Unit9阅读训练专练 人教版英语九年级全册.doc

Unit9IlikemusicthatIcandanceto阅读训练专练人教版英语九年级一、阅读单选 Margaret Porter is a violinist and music teacher. According to her, the best age to start learning the violin is between three and six. She says, “It's the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who lives in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. However, she has made lots of exceptions (例外) for five-year-olds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.Margaret's pupils have group lessons. Each group has about twelve pupils and each lesson takes an hour, once half a month. Each pupil also has one individual (一个人的) lesson a week with her. Parents have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons.In Margaret's opinion, it's important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one can't become a great musician at all. So from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music (读懂乐谱) until they have been playing for several years. Margaret says that her method (方法) is not meant to produce great violinists. She always suggests that pupils who perform very well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.1Margaret's first pupils were _.Aher friendsBsix-year-oldsCher children's friendsDthree- and four-year-olds2How many group lessons do the pupils have a month?A1.B2.C3.D4.3What does Margaret think of the excellent pupils in her class?AThey should practice harder.BThey should go somewhere else to learn.CThey will become music teachers like her.DThey will become great violinists using her method.4What will Margaret probably say when she introduces her classes to parents?AThere are group violin lessons for your children no more than 5 in each group.BLearn to play the violin with your children 2 lessons a week.CYou will have to watch your children learn to play the violin.DI'll look after your children while you learn the violin.5What does the passage mainly talk about?AWhen children should learn the violin.BWhat Margaret's teaching method is.CWhy it is important to read music.DHow Margaret learnt the violin. Beijing Opera appeared in the Qing Dynasty(朝代). In 1790, many opera troupes(戏班)went to Beijing for performances to celebrate the birthday of Qianlong. This kind of unusual performance touched the hearts of the people deeply. While in Beijing, the troupes created a new kind of opera called Beijing Opera. It was on the basis(基础)of Anhui Opera by taking in the advantages of other operas.Beijing Opera is quite unique(唯一的)in role shaping because it divides the roles into different kinds. They are sheng, dan, jing and chou which are quite different in many ways.A popular song goes like this, “Foreigners call Jingxi Beijing Opera.” In fact, Beijing Opera is different from opera. Opera tells the story and expresses the thoughts by singing instead of speaking. But Beijjing Opera stresses(强调)chang, nian, zuo and da. Chang means singing; nian means musical spoken parts; zuo means dance movements and da means martial(武打)skills.Mei Lanfang is an excellent performing artist of Beijing Opera in China. In 1930, he led an opera troupe to America and presented Beijing Opera before western people. Today, Beijing Opera has become the sign of Chinese culture. It is changing with the development of different musical styles.6Beijing Opera appeared in the _Dynasty.ASongBYuanCMingDQing7Beijing Opera was created by _.Aperforming in BeijingBtouching the hearts of the peopleCcelebrating Qialongs birthdayDtaking in the advantages of other operas8There are four important kinds of _in Beijing Opera.ArolesBstylesCshapesDsigns9In Beijing Opera, _means dance movements.AnianBzuoCdaDchang10Which of the following is RIGHT?ABeijing Opera is the same as opera.BOpera expresses the thoughts by speaking.CBeijing Opera has never changed until now.DMei Lanfang thought Beijing Opera to the world. Here is a dog with a lantern (灯笼)in his mouth, he is looking for his master(主人).Carlo, a lovely dog, had been taught to be useful. The roads, in the place where his master lived, were often so bad that it was not safe for any person to go out without a light on dark nights.So Carlo's master taught him to carry a lantern for him at night; and he did it as steadily(稳固地) as any boy could have done.Carlo never trotted(小跑) too far before his master so that the bright light of the lantern might guide his master's steps.When he came to a deep rut(车辙)or hole in the road, he would turn round to his master, seemed to say,"Take care, there is a hole here. "The dog's master lived about a mile from the town; and when he could not get home before dark, Carlo used to be sent to him with the lantern. Carlo knew where to go. He also knew the road which his master would take.But Carlo didn't always find his master right away. When he reached the town, he would run off to a house where his master often was. Still holding his lantern, he would scratch at the street-door with his feet and bark(吠叫); as much as to say, "Here am I.Master, with the lantern, are you ready for home? "Someone would perhaps come to the door and say "Your master is not here. " Carlo would growl(嘟哝), seemed to say, "Then he is somewhere else, and I must find him. "He would then run off to one house after another, until he found his master, then the two went home together.11The roads in the place where Carlo's master lived were .AbadBdarkCdangerous for people to go outDfull of deep ruts and holes12The master taught Carlo .Ato speakBwhere to go to look for himCto know the road which he would takeDto carry the lantern to guide his steps at night13When Carlo came to the bad part of the road, he .AbarkedBgrowledCturned round to his masterDscratched at the ground14The meaning of the underlined word "scratch " is .A咬B敲C撞D扒,抓15The best title for the story is .AA dog and his masterBThe dog with the lanternCHow a dog guide his master's stepDHow a dog found his master二、阅读还原 Studying music in high school is good for young people.Unfortunately,students do not think of music studies as a useful subject in high schools.16 However，studies show that the great difference studying music has made in the minds and lives of students.17 According to Robert A Cutietta and Harvey Mercadoocasio，authors of Raising Musical Kids：A Guide for Parents，“Students who study music in high school，as a group，have higher scores than those not in bands.” But，studying music may not immediately lead to higher grades.It does，however，make students gain skills that can lead to success in tests.18 Performing as a musician increases this joy，while developing selfconfidence. According to Cutietta and Mercadoocasio，“Being involved in music in a meaningful way will add greatly to the quality of your child's life.It increases brain power along the way.”Studying music in high school allows teenagers to develop many healthy and productive habits that will carry over into their adult lives，giving them a push towards a successful life.19“Kids who receive music training often make great progress in math studies，” according to psychologist Maritn Grdiner.“They just shoot ahead in math.This can't be explained by attention alone.20”he said.Actually，the Greek mathematician Pythagoras related math with music by ratio(比率) thousands of years ago.AMusic plays an important role in our life.BThere is something special between music and math.CThey always learn other subjects or sleep in music classes.DSome studies find that children who study music have better grades.E.By listening to music，one can enjoy the joy which music may bring into his life.F.In addition to these habits，studying music really changes the brain in some ways as well. The Inuit people of North America used to be called Eskimos. 21 Their lives have changed a lot in the past 30 years. The Inuit people used to live in igloos （冰窖）in winter , but today, many of them live in houses in small towns. They used to hunt seals （海豹）.22 . Many of them still wear seal-skin clothes today because they are very warm, Remember , the weather is very cold for many months of the year. Mariano Tagalik, a 65-year-old Inuit, told us a little about her past life. "Our winter igloos were very warm. We cooked inside, so sometimes it got too hot. 23 In the short summers, we lived in seal-skin tents,but I spent as much time as possible playing outside. "To move over the snow, Inuit people wore special snowshoes on their feet. 24 These machines can travel long distances（距离）in a short time. In the past, it took them days or weeks to travel the same distance. 25 They learnt everything from their parents. Now, like all North Americans, they go to school for about ten years. Life is not as hard as it used to be, but many of the older Inuits hate modern life and want to go back to the old days. 根据短文内容,从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。AI took off most of my clothes when I was in our igloo.BInuit children never went to school.CThey are now named Inuits which means "the people" instead of Eskimos.DToday many Inuits ride snowmobiles.E.Now, may Inuit children go to school by bus.F.They ate the meat and made clothes from the fur（皮毛）.阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从下面所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺。选项中有一项为多余项。On the suburb(郊区) of a town in England, there lived an old man in a nice house with a large garden. 26 He watered and fertilized(施肥) them.One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imaging how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. 27 He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can't see these flowers. Why do you take care of them every day？”The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener since I was young, and I really like this job. Second, 28 Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. As for the last one, that's you.”“Me? But you don't know me，” said the young man.“Yeah, it's true that I don't know you. But I know that flowers are angles(天使) that everyone knows. 29”The blind man's work opened our eyes and pleased our hearts, which also made his life happier. It was just like Beethoven(贝多芬). 30 Beethoven himself couldn't hear his wonderful music, but his music has encouraged millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn't it one kind of happiness?AHe took care of his flowers all the time.BI can touch them though I can't see these flowers.CThen, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind.DThe young man was surprised that the flowers were so beautiful.E.He couldn't hear anything in his later life and wrote great musical works.F.We can enjoy the happiness which these flowers have brought us.第7页，共7页