Unit 2 第4课时 Section A 4a-4c (Grammar Focus）同步练习 2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

Unit 2 Inspiring People

第4课时 Section A4a-4c (Grammar Focus）

I.阅读理解

A

As the saying goes, "Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.” In modern society, travelling is a very common thing. Almost everyone can go on a trip at any time as long as they want to. In fact, centuries ago, some famous people already travelled around China and they got a lot from exploration.

Xu Xiake, a geographer and writer in Ming Dynasty, spent more than thirty years on the road about four hundred years ago. With his mother's encouragement, Xu Xiake travelled around China. He met with many difficulties on the road. But he never stopped travelling and writing. Xu Xiake was on the road most of his life, and his travel notes covered as much as his knowledge. His 600,000-word travel notes finally came out in 1776, 135 years after his death. China Tourism Day is set on May 19th., the date when be started The Travel Diaries of Xu Xiake.

Marco Polo, a businessman born in 1254 in Italy, is known as a travel king in the West. In 1271, Marco Polo, with his father and uncle, set foot on the road to China. He travelled east along the Silk Road. Along the way, he met bad weather, a shortage of food and water and so on. They reached Shangdu in Inner Mongolia in 1275. ,They were given a warm welcome there and taken to Dadu, which is now Beijing. Marco Polo's hard journey created one of the world's first best sellers The Travels of Marco Polo.Medieval（中世纪的）readers fell in love with Polo's wonderful descriptions and got to know China and Middle Asia.

1. Who encouraged Xu Xiake to travel around China?                                                              

2. Why is China Tourism Day set on May 19th?                                                               

3. How long did it take Marco Polo to get to China?                                                               

4. What made the book The Travels of Marco Polo popular among the Medieval readers?

                                                          

5. Please complete the facts about Xu Xiake and Marco Polo in the chart below.

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B

Many inspiring people have one thing in common: they stick to their beliefs and keep moving forward no matter what difficulties they meet. Tu Youyou is one of those great role models.

1.         She spent years studying traditional Chinese medicine and tried to find a special medicine to fight malaria. At that time, malaria killed hundreds of thousands of people every year around the world. It was a hard task and few people believed she could make it.

Tu Youyou and her team read hundreds of old medical books and carried out lots of experiments. They failed many times.2.         She kept trying different ways until she found artemisinin. This amazing medicine saved millions of lives across the world.

3.         She won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015. She became the first Chinese woman to receive this great honor.

Tu Youyou never thought about fame or money. She just wanted to help sick people. She once said that curiosity and teamwork are important for scientific research. 4.       

5.         She sets a great example for all teenagers. We should learn from her and never give up when we meet challenges in our study and life.

A. But she and her team never lost hope. B. She devoted herself to medical research. C. Her great discovery brought her worldwide fame.

D. She encouraged young people to value traditional culture. E. That is why so many young people look up to Tu Youyou.