Unit 2 Inspiring People 阅读理解（提升篇 F-J ）2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册
九年级 Unit 2 Inspiring People 阅读理解（提升篇 F-J ）
文档主题：Inspiring People
难度：能力提升
Passage F
Zhong Yang was a famous plant scientist. He devoted 16 years to collecting plant seeds on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The weather there was cold and the road was dangerous. He climbed high mountains again and again to collect wild plant seeds.
His goal was to protect plant genes for the future. He worked under poor conditions and never cared about his own health. Even when he was ill, he kept his research going. He died young because of overwork. He saved thousands of plant species from disappearing. His strong will and selflessness move millions of people.
( )1. What did Zhong Yang collect?
A. Animal fossils. B. Wild plant seeds.
C. Medical herbs. D. Rice seeds.
( )2. Where did he do most of his fieldwork?
A. South China. B. Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
C. Foreign rainforests. D. Big city labs.
( )3. What difficulty did he meet?
A. Warm weather and wide roads. B. Cold weather and dangerous roads.
C. No research tasks. D. Enough rest every day.
( )4. Why did he keep working even when sick?
A. He wanted to become famous quickly. B. He hoped to protect plant genes.
C. He needed to make more money. D. He liked climbing mountains for fun.
( )5. Which word can best describe Zhong Yang?
A. Selfless and hard-working. B. Lazy and selfish.
C. Careless and easy-going. D. Quiet and shy.
Passage G
Sima Qian lived in the Western Han Dynasty. He loved history from an early age. He travelled across the country to collect old stories and historical facts. Later, he began to write the first general history book of China — Records of the Grand Historian.
He met great trouble in his life and suffered a lot. However, he didn’t give up writing. He kept recording history day and night. It took him more than ten years to finish this great book. The book recorded thousands of years of Chinese history. It is still a priceless treasure for historians today.
( )1. What was Sima Qian’s job?
A. A historian. B. A farmer.
C. A doctor. D. A scientist.
( )2. What did he travel for?
A. For sightseeing. B. To collect historical facts.
C. To sell books. D. To visit famous schools.
( )3. What is the name of his great book?
A. The Analects. B. Records of the Grand Historian.
C. History of the Song Dynasty. D. Chinese Medicine Book.
( )4. What happened when he wrote the book?
A. He lived an easy and rich life. B. He met trouble but never stopped writing.
C. He finished the book in one year. D. He gave up halfway.
( )5. What can we learn from him?
- Never stop sticking to your dream in hard times.
- B. Travelling is more important than writing.
C. History books are useless for modern people.
D. We should only write books when life is comfortable.
Passage H
Isaac Newton was a world-famous British scientist. One day he saw an apple fall from the tree. This small thing made him start to think about gravity. He spent years doing research and found the law of universal gravitation.
Newton also made great progress in maths and optics. He once said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” He never stopped studying. Even when he became well-known, he kept doing experiments quietly. His discoveries laid important foundations for modern physics.
( )1. Where was Newton from?
A. France. B. Britain. C. Poland. D. China.
( )2. What made him think about gravity?
A. A falling apple. B. A heavy stone. C. Falling rain. D. A flying bird.
( )3. Which field did Newton NOT work on?
A. Physics. B. Maths. C. Optics. D. Rice growing.
( )4. What did Newton’s words mean?
A. He only depended on himself. B. His success was based on earlier people’s research.
C. He was the greatest scientist ever. D. He didn’t respect other scientists.
( )5. The passage mainly talks about ______.
A. Newton and his great scientific discoveries. B. The story of apples.
C. The history of physics. D. Famous British people.
Passage I
Amelia Earhart was America’s first famous woman pilot. At that time, most people thought flying was only for men. Earhart didn’t accept this idea. She learned to fly planes and broke many flight records.
She was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Later, she planned to fly around the whole world. Unluckily, her plane went missing over the Pacific during the trip. People never found her. She encouraged thousands of young women to break old rules and chase their dreams bravely.
( )1. What was Amelia Earhart?
A. A woman pilot. B. A nurse. C. A plant researcher. D. A history writer.
( )2. What idea did she fight against?
A. Flying was also fit for women.
B. Only men could fly planes.
C. Women could break records.
D. People could fly across oceans.