2021--2022学年九年级英语单元话题阅读（人教版）
话题五：历史与社会
语篇导读
完形填空A 中国传统艺术形式----舞龙的起源与发展 说明文
完形填空B Florence Nightingale 开创护理事业的渊源 记叙文
阅读理解A 中国将为国家空间站训练新一批宇航员、烟台的无人售货超市 新闻报道
和上海第一架国产客机----The C919
阅读理解B 关于Heidemarie Schwermer 故事 记叙文
阅读理解C 17世纪发生在荷兰的郁金香狂潮事件 记叙文
阅读理解D 美国黑人跳高运动员Alice Coachman 记叙文
阅读填空 文化冲击的阶段及其应对方法 说明文
语法填空 中国二十四节气 说明文
一．完形填空
A
Dragons are a(n) _ 1 of China and the dragon dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture.
Traditionally, dragons are made of wood, bamboo and a special kind of cloth. So they are always quite_2_.
However, in modern times, dragons are much lighter because they are made of much lighter materials. A dragon
can.be of different lengths. People _3_that the longer the dragon is, the more luck it will bring. A small group
cannot control a very long dragon because it requires great strength and special skills.
The dragon dance itself began during the Han Dynasty' and it was started by the Chinese who had great
respect for the dragon. The dragon dance was already a(n) _4_ event in the Song Dynasty. At that time, people
could often see it during important festivals. In the Qing Dynasty, the Dragon Dance Team of Fuzhou was invited
to give a 5 in Beijing. And the emperor' spoke highly of it!
（ ）1.A.symbol B.animal C.example D. technology
（ ）2.A.short B.small C.heavy D.tall
（ ）3.A.believe B.wonder C.disagree D.spread
（ ）4.A.popular B.modern C.unusual D.correct
（ ）5.A.speech B.performance C.message D.chance
BLong ago hospitals were dirty and crowded. Nurses were _1_ taught how to look after their patients and
many
people died.This is the story of Florence Nightingale, who_2_all this.
Florence was born in 1820. When she was young, she spent a lot of time playing with her dolls. She would
pretend that the dolls were sick and she was _3_ nurse. And she often went with her mother to visit the poor. They
also took food and medicine to the sick.And these_4_ first gave her the idea of becoming a nurse.
In 1854, Britain and Russia were at war. Florence was asked to take a group of nurses to _5_ the sick and
wounded soldiers. The hospitals were dirty, and there was not enough medicine. Florence and her team_6_ the
hospital rooms. They made sure that the bandages were clean and that the soldiers got enough medicine, Florence
_ 7 _ hard. At night she would go from room to room checking on the patients. There was no electricity, so she
would
carry an oil lamp _8_ her to see where she was going. She often stayed to talk to the patients, especially if she
could see that they were 9 or dying.
After the war, Florence opened a school to teach nurses to look after their patients_10_. It is thanks to
Florence
Nightingale that we can receive proper care in hospitals today.
（ ）1.A.already B.seldom C.just D.again
（ ）2.A.changed B.imagined C.studied D.remembered
（ ）3.A.its B.his C.her D.their
（ ）4.A.plans B.games C.visits D.gifts
（ ）5 A.look at B.look after C.look for D.look through
（ ）6.A.cleaned B. shared C.filled D.described
（ ）7 A.fought B.learned C.worked D.thought
（ ）8. A. off B.against C.from D.with
（ ）9.A.scared B.smart C.sleepy D.moved1
（ ）10 A. slowly B.properly C.gradually D.politely
Notes: cloth n. 布 strength n. 力量 speak highly of...高度称什······doll n.玩偶 pretend v.假装
oil lamp 煤油灯
二、阅读理解
A阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Beijing - China will train some new astronauts for the country' s space station. The new astronauts must have
at least a master's degree and more than three years' work experience.
China is developing and building its own space station. It will be finished around 2022, according to the
report.
Yantai -Unmanned supermarkets begin to appear in some parts of China such as Hangzhou,and there will be
more in the future. Now people can walk into these supermarkets, get what they want and then pay automatically.
Thanks to the developing technology, now Chinese people can go shopping in unmanned shops and go to
work by unmanned bus. In the future, Chinese people can even go on trips by unmanned trains.
Shanghai-The C919 is China' s first homegrown passenger plane. Recently, the second plane of C919
made its first test fly on Sunday. The plane took off at 10:32 a.m. and flew in the sky for about two hours. It was
quite a successful trip.
（）1. What doesn't one need to be an astronaut for the country's space station?
A. A master's degree. B. A lot of training.
C. Over three years' work experience. D. The experience of building the space station.
（）2. What does the underlined word "It" refer to?
A.A new astronaut. B. A master's degree.
C.A space station. D.A report.
（）3.What does the underlined word "automatically" mean in Chinese?
A.免费地 B.自动地
C.人工地 D.机械地
（）4. We can know from the 3rd table that the plane flew back__________.
A. in the early morning B.at noon
C.in the late afternoon D.at night
（）5. From the passage, we can infer that_______.
A.China couldn't build passenger planes in the past
B.the first unmanned supermarket appeared in Yantai,China
C.so far,we have made more than two C919 planes
D. Chinese now can go on trips by unmanned trains
Notes:master's degree项士学位 unmanned adj,无人的 homegrown adj.本回制造的
B
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
You may have heard about the woman who spent a year living on just u pound a day. But in Germany,awoman named Heidemarie Schwermer has given up using money completely. her decision probably has something
to do with her experience as a penniless refugee during the Second World War (WWII).
After the war,she led an ordinary life. She worked as a teacher for many years, and then she became a
psychotherapist. But her memories of what it was like to have nothing stayed with her and she decided to do
something about it. She came up with the idea of an exchange network which allowed people to exchange things
and services without using money. Even though the program turned into a great success, she wanted to do
something crazier. So she made the decision to leave her home and close her bank account. At first her daughters
theirmother had made an awful mistake. But gradually, they have gotten used to her unusual lifestyle.
Heidemarie sleeps on people's sofas and wears second-hand clothes people don't need anymore. Shops give
her food they can't sell, and she knows she could always go to a soup kitchen (u place where food is offered to the
hungry for free or at a very low price).
People are interested in learning more about Heidemarie's experiences, so she has writen several books about
her life,She has given away the money she made - often to complete strangers.
（）1. Which of the following correctly describes Heidemarie's experiences?
a.A teacher b.A psychotherapist c.A refugee
A.u-b-c B.n-c-b C.c-a·b D.b-1n-c
（）2. What was Heidemarie's daughters' attitude(态度）toward her decision of giving up using money at first?
A.They supported it. B. They didn't care about it.
C. They partly agreed with it. D. They thought it was wrong.
（）3. Which paragraph describes Heidemarie's unusual lifestyle?
A.Paragraph 1. B.Paragraph 2. C.Paragraph3. D.Paragraph 4.
Notes:penniless refugee 身无分文的难具 psychotherapist n.心理治疗师 account n.账户
C
When people talk about flowers of the Netherlands, a country that is also called Holland, they can't take the
tulip off their list. Dutch people do love tulips. Do you know the flowers once cost more than houses in the
country?
The first tulip bulbs were brought to Holland in 1593 by a botanist named Carolus Clusius.He planted the
bulbs and beautiful flowers came out. But he would not share his bulbs with anyone. Several "businessmen" who
saw the flowers also saw a chance to make money®. They visited Clusius ' garden in the middle of the night andstole his bulbs. That was the beginning of the tulip craze in Holland.
By 1624,several kinds of tulips were being grown in Holland, but only in small numbers. The flowers were
very popular. However,since there were so few bulbs at that lime, they were very expensive. Only very rich people
could afford to buy them. They spent a lot of money building gardens, Ii seemed that the more tulips they put in
their gardens, the richer they felt. This made the price of tulip bulbs go higher and higher. People started to think
they could make a lot of money by selling tulips. Both rich and poor people wanted tulips. Some people even traded
their land and animals for tulip bulbs.
In late 1636, the tulip craze reached its climax. One single tulip bulb could be sold for $76,000!
Soon after, however, tulip traders found that people no longer wanted to pay such high prices for tulips. Tulips
became almost worthless. People who had spent a lot of money on their tulips lost everything.
（）1. The tulip was introduced to Holland _.
A. to help people get rich B. by several businessmen
C. along with some other lowers D. in the final years of the 16th century
（）2. What does the underlined word "climax" mean in Chinese?
A.瓶颈 B.岔口 C.高潮 D.终点
（）3. What is the best title for the passage?
A.A great botanist B.The Dutch tulip craze
C. History and kinds of tulips D. The national flower of the Netherlands.
Notes:tulip n.郁金香 Dutch adj.荷兰的 bulb n.球茎 botanist n.植物学家 craze n.狂热
D
Alice Coachman was born on November9, 1923 in Georgia, USA. She was the fifth oldest in family of 10
Children. Everyone in her family had work to do. By the time Alice was 10, she was picking cotton, peaches and
beans to make money for her family
When Alice wasn’t working or attending the all-black school in her neighborhood. her parents expected her to stay
home and act like a lady .Alice thought that was no fun at all .She would go to the park to play with the boys.
Alice joined the boys in softball games and ran races with them. Sometimes, they had jumping competitions she
could jump higher than any of the boys
Every year in May. the Tuskegee Relays were held in Tuskegee, Alabama. Students from all- black high schools
and colleges took part in the big meet. In 1939, when Alice was I6, she entered the meet and competed in the high
jump, It was her first meet, and it was all new to her. Every time the announcer called her name. the coach told
to jump -and that’s just what she did.It wasn’t long before her teammates were shouting that she had wonAlice had jumped five feet, breaking both the high school and college records.
Alice continued to compete She Place first national high-jump events 10 years in a row. But unluckily, she was
unable to take part in the biggest event of all the Olympic Games They were canceled in 1940 and 1944 because of
World War II . It wasn’t until 1948 that Alice had her chance to compete in the Olympics in London .That year, she
set a new Olympic record. Alice became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal
（） 1. When Alice was 10, she____________.
A. moved to Georgia with her family
B. did farm work to make money
C. Was afraid to stay home alone
D. hated going to school
（）2 .At the Tuskegee Relays in 1939, Alice______________.
A .won the high jump B. got her coach angry
C.lost one of her teammates D. made friends with the announcer
（）3. Alice took part in her first Olympics when she was ____________?
A. 16 B.21 C.25 .D.29
（）4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.A black woman ‘s great talent B.The education of black people
C. Two different sports events D The Olympics in the 1940s
三、阅读填空
In 1954, an American named Kalervo Oberg invented the term Culture Shock. 1.____________________
Oberg said that there were four common stages.Many people experience these stages when they arrive in a new
country.
Stage one:tourist
2.___________________You feel nervous but happy about the new culture. Maybe you think the food is
better. The people are nicer and the customs are more interesting than at home.
Stage two:shock
In this stage. you begin to feel strange. 3. ___________________You feel like a foreigner, and are
sometimes angry.about the new culture. Things are more expensive or more dangerous than at home.
Stage three:adjustment
Culture shock doesn't last forever. Things get better, little by litile. You are happier. 4.
___________________It will be OK.Stage four:acceptance
You are now living in the new culture and you aren't angry, or lonely or sad. Things aren't better or
worse,only different.
Here are some advice to avoid culture shock:
5.___________________
Remember you are a guest and try not to offend local people.
Be open to the new culture.
A.You feel lonely and are sadder than before.
B. This happens at the beginning of your trip.
C. You are learning to live in a different way.
D. Different countries have different cultures.
E. Read about the country and culture before you go.
F.He wanted to describe the common feelings of a visitor to a new country.
Notes:stage n. 阶段 adjustment n.适应offend v.冒犯
四、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides a year into 24 Solar Terms, 1.________is called jieqi in
Chinese."Start of Spring" is the 2.________（one) solar term. It indicates 3. .________beginning or spring season
and usually 4.________（happen)between February 2nd and February 5th. When "Start of Spring" arrives, days
get 5.________（long) and the weather gets warmer. As a Chinese 6.________（say) goes, "The whole year'swork depends 7.________a good start in spring." In China,"Start of Spring" is when 8.________（farm) begin
their work in the field after a long winter break.
There were many activities and 9.________（custom) to celebrate this day. Now people usually celebrate the
day with activities such as "Spring Baby" and "Spring Whip", The day is also 10.________（call) "Biting Spring"
since people eat traditional food such as "Spring Roll" and "Spring Pancake".
Notes:lunar n.阴历 indicate v.预示
