Module 9 Life history单元测试卷（含答案）

Module 9 Life history
一、单选题
1.The book is interesting. It's well worth _____.
A. to read B. reading C. reads D. read
2.The beautiful girl _____ a famous actor three weeks ago.
A. married B. got married C. married with D. got married with
3.The famous singer Deng Lijun sang many beautiful songs _____.
A. on her life B. for her life C. in her life D. with her life
4.Pan Jianwei has become a famous scientist. When he was a child, he liked to __________ how things worked.
A. set out B. find out C. leave out D. bring out
5.June 1st is___Day. My sister is happy on that day every year．
A．Women's B．Fathers' C．Teachers' D．Children's
6.—I bought a very beautiful postcard for Teachers' Day.
—Great! When ______ you ______ it
A. do; buy B. will; buy C. did; buy D. did; bought
7.About _______ of the students in Grade Nine this year were born in the _______.
A. three five; 1996 B. three fifths; 1990s C. third fifth; 1997 D. third fifths; 1990s
8.—China's Tianwen-1 probe made a historic landing on Mars last week!
—What exciting news! Let's _____ more information about it on the Internet.
A.find out B.hear of C.shut off D.think about
9.Can you help me ________ the meaning of this word
A. look of B. find C. find out D. look at
10.The ________ of his grandma made him really sad.
A. dead B. death C. died D. dying
二、阅读理解
A
When days came, the sea was quiet again. I looked for our ship and, to my surprise, it was still there and still in one piece. "I think I can swim to it," I said to myself.
So I walked down to the sea and before long, I was at the ship and was swimming round it. But how could I get onto it In the end, I got in through a hole in the side, but it wasn't easy.
There was a lot of water in the ship, but the sand under the sea was still holding the ship in one place. The back of the ship was high out of the water, and I was very thankful for this because all the ship's food was there. I was very hungry so I began to eat something at once. Then I decided to take some of it back to the shore with me.
I looked around the ship, and after a few minutes, I found some long pieces of wood. I tied them together with ropes. Then I got the things that I wanted from the ship. There was a big box of food—rice, salted meat and bread. I also took many strong knives and other tools, like the ship's sails and ropes, paper, pens, books, and seven guns. Now I needed a little sail from the ship, and then I was ready. Slowly and carefully, I went back to the shore. It was difficult to stop my things from falling into the sea, but in the end I got everything onto the shore.
Now I needed somewhere to keep my things.
1. How did the main character(主人公) get onto the ship in the end
A. Through a window.
B. Through a hole in the side.
C. Through a door.
D. Through the back of the ship.
2. Which part of the ship was high out of the water
A. The front of the ship.
B. The left of the ship.
C. The right of the ship.
D. The back of the ship.
3. Why was he very thankful
A. There was a lot of water in the ship.
B. He found some long pieces of wood.
C. Because all the food was at the back of the ship.
D. Because he was hungry.
4. He took many things from the ship except ______.
A. sausages B. rice C. paper D. guns
5. Where may be the passage from
A. A dictionary. B. A book. C. An ad. D. A guidebook.
B
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention(发明) of the electric light bulb. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light bulb was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and more than 2,000 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only a few months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting (做实验) at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his free time. Unluckily, his first work did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally(无意地) set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was deaf in one ear and had difficulty in hearing others, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 hours every day. Sometimes his wife had to remind(提醒) him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality(质量) of people's life all over the world.
1. How often did Edison make a new invention
A. About every fourteen days. B. About every seven days.
C. About once a week. D. About twice a week.
2. The underlined word "fired" in the passage means "_____".
A. gave somebody a job
B. set fire to somebody
C. let somebody down
D. let somebody to leave his job
3. Edison considered his deafness as _____.
A. something bad B. a gift from god
C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage
4. Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage
A. Edison had only 8 hours' rest each day after his deafness.
B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C. Edison had his first job in 1869.
D. Edison's inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life.
5. What does the passage mainly talk about
A. The function of the electric light bulb.
B. Edison and his experiments.
C. The importance of inventions.
D. The whole life of Edison.
C
Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880. But when she was 19 months old, she had a high fever(发高烧). Then she became blind and deaf. She couldn't hear or see. It was difficult for her to understand(理解) other people.
In 1887, Anne Sullivan came to help Helen. Helen was a clever girl. She learnt to read and write with Anne. In 1899, she entered a university. Anne went to school with her. Anne listened to the professors' words, and then wrote their words onto Helen's hand.
After Helen finished university, she visited many countries and talked about her life. She was famous all over the world for her courage(勇气) and hard work. She did her best to help people who were deaf or blind. She died at the age of 88.
1. How old was Helen Keller when Anne Sullivan came to help her
A. 2. B. 5. C. 7. D. 19.
2. How can we describe(描述) Helen Keller
A. Clever. B. Hard-working. C. Brave(勇敢的). D. All of the above.
3. Why did Anne Sullivan go to school with Helen Keller
A. Because Anne Sullivan was a strict teacher.
B. Because Helen was always tired.
C. Because the lessons were always boring.
D. Because Helen needed Anne Sullivan to help her to listen.
4. When did Helen Keller die
A. In 1868. B. In 1958. C. In 1968. D. In 1976.
5. Which of the following is TRUE
A. Helen Keller couldn't hear or see when she was born.
B. Helen Keller finished university in 1899.
C. Helen Keller did her best to help people who were deaf or blind.
D. Anne Sullivan was Helen Keller's doctor.
D
On May 22, 2021, the whole nation was saddened by the news that Chinese scientist Yuan longping died.
Dr Yuan Longping worked most of his life growing better rice. As a result of his research, the Chinese people are no longer worried about getting starved. His great work also helped the world produce more and more rice.
Yuan, born on Sept. 7, 1930. After graduating(毕业) from Southwest Agriculture College, he worked as a teacher at an agriculture school in Hunan.
Several natural disasters(天灾) hit China in the 1960s. Yuan saw many people die of hunger every day. Since then, he has researched how to grow much better crops.
In 1964 , he happened to find a natural hybrid rice(杂交水稻) plant that had great advantages over others. Yuan was excited about his discovery. He then began to study the parts of this unusual plant.
In 1973, he started to develop a type of hybrid rice species(种类). It produced 20% more rice per unit than common ones. The seeding(种植) was very successful in the following year. This progress made China the world's leader in rice production.
More than 50% of China's total rice fields grow Yuan's hybrid species. People call him the "Father of Hybrid Nice".
Yuan once said he lead two dreams—to "enjoy the cool under the rice crops taller than men" and that hybrid rice could be grown all over the world to help solve the food problem of the whole world.
1.What does the underlined word "starved" in paragraph 2 mean in Chinese
A.挨饿 B.受冻 C.致贫
2.What can we learn about Yuan Longping according to the third paragraph
A.He was born into a scientist's family.
B.He was once a teacher at an agriculture school.
C.He graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in 1930.
3.When did Yuan Longping succeed in seeding hybrid rice
A.In 1964. B.In 1973. C.In 1974.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the last three paragraphs
A.Yuan's hybrid rice can provide all people in the world with rice.
B.Yuan's hybrid rice is grown in all of China's rice fields.
C.Yuan's hybrid rice made China the world's leader in rice production.
5.What does the story mainly talk about
A.The "Father of hybrid Rice". B.How to grow rice. C.Different rice species.
三、完形填空
Chi Li is one of the best known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the west. She was born in the 1950s. 1 19, Chi entered a medical college in 1976. After she graduated, she 2 as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved 3 much more, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose 4 as her profession(专业).
During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was Born, were 5 lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has ____6____ a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a 7 honor. Life Show is one of her representative (代表) works and 8 has been translated into many languages. The 9 shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.
Chi says, “Writers don’t need to be anyone, 10 they should be able to understand everyone.” So she often travels alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata (阶层).
1.A. At the age of B. At the moment C. In the beginning
2.A. became B. worked C. enjoyed
3.A. medicine B. travelling C. literature
4.A. teaching B. writing C. nursing
5.A. over B. under C. about
6.A. reached B. arrived C. went
7.A. great B. nice C. bad
8.A. she B. they C. it
9.A. picture B. story C. newspaper
10.A. or B. till C. but
四、用括号内单词适当形式或单词首字母或上下文完成短文。
Charles Dickens was one of the most ①_____(success) writers in Britain. He ②_____ (write) lots of stories about life in London. The Charles Dickens Museum, one of the most important museums in the world, is in Doughty Street. Dickens lived there from 1837 ③_____ 1839. Many years ago, London wasn't ④_____ good city for poor children to live in. At the time children had to begin ⑤_____ (work) when they were very young. Some children had to ⑥_____ (go) to factories and work there for ten to twelve hours a day. Dickens had the same life as most children in London at the time. He had to work at the age of twelve ⑦b_____ his parents lost all their money. As he got older, Dickens ⑧_____ (become) a reporter. During his lifetime, he wrote lots of famous novels ⑨a_____ how people lived at that time. Oliver Twist is one of ⑩_____ (he) most famous novels (小说). And the novel is still very popular now.
五、句子翻译
1.故事发生在20世纪90年代。
The story happened_____ _____ _____.
2.布莱克先生经常读用很多其他语言写的小说。
Mr Black often reads novels written _____ _____ _____ _____.
3.他离开帐篷, 开始走入森林。
He ________ the tent and ________ ________ ________ into the forest.
4.他感觉像一副重担压在他的双肩上。
He ________ like there was a ________ ________ on his ________.
5.昨天大卫独自一人在家,因此他别无选择,只能自己洗碗。
David stayed at home alone yesterday, so he ____________ but ____________ himself.
六、书面表达
冰心是一位著名的中国作家。请你根据下面的提示,写一篇英语短文,将她介绍给大家。
提示:
原名:谢婉莹,1900年出生于福建;七岁开始读名著, 19岁第一篇散文和第一篇小说出版了;她也为孩子们写了很多书;1999年在北京去世;如今许多人仍旧喜欢她的作品。
要求:(1)应包括所有提示内容,可适当发挥;
(2)词数不少于70。
参考词汇:散文prose; 小说novel; 出版come out
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答案以及解析
一、单选题
1.答案：B
解析：be worth doing sth意为"值得做某事",为固定搭配,故选B项。
2.答案：A
解析：句意为:三周前,那个漂亮的女孩和一位著名的演员结婚了。marry sb 和 be/get married to sb 均意为 “与某人结婚”。故选A项。
3.答案：C
解析：句意为:著名歌手邓丽君一生中唱了很多好听的歌曲。in one's life是固定搭配,意为"在……一生中"。故选C项。
4.答案：B
解析：句意为:潘建伟已经成为一位著名的科学家。当他还是个孩子的时候,他喜欢弄清事物是如何运作的。set out意为“出发”;find out意为“弄清”;leave out意为“遗漏”;bring out意为“使显现”。根据语境,故选B项。
5.答案：D
解析：句意为:六月一日是儿童节。我妹妹每年那天都很开心。Women's Day意为"妇女节";Father's Day意为"父亲节";Teachers' Day 意为"教师节";Children's Day意为"儿童节"。根据June 1st,故选D项。
6.答案：C
解析：句意为:----我为教师节买了一张非常漂亮的明信 片。----好极了!你什么时候买的 第一句中的bought 用的是过去式，所以答语也用一般过去时。"特殊疑问词+ did +主语+动词原形+其他 "为一般过去时的特殊 疑问句结构。故选C项。
7.答案：B
解析：句意：今年九年级大约五分之三的学生出生于20世纪90年代。考查分数和年代的表达。分数是由基数词和序数词一起来表示的。基数词作分子，序数词作分母，除了分子是“1”以外，其他情况下序数词都要用复数形式。表示在某个世纪的几十年代，用“in the +逢十的基数词的复数”。基数词的复数若用阿拉伯数字表示，可直接加s，也可加’s。如：“在20世纪90年代”：in the 1990’s或in the 1990s。分析选项可知，只有选项B符合。故选B。
8.答案：A
解析：本题考查动词短语辨析。find out查明,弄清;hear of 听说;shut off关闭;think about考虑。此处是说在网上了解更多关于它的信息,故用find out。
9.答案：C
解析：句意：你能帮我弄清楚这个单词的意思吗？考查动词短语。look of错误搭配；find找到；find out弄清楚，查明；look at看。根据“the meaning of this word”可知要弄清楚这个单词的意思。故选C。
10.答案：B
解析：句意：祖母的死让他真的很难过。考查词义辨析。dead无生命的，形容词；death死，名词；died死，动词过去式；dying垂死的，形容词。根据“The … of his grandma”可知，这是名词所有格结构，名词+of+名词，故此空应填名词，故选B。
二、阅读理解
A
答案：1-5 BDCAB
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第二段的"In the end, I got in through a hole in the side, but it wasn't easy."可知选B项。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段的The back of the ship was high out of the water 可知选D项。
3.细节理解题。根据第三段的I was very thankful for this because all the ship's food was there 可知选C项。
4.细节理解题。根据第四段的"There was a big box of food—rice, salted meat and bread. I also took many strong knives and other tools, like the ship's sails and ropes, paper, pens, books, and seven guns."可知选A项。
5.推理判断题。通读全文可知本文主要讲述了主人公落难后寻找食物的故事,因此推断本文可能出自一本书。故选B项。
B
答案：1-5 ADBCD
解析：1.细节理解题。根据"About every two weeks he created something new."可知大约每两周他就会有一个新发明。故选A项。
2.词义猜测题。根据"Unluckily, his first work did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train."可知,他的第一份工作结束得并不好,因为当他意外点燃了火车地板的时候,他们将他解雇了。故选D项。
3.细节理解题。根据"…but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. "可知,他认为耳聋对他来说是个好事。故选B项。
4.细节理解题。根据"Thomas Edison was born in 1847."和"When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. "可知,他得到第一份工作是在1859年,所以C项错误。故选C项。
5.主旨大意题。通读全文可知本文主要介绍了爱迪生的生平。故选D项。
C
答案：1-5CDDCC
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段第一句"Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880."及第二段第一句"In 1887, Anne Sullivan came to help Helen."可知,在她七岁时,沙利文老师来帮助她。故选C项。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的"Helen was a clever girl."可知她是聪明的;根据第三段中的"She was famous all over the world for her courage and hard work."可知她是勇敢又努力的。故选D项。
3.推理判断题。由第一段倒数第二句"She couldn't hear or see."可知,她听不到也看不到, 所以她需要沙利文老师到学校帮助她来听。故选D项。
4.细节理解题。根据第一段第一句"Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880."和最后一段最后一句"She died at the age of 88."可知她于1968年去世。故选C项。
5.细节理解题。根据最后一段中的"She did her best to help people who were deaf or blind."可知选C项。
D
答案：1-5 ABCCA
解析： 1.词义猜测题。根据画线词后的"His great work also helped the world produce more and more rice"和第四段中的"Several natural disasters(天灾) hit China in the 1960s. Yuan saw many people die of hunger every day"可推知, starved的意思是"挨饿", 故选A。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的"After graduating(毕业) from Southwest Agricultural College, he worked as a teacher at an agriculture school in Hunan"可知, 袁隆平曾经是湖南一所农业学校的教师, 故选B。
3.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的"In 1973, he started to develop a type of hybrid rice species(种类)"和"The seeding(种植) was very successful in the following year"可知, 在1974年, 袁隆平在种植杂交水稻方面取得了成功, 故选C。
4.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的"This progress made China the world's leader in rice production"可知应选C。
5.主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了"杂交水稻之父"袁隆平的事迹, 故选A。
三、完形填空
答案：1-5 ABCBC 6-10 AACBC
解析：1.这是一篇记叙文,文章介绍了中国著名的西部作家池莉,讲述她的成长过程以及伟大的成就。句意:1976年,在她19岁时,池莉上了医科大学。at the age of在……岁时;at the moment此刻,现在;in the beginning起初,在开始的时候。根据“Chi entered a medical college in 1976”可知表达“在17岁的时候”,用介词短语“at the age of”。故选A。
2.句意:毕业后,她在武汉的一家医院当医生。became成为;worked工作; enjoyed喜欢。根据“ as a doctor at a hospital”可知表达她的工作,用动词短语“work as”。故选B。
3.句意:由于她更爱文学,她在1983年去武汉大学学习汉语言文学。medicine医药; travelling旅行;literature文学。根据“study Chinese language and literature”她上了汉语言文学专业,可知句子表达她爱好“文学”更多,用名词“literature”。故选C。
4.句意:她选择写作作为她的专业。teaching教学;writing写作;nursing护理。根据前文“Chi Li is one of the best-known Chinese writers”以及后文讲述她写了许多作品。可知,她选择的专业是“写作”,用动名词“writing”。故选B。
5.句意:在20世纪90年代,她的作品,比如,《不谈爱情》和《太阳出世》都是关于年轻人的生活和日常问题的。over多于;under在……的下面;about关于。根据“lives of young people and everyday problems”可知讲述小说是关于什么方面的内容,用介词“about ”。故选C。
6.句意:从2003年开始,她的作品就达到了更高的境界。reached达到,及物动词;arrived到达,不及物动词;went去。根据“ a higher level”可知表达“达到了更高的境界”,用及物动词“reached”。故选A。
7.句意:她的许多小说都获得了极高的荣誉。great优秀的,杰出的; nice美好的; bad坏的。根据“ a higher level”可知表达“一个很高的荣誉”用名词短语“a great honor”。故选A。
8.句意:《生活秀》是她的代表作之一,已被翻译成多种语言。she她;they他们;it它。代替上文中的“Life show”,用单数形式“it”。故选C。
9.句意:这个故事展示了一个武汉普通女人的真实生活。picture图片;story故事;newspaper新闻。根据“the real life of a common woman in Wuhan”可知表达文章中的“故事”,用名词“story”。故选B。
10.句意:作家不需要成为任何人,但他们应该能够理解每个人。or否则;till直到; but但是。根据“Writers don’t need to be anyone”及“they should be able to understand everyone”可知前后句是转折关系,用连词“but ”。故选C。
四、短文填空
答案：①successful ②wrote ③to ④a ⑤to work/working ⑥go ⑦because ⑧became ⑨about ⑩his
解析：①此处应用形容词作定语修饰writers, 故填successful。
②句意为:他写了很多关于伦敦生活的故事。根据语境可知此处用一般过去时,故填 wrote。
③from…to...意为"从……到……",为固定搭配。
④句意为:很多年前,伦敦对穷孩子来说不是一个居住的好城市。此处应填不定冠词表泛指, good的发音以辅音音素开头,故填a。
⑤句意为:那时候孩子们很小的时候就不得不开始工作。begin to do/doing sth意为"开始做某事",为固定短语。故填to work/ working。
⑥句意为:一些孩子不得不去工厂并且每天在那里工作10到12个小时。have to do sth意为“不得不做某事”,是固定用法。故填go。
⑦句意为:他12岁就不得不去工作,因为他的父母丢失了所有的钱。根据语境和首字母可知设空处前后内容之间为因果关系。故填 because。
⑧根据语境可知此处应用一般过去时, 故填became。
⑨句意为:在他的一生中,他写了很多关于那时候的人们如何生活的著名小说。根据语境和首字母,故填about。
⑩句意为:《雾都孤儿》是他最著名的小说之一。 此处应用形容词性物主代词作定语修饰名词novels, 故填his。
五、句子翻译
1.答案：in the 1990s
2.答案：in many other languages
3.答案：left began to walk
4.答案：felt; heavy weight; shoulders
5.答案：had no choice; to do the dishes/to wash the dishes
六、书面表达
答案：
Bing Xin is a famous Chinese writer. Her real name is Xie Wanying. She was born in Fujian in 1900. When she was 7 years old, she started to read some great works. At the age of 19, her first prose and novel came out. She also wrote many books for children.
Bing Xin died in Beijing in 1999. In her life, she wrote lots of works. Now many Chinese people still like reading her works. She's famous all over China.