山东省高密市银鹰文昌中学九年级英语上册 阅读理解专项训练（23） 外研版.doc

阅读理解专项训练（23） 一、根据要求做题 newsmaker (热点人物) neil armstrong he is the first man _1_(walk) on the moon. he made history for the human exploration of space. he is american astronaut neil armstrong. now 43 years after his great walk, the world says goodbye to the moonwalker. on august 25, he passed away at the age of 8 _2_( 因为，由于) heart disease.in 1969, us spaceflight apollo 11 carried armstrong, together with buzz aldrin and michael collins, to space. as soon as armstrongs feet were on the moon, he spoke his famous words: “thats one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. (这是我个人的一小步，但却是人类的一大步。)he spent nearly three hours on the moon, _3_(collect) samples and _3_(take) photos.over years, many people questioned if the moon landing was real. 4. 然而，阿姆斯特朗对此并不担心。he believed that “one day, somebody is going to go back up there and pick up that camera 5. i left.”二、阅读理解a shoulder to cry onmy friend brett got a dirt bike (轻型摩托车). a lot of kids in my neighbourhood knew 9.如何骑. i also wanted to, so i told my dad about it. a few days later, my dad bought a dirt bike home. he spent four long weeks teaching me how to ride. no one believed i could learn to ride, but my dad believed in me. day after day and night after night, he worked with me, and i started to progress. finally i was ready for my first time on the trails(小路). but the first time wasnt that good. my bike got stuck(陷入) in the mud and i fell off my bike. all the boys started to laugh at me. i went back home and cried loudly. dad put his arms around me. he told me that with more practice, i would be better than the other boys. the next day i got back on my bike and he coached me through the problem i was having. things got better and better. now i could ride with my eyes _10_(close)! i cannot even remember how many nights i spent crying. every time i needed a shoulder to cry on, my dad was there. 11. he never let me give up and always believed in me, even if i couldnt do something right.6. what did the writers father do when she learned to ride a dirt bike?a. he taught her to ride with her eyes closed. b. he set a good example to her of how to ride.c. he asked other boys to compete with her. d. he believed in her and worked with her.7. how was the writers first ride on the trail?a. she was crying loudly while riding. b. she met with some difficulty and fell off her bike.c. she was so afraid that she couldnt ride at all. d. she showed her perfect riding skills.三、the secret power of cubesone cube is made of 27 smaller cubes, with six faces and six colors. the aim? to make every face a single color. 15 yet solving something that sounds so simple can take you hours.have you ever tried to solve one of these things? dont feel bad if its too hard. even though a rubiks cube looks simple, the math behind it is hard to understand. there are 43 quintillion(百万的三次方), or 43,252,003, 274,489, 856, 000 possible positions. have you ever seen a number as big as that? the rubiks cube was invented in 1974 by hungarian sculptor(雕刻家) and professor ernest rubik. the cube is named after him. rubik made the cube to help his students see shapes and ideas in design. it is now the most popular puzzle in the world. by january 2009, around 350 million cubes had been sold.in the 1980s the rubiks cube was very popular. like bright clothes and bad music, rubiks cubes became very powerful symbols during that time. rubiks cube parties, where people wore colorful and strange clothes, became greatly popular.the world record to solve a rubiks cube is 5.66 seconds, by australian feliks zemdegs at the melbourne winter open 2011 in australia. this impressive(给人印象深刻的) man also holds the record for best average time over a whole tournament(锦标赛): 7.64 seconds. nice work! how long would it take you?14. which of the following is not a powerful symbol of the 1980s?a. bright clothes b. bad music c. rubiks cube d. parties15 according to the story, which of the following is not true?a. the math behind a rubiks cube is very difficult.b. the rubiks cube has a history of 38 years.c. the rubiks cube is the most popular puzzle in the world.d. the fastest speed to solve a rubiks cube is 7.64 seconds.16. 翻译句子：_四、english good or bad?most chinese families have a copy of the contemporary chinese dictionary(现代英汉词典)at home. its one of the most authoritative(权威的) chinese language dictionaries.the dictionary came out in 1978. in 34 years, it keeps changing with the times. in june, the commercial press(商务印书馆) brought out the sixth edition. it is the biggest ever edition of the dictionary. it has 69,000 entries(词条). some 239 english words take up 15 pages, such as nba and mp3.many people have different opinions of the new edition. last month, a group of 120 scholars(学者) wrote a letter to express their ideas. the thought english words shouldnt be in the dictionary. the dictionary plays an important role in the chinese language. they believe the english words in the dictionary will be bad for the chinese language and culture.however, yu dianlin, genereal manager of the commercial press, believed the new edition brings convenience(便捷) to readers. “a dictionary serves language use,” he said, “english words have already become part of the daily language.” in fact, it is not only the chinese language that uses foreign words. we can see some french such as souvenir(纪念品) and german words such as kindergarten(幼儿园) in almost every english dictionary. “we should look into daily use of a word, and then decide if a word should be in the dictionary,” said wang lirong, professor at guangzhou university.17. we can find _ in the latest edition of the contemporary chinese dictionary.a. nba b. mp3 c. souvenir d. kindergartena. ab b. cd c. ac d. bd18. a group of 10 scholars wrote a letter to _.a. show their love for the dictionary.b. advise adding english words to the dictionaryc. show their disagreements with the use