Unit 4 Growing up 阅读培优题 2022-2023学年牛津译林版九年级英语上册(含答案)

9上U4阅读培优题
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Are you still listening to Westlife or Take That You are out of date. One of the 1 pop stars in Britain right now is 16-year-old Declan Galbraith. While most boys at enjoying playing computer games and sports, he is touring the world 2 in front of thousands of people. Last month Galbraith arrived in China. He held a concert on May 24th to perform for his Chinese 3 . Galbraith has an amazing 4 . The music he sings is diverse (多变的 ) and unusual for someone at his age. As well as singing popular songs including I'll be There and Angels， Galbraith 5 performs traditional songs such as Danny Boy .
6 Galbraith first appeared in a local play, he was only at the age of seven. After 7 he had a talent for singing, he began entering talent competitions and won 15 of them.
Soon after, recording companies knocked at his door and at the age of 9 he signed his 8 record contract(合同) for ￡ 1 million. His first album (专辑),the 9 of songs, became a big 10 .
In 2003, Galbraith even helped to 11 the world record, for the most people taking part in a sing-along. He sang Tell Me Why 12 with 10,000 children and was also linked by radio and satellite, with more than 80,000 children in their schools all over 13 .
At 14 he is just enjoying the moment because he knows that it will not last forever. "I just feel honored to have been given the chance", he says. "My greatest wish is 15 music people enjoy."
A. hottest B. coldest C. strongest D. oldest
2. A. singing B. dancing C. interviewing D. cheering
3. A. students B. performers C. fans D. stars
4. A. hobby B. voice C. chance D. experience
5. A. always B. seldom C. again D. also
6. A. When B. Since C. After D. If
7. A. hoping B. realizing C. remembering D. dreaming
8. A. first B. last C. newest D. cheapest
9. A. competition B. collection C. contract D. programme
10. A. success B. concert C. mistake D. trouble
11. A. keep B. forget C. break D. write
12. A. alone B. lonely C. alive D. live
13. A. China B. Britain C. America D. Canada
14. A. once B. times C. last D. present
15. A. quickly B. slowly C. possibly D. simply
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Simon was a middle-aged leather businessman. He always failed in his career, which made him a depressed(沮丧的) man. So he often ______16______ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the _______17_______ of a weekend. When Simon and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly went out. They had to ____18____ work. Simon was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait ____19____ in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant（犹豫不决的）knock on his door that sounded ______20______ in the quiet night.
“Who’s it ” he wondered, since Simon knew ________21________ in this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be disturbed, so he went to the door and opened it _______22_______. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles I’m your _______23_______. ” “No,” answered Simon quickly and shut the door in _______24_______. “What a nuisance (讨厌鬼)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than somebody came to____25____ things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside.____26____ this time she was holding two candles, saying, “I live upstairs. My grandma told me you might need candles. She sent me here to give you these.” Simon was very_______27_______ by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your grandmother. God bless you!”
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his ________28________ in life. It was his loneliness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but ______29______, for his life had been darkened by his cold ______30______.
16. A. hoped B. told C. complained D. advised
17. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. noon
18. A. change B. stop C. talk about D. think about
19. A. helplessly B. worthlessly C. fearlessly D. cheerlessly
20. A. noisy B. clear C. terrible D. strange
21. A. somebody B. nobody C. something D. nothing
22. A. surprisingly B. impatiently C. slowly D. willingly
23. A. friend B. relative C. student D. neighbor
24. A. fear B. danger C. anger D. silence
25. A. ask B. destroy C. buy D. borrow
26. A. But B. And C. So D. For
27. A. frightened B. pleased C. puzzled D. surprised
28. A. failure B. sadness C. complaint D. business
29. A. itself B. himself C. the girl D. the wife
30. A. opinion B. behavior C. mind D. look
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I will always appreciate my father and his faith.
As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses(老茧）and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a ____1__, including all his struggles.
One ____2__, I remember, a drought hit Ontario, turning it into a burning desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last ___3___ from the grocery store. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which ___4___ took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t go quickly. After forty minutes of ___5___walking in the field, we ___6___ needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and angry. ___7___ the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves!” Dad laughed. “Just think, my little girl, only ___8___ dozen left for each of ___9___ and then we’re done.” Such is Dad----whatever problem he ___10___, he never gives up.__11____, the disastrous effects of the drought were felt all over our county. It was a challenging time for everyone, __12____ Dad remained optimistic. He ___13___ to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plate. Only then did I truly begin to ___14___ Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real __15____. From dawn to dusk, he works countless hours to ___16___ our family. He always puts our happiness __17____ his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games ___18___ his exhaustion(疲劳) after long days. His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic and ___19___ others first.
Dad，the life ___20___ I have learned from you will stay with me forever. You are my father, teacher, friend and, most importantly, my hero.
1.A. farmer　　 B. grocer　　 C. gardener　　 D. teacher
2.A. spring　　 B. summer　　 C. autumn　　 D. winter
3.A. gap　　 B. form　　 C. order　 　 D. position
4.A. usually　　 B. repeatedly　　 C. finally　　 D. really
5.A. happily　　 B. aimlessly　　 C. easily　　 D. hardly
6.A. yet　　 B. even　　 C. still　　 D. nearly
7.A. Cutting　　 B. Taking　　 C. Picking　　 D. Dropping
8.A. five　　 B. ten　　 C. twenty　　 D. fifty
9.A. them　　 B. you　　 C. me　　 D. us
10.A. brings up B. meets with　C. works out　D. thinks about
11.A. Thankfully　B. Strangely　 C. Hopefully　D. Unfortunately
12.A. or　　 B. but　 　 C. for　　 D. so
13.A. happened　　 B. stopped　　 C. aimed　　 D. continued
14.A. face　　 B. examine　　 C. appreciate D. question
15.A. love　　 B. pride　　 C. friendship　　 D. honesty
16.A. settle　　 B. start　　 C. support　　 D. impress
17.A. before　　 B. after　　 C. beside　　 D. under
18.A. in terms of　B. in control of　C. in spite of　D. in place of
19.A. putting　　 B. cheering　　 C. thinking　　 D. turning
20.A. styles　　 B. ways　　 C. lessons　　 D. history
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As you've just found out， opening a book doesn't require much effort． However， even that would be （1）i　 if you spent the night on the streets．
After lying for hours on cold ground， with only a thin sleeping bag to protect you from rain or ice， your fingers would probably be so numb（麻木的）that you could hardly （2）m　 them．You'd most likely spend the day trying to find something to cat and somewhere to shelter from the freezing cold．
You might be surprised to hear that the number of people sleeping rough in London has doubled in the last five years and has （3）i　 by 30% across the rest of the country during the last two years．
Once we bring a homeless person out of the freezing cold， we need your help to give him a （4）w　 welcome at St Mungo's very much．
Will you please give a Christmas gift of 25， which could （5）p　 a homeless person with a St Mungo's welcome pack？It could have a towel， shampoo， soap（肥皂）， so a homeless person can have a hot （6）s　 and a proper clean up．The difference you could make won't end there．You see， welcoming someone into warmth and safety is just the （7）b　 ．You really could enable someone to change their life for good．
For Harvey， it was losing his job that led to him becoming homeless． Since Harvey was welcomed into St Mungo's， he has received （8）t　 for his health and so much more． After he took courses in useful life skills， he recently moved into his own flat．
With your gift， you could help us offer a warm welcome to someone （9）l　 Harvey who's come in from the freezing streets． I'm sure you'll（10）a（1）　 that's a wonderful present to give at Christmas． I hope you will send 25， or as much as you can，today．
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How do we know the time A clock, a watch or a cell phone can help us. However many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different w　 1 of telling the time.
About 5,500 years ago, the Egyptians i　 2 the sun clock. This was a tall stone structure. Its shadow showed the movement of the s　 3 they were able to determine midday.
About 3,500 years ago, the Egyptians made a sundial. It was smaller than the sun clock and could measure the time for half a day. On c　 4 days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial.
Water clocks were the f　 5 clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows from one container(容器) to another. When the water reaches a certain l　 6 it moves a lever (控制杆) and this shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China but they f　 7 to keep accurate(精确的) time.
In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more accurate, b　 8 was expensive to make. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs(发条) were added around 1500. This i　 9 accuracy and allowed clocks to be smaller.
In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to build and own. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on.
More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites(人造卫星) send our cell phones the time to the exact second. There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping but some things never c　 10 . Man of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not missing appointments.
阅读理解
The immune system is the body’s defender. It identifies, tracks down, and destroys troublemakers before they can hurt the body. Those troublemakers may be, for example, bacteria from a cut or splinter, a measles germ, a cold bug, or even a cancer cell. These invaders try to take over our tissues and feed off our bodies’ nutrients. If they succeed, we become sick or, sometimes, even die. It’s the job of our immune systems to destroy these invaders before they destroy us.
Say you picked up a flu virus last week. Perhaps it entered your body through a cut from a drinking glass, or from the air you breathe. Of course, you didn’t feel it, but the virus made its way into your bloodstream. As soon as it entered your body, it began to reproduce. Viruses have only one goal: to take over your cells. Once inside your body, viruses try to enter cells and disrupt their normal work. If left alone, these viruses would hurt so many cells that you would weaken, or worse, get a serious illness.
But this flu virus should not be so complacent as it seems to be. As it reproduces in your bloodstream, the virus is met by a certain kind of white blood cell, the lymphocytes. The lymphocytes are the foot soldiers that keep you alive.
The number of lymphocytes in your body is hard to imagine. Thousands of them could fit in the period at the end of this sentence. Your body holds about a trillion —that’s 1,000,000,000,000 of them, or about 3,000 in every drop of blood. Since you began reading this sentence, over 800,000 of them have been created and destroyed.
Some of these lymphocytes pass through a small walnut-sized organ called the thymus. The thymus is the base of the neck. Here, special hormones turn lymphocytes into fighting cells, called T cells. T cells have one terrific talent: They can tell the difference between friend and foe; what should be in our bodies and what shouldn’t. They do not affect the body ’s healthy cells. Yet they attack everything that is foreign to our bodies, such as germs, transplants, and even our own cells which have become abnormal, as in the case of cancer.
1.What is the function of our immune system
A. To take over our tissues and feed off our bodies’ nutrients.
B. To prevent bacteria or germs from entering the body.
C. To destroy the troublemakers in order that they might not hurt the body.
D. To fight against T cells.
2.What does the underlined word “lymphocytes” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Food soldiers. B. Flu virus.
C. White blood cells. D. Troublemakers.
3.The last sentence in paragraph 4 “since you began reading this sentence, over 800,000 of them have been created and destroyed” implies that ____.
A. this sentence contributes to the increase of the number of lymphocytes in your body
B. you would not realize that lymphocytes reproduce themselves rapidly but for this sentence
C. because you read this sentence, a large number of lymphocytes have been consumed
D. the number of lymphocytes in your body is extremely large
4.Which of the following questions best summaries the main idea of the whole passage
A. How does the immune system attack the flu virus
B. How does the immune system function in our body
C. How do the lymphocytes work in our body
D. What is the so-called immune system
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1-5AACBD 6-10 ABABA 11-15 CDBDD
16. C 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. B 21. B 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C
1.A
2.B
3.C
4.A
5.B
6.C
7.D
8.B
9.D
10.B
11.D
12.B
13.D
14.C
15.A
16.C
17.A
18.C
19.A
20.C
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impossible；2.move；3.increased；4.warm；5.provide；6.shower；7.beginning；8.treatment；9.like；10.agree/accept.
ways invented sun cloudy first level failed but improved change
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