湖北省松滋市涴市镇初级中学九年级英语全册 Unit 5 What are the shirts made of 第7课时 单元阅读与写作试题（无答案）（新版）人教新目标版.doc

unit 5 what are the shirts made of 一、完形填空。 a british student has a new invention. it can make children do more1 and also reduce the time they spend in watching tv every day. the technology is 2“square-eyes. it is a little sensor(感应器)and it is put in childrens 3 .it can count the number of steps taken by a child during the day and 4 this information to the family computer. software then tells the 5 how many hours of tv he or she can watch that evening. onehundred steps are equal to(等于)one minute of tv. 6 children use up all of their tv time，they have to do more walking. the inventor，gillian swan，says，“this will 7 children to make exercise part of their daily life at an early age.”she said that ten years ago， children were 8 because they often played outside 9 their friends，while todays children 10 too much time in front of the tv and dont exercise. this means that todays children have weight problems and become fat. ( )1. a. practices b. studiesc. games d. exercise( )2. a. watched b. namedc. replied d. made( )3. a. shoes b. glassesc. hats d. coats( )4. a. write b. encouragec. read d. send( )5. a. child b. studentc. woman d. teacher( )6. a. unless b. ifc. although d. while( )7. a. agree b. allowc. help d. set( )8. a. cheaper b. cleanerc. healthier d. clearer( )9. a. for b. byc. with d. on( )10. a. spend b. takec. cost d. use二、阅读理解。 a kites have been around for thousands of years. the ancient books show that chinese people started kite flying 2000 years ago. its name came from a kind of bird called kite. simple kites are made by two crossing sticks and covered with paper or cloth，with a string at the end. more expensive kites have frames(框)that are made of plastic or other material. kites are made in many different sizes，colors and shapes. a flat(平的)kite is the oldest and simplest type of kite. it flies because air goes over and under the kite. the pressure(大气压力)under the kite is higher than the pressure over it. it helps the kite fly in the sky. kites have also been used in experiments. early scientists sent kites up into the air to study the temperature of the air at different heights. in 1752，benjamin franklin used a kite to prove that lightning was a type of electricity. he connected a metal key with the string of a kite. when lightning hit the kite，electricity passed down the string and franklin got an electric shock. he was very lucky to live on. kites were also used to develop airplanes. the wright brothers experimented with kites before they flew the first airplane. in the past kites were also used to take pictures in wars. today，kite flying is a popular hobby in many countries and kite festivals are organized in many cities in all parts of the world.( )1 .the name，kite，came from_ . a. the name of a bird b. the name of a great king c. the name of a beautiful girl d. the name of an old country b in the 13th century，the famous italian traveler，marco polo，traveled a long way to china. during his stay in china，he discovered that the chinese used paper money. in western countries，people did not use paper money until the 15th century. a chinese man called cai lun invented paper almost 2，000 years ago. he made it from wood. now paper still comes from trees. we use a lot of paper every day. every day，people throw away about 2. 80 tons of paper in our city，it takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. this means that we are cutting nearly 4，800 trees every day. since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow，we must start using less paper now. if we dont，we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper. so how can we save paper? we can use both sides of every piece of paper，especially when we are making notes. we can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. we also use cotton handkerchiefs and not paper ones. when we go shopping，we can use fewer paper bags. if the shop assistant does give us a paper bag，we can save it and reuse it later.( )6. who was marco polo? a. he was a traveler of italy. b. he was an inventor of italy. c. he discovered how to use paper money. d. he stayed in china.( )7. people in western countries first used paper money in the_ century. a. 15th b. 13thc. 7th d. 17th( )8. how many trees does it take to make one ton of paper? a. 10 b. 17c. 280 d. 4，800( )9. which of the following is not the way of saving paper？ a. to use both sides of every piece of paper. b. to grow more trees. c. to use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones. d. to use the paper bags from shops more than once.( )10. which is the best title of the passage? a.