Unit2 Inspiring People 同步阅读理解训练2026-2027学年人教版九年级英语上册

人教版九年级上 Unit2 Inspiring People 同步阅读理解训练

 

命题依据：参照近三年中考阅读篇幅、出题逻辑；紧扣 Unit2 核心词汇、定语从句、it 作形式主语；难度 7:2:1 分层，贴合中考命题规律

Passage A

Over the past decades, Tu Youyou has become one of the most inspiring scientists all over the world. Nearly every Chinese student admires her for her lifelong devotion to medical research and the great achievement she has made.

When Tu was a young girl, she witnessed many people lose their lives because of malaria. At that time, effective treatment for this disease was hard to find. She made up her mind to study medicine, hoping to find a safe way to save poor patients in the countryside.

After graduating from university, she started long years of hard research. The working conditions were far from perfect. She had no top-level lab equipment, and most experiments had to be done by hand. Besides, she needed to read thousands of old Chinese medical records day after night to find useful plants. She met hundreds of failures, but courage never left her.

It took her more than 19 years to finally find artemisinin, a special plant material that can greatly reduce deaths from malaria. This amazing discovery has saved millions of people in developing countries. In 2015, Tu Youyou received the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Even after winning such a great honor, she never slowed down her research steps. She still spends most of her time studying new medical methods to help more sick people.

To Tu Youyou, true success never comes from luck. It comes from lasting persistence and a heart full of care for others. Her story tells teenagers that as long as we stick to our meaningful goals, we will finally make a difference.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.What does the underlined word “admire” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. doubt    B. respect    C. forget                 D. refuse

2.What made Tu Youyou decide to study medicine when she was young?

1. Her dream of winning world prizes    
2. B. Her interest in old Chinese books
3. Seeing many people die from malaria  

D. The advice from her university teachers

3.Which of the following was one of Tu’s difficulties during research?

1. She had no enough modern lab tools  
2. She could not understand medical records
3. She gave up experiments after small failures
4. No one supported her medical study at all

4.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

1. Tu finished her research in less than ten years
2. Artemisinin cannot help people with malaria
3. Tu kept doing research after winning the Nobel Prize
4. Few people benefit from Tu’s great discovery

5.What is the main idea of the whole passage?

1. The history of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
2. Tu Youyou’s hard research and inspiring spirit
3. Different kinds of serious illnesses in poor areas
4. Ways to study ancient Chinese medical books

Passage B

Zhong Yang is an inspiring botanist whose whole life was tied to plant seeds. When people talk about him, they always speak of his courage, selflessness and deep love for our motherland.

In his forties, Zhong left the comfortable city life and began long-term research on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The high land brought lots of challenges. The air was thin, the temperature dropped sharply at night, and the mountain roads were full of danger. Every time he went out to collect plant samples, he might face strong wind or sudden heavy rain.

He had a clear lifelong goal: build a complete seed bank for China to protect different plant kinds. For sixteen years, he traveled over 500,000 kilometers across high mountains. He often carried heavy sample bags and walked for hours without enough food or warm coats. Some friends asked him to stop such hard work, but he never planned to drop out.

Sadly, Zhong passed away in a traffic accident when he was still busy with his seed collection task. Before he left the world, he had collected more than 40 million valuable plant seeds. These seeds are well kept in the seed bank and will help plant research for hundreds of years.

Now many young college students look up to Zhong Yang. They say he sets a perfect example for them. From his life experience, we can learn that great achievements always require long-term hard work and a sense of responsibility for our country.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

6. What was Zhong Yang’s job?

A.chemist    B. botanist   C. writer   D. doctor

7. What does the underlined phrase “drop out” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. give up    B. carry on    C. cheer up   D. show off

8. What was Zhong Yang’s biggest dream?

1. To travel around all high mountains  
2. To live a comfortable life in big cities
3. To build a seed bank to protect plant resources
4. To invent new ways to grow plants

9. What can we infer from the passage?

1. Zhong’s hard work left great value for China’s plant study
2. Zhong finished his seed collection in less than ten years
3. Zhong gave up his research because of bad weather
4. Few young students learn from Zhong’s spirit nowadays

10. Why does the writer write this article?

1. To introduce the plants on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau