used to

2. The 480-kilometer China-aided railway ______ in Kenya in 2017.

A. opens  B. opened  C. was opened  D. is opened

3. Many changes ______ in African towns since the railway was built.

A. take place  B. took place  C.will take place    D. have taken place

4. The new train cut the travel time ______ four hours, which brings great convenience.

A. into  B. to  C. for  D. at

5. Local businessmen ______ great advantages from the cheap and fast railway.

A. benefit  B. carry  C. make  D. produce

6. Workers planted thousands of ______ to turn Saihanba’s sandy land into green forest.

A. bush  B. bushes  C. sandstorm  D. soil

7. Paris, the ______ of France, is famous for its art and culture.

A. capital  B. bridge  C. corn  D. product

8. Hundreds of lorries ______ fresh food between cities ten years ago, but trains take

the place now.

A. carry  B. carries  C. carried  D. will carry

9. The newly built road is three times ______ than the old narrow one.

A. wide  B. the widest  C. widest  D. wider

10. This digital ______ has no physical form, so you can only buy it online.

A. corn  B. soil  C. product  D. government

11. Different countries should ______ to solve global problems and build a better world.

A. work together  B. take place  C. cut down  D. carry on

12. We can see ______ man-made forests in Saihanba after sixty years’ hard work.

A. hundred  B. hundreds  C. hundred of  D. hundreds of

13. The green miracle in Saihanba is the ______ of generations of workers’ efforts.

A. sandstorm  B. result  C. soil  D. bush

14. —What’s the ______ of the railway?

—480 kilometers from Mombasa to Nairobi.

A. length  B. time  C. price  D. number

15. Although China and Kenya are far away, their cooperation brings lots of ______ to local people.

A. trouble  B.mistakes   C. problems  D.  benefits

二、完形填空（15空，每空1.5分，共22.5分）

阅读短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

The Mombasa-Nairobi railway is a great gift from China to Kenya. It 16______ in

2017, with a total length of 480 kilometers. Before this railway, people 17______ take an old train built in 1901. The old train was so slow that it 18______ travelers ten hours to finish the trip.

The new railway successfully 19______ the travel time to about four hours. Every year, over two million local people 20______ this line for business or traveling. Villagers and businessmen 21______ huge benefits from this project. A local trader said he could 22______ business deals easily without spending much money on long trips. Transporting farm food also became simple. People 23______ hundreds of lorries to carry goods in the old days, but now only two or three trains can finish all the work.

Saihanba in China is another great story of change. Sixty years ago, it was covered with 24______ land. Few trees could hold the 25______, so terrible 26______ hit the area every spring. With the support of the local 27______, Wang Shanghai led hundreds of workers to plant thousands of 28______ and trees. After 60 years, it becomes the world’s biggest man-made forest.

These two stories tell us that different countries or people can 29______ together to create a better world. All great changes are the 30______ of hard work and joint efforts.

16. A. opens  B. opened  C. was opened  D. has opened

17. A. use to  B. used to  C. are used to  D. were used to

18. A. takes  B. will take  C. has taken  D. took

19. A. cut  B. cuts  C. cutted  D. is cutting